Total Population in Clay County, IA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16,461
Rank #2,074/3,222 · #46 in IA
36th
Clay 16,461
IA 3,210,507 -99.5%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Clay County's total population of 16,461 compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 33 to 9,808,667.
Distribution of Total Population Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Clay County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,071 | Iowa County, IA | 16,507 |
| #2,072 | Scurry County, TX | 16,488 |
| #2,073 | Taylor County, WV | 16,487 |
| #2,074 | Clay County, IA | 16,461 |
| #2,075 | Warren County, IL | 16,447 |
| #2,076 | Parke County, IN | 16,406 |
| #2,077 | Kanabec County, MN | 16,390 |
About Total Population
Clay County, Iowa has a total population of 16,461, ranking #2,074 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within Iowa, it ranks #46 of 99. This places it in the 36th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.