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Clay County, Alabama (AL)

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Clay County, AL mapCounty population in 2005: 13,964 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,451
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,314
% of renters here:  23%
State:  28%
Land area: 605 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.9 sq. mi.
Population density: 23 people per square mile 
 
  (low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  17.1%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:  6.8%
Whole state:  7.3%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (37.4%), Educational,health and social services (14.8%), Retail trade (10.3%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 78%
  • Government: 14%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
  • Unpaid family work: 1%

Clay County, Alabama business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Clay County, Alabama:

  • White Non-Hispanic (81.5%)
  • Black (15.7%)
  • Hispanic (1.8%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:  38.7 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Males: 6,952  (48.8%)
Females: 7,302  (51.2%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $23,395
County population in 2003: 14,213
Jobs in 2003: 4,871

Total labor force in 2004: 5,910
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.3%

Average household size:
Clay County:  2.4 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $30,127 ($27,885 in 2000)
This county  $30,127
Alabama:  $36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $79,068
Clay County  $79,068
Alabama:  $97,500

Median montly rent in 2000: $272
Institutionalized population: 246
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Clay County in 2000: $605


Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 0
  • Rapes: 0
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 37
  • Burglaries: 30
  • Thefts: 71
  • Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 1
  • Rapes: 1
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 12
  • Burglaries: 66
  • Thefts: 73
  • Auto thefts: 2

Clay County races chart


Clay County, AL map from a distance


2004 Presidential Election results in Clay County Alabama:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 70.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 28.8%



Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $199 (0.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clay County is $363 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $435 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $538 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lineville, Ashland, Coy-Fatama.

2005 air pollution in Clay County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.094 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.073 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3): 13.4 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3): 36 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.


Neighboring counties: Cleburne County , Coosa County , Randolph County , Talladega County , Tallapoosa County .


Clay County close-up map

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Clay County: Pierces Mill (A), Clay County Country Club (B), Denny (C), Double Bridges (D), Hassell Gap (E), Hollins Hunter Camp (F), Hollins Wildlife Camping Area (G), Landowners Hunting Club (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Clay County include: Big Spring Church (A), Blacks Chapel (B), Mannings Chapel (C), Bowden Grove Baptist Church (D), Victory Church (E), Union Church (F), Union Baptist Church (G), Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church (H), Macedonia Missionary Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Mineral Springs Cemetery (1), Millerville Cemetery (2), Patterson Cemetery (3), Clairmont Springs Cemetery (4), Mellow Valley Cemetery (5), Ragan Chapel Cemetery (6), Campbell Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Headricks Lake (A), Upper State Lake (B), City Lake (C), Center Hill Lake (D), Burchfield Lake (E), Lineville Lake (F), Lineville Club Lake (G), Bonner Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: East Fork Hatchet Creek (A), Hurricane Branch (B), Drake Creek (C), Moss Rock Branch (D), South Fork Crooked Creek (E), Prairie Creek (F), Rock Pile Creek (G), Long Branch (H), Moore Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  5.5%
Alabama:  3.6%


Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 357
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 66.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 127 (55% naturalized citizens)

Clay County:  0.9%
Whole state:  2.0%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 38
  • 1990 to 1994: 18
  • 1985 to 1989: 5
  • 1980 to 1984: 13
  • 1975 to 1979: 7
  • 1970 to 1974: 4
  • 1970 to 1974: 2
  • 1965 to 1969: 40

Mean travel time to work: 26.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 65.9%

Clay County marital status for males

Clay County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 4,229
  • One, attached: 82
  • Two: 219
  • 3 or 4: 207
  • 5 to 9: 32
  • 10 to 19: 4
  • 20 or more: 37
  • Mobile homes: 1,802

Housing units in Clay County with a mortgage: 922 (37 second mortgage, 108 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,039


Agriculture in Clay County
Average size of farms: 198 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $53401
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $65.12
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.60%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 97.84%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $43706
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 8.94%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.44%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $35182
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.72%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 21.17
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.77%
Corn for grain: 199 harvested acres
Vegetables: 13 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 69 acres

Clay County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Alabama state average. It is 2.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 7 fatalities and 22 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/1/1953, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 7 people and injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.



Class of Workers


Most common industries for males:
  • Furniture and related products (19%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (5%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (4%)
  • Utilities (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Furniture and related products (16%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Woodworkers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Woodworkers (4%)


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Mexico (26%)
  • Germany (20%)
  • Cuba (11%)
  • Honduras (8%)
  • Canada (8%)
  • Colombia (7%)
  • Pakistan (5%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Clay County:
  • United States or American (40%)
  • English (13%)
  • Irish (7%)
  • German (4%)
  • Scottish (2%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2%)
  • European (1%)

Clay County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 4,888 (84%)
  • Carpooled: 699 (12%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
  • Walked: 99 (2%)
  • Other means: 16 (0%)
  • Worked at home: 108 (2%)
 

People in group quarters in Clay County, Alabama
  • 202 people in nursing homes
  • 44 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 10 people in job corps and vocational training facilities

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $41,794.

