Clay County, Kentucky

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Clay County Courthouse
Clay County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kentucky
Administrative headquarters : Manchester
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
316 Main Street
Suite 129
Manchester, KY 40962-1281
Foundation : December 2, 1806
Made up from: Floyd County
Knox County
Madison County
Area code : 001 606
Demographics
Residents : 21,730  (2010)
Population density : 17.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1220 km²
Water surface : 0.1 km²
map
Map of Clay County within Kentucky

Clay County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Manchester , which was named after the city of the same name Manchester in England. The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in east central Kentucky, about 25 miles from Tennessee to the south, about 30 km to the southeast from Virginia, and covers an area of ​​1,220 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Owsley County , Perry County , Leslie County , Bell County , Knox County , Laurel County, and Jackson County .

history

Clay County was formed on December 2, 1806 from parts of Floyd County, Knox County, and Madison County. It was named after Green Clay , a general and member of the Virginia and Kentucky Legislative Assemblies .

3 sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 6, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1810 2398 -
1820 4393 83.2%
1830 3548 -19.2%
1840 4607 29.8%
1850 5421 17.7%
1860 6652 22.7%
1870 8297 24.7%
1880 10,222 23.2%
1890 12,447 21.8%
1900 15,364 23.4%
1910 17,789 15.8%
1920 19,795 11.3%
1930 18,526 -6.4%
1940 23,901 29%
1950 23,116 -3.3%
1960 20,748 -10.2%
1970 18,481 -10.9%
1980 22,752 23.1%
1990 21,746 -4.4%
2000 24,556 12.9%
2010 21,730 -11.5%
1810-1890

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Clay County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Clay County had a population of 24,556. Of these, 2,179 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 8,556 households and 6,442 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 4.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.4 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,556 households, 36.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.6 percent were married couples living together, 12.4 percent were single mothers, 24.7 percent were non-families, 22.5 percent were single households and 9.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.06.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 111.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 112.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 16,271 , and the median income for a family is $ 18,925. Males had a median income of $ 24,164 versus $ 17,816 for females. The per capita income was $ 9,716. 35.4 percent of families and 39.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 47.6 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 31.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Web links

Commons : Clay County (Kentucky)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 516872. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 6, 2017.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing - Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ^ Clay County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′  N , 83 ° 43 ′  W