The population of Clay county is estimated at 8,079. In 2017 there were 78 births and 109 deaths in Clay county. Clay county has 1,408 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,270 that are owned free and clear and 881 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Clay County filed 3,850 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Kansas filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Clay had a combined total federal tax liability of $23,583,000 on earned income of $187,722,000. Other notable statistics from Clay County were 200 unemployment claims which collected a total of $507,000 and 560 charitable contributions valued at $3,457,000. 590 filings from Clay County paid a combined total of $1,803,000 in property taxes and 350 filings paid $2,030,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Clay county had 26 religious congregations with an estimated 5,029 members.
23.9% of the Clay population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Clay County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 143 votes.
At $50,634 the median income is 89.8% of the Kansas average. An estimated 144 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Clay, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Clay County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
565	Health care and social assistance
425	Retail trade
339	Manufacturing
169	Wholesale trade
162	Accommodation and food services
151	Food and beverage stores
141	Restaurants and other eating places
125	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
117	Nursing and residential care facilities
104	Transportation and warehousing
95	Finance and insurance
94	Ambulatory health care services
88	Truck transportation
75	Full-service restaurants
65	Other services (except public administration)

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