Clay County, South Dakota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Clay County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Clay County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Clay County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Clay County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Asian

Clay County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Clay County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Foreign born residents

Clay County is 8th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Female residents

Clay County is 8th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Clay County is 10th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income below poverty line

Clay County is 10th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Size Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	14,131	14th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	412.2	66th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	33.6	8th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	40th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.8%	63rd	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.5%	59th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.6%	2nd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	41.7%	1st	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	90.9%	39th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	3rd	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.2%	27th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.0%	3rd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	10th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	28th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	24th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.0%	38th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	50.9%	8th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.8%	5th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	5,632	14th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.5%	1st	18.5%	25.9%
Households	5,012	14th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.3%	62nd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$126,000	11th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	49th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	70	11th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$20,326	53rd	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$39,118	52nd	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.3%	10th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	314	15th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,564	14th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	811	20th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$140,095	14th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,410	31st	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$19,325	16th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732