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Population (year 2000): 4,564. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,378 (-4.1% change)
Males: 2,212 (48.5%), Females: 2,352 (51.5%)
Zip code:
67432
Median resident age: 43.2 years
Median household income: $31,531 (year 2000)
Median house value: $52,000 (year 2000)
Races in Clay Center:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Black (0.6%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (28.2%), English (16.2%),
United States (16.1%), Irish (13.1%), Swedish (6.1%), French
(5.7%).
Land area: 2.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Clay Center
- High school or higher: 84.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.6%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Clay Center city
- Never married: 17.1%
- Now married: 58.8%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 15.5%
- Divorced: 7.1%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -143 (-3.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Clay Center:
- CLAY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (617 LIBERTY ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Clay Center:
- WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 31 miles;
WASHINGTON, KS)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; ABILENE, KS)
- GEARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; JUNCTION
CITY, KS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Clay
Center:
- MANHATTAN RGNL (about 36 miles; MANHATTAN, KS; ID:
MHK)
- SALINA MUNI (about 55 miles; SALINA, KS; ID: SLN)
- LINCOLN MUNI (about 105 miles; LINCOLN, NE; ID: LNK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Clay Center:
- CLAY CENTER MUNI (about 2 miles; CLAY CENTER, KS;
ID: CYW)
- WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 26 miles;
WASHINGTON, KS; ID: K38)
- FREEMAN FIELD (about 32 miles; JUNCTION CITY, KS;
ID: 3JC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Clay Center:
- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; MANHATTAN,
KS; Full-time enrollment: 19,210)
- EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 93 miles; EMPORIA,
KS; FT enrollment: 4,528)
- WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA (about 97 miles;
TOPEKA, KS; FT enrollment: