Clay County, Nebraska

Clay County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,039. Its name is in honor of, famous American statesman, member of the from  and  in the 19th century. Its is.

In the Nebraska system, Clay County is represented by the prefix 30 (it had the thirtieth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in ).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,485 (574 ). 1,484 km² (573 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.09%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,039 people, 2,756 households, and 1,981 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (12/sq mi). There were 3,066 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.57%, 0.17% or , 0.31% , 0.30% , 1.24% from , and 0.41% from two or more races. 3.48% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,756 households out of which 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.70% were living together, 5.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.30% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,259, and the median income for a family was $39,541. Males had a median income of $28,321 versus $19,870 for females. The for the county was $16,870. About 8.50% of families and 10.40% of the population were below the, including 13.40% of those under age 18 and 6.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and villages

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Townships

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 * Edgar
 * Eldorado
 * Fairfield
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 * Harvard
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 * Marshall
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 * Sheridan
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