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Clay County, MO

263,370 Population
397.7 square miles 662.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,858 ±$2,242 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$87,408 ±$4,730 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.8% ±1.5% (25,438  ±4,005) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.5 minutes ±1.1 (2,804,450  ±160,390) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

103,262 ±1,760 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (260,022  ±117) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±1.8% (3,728  ±1,127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

109,445 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$297,900 ±$10,122 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.5% ±1.5% (27,416  ±4,017.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.1% ±3.7% (170,514  ±6,884.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.1% ±2.3% (65,373  ±4,157.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.6% (17,485  ±3,055) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±1% (14,188  ±2,025) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,188 Total veterans ±2,025 12,958 Male ±1,998 1,230 Female ±598

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