- State:KentuckyCounty:Clay CountyZips:40951,40983,40932,40941,40944,40914,40913,40972,40962Coordinates:37.15969745782214, -83.71466277536729Area total:471.13 sq. mi., 1220.23 sq. km, 301524.48 acresArea land:469.30 sq. mi., 1215.47 sq. km, 300350.08 acresArea water:1.84 sq. mi., 4.75 sq. km, 1174.40 acresEstablished:1807Capital seat:
Manchester
Address: 102 Richmond Rd
City County Administration Building
Manchester, KY 40962-1378
Governing Body: Magistrate Fiscal Court with 6 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Clay County, Kentucky, United States
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- Population:20,345; Population change: -6.37% (2010 - 2020)Population density:43 persons per square mileHousehold income:$20,452Households:4,229Unemployment rate:8.60% per 5,199 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%Income taxes:6.00%GDP:$326.14 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Clay County's population of Kentucky of 9,004 residents in 1930 has increased 1,03-fold to 9,253 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.84% female residents and 48.16% male residents live in as of 2020, 64.50% in Clay County, Kentucky are married and the remaining 35.50% are single population.
As of 2020, 64.50% in Clay County, Kentucky are married and the remaining 35.50% are single population.
- Housing units:8,581 residential units of which 88.49% share occupied residential units.
32 minutes is the average time that residents in Clay County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
75.50% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 19.15% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.53% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.77% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Clay County, Kentucky 66.54% are owner-occupied homes, another 22.44% are rented apartments, and the remaining 11.02% are vacant.
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The 32.22% of the population in Clay County, Kentucky who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 77.540%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 21.080%) of those eligible to vote in Clay County, Kentucky.
