Clay County, Georgia

administration
Clay County Courthouse in Fort Gaines, listed on NRHP No. 80000992
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Fort Gaines
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Clay County Economic Development Council P.O. Box 825 Fort Gaines, GA 39851
Foundation :	February 16, 1854
Made up from:	Early County Randolph County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	3183 (2010)
Population density :	6.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	562 km²
Water surface :	56 km²
map

Website : www.claycountyga.org

The Clay County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Fort Gaines .

geography

The county is located in southwest Georgia and borders Alabama to the west . It has an area of 562 square kilometers, of which 56 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Quitman County , Randolph County , Calhoun County and Early County .

history

Clay County was formed on February 16, 1854 from parts of Early County and Randolph Counties. It was named after Henry Clay , a Senator from Kentucky .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4893	-
1870	5403	10.4%
1880	6650	23.1%
1890	7817	17.5%
1900	8568	9.6%
1910	8960	4.6%
1920	7557	-15.7%
1930	6943	-8.1%
1940	7064	1.7%
1950	5844	-17.3%
1960	4551	-22.1%
1970	3636	-20.1%
1980	3553	-2.3%
1990	3364	-5.3%
2000	3357	-0.2%
2010	3183	-5.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 3,183 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 1,331 inhabited households, which is an average of 2.35 people per household. There are a total of 2,102 households.

65.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.93 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 27.3% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 34.1% of all households.

25.1% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 19.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 28.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 45.9% of the population were male and 54.1% were female.

37.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 60.4% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 0.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 0.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 21,300 USD , while 45.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.