Editing Clay County, Arkansas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 7213
|1890= 12200
|1900= 15886
|1910= 23690
|1920= 27276
|1930= 27278
|1940= 28386
|1950= 26674
|1960= 21258
|1970= 18771
|1980= 20616
|1990= 18107
|2000= 17609
|2010= 16083
|2020= 14552
|estyear=2023
|estimate=14201
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html |access-date=30 March 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407074341/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=25 August 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=1 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194652/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=11 August 2012 |access-date=25 August 2015 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 March 1995 |editor-last=Forstall |editor-first=Richard L. |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ar190090.txt |access-date=25 August 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115742/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ar190090.txt |url-status=live }}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2001 |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |access-date=25 August 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=27 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{Cite web |title=State & County & pie QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05021.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607031805/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05021.html |archive-date=7 June 2011 |access-date=20 May 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
}}

[[Image:USA Clay County, Arkansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|left|150px|Age pyramid Clay County<ref>Based on 2000 [[census]] data</ref>]]

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Clay County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US05021&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=30 December 2021 |website=data.census.gov |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230214610/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US05021&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 13,574
| 93.28%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 40
| 0.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 44
| 0.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 14
| 0.1%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 5
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 548
| 3.77%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 327
| 2.25%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 14,552 people, 6,444 households, and 4,140 families residing in the county.

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR8">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov/ |access-date=14 May 2011 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=27 December 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> there were 17,609 people, 7,417 households, and 5,073 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|28|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 8,498 housing units at an average density of {{convert|13|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 98.1% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.1% from two or more races. 0.8% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 7,417 households, out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,345, and the median income for a family was $32,558. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $17,146 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $14,512. About 13.4% of families and 17.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.2% of those under age 18 and 22.7% of those age 65 or over.