Clay County, NE
Demographic and economic profile of Clay County, NE, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Clay County, Nebraska has a small labor pool of roughly 6,084 residents with a 67.6% labor force participation rate and an unemployment rate of just 1.5%, suggesting a tight but accessible market where median worker earnings run $42,431 against a low cost of living anchored by a median home value of $146,300 and median gross rent of $701 per month. Educational attainment skews toward high school completion (94.1%) rather than four-year degrees (22.9%), pointing to a workforce oriented toward skilled trades and manual occupations. The county's population has contracted 2.4% over five years, and at 6,084 people it offers limited labor scale, though a median household income of $78,986 and a poverty rate of 8.1% reflect relative economic stability at the household level.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-2.4% since 2018
Clay County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone5,383 (88.3%)
- Some Other Race Alone298 (4.9%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race221 (3.6%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races92 (1.5%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone55 (0.9%)
- Black or African American Alone44 (0.7%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish235
- 2.German or other West Germanic37
- 3.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)23
- 4.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic7
- 5.Other Indo-European3
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance865
- 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining514
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)296
- 4.Manufacturing (Group)284
- 5.Construction (Group)224
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,211
- 2.Sales & Office Occupations548
- 3.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations502
- 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations438
- 5.Service Occupations436
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.