2022 population: 257,033 ( 35,094 from 2010 , 3,711 from 2020)
Land area: 397.7 square miles
Population density: 646.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	201,590	78.43%	8.0%
Black:	19,676	7.66%	75.4%
Indian:	1,142	0.44%	12.5%
Asian:	7,471	2.91%	47.9%
2+ races:	7,318	2.85%	56.8%
Hispanic:	19,836	7.72%	51.4%

Total non-White:	55,443	21.57%	56.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,664	13.2
Deaths:	5,015	9.9
Net Migration:	1,302	2.6
Net Immigration:	669	1.3

Change in White population:	14,979	6.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	20,115	9.1

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
221,939
186,611	84.08%
11,220	5.06%
1,015	0.46%
5,052	2.28%
4,668	2.10%
13,101	5.90%
35,328	15.92%

2000
184,006
166,445	90.46%
4,794	2.61%
798	0.43%
2,611	1.42%
2,583	1.40%
6,594	3.58%
17,561	9.54%

1990
153,411
145,598	94.91%
2,422	1.58%
479	0.31%
1,100	0.72%
n/a
3,812	2.48%
7,813	5.09%

1980
136,488
131,595	96.42%
1,424	1.04%
634	0.46%
528	0.39%
n/a
2,188	1.60%
4,893	3.58%

1970
123,322
120,543	97.75%
858	0.70%
194	0.16%
178	0.14%
n/a
1,466	1.19%
2,779	2.25%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
28,060	15.2
13,437	7.3
21,169	11.5
2,288	1.2

20,166	11.0
17,767	9.7

Number	Rate
1990's
23,886	15.6
12,517	8.2
14,423	9.4
1,081	0.7

20,847	13.6
9,748	6.4

Number	Rate
1980's
21,466	15.7
9,874	7.2
5,795	4.2
n/a

14,003	10.3
2,920	2.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-860	-0.7
n/a

11,052	9.0
2,114	1.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Clay County, MO

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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
37.5
60,177	23.4%
196,856	76.6%
36,986	14.4%

99,501
2.52

66,168	66.5%
49,607	75.0%
6,834	10.3%
33,333	33.5%

2010
Number	Percent
36.2
57,267	25.8%
164,672	74.2%
24,964	11.2%

87,217
2.51

59,017	67.7%
45,143	76.5%
6,027	10.2%
28,200	32.3%

2000
Number	Percent
35.0
47,551	25.8%
136,455	74.2%
19,886	10.8%

72,613
2.49

50,459	69.5%
40,755	80.8%
4,529	9.0%
22,154	30.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.8
39,552	25.8%
113,859	74.2%
15,865	10.3%

58,998
2.55

42,854	72.6%
36,067	84.2%
3,141	7.3%
16,144	27.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
38,616	28.3%
97,872	71.7%
10,637	7.8%

49,630
2.71

38,054	76.7%
33,469	88.0%
2,585	6.8%
11,576	23.3%

2022 Housing Data for Clay County, MO

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,288	3.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,173	2.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,417	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,802	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,740	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,099	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,351	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,433	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,598	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,807	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	9,675	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,140	15.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,115	12.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,652	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,280	10.3%
$200,000 or more	7,931	8.0%

Median Household Income	82,264
Per Capita Income	40,278

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	115
Compared to U.S.	98

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,756	3.8%
Public Assistance	1,564	1.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,506	7.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	116,935	77.4%
Unemployed	4,912	3.3%
In Armed Forces	359	0.2%

Total Labor Force	122,206	80.9%
Not in Labor Force	28,804	19.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	53,379	40,885	56.6%
Non-Profit	3,645	9,144	28.5%
Self-Employed	5,814	3,928	59.7%

Local Government	4,017	5,259	43.3%
State Government	1,159	1,691	40.7%
Federal Government	2,309	2,138	51.9%

Total Private + Self	59,193	44,813	56.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	11,130	18,232	37.9%
Total	70,323	63,045	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	12.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	23,727	17.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	29,819	22.3%
Professional, Technical	29,761	22.3%
Service Occupations	18,680	14.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	329	0.2%
All others	31,675	23.7%

White Collar		62.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	18,083	13.5%
Retail trade	15,181	11.4%
Manufacturing	14,931	11.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	10,974	8.2%
Educational services	9,911	7.4%
Transportation and warehousing	9,403	7.0%
Finance and insurance	8,393	6.3%
Accommodation and food services	8,207	6.1%
Construction	7,665	5.7%
Public administration	6,943	5.2%
Other services	5,976	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,129	3.1%
Wholesale trade	4,006	3.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,037	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,597	1.9%
Information	2,255	1.7%
Utilities	873	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	772	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	251	0.2%
Management	75	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	11,562	4.57%
Puerto Rican	1,779	0.70%
Cuban	874	0.35%
Dominican	211	0.08%

