Clay County, West Virginia

Clay County is a located in the  of. Its name is in honor of, famous statesman, member of the  from  and  in the 19th century. As of, the population is 10,330. Its is.

Clay County is part of the, which was estimated to have a population of 307,763 people in 2004.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 890 (344 ). 887 km² (342 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.41%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,330 people, 4,020 households, and 2,942 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (30/sq mi). There were 4,836 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.22%, 0.08% or , 0.71% , 0.02% , 0.09% from , and 0.89% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,020 households out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.20% were living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.80% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 27.50% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $22,120, and the median income for a family was $27,137. Males had a median income of $30,161 versus $16,642 for females. The for the county was $12,021. About 24.40% of families and 27.50% of the population were below the, including 37.00% of those under age 18 and 15.00% of those age 65 or over.