Clay County, Illinois (IL)

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County population in July 2007: 13,893 (34% urban, 66% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,662
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,177

% of renters here:	20%
State:	33%

Land area: 469 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 31 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	11.8%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	4.6%
Whole state:	5.1%

2008 cost of living index in Clay County: 74.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (25.9%), Educational,health and social services (16.9%), Retail trade (11.3%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 76%
Government: 12%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 12%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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Races in Clay County, Illinois:

White Non-Hispanic (98.2%)
Hispanic (0.6%)

Median resident age:	39.7 years
Illinois median age:	34.7 years

Males: 6,987	(48.0%)
Females: 7,573	(52.0%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $26,101
County population in 2003: 14,275
Jobs in 2003: 6,103

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Total labor force in 2004: 6,946
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.7%

Average household size:

Clay County:	2.4 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,009 ($30,599 in 2000)

This county	$33,009
Illinois:	$50,260

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $74,107

Clay County	$74,107
Illinois:	$183,900

Median monthly rent in 2000: $348
Institutionalized population: 360
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Clay County in 2000: $586

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2004 Presidential Election results in Clay County Illinois:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 67.4%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 32.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $646 (1.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clay County is $402 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $657 a month.

Cities in this county include: Flora, Louisville, Clay City, Xenia, Iola, Sailor Springs.

Neighboring counties: Effingham County , Fayette County , Jasper County , Marion County , Richland County , Wayne County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Clay County: Stanford Townhall (A), Hoosier Town Hall (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Clay County include: Shouse Chapel (A), McCabe Chapel (B), Hoosier Prairie Baptist Church (C), Bethel Church (D), Bethlehem Church (E), Beulah Church (F), Saint Pauls Church (G), Bloom Church (H), Harmony Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Kneff Cemetery (1), Songer Cemetery (2), McCawley Cemetery (3), Smith Cemetery (4), Meisenheimer Cemetery (5), Littleton Cemetery (6), McKnight Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs and swamps: Charley Brown Park Lake (A), Patterson Lake (B), Trago Lake (C), Ging Lake (D), Greendale Lake (E), Salt Pond (F), Gaskin Lake (G), McArthur Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sutton Creek (A), East Fork Wetweather Creek (B), Hurricane Creek (C), Buck Creek (D), Indian Creek (E), Spring Branch (F), Big Muddy Creek (G), Bear Creek (H), Weather Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Clay County include: Charley Brown Park (1), Martin T Snyder Memorial Nature Preserve (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Ingraham Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.5%
Illinois:	4.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 452
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 75.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 105 (54% naturalized citizens)

Clay County:	0.7%
Whole state:	12.3%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 30 1990 to 1994: 18 1985 to 1989: 3 1980 to 1984: 5 1975 to 1979: 24 1970 to 1974: 1 1970 to 1974: 7 1965 to 1969: 17

Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 75.1%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,695
One, attached: 39
Two: 171
3 or 4: 164
5 to 9: 142
10 to 19: 2
20 or more: 10
Mobile homes: 1,158
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13

Housing units in Clay County with a mortgage: 1,423 (110 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,483

Agriculture in Clay County
Average size of farms: 346 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $53059
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $145.47
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 25.24%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $63785
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 78.83%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $72938
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 91.18%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 3.57
Corn for grain: 64697 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 6598 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 112722 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 35 acres

Clay County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Illinois state average. It is 1.7 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 14 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/15/1998, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 8 people and caused $2 million in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (10%)
Construction (10%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Mining (4%)
Printing and related support activities (4%)
Chemicals (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Educational services (11%)
Transportation equipment (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Public administration (5%)
Social assistance (5%)
Computer and electronic products (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Philippines (26%)
Japan (16%)
Canada (16%)
Germany (13%)
Greece (11%)
Mexico (10%)
Turkey (6%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Clay County:

United States or American (38%)
German (23%)
English (10%)
Irish (9%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
Italian (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Clay County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,219 (82%)
Carpooled: 686 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 65 (1%)
Bicycle: 6 (0%)
Walked: 141 (2%)
Other means: 32 (1%)
Worked at home: 244 (4%)

People in group quarters in Clay County, Illinois

302 people in nursing homes
73 people in homes for the mentally ill
58 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
20 people in other nonhousehold living situations
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,979.

