Clay County, West Virginia

administration
Clay County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Clay
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 207 Main Street Clay, WV 25043-0190
Foundation :	March 29, 1858
Made up from:	Braxton County Nicholas County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	9386 (2010)
Population density :	10.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	890 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
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Clay County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Clay .

geography

The county is located slightly southwest of the geographic center of West Virginia and has an area of 890 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Calhoun County , Braxton County , Nicholas County , Kanawha County, and Roane County .

history

Clay County was formed on March 29, 1858 from parts of Braxton County and Nicholas County. It was named after Henry Clay , a US politician, member of the House of Representatives , the Senate and Secretary of State .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1787	-
1870	2196	22.9%
1880	3460	57.6%
1890	4659	34.7%
1900	8248	77%
1910	10,233	24.1%
1920	11,486	12.2%
1930	13,125	14.3%
1940	15.206	15.9%
1950	14,961	-1.6%
1960	11,942	-20.2%
1970	9330	-21.9%
1980	11,265	20.7%
1990	9983	-11.4%
2000	10,330	3.5%
2010	9386	-9.1%
Before 1900 1900-1990

Clay County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Clay County had 10,330 people in 4,020 households and 2,942 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.22 percent white, 0.08 percent African American, 0.71 percent Native American, 0.02 percent Asian and 0.09 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.89 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.41 percent of the population.

Of the 4,020 households, 33.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers, 26.8 percent were non-families, 24.3 percent were single households, and 11.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.01.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.3 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 22,120 , and the median income for a family is $ 27,137. Males had a median income of $ 30,161 versus $ 16,642 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,021. 24.4 percent of families and 27.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 37.0 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 15.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.