Clay County, Alabama

Clay County is a of the  of. Its name is in honor of, famous American statesman, member of the from  and  in the 19th century. As of the population was 14,254. Its is  and it's a prohibition or.

History
Clay County was established on,.

Clay County was created on 26 December 1866 from land taken from Randolph and Talladega Counties. Named after the statesman Henry Clay, the county seat was named after his estate called Ashland in Lexington, Kentucky. Clay County was formed as the citizens had a difficult time reaching the county seats of Wedowee in Randolph County because of the river to the east and Talladega was difficult to reach because of the intervening mountains. From www.genrecords.org/alhn/clay/

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,570 (606 ). 1,567 km² (605 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.15%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,254 people, 5,765 households, and 4,098 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (24/sq mi). There were 6,612 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 82.62%, 15.70% or , 0.32% , 0.10% , 0.02% , 0.46% from , and 0.79% from two or more races. 1.77% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,765 households out of which 30.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.70% were living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 26.70% 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 2.43 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 16.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,885, and the median income for a family was $34,033. Males had a median income of $26,118 versus $18,637 for females. The for the county was $13,785. About 12.90% of families and 17.10% of the population were below the, including 21.60% of those under age 18 and 19.00% of those age 65 or over.

Notable Natives

 * (1888—1987) was born near Delta, Alabama. He served three terms in the U. S. Congress, from 1928 to 1933.
 * (1886-1971), born in Harlan in Clay County, served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1937 until 1971.
 * , Alabama's 52nd governor, is a native of Ashland.