Income and Poverty in Clay County, Minnesota

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Clay County, Minnesota can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 13.2 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 39.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Clay County, reporting 17.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Clay County had a medium-high median income for all households of $44,330 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 24.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median is 10.8 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Clay County reported a median household income of $25,740, this was 41.9 percent less than the median for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $16,819. This median is 62.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic households in Clay County, Minnesota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $28,892, this median is 34.8 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 53.7 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $68,128. In Clay County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $45,237 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2 percent greater than the median income in 2000.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.