2022 population: 7,620 ( 241 from 2010 , 40 from 2020)
Land area: 236.5 square miles
Population density: 32.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	7,108	93.28%	5.5%
Black:	115	1.51%	15.0%
Indian:	24	0.31%	50.0%
Asian:	13	0.17%	62.5%
2+ races:	120	1.57%	42.9%
Hispanic:	240	3.15%	90.5%

Total non-White:	512	6.72%	51.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	156	10.3
Deaths:	361	23.8
Net Migration:	240	15.8
Net Immigration:	9	0.6

Change in White population:	-416	-5.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	175	2.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
7,861
7,524	95.71%
100	1.27%
16	0.20%
8	0.10%
84	1.07%
126	1.60%
337	4.29%

2000
7,976
7,664	96.09%
105	1.32%
26	0.33%
15	0.19%
58	0.73%
108	1.35%
312	3.91%

1990
7,238
7,083	97.86%
121	1.67%
10	0.14%
0	0.00%
n/a
24	0.33%
155	2.14%

1980
7,676
7,514	97.89%
142	1.85%
13	0.17%
0	0.00%
n/a
7	0.09%
162	2.11%

1970
6,624
6,493	98.02%
128	1.93%
2	0.03%
1	0.02%
n/a
0	0.00%
131	1.98%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
818	10.3
919	11.5
-66	-0.8
137	1.7

-140	-1.8
25	0.3

Number	Rate
1990's
790	10.9
1,017	14.1
353	4.9
-1	-0.0

581	8.0
157	2.2

Number	Rate
1980's
792	10.3
805	10.5
-368	-4.8
n/a

-431	-5.6
-7	-0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
817	12.3
n/a

1,021	15.4
31	0.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Clay County, TN

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.4
1,537	20.2%
6,083	79.8%
1,834	24.1%

3,035
2.46

1,916	63.1%
1,576	82.3%
107	5.6%
1,119	36.9%

2010
Number	Percent
45.1
1,641	20.9%
6,220	79.1%
1,579	20.1%

3,358
2.31

2,240	66.7%
1,706	76.2%
160	7.1%
1,118	33.3%

2000
Number	Percent
40.5
1,697	21.3%
6,279	78.7%
1,257	15.8%

3,384
2.33

2,335	69.0%
1,865	79.9%
136	5.8%
1,049	31.0%

1990
Number	Percent
37.1
1,690	23.3%
5,548	76.7%
1,174	16.2%

2,854
2.51

2,137	74.9%
1,762	82.5%
142	6.6%
717	25.1%

1980
Number	Percent
32.9
2,141	27.9%
5,535	72.1%
1,108	14.4%

2,714
2.80

2,218	81.7%
1,931	87.1%
86	3.9%
496	18.3%

2022 Housing Data for Clay County, TN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	311	10.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	280	9.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	195	6.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	254	8.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	159	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	170	5.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	155	5.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	74	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	178	5.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	181	6.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	251	8.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	331	10.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	266	8.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	144	4.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	38	1.3%
$200,000 or more	48	1.6%

Median Household Income	39,572
Per Capita Income	22,931

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	89
Compared to U.S.	72

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	253	8.3%
Public Assistance	114	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	676	22.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,389	56.7%
Unemployed	116	2.8%
In Armed Forces	11	0.3%

Total Labor Force	2,516	59.7%
Not in Labor Force	1,698	40.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		43.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	720	803	47.3%
Non-Profit	34	38	47.2%
Self-Employed	289	215	57.3%

Local Government	139	169	45.1%
State Government	127	57	69.0%
Federal Government	22	25	46.8%

Total Private + Self	1,009	1,018	49.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	322	289	52.7%
Total	1,331	1,307	50.5%

Pct. Govt.	20.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	351	13.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	501	19.0%
Professional, Technical	452	17.1%
Service Occupations	364	13.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	103	3.9%
All others	970	36.8%