Total Central American	1,104	0.44%
Costa Rican	29	0.01%
Guatemalan	361	0.14%
Honduran	333	0.13%
Nicaraguan	63	0.02%
Panamanian	154	0.06%
Salvadoran	114	0.05%
Other Central American	50	0.02%

Total South American	1,186	0.47%
Argentinean	67	0.03%
Bolivian	34	0.01%
Chilean	85	0.03%
Colombian	764	0.30%
Ecuadorian	29	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	161	0.06%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	42	0.02%
Other South American	4	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,897	0.75%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,855	0.73%
Indian	1,121	0.44%
Chinese	558	0.22%
Filipino	426	0.17%
Cambodian	300	0.12%
Japanese	210	0.08%
Korean	85	0.03%
Burmese	80	0.03%
Thai	76	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	220,203	92.7%
Spanish	7,797	3.3%
Other Indo-European	2,029	0.9%
Arabic	1,531	0.6%
Other Asian	1,429	0.6%
Other	1,365	0.6%
Vietnamese	1,227	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	539	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	473	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	53,684	21.2%
English	33,329	13.2%
Irish	33,043	13.1%
American	16,318	6.4%
Italian	13,095	5.2%
European	8,049	3.2%
French	5,760	2.3%
Scottish	4,251	1.7%
Swedish	3,771	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	3,587	1.4%
Polish	3,333	1.3%
Dutch	2,612	1.0%
African	2,520	1.0%
Norwegian	2,239	0.9%
Welsh	2,054	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	248,270	98.1%
Not a citizen	4,815	1.9%

Native	239,627	94.7%
Foreign-born	13,458	5.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,437	2.0%	7,249	4.2%	46,295	26.9%	55,152	32.0%	39,614	23.0%	20,623	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,437	2.0%
9-12 Years	7,249	4.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	46,295	26.9%
Some College	55,152	32.0%
Bach. Degree	39,614	23.0%
Grad Degree	20,623	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	87,899	84,146	3,753	4.3%	5.9%
1991	89,977	85,277	4,700	5.2%	6.6%
1992	90,010	86,236	3,774	4.2%	6.2%
1993	92,090	88,397	3,693	4.0%	6.2%
1994	95,377	91,817	3,560	3.7%	5.2%
1995	99,529	96,270	3,259	3.3%	4.8%
1996	102,163	99,086	3,077	3.0%	4.7%
1997	104,050	100,929	3,121	3.0%	4.4%
1998	106,698	103,869	2,829	2.7%	4.0%
1999	108,818	106,329	2,489	2.3%	3.2%

2000	107,238	104,635	2,603	2.4%	3.4%
2001	107,652	104,059	3,593	3.3%	4.5%
2002	107,559	102,973	4,586	4.3%	5.3%
2003	108,046	102,955	5,091	4.7%	5.7%
2004	109,429	103,970	5,459	5.0%	5.9%
2005	111,269	106,096	5,173	4.6%	5.4%
2006	114,060	109,141	4,919	4.3%	4.9%
2007	117,261	112,211	5,050	4.3%	5.1%
2008	118,270	112,124	6,146	5.2%	6.2%
2009	121,169	111,232	9,937	8.2%	9.0%

2010	124,476	114,132	10,344	8.3%	9.5%
2011	125,008	115,592	9,416	7.5%	8.6%
2012	125,609	117,708	7,901	6.3%	7.2%
2013	126,423	118,669	7,754	6.1%	6.8%
2014	128,935	121,912	7,023	5.4%	6.2%
2015	131,384	125,297	6,087	4.6%	5.1%
2016	133,855	128,647	5,208	3.9%	4.5%
2017	134,697	129,805	4,892	3.6%	3.8%
2018	134,904	130,942	3,962	2.9%	3.2%
2019	137,176	133,261	3,915	2.9%	3.3%

2020	136,568	128,194	8,374	6.1%	6.1%
2021	138,246	131,866	6,380	4.6%	4.1%
2022	138,929	135,472	3,457	2.5%	2.5%
2023	140,139	136,342	3,797	2.7%	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	105,571
Median Value	$237,200

Occupied	99,501	94.3%
Vacant	6,070	5.7%

Owned	67,850	68.2%
Rented	31,651	31.8%
Median Rent	$1,133

Single-Family Units	79,845	75.6%
Detached	74,225	70.3%
Attached	5,620	5.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	18,294	17.3%
Mobile Homes	1,937	1.8%

Clay County, MO

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Clay County, MO

2022 Housing Data for Clay County, MO

2022 Income & Employment Data for Clay County, MO

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Clay County, MO

Historical Labor Force Data for Clay County, MO