Clay County (Florida)
The Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Green Cove Springs.
History
The Clay County was formed on December 31, 1858 from parts of Duval County. It was named in honor of Henry Clay, a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, who was also Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 19th century.
Geography
The County is located in the north of Florida, is in the north about 40 km from Georgia, in the east around 30 km from the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of 1,667 square kilometers, of which 110 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Duval County, St. Johns County, Putnam County, Alachua County, Bradford County, and Baker County.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2010 lived in Clay County 190,865 people in 75 478 households. The population density was 122.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.8 % White, 9.9 % African American, 0.5% Indigenous and 2.9 % Asian Americans. 2.0% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.9% in different ethnic groups. 7.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 23.2 % of all households lived in 39.6 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 76.2 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 2.76 persons and the average family size is 3.13 people.
29.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.9 % were 20-39 years old, 29.6% were 40-59 years old and 17.4 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 38 years. 49.0 % of the population were male and 51.0 % female.
The median income for a household was $ 59,649, while 10.1 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2010, English was the mother tongue of 90.68 % of the population spoke Spanish, 4.99% and 4.33% had a different mother tongue.
Further education institutions
- St. Johns River Community College in Orange Park
Places in Clay County
Places in Clay County with populations of the census of 2010:
Cities:
- Green Cove Springs ( County Seat) - 6,908 inhabitants
- Keystone Heights - 1,350 inhabitants
Towns:
- Orange Park - 8,412 inhabitants
- Penney Farms - 749 inhabitants
Census-designated places:
- Asbury Lake - 8,700 inhabitants
- Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace - 13,343 inhabitants
- Fleming Iceland - 27 126 inhabitants
- Lakeside - 30 943 inhabitants
- Middleburg - 13,008 inhabitants
- Oakleaf Plantation - 20,315 inhabitants