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Clay County, KY has a population of 21,160 people with a median age of 39 and a median household income of $22,174. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Clay County, KY declined from 21,300 to 21,160, a 0.66% decrease and its median household income grew from $21,549 to $22,174, a 2.9% increase.
The population of Clay County, KY is 92.6% White, 3.9% Black, and 2.15% Hispanic. 2.16% of the people in Clay County, KY speak a non-English language, and 99% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Clay County, KY are Southeast School of Cosmetology, with 18 graduates, N/A, with N/A graduates, and N/A, with N/A graduates.
The median property value in Clay County, KY is $54,500, and the homeownership rate is 72.4%. Most people in Clay County, KY commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 28.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Clay County, KY is 2 cars per household.
Clay County, KY is the 54th most populated county in Kentucky and borders Bell County, KY; Jackson County, KY; Knox County, KY; Laurel County, KY; Leslie County, KY; Owsley County, KY; Perry County, KY& 2 more.
The economy of Clay County, KY employs 5,744 people. The economy of Clay County, KY is specialized in Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction; Information; and Educational Services, which employ respectively 5.15; 1.79; and 1.66 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Clay County, KY are Educational Services (886), Healthcare & Social Assistance (876), and Retail trade (721), and the highest paying industries are Transportation & Warehousing ($57,656), Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($49,583), and Utilities ($41,906).
Median household income in Clay County, KY is $22,174. Males in Clay County, KY have an average income that is 1.58 times higher than the average income of females, which is $30,153. The income inequality of Clay County, KY (measured using the Gini index) is 0.395 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Clay County, KY. In Clay County, KY the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 28 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $12,498. Perry County, KY has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Kentucky.
Clay County, KY is home to a population of 21,160 people, from which 99% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Clay County, KY is composed of 19,602 White residents (92.6%), 825 Black residents (3.9%), 455 Hispanic residents (2.15%), 199 Two+ residents (0.94%), and 53 Native residents (0.25%). The most common foreign languages in Clay County, KY are Spanish (360 speakers), African Languages (25 speakers), and French (20 speakers), but compared to other places, Clay County, KY has a relative high number of Mon-Khmer, Cambodian (12 speakers), African Languages (25 speakers), and French (20 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Clay County, KY awarded 18 degrees. The student population of Clay County, KY is skewed towards females, with 2 male students and 16 female students. Most students in Clay County, KY are White (18 and 100%), followed by Two or more races (0 and N/A), American Indian (0 and N/A), and Hispanic or Latino (0 and N/A). The largest universities in Clay County, KY by number of graduates are Southeast School of Cosmetology (18 and 100%), N/A (N/A and N/A), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Clay County, KY are General Cosmetology (17 and 94.4%), N/A (N/A and N/A), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The median tuition costs in Clay County, KY are N/A for private four year colleges, and N/A and N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Clay County, KY is $54,500, which is 0.27 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value decreased from $56,300 to $54,500, a 3.2% increase. The homeownership rate of Clay County, KY is 72.4%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Clay County, KY have an average commute time of 28.1 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Clay County, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
