2024 population: 236,760 ( 18,515 from 2020)
Land area: 604.6 square miles
Population density: 391.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	159,888	67.53%	3.1%
Black:	31,913	13.48%	22.1%
Indian:	902	0.38%	2.7%
Asian:	8,035	3.39%	18.6%
2+ races:	7,161	3.02%	14.9%
Hispanic:	28,861	12.19%	24.7%

Total non-White:	76,872	32.47%	21.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	9,466	10.8
Deaths:	10,192	11.7
Net Migration:	17,575	20.1
Net Immigration:	1,563	1.8

Change in White population:	4,815	2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,700	6.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
218,245
155,073	71.05%
26,142	11.98%
878	0.40%
6,775	3.10%
6,232	2.86%
23,145	10.61%
63,172	28.95%

2010
190,865
147,257	77.15%
18,085	9.48%
734	0.38%
5,608	2.94%
4,266	2.24%
14,609	7.65%
43,608	22.85%

2000
140,814
119,587	84.93%
9,243	6.56%
599	0.43%
2,850	2.02%
2,284	1.62%
6,059	4.30%
21,227	15.07%

1990
105,986
95,612	90.21%
5,343	5.04%
380	0.36%
1,633	1.54%
n/a
3,018	2.85%
10,374	9.79%

1980
67,052
61,689	92.00%
3,344	4.99%
23	0.03%
571	0.85%
n/a
1,343	2.00%
5,363	8.00%

1970
32,059
28,535	89.01%
2,831	8.83%
28	0.09%
70	0.22%
n/a
577	1.80%
3,524	10.99%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
19,830	10.4
15,341	8.0
20,675	10.8
3,258	1.7

7,816	4.1
19,564	10.3

Number	Rate
2000's
20,010	14.2
11,516	8.2
36,754	26.1
1,375	1.0

27,670	19.7
22,381	15.9

Number	Rate
1990's
16,855	15.9
8,679	8.2
27,155	25.6
862	0.8

23,975	22.6
10,853	10.2

Number	Rate
1980's
12,925	19.3
5,572	8.3
31,919	47.6
n/a

33,923	50.6
5,011	7.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
30,616	95.5
n/a

33,154	103.4
1,839	5.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Clay County, FL

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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
39.9
50,346	11.1%
404,659	88.9%
36,299	8.0%

79,704
2.73

60,623	76.1%
46,124	76.1%
5,203	8.6%
19,081	23.9%

2010
Number	Percent
38.0
50,170	26.3%
140,695	73.7%
22,292	11.7%

68,792
2.76

52,419	76.2%
40,051	76.4%
5,190	9.9%
16,373	23.8%

2000
Number	Percent
35.9
39,259	27.9%
101,555	72.1%
13,775	9.8%

50,365
2.76

39,731	78.9%
32,537	81.9%
3,521	8.9%
10,634	21.1%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
30,697	29.0%
75,289	71.0%
8,962	8.5%

36,663
2.86

29,839	81.4%
25,693	86.1%
1,997	6.7%
6,824	18.6%

1980
Number	Percent
28.7
22,764	33.9%
44,288	66.1%
4,898	7.3%

21,752
3.05

18,285	84.1%
16,026	87.6%
1,530	8.4%
3,467	15.9%

2022 Housing Data for Clay County, FL

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,601	3.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,449	1.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,985	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,796	2.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,267	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,187	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,341	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,084	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,858	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,159	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,499	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,372	14.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	10,043	12.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,720	9.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,622	9.6%
$200,000 or more	6,721	8.4%

Median Household Income	82,242
Per Capita Income	37,334

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	94
Compared to U.S.	91

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,774	3.5%
Public Assistance	1,424	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,095	10.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	86,390	70.0%
Unemployed	3,942	3.2%
In Armed Forces	2,098	1.7%

Total Labor Force	92,430	74.9%
Not in Labor Force	30,939	25.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	38,435	32,952	53.8%
Non-Profit	2,406	5,726	29.6%
Self-Employed	5,544	4,037	57.9%

Local Government	2,963	4,331	40.6%
State Government	1,186	890	57.1%
Federal Government	3,132	1,953	61.6%

Total Private + Self	43,979	36,989	54.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,687	12,900	42.9%
Total	53,666	49,889	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	17,623	17.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	25,995	25.1%
Professional, Technical	22,003	21.2%
Service Occupations	16,228	15.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	205	0.2%
All others	21,774	21.0%

White Collar		63.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	16,071	15.5%
Retail trade	14,187	13.7%
Educational services	8,006	7.7%
Construction	7,799	7.5%
Finance and insurance	7,271	7.0%
Transportation and warehousing	7,163	6.9%
Accommodation and food services	7,098	6.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,957	6.7%
Other services	5,417	5.2%
Public administration	5,407	5.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,067	4.9%
Manufacturing	4,439	4.3%
Wholesale trade	2,316	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,786	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,584	1.5%
Information	1,186	1.1%
Utilities	906	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	390	0.4%
Management	327	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	246	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,573	2.08%
Puerto Rican	8,833	4.02%
Cuban	2,451	1.12%
Dominican	694	0.32%