5.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,512 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.18%
Alabama average:  6.81%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.48% relocated from other counties in Alabama ($15,918 average AGI)
1.70% relocated from other states ($9,594 average AGI)
Clay County:  1.70%
Alabama average:  3.11%



Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Calhoun County, AL  0.73% ($22,944 average AGI)
from Talladega County, AL  0.63% ($23,581)
from Randolph County, AL  0.59% ($23,172)
from Tallapoosa County, AL  0.36% ($27,833)
from Coosa County, AL  0.20% ($23,200)


6.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,488 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.07%
Alabama average:  6.16%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.93% relocated to other counties in Alabama ($22,581 average AGI)
1.14% relocated to other states ($4,908 average AGI)
Clay County:  1.14%
Alabama average:  2.51%



Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Calhoun County, AL  1.14% ($26,070 average AGI)
to Talladega County, AL  1.04% ($29,038)
to Tallapoosa County, AL  0.66% ($21,273)
to Randolph County, AL  0.38% ($28,789)
to Coosa County, AL  0.28% ($22,643)
to Jefferson County, AL  0.28% ($25,500)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.4



Births per 1000 population in Clay County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.2



Deaths per 1000 population in Clay County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.6



Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Clay County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,808 (2,198 aged, 610 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%


Household type by relationship


Households: 13,987
  • In family households: 12,118 (3,285 male householders, 802 female householders)
    3,247 spouses, 3,882 children (3,523 natural, 59 adopted, 300 stepchildren), 323 grandchildren, 145 brothers or sisters, 50 parents, 172 other relatives, 212 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 1,869 (697 male householders (609 living alone)), 986 female householders (934 living alone)), 186 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 267 (247 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,895 2-persons, 1,036 3-persons, 749 4-persons, 290 5-persons, 106 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,543 1-person, 111 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 7 4-persons.

2,312 married couples with children.
737 single-parent households (172 men, 565 women).

97.2% of residents of Clay County speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $89,472,000 ($6349 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,281,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $42,930,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $20,818,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $990,000
Federal grants: $17,182,000
Federal procurement contracts: $571,000 ($7,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,982,000 ($4,108,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $166,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $607,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 824
Here:  59 per 1000 residents
State:  70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 902
Here:  65 per 1000 residents
State:  53 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +15
Here:  +1 per 1000 residents
State:  +6 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -209
Here:  -15 per 1000 residents
State:  +2 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Clay County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.10 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.6
State:  6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.5
State:  4.3



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 220
  • 1995 to 1998: 531
  • 1990 to 1994: 562
  • 1980 to 1989: 1,185
  • 1970 to 1979: 1,186
  • 1960 to 1969: 1,099
  • 1950 to 1959: 563
  • 1940 to 1949: 334
  • 1939 or earlier: 932


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Clay County, Alabama:
  • 1 room: 7
  • 2 rooms: 19
  • 3 rooms: 75
  • 4 rooms: 567
  • 5 rooms: 1,482
  • 6 rooms: 1,003
  • 7 rooms: 553
  • 8 rooms: 444
  • 9 or more rooms: 301


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clay County, Alabama:
  • 1 room: 8
  • 2 rooms: 34
  • 3 rooms: 201
  • 4 rooms: 415
  • 5 rooms: 348
  • 6 rooms: 195
  • 7 rooms: 61
  • 8 rooms: 43
  • 9 or more rooms: 9


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Clay County:
  • no bedroom: 7
  • 1 bedroom: 63
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,239
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,495
  • 4 bedrooms: 517
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 130


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clay County:
  • no bedroom: 11
  • 1 bedroom: 246
  • 2 bedrooms: 561
  • 3 bedrooms: 425
  • 4 bedrooms: 69
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2


Cars and other vehicles available in Clay County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 215
  • 1 vehicle: 977
  • 2 vehicles: 1,784
  • 3 vehicles: 969
  • 4 vehicles: 319
  • 5 or more vehicles: 187


Cars and other vehicles available in Clay County in renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 270
  • 1 vehicle: 599
  • 2 vehicles: 336
  • 3 vehicles: 65
  • 4 vehicles: 40
  • 5 or more vehicles: 4

68% of Clay County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Alabama.

Clay County:  68.5%
State average:  58.1%


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 12446
  • Northeast: 114
  • Midwest: 287
  • South: 1062
  • West: 155

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,800


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

  


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Electricity (40%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
  • Utility gas (22%)
  • Wood (5%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (42%)
  • Electricity (28%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 103
Here:  6.4%
Alabama:  10.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 57
Here:  7.6%
Alabama:  10.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
Here:  8.4%
Alabama:  14.1%



Educational Attainment



School Enrollment by Level of School


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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