Clay County, Iowa

administration
The Clay County Courthouse in Spencer, listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Spencer
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 215 West 4th Street Spencer, IA 51301-3860
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 712
Demographics
Residents :	16,667 (2010)
Population density :	11.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1483 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.co.clay.ia.us

The Clay County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 16,667 residents and a population density of 11.3 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 16,491. The county seat is Spencer .

geography

The county is located in northwest Iowa, about 30 km to the north from Minnesota and about 70 km to the west from South Dakota . It has an area of 1483 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water.

In Clay County, the Ocheyedan River flows into the Little Sioux River , which flows through the county from north to south and flows further southwest into the Missouri .

The following neighboring counties border Clay County:

Osceola County	Dickinson County	Emmet County
O'Brien County		Palo Alto County
Cherokee County	Buena Vista County	Pocahontas County

history

H. Clay Jr.

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	52	-
1870	1523	2,828.8%
1880	4248	178.9%
1890	9309	119.1%
1900	13,401	44%
1910	12,766	-4.7%
1920	15,660	22.7%
1930	16,107	2.9%
1940	17,762	10.3%
1950	18,103	1.9%
1960	18,504	2.2%
1970	18,464	-0.2%
1980	19,576	6%
1990	17,585	-10.2%
2000	17,372	-1.2%
2010	16,667	-4.1%
2013 estimate	16,491	-99.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Clay County was formed on January 15, 1851 from territory that was designated as free - but actually populated by Indians .

It was named after Henry Clay Jr. (1811–1847), a son of Henry Clay and an officer who died in 1847 in the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican War .

By October 1858, the county was part of the administration of Woodbury County .

population

According to the 2010 census , Clay County had 16,667 people in 7,448 households. The population density was 11.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 7,448 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.9 percent of the population.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,294 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,198. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clay County localities

Citys

Spencer
Webb

structure

Clay County is divided into 16 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Clay Township	604	19-90672
Douglas Township	168	19-91035
Freeman Township	400	19-91452
Garfield Township	261	19-91512
Gillett Grove Township	342	19-91569
Herdland Township	162	19-91914
Lake Township	195	19-92349
Lincoln Township	258	19-92541

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Logan Township	156	19-92691
Lone Tree Township	792	19-92709
Meadow Township	308	19-92901
Peterson Township	481	19-93312
Riverton Township	277	19-93645
Sioux Township	336	19-93912
Summit Township	494	19-94038
Waterford Township	200	19-94590