Total Central American	2,955	1.35%
Costa Rican	139	0.06%
Guatemalan	1,042	0.47%
Honduran	299	0.14%
Nicaraguan	557	0.25%
Panamanian	209	0.10%
Salvadoran	704	0.32%
Other Central American	5	0.00%

Total South American	1,995	0.91%
Argentinean	141	0.06%
Bolivian	101	0.05%
Chilean	202	0.09%
Colombian	788	0.36%
Ecuadorian	139	0.06%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	252	0.11%
Uruguayan	99	0.05%
Venezuelan	273	0.12%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,210	1.01%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	3,936	1.79%
Indian	470	0.21%
Vietnamese	392	0.18%
Chinese	359	0.16%
Japanese	279	0.13%
Korean	197	0.09%
Taiwanese	77	0.04%
Thai	76	0.03%
Malaysian	48	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	185,441	89.1%
Spanish	13,451	6.5%
Tagalog	2,586	1.2%
Other Indo-European	1,513	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,162	0.6%
German, other Germanic	1,121	0.5%
Arabic	1,002	0.5%
Other Asian	763	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	356	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	28,423	12.9%
Irish	24,193	11.0%
German	24,017	10.9%
American	10,744	4.9%
Italian	7,910	3.6%
Scottish	7,263	3.3%
French	4,921	2.2%
Polish	4,114	1.9%
European	3,361	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	2,737	1.2%
Norwegian	2,222	1.0%
Welsh	1,823	0.8%
Dutch	1,663	0.8%
British	1,462	0.7%
Swedish	1,388	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	215,217	98.0%
Not a citizen	4,433	2.0%

Native	205,179	93.4%
Foreign-born	14,471	6.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,716	2.4%	7,632	5.0%	42,368	27.9%	56,214	37.0%	28,107	18.5%	13,763	9.1%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,716	2.4%
9-12 Years	7,632	5.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	42,368	27.9%
Some College	56,214	37.0%
Bach. Degree	28,107	18.5%
Grad Degree	13,763	9.1%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	54,297	51,884	2,413	4.4%	6.2%
1991	54,969	52,039	2,930	5.3%	7.6%
1992	56,472	53,175	3,297	5.8%	8.4%
1993	58,664	55,681	2,983	5.1%	7.4%
1994	61,694	59,291	2,403	3.9%	6.5%
1995	64,540	62,563	1,977	3.1%	5.6%
1996	66,218	64,170	2,048	3.1%	5.3%
1997	68,781	66,559	2,222	3.2%	4.9%
1998	71,619	69,547	2,072	2.9%	4.4%
1999	74,462	72,428	2,034	2.7%	3.9%

2000	74,520	72,244	2,276	3.1%	3.8%
2001	76,142	73,253	2,889	3.8%	4.4%
2002	76,430	73,019	3,411	4.5%	4.9%
2003	77,437	74,365	3,072	4.0%	4.5%
2004	80,983	78,119	2,864	3.5%	3.8%
2005	86,034	83,740	2,294	2.7%	2.9%
2006	90,973	88,886	2,087	2.3%	2.5%
2007	93,384	90,686	2,698	2.9%	3.3%
2008	95,447	90,694	4,753	5.0%	5.7%
2009	93,803	85,748	8,055	8.6%	9.6%

2010	95,069	85,944	9,125	9.6%	10.8%
2011	95,595	86,914	8,681	9.1%	10.0%
2012	95,686	88,172	7,514	7.9%	8.6%
2013	96,658	90,255	6,403	6.6%	7.5%
2014	97,643	91,867	5,776	5.9%	6.4%
2015	98,837	93,804	5,033	5.1%	5.5%
2016	101,345	96,747	4,598	4.5%	4.9%
2017	104,051	99,963	4,088	3.9%	4.2%
2018	105,747	102,183	3,564	3.4%	3.6%
2019	107,500	104,069	3,431	3.2%	3.3%

2020	105,658	100,004	5,654	5.4%	7.7%
2021	108,413	104,509	3,904	3.6%	4.6%
2022	113,134	110,151	2,983	2.6%	2.9%
2023	115,044	111,715	3,329	2.9%	2.9%
2024	114,967	111,093	3,874	3.4%	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	85,593
Median Value	$254,500

Occupied	79,704	93.1%
Vacant	5,889	6.9%

Owned	61,040	76.6%
Rented	18,664	23.4%
Median Rent	$1,372

Single-Family Units	65,499	76.5%
Detached	62,562	73.1%
Attached	2,937	3.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,519	7.6%
Mobile Homes	10,665	12.5%

Clay County, FL

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Clay County, FL

2022 Housing Data for Clay County, FL

2022 Income & Employment Data for Clay County, FL

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Clay County, FL

Historical Labor Force Data for Clay County, FL