Clay County, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Clay County is 3rd in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Clay County is 11th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Clay County is 12th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Clay County is 19th in Iowa out of 99 other counties in Female residents

Main Cities Within Clay County, Iowa

Spencer, Iowa

Clay County, Iowa Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	16,599	46th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	567.2	56th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	29.4	45th	54.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	55th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.5%	62nd	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	47th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.4%	12th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.3%	40th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	97.5%	49th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	55th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	58th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	36th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	43rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	38th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.7%	54th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	50.9%	19th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	38th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	8,055	42nd	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.6%	11th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	7,346	41st	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.4%	84th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$99,500	41st	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.2	90th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	39	23rd	9,501	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$26,114	22nd	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$45,462	64th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.7%	39th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Iowa	US
Non-farm private establishments	627	28th	80,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,622	31st	1,263,665	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,262	30th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$298,664	24th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,960	3rd	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$23,407	30th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732

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