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Clay County, AR

14,399 Population
639.2 square miles 22.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,614 ±$1,589 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$48,500 ±$4,959 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.2% ±2.8% (2,449  ±403) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.3 minutes ±1.4 (132,865  ±11,462) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,116 ±225 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (14,295  ±6) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

12.7% ±3.9% (364  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,499 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$88,100 ±$5,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

15.2% ±2.8% (2,153  ±398.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.7% ±4.6% (8,897  ±476) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.6% ±2.1% (1,604  ±216.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.5% (73  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8% ±1.5% (905  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
905 Total veterans ±173 742 Male ±147 163 Female ±90

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