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

Clay County is 4th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Income per capita

Clay County is 4th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Income per household

Clay County is 4th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Clay County is 5th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Clay County is 5th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Retail sales

Clay County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Current population (2012)

Clay County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Households

Clay County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Housing units

Clay County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Clay County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	227,577	6th	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	397.3	111th	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	558.6	5th	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	17th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.2%	15th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	110th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.9%	6th	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.6%	6th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	88.8%	102nd	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.7%	20th	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	46th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	8th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	8th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	10th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	10th	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.4%	102nd	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	51.1%	27th	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.7%	11th	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	95,183	6th	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.5%	17th	19.6%	25.9%
Households	86,954	6th	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.5%	80th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$156,100	8th	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.5	46th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	217	14th	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$29,326	4th	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$60,507	4th	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.8%	113th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,721	6th	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	82,143	6th	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	17,862	6th	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,366,942	5th	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,427	16th	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$822,122	4th	$11,070,634	$613,795,732