Clay County, Alabama

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Clay County Alabama Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 76000316 [1]
Clay County Alabama Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 76000316
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Ashland
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 187
Ashland, AL 36251-0187
Foundation : December 7, 1866
Made up from: Randolph County
Talladega County
Area code : 001 256
Demographics
Residents : 13,932  (2010)
Population density : 8.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1570 km²
Water surface : 2 km²
map
Map of Clay County within Alabama

The Clay County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 13,932 people and a population density of 9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ashland . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

Clay County is located in northeastern Alabama, about 60 km to the east from the neighboring state of Georgia and has an area of ​​1,570 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Cleburne County , Randolph County , Tallapoosa County , Coosa County, and Talladega County .

history

Clay County was formed on December 7, 1866 from parts of Randolph County and Talladega County. It was named after Henry Clay , a Kentucky politician . Clay was an intermittent member of the United States Senate from 1806 to 1852 , Secretary of State in the Jackson Cabinet, and a presidential candidate in the 1824 , 1832, and 1844 elections . The compromise of 1850 is mainly due to him .

Two structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 31, 2020, the Clay County Courthouse and the Hugo Black House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 9560 -
1880 12,938 35.3%
1890 15,765 21.9%
1900 17,099 8.5%
1910 21.006 22.8%
1920 22,645 7.8%
1930 17,768 -21.5%
1940 16,907 -4.8%
1950 13,929 -17.6%
1960 12,400 -11%
1970 12,636 1.9%
1980 13,703 8.4%
1990 13,252 -3.3%
2000 14,254 7.6%
2010 13,932 -2.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Clay County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Clay County High School

Clay County's population was 14,254 as of the 2000 census . Of these, 266 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 5,765 households and 4,098 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 82.62 percent white, 15.70 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.46 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.79 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.77 percent of the population.

Of the 5,765 households, 30.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 56.7 percent, 10.5 percent were single mothers, 28.9 percent were not families, 26.7 percent were single households and 13.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over . The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.93 people.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,885 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,033. Males had a median income of $ 26,118 versus $ 18,637 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,785. 12.9 percent of families and 17.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns in Clay County

See also

literature

  • Thomas McAdory Owen: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. SJ Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago IL 1921.
  • Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa et al. 1989, ISBN 0-8173-0410-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161539. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Clay County at Alabama.gov ( March 13, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 60.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 31, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 31, 2020.
  6. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  8. ^ Population of Clay County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 31, 2012
  10. ^ Population of Clay County - Alabama

Web links

Commons : Clay County, Alabama  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 33 ° 16 ′  N , 85 ° 52 ′  W