Demographics of Clay County, Texas

Clay County, Texas had 10,764 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +509 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Clay County, in four figures

10,764
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +5.0%
Change since July 2020: +509 people.; 47.5 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $80,114 ±$7,097
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Clay County, Texas's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Clay County, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Clay County, Texas's population grew 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Clay County, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,255	100.0	100.0
2021	10,312	100.6	100.2
2022	10,486	102.3	100.7
2023	10,700	104.3	101.6
2024	10,736	104.7	102.5
2025	10,764	105.0	103.1

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Population of Clay County, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	10,255	+38	−1	0	+42
2021	10,312	+57	−74	+4	+126
2022	10,486	+174	−59	+10	+218
2023	10,700	+214	−49	+4	+256
2024	10,736	+36	−45	+5	+76
2025	10,764	+28	−43	+1	+71

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.5 ±0.8: for men 46.5 ±1.4 and for women 48.4 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Clay County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	468 ±24	4.5% ±0.2	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,570 ±146	15.0% ±1.4	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	702 ±98	6.7% ±0.9	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,236 ±168	21.3% ±1.6	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,064 ±198	29.2% ±1.9	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,455 ±202	23.4% ±1.9	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $80,114 ±$7,097, and income per person $40,172 ±$2,779, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Clay County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	507 ±120	11.8% ±2.8	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	730 ±148	17.0% ±3.4	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	787 ±145	18.3% ±3.3	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	506 ±112	11.8% ±2.6	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,049 ±175	24.5% ±4.0	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	349 ±95	8.1% ±2.2	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	361 ±105	8.4% ±2.4	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Clay County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	870 ±225	8.4% ±2.2	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	173 ±85	8.6% ±4.2	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	335 ±117	6.6% ±2.3	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	362 ±110	11.1% ±3.3	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Clay County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Clay County	Texas	United States
Housing units	5,163 ±34	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.1% ±3.0	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	16.9% ±2.9	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	84.0% ±2.1	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	16.0% ±3.2	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$171,500 ±$12,193	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$811 ±$95	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±3	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Clay County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	746 ±0	7.1% ±<0.1	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,125 ±36	86.9% ±0.3	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	44 to 162	0.4% to 1.5%	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	84 ±31	0.8% ±0.3	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	18 to 104	0.2% to 1.0%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	372 ±89	3.5% ±0.8	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Clay County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	8,088 ±227	77.1% ±2.2	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,093 ±219	19.9% ±2.1	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	168 ±68	1.6% ±0.6	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	146 ±54	1.4% ±0.5	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	17 to 95	0.2% to 0.9%	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	90 ±40	0.9% ±0.4	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Clay County among the counties of Texas

161st of 254 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Counties of Texas near Clay County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Red River County	11,816	+2.2%
Dawson County	11,776	−5.6%
Terry County	11,720	−0.6%
Ward County	11,125	−4.7%
Franklin County	10,994	+6.0%
Clay County	10,764	+5.0%
Somervell County	10,261	+11.5%
Sabine County	10,012	+1.2%
Marion County	9,896	+0.3%
Runnels County	9,693	−2.2%
Parmer County	9,678	−1.8%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026