Clay County, Kansas

Clay County (county code CY) is a located in North Central, in the. The population was estimated to be 8,625 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city is.

History
When the first counties were created by the Kansas legislature in 1855, the territory within the present limits of the county was attached to for all revenue and judicial purposes. Subsequently Clay was attached to. In 1857 Clay was created and named in honor of the famous American statesman, a member of the from  and  in the 19th century.

Law and government
Although the was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Clay County has remained a prohibition, or, county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,698 (655 ), of which 1,668 km² (644 sq mi) is land and 30 km² (12 sq mi), or 1.77%, is water.

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
Clay County's population was estimated to be 8,625 in the year 2006, a decrease of 203, or -2.3%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 8,822 people, 3,617 households, and 2,517 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (14/sq mi). There were 4,084 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The of the county was 97.72%, 0.57%  or , 0.41% , 0.15% , 0.26% from other races, and 0.90% from. or of any race were 0.83% of the population.



There were 3,617 s out of which 30.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.90% were living together, 6.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.40% were non-families. 27.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.90% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 20.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

The in the county was $33,965, and the median income for a family was $41,103. Males had a median income of $28,817 versus $17,760 for females. The for the county was $17,939. About 6.80% of families and 10.10% of the population were below the, including 14.60% of those under age 18 and 8.60% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 4,381 (county seat)
 * , 868
 * , 516, of which a portion lies in
 * , 195
 * , 141
 * , 89
 * , 56, of which a portion lies in
 * , 34

Unincorporated places

 * Fact
 * Idana
 * Industry
 * Republican City

Townships
Clay County is divided into eighteen. The city of is considered governmentally independent and is excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

Unified school districts

 * Clay Center USD 379