Total Population in Clay County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19,921
Rank #1,883/3,222 · #59 in KY
42th
Clay 19,921
KY 4,534,824 -99.6%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Clay County's total population of 19,921 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 →| #1,880 | Simpson County, KY | 19,972 |
| #1,881 | Spencer County, IN | 19,955 |
| #1,882 | Davison County, SD | 19,952 |
| #1,883 | Clay County, KY | 19,921 |
| #1,884 | Hertford County, NC | 19,908 |
| #1,885 | Pike County, GA | 19,903 |
| #1,886 | Santa Isabel Municipio, PR | 19,903 |
About Total Population
Clay County, Kentucky has a total population of 19,921, ranking #1,883 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within Kentucky, it ranks #59 of 120. This places it in the 42th 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.