5.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,011 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.10%
Illinois average:	5.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.68% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($20,286 average AGI)
1.42% relocated from other states ($8,725 average AGI)
Clay County: 1.42%
Illinois average: 2.13%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Wayne County, IL	0.71% ($23,000 average AGI)
from Richland County, IL	0.56% ($29,233)
from Effingham County, IL	0.45% ($31,083)
from Marion County, IL	0.43% ($18,130)
from Fayette County, IL	0.22% ($32,083)

6.14% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,575 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.14%
Illinois average:	5.99%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.64% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($27,009 average AGI)
1.50% relocated to other states ($9,566 average AGI)
Clay County: 1.50%
Illinois average: 2.58%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Effingham County, IL	0.81% ($20,636 average AGI)
to Richland County, IL	0.55% ($26,100)
to Wayne County, IL	0.54% ($20,828)
to Coles County, IL	0.39% ($22,619)
to Edgar County, IL	0.37% ($117,500)
to Marion County, IL	0.30% ($31,500)
to Fayette County, IL	0.18% ($33,700)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.7

Births per 1000 population in Clay County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population in Clay County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 2.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Clay County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,929 (2,522 aged, 407 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 7.05
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 9805.440
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 169.180
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 57986.75

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1182.550
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1260.440
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 21.24

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 27.61
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 77.89

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 7.08

Household type by relationship

Households: 14,085

In family households: 12,057 (3,326 male householders, 686 female householders)
3,283 spouses, 4,199 children (3,692 natural, 62 adopted, 445 stepchildren), 171 grandchildren, 49 brothers or sisters, 46 parents, 98 other relatives, 199 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,028 (715 male householders (613 living alone)), 1,097 female householders (1,019 living alone)), 216 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 475 (358 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,879 2-persons, 918 3-persons, 756 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 62 6-persons, 50 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,632 1-person, 162 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 1 6-persons.

98.0% of residents of Clay County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $89,701,000 ($6323 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,296,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $37,737,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,618,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,482,000
Federal grants: $15,956,000
Federal procurement contracts: $729,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,180,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $244,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,478,000
Federal Government insurance: $29,896,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 930

Here:	66 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 962

Here:	68 per 1000 residents
State:	43 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +25

Here:	+2 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -420

Here:	-30 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Clay County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.77 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.7
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.1

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 106
1995 to 1998: 425
1990 to 1994: 238
1980 to 1989: 709
1970 to 1979: 1,160
1960 to 1969: 755
1950 to 1959: 818
1940 to 1949: 740
1939 or earlier: 1,443

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Clay County, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 20 3 rooms: 83 4 rooms: 606 5 rooms: 1,359 6 rooms: 1,219 7 rooms: 744 8 rooms: 373 9+ rooms: 258

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clay County, Illinois:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 54 3 rooms: 147 4 rooms: 383 5 rooms: 283 6 rooms: 143 7 rooms: 90 8 rooms: 38 9+ rooms: 33

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Clay County:
	no bedroom: 10 1 bedroom: 145 2 bedrooms: 1,450 3 bedrooms: 2,492 4 bedrooms: 493 5+ bedrooms: 72

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clay County:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 261 2 bedrooms: 503 3 bedrooms: 343 4 bedrooms: 37 5+ bedrooms: 27

Cars and other vehicles available in Clay County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 212 1 vehicle: 1,386 2 vehicles: 1,927 3 vehicles: 838 4 vehicles: 225 5+ vehicles: 74

Cars and other vehicles available in Clay County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 192 1 vehicle: 591 2 vehicles: 301 3 vehicles: 69 4 vehicles: 19 5+ vehicles: 5

67% of Clay County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.

Clay County:	66.7%
State average:	58.6%

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

This state: 12501
Northeast: 88
Midwest: 969
South: 615
West: 242

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $21,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (48%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%) Electricity (8%) Wood (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%) Electricity (17%) Wood (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14

Here:	0.9%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5

Here:	0.6%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14

Here:	3.3%
Illinois:	25.8%

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 (Noninst.)

Clay County government finances in 2002:

Charges - Hospital Public: $11,873,000
All Other: $605,000
Current Operations - Own Hospitals: $11,022,000
Health Services - Other: $1,339,000

General - Other: $1,078,000

Regular Highways: $899,000

Central Staff Services: $737,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $537,000

Police Protection: $329,000

Corrections - Other: $277,000

Solid Waste Management: $4,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Highways: $6,000
Public Welfare: $6,000
General - Interest on Debt: $468,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $7,800,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $7,680,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $120,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $1,236,000
Interest Earnings: $446,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $9,408,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,166,000
Health & Hospitals: $457,000

Highways: $417,000

Public Welfare: $3,000
Tax - Property: $1,326,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $4,924,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Clay County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)