Clay County, Missouri

administration
The Clay County Courthouse in Liberty
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Liberty
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse Courthouse Square Liberty, MO 64068-2365
Foundation :	January 2, 1822
Made up from:	Ray County
Area code :	001 816
Demographics
Residents :	221,939 (2010)
Population density :	216.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1059 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

Website : www.claycogov.com

The Clay County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 221,939 people and a population density of 216.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Liberty .

Clay County is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in northwest Missouri, borders Kansas to the west and the Missouri River to the south . It has an area of 1059 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Clay County:

	Clinton County
Platte County		Ray County
Wyandotte County, Kansas	Jackson County

history

H. Clay

Clay County was formed on January 2, 1822 from parts of Ray County. It was named after Henry Clay (1777-1852) from Kentucky , a member of the House of Representatives , the Senate and Secretary of State of the United States.

One place has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Watkins Mill . 39 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 5, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	5338	-
1840	8282	55.2%
1850	10,332	24.8%
1860	13,023	26%
1870	15,564	19.5%
1880	15,572	0.1%
1890	19,865	27.6%
1900	18,903	-4.8%
1910	20,302	7.4%
1920	20,455	0.8%
1930	26,811	31.1%
1940	30,417	13.4%
1950	45.221	48.7%
1960	87,474	93.4%
1970	123,322	41%
1980	136,488	10.7%
1990	153.411	12.4%
2000	184.006	19.9%
2010	221,939	20.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Clay County Savings Association Building , listed on the NRHP since 1992

Watkins Mill at Excelsior, listed on the NRHP since 1966

According to the 2010 census , Clay County had 221,939 people in 86,431 households. The population density was 216.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 86,431 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.5 percent white, 5.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 2.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.9 percent of the population.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 57,983 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,828. 7.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

Clay County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Ray County

2 - partly in Clinton County

3 - partly in Cass , Jackson and Platte County

4 - partly in Platte County

5 - partly in Jackson County}

structure

Clay County is divided into seven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Chouteau Township	50,819	29-13780
Fishing River Township	11,042	29-24292
Gallatin Township	68,393	29-26290
Kearney Township	13,509	29-38090
Liberty Township	56,978	29-42050
Platte Township	16,470	29-58142
Washington Township	4728	29-77308