Editing Clayton, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 352
|1890= 478
|1900= 754
|1910= 1441
|1920= 1423
|1930= 1533
|1940= 1711
|1950= 2229
|1960= 3302
|1970= 3103
|1980= 4091
|1990= 4756
|2000= 6973
|2010= 16116
|2020= 26307
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Clayton racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3712860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 23, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 15,193
| 57.6%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 6,219
| 23.6%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 142
| 0.5%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 420
| 1.60%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 11
| 0.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 4,322
| 16.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 3,756
| 14.3%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 26,307 residents living within the Town of Clayton. There were 9,579 households (62% Increase), with an average of 3.04 persons per household.<ref>https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/claytontownnorthcarolina/PST045219 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the 2010 [[census]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/3712860.html |title=Clayton (Town) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |access-date=August 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816165326/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/3712860.html |archive-date=August 16, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> there were 16,116 residents living within the Town of Clayton.   There were 5,944 households, with an average of 2.57 persons per household. The [[population density]] was {{Convert|1,192.8|PD/sqmi}} with an inventory of 6,648 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|492|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the town was 69.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 21.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 10.7% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] 0.4% [[American Indian (U.S. Census)|American Indian]], 1.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]].

Of the 5,944 households in the 2010 census, 44% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30% were non-families. 25.4% of non-family households were made up of householders living alone. 16.3% of households had individuals 65 years of age or older.

The age demographics of the 2010 census determined that 32.9% were under the age of 19, 4.9% were aged 20 to 24, 32.8% aged 25 to 44, 20.8% aged 45 to 64, and 8.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.9 years. Females made up 52.5% of the population while males made up 47.5% of the population.

The median income for a household in the town was $53,101, and the median income for a family was $64,856.  Males had a median income of $46,108 versus $40,839 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $26,234.  These figures put Town of Clayton well ahead of the North Carolina averages for the same categories.