Total Population in Clay County, MO

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
258,122
Rank #278 of 3,222
91th percentile

How Clay County Compares

Clay County
258,122
Missouri Average
258,122
Rank #6 of 115 in state
National
330M
99.9% below

National Distribution

Where Clay County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Clay County: 258,122

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#275 Harford County, MD 263,757
#276 Kalamazoo County, MI 262,375
#277 Williamson County, TN 260,351
#278 Clay County, MO 258,122
#279 Marin County, CA 257,969
#280 Yakima County, WA 257,152
#281 Washington County, AR 256,765
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Total Population in Clay County, Missouri

Clay County, Missouri has a total population of 258,122, which ranks #278 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.9% below the national value of 330M.

Within Missouri, Clay County ranks #6 of 115 out of 115 counties. This places it in the 91th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.