Clay County, West Virginia Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Clay County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Clay County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White

Clay County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Clay County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Clay County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Clay County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Clay County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Clay County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Clay County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	9,297	45th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	341.9	37th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	27.5	44th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	1st	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.8%	2nd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	35th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	69.8%	52nd	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	7.6%	54th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.6%	3rd	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	53rd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	41st	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	48th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	43rd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	39th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	51st	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	98.1%	3rd	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.1%	37th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.0%	55th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	4,542	50th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.9%	51st	12.0%	25.9%
Households	3,512	48th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.2%	12th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$76,400	40th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.7	4th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	8	31st	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$16,127	51st	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$29,105	50th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	27.8%	4th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Clay County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	104	53rd	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,304	49th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	527	51st	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$41,338	47th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,101	49th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,344	51st	$2,553,258	$613,795,732