White Collar		49.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	414	15.7%
Construction	373	14.1%
Health care and social assistance	365	13.8%
Educational services	254	9.6%
Retail trade	196	7.4%
Public administration	175	6.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	159	6.0%
Accommodation and food services	144	5.5%
Other services	133	5.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	102	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	72	2.7%
Finance and insurance	56	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	47	1.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	45	1.7%
Wholesale trade	41	1.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	38	1.4%
Information	24	0.9%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	35	0.46%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	14	0.18%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	162	2.13%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	162	2.13%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	39	0.51%
Chinese	4	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	6,939	95.3%
Spanish	269	3.7%
Tagalog	50	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	16	0.2%
Chinese	4	0.1%
Other	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	2,153	28.4%
Irish	743	9.8%
English	707	9.3%
German	478	6.3%
Italian	223	2.9%
French	215	2.8%
Scotch-Irish	142	1.9%
Polish	75	1.0%
European	46	0.6%
British	39	0.5%
Scottish	35	0.5%
Norwegian	27	0.4%
Northern European	26	0.3%
Austrian	22	0.3%
Swedish	18	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	7,458	98.2%
Not a citizen	134	1.8%

Native	7,369	97.1%
Foreign-born	223	2.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
407	7.4%	421	7.6%	2,670	48.5%	1,334	24.2%	434	7.9%	244	4.4%
Average years of education: 12.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	407	7.4%
9-12 Years	421	7.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	2,670	48.5%
Some College	1,334	24.2%
Bach. Degree	434	7.9%
Grad Degree	244	4.4%
Average years of education: 12.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,395	3,204	191	5.6%	5.3%
1991	3,475	3,243	232	6.7%	6.6%
1992	3,578	3,312	266	7.4%	6.5%
1993	3,535	3,272	263	7.4%	5.8%
1994	3,861	3,627	234	6.1%	4.8%
1995	3,874	3,592	282	7.3%	5.2%
1996	3,785	3,262	523	13.8%	5.2%
1997	3,310	2,410	900	27.2%	5.3%
1998	2,727	2,355	372	13.6%	4.3%
1999	2,742	2,421	321	11.7%	4.0%

2000	3,696	3,458	238	6.4%	3.9%
2001	3,559	3,317	242	6.8%	4.5%
2002	3,785	3,518	267	7.1%	5.1%
2003	3,864	3,530	334	8.6%	5.5%
2004	3,629	3,300	329	9.1%	5.3%
2005	3,543	3,134	409	11.5%	5.5%
2006	3,633	3,230	403	11.1%	5.3%
2007	3,503	3,227	276	7.9%	4.6%
2008	3,487	3,121	366	10.5%	6.5%
2009	3,310	2,840	470	14.2%	10.1%

2010	3,317	2,909	408	12.3%	9.8%
2011	3,409	3,042	367	10.8%	9.1%
2012	3,318	2,980	338	10.2%	8.0%
2013	3,106	2,773	333	10.7%	7.8%
2014	3,004	2,730	274	9.1%	6.6%
2015	3,004	2,740	264	8.8%	5.6%
2016	3,044	2,844	200	6.6%	4.7%
2017	3,027	2,872	155	5.1%	3.7%
2018	2,866	2,726	140	4.9%	3.5%
2019	2,784	2,619	165	5.9%	3.4%

2020	2,721	2,500	221	8.1%	7.5%
2021	2,754	2,602	152	5.5%	4.5%
2022	2,785	2,656	129	4.6%	3.4%
2023	2,849	2,724	125	4.4%	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,981
Median Value	$132,500

Occupied	3,035	76.2%
Vacant	946	23.8%

Owned	2,386	78.6%
Rented	649	21.4%
Median Rent	$588

Single-Family Units	2,575	64.7%
Detached	2,558	64.3%
Attached	17	0.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	134	3.4%
Mobile Homes	1,181	29.7%

Clay County, TN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Clay County, TN

2022 Housing Data for Clay County, TN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Clay County, TN

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Clay County, TN

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Clay County, TN

Historical Labor Force Data for Clay County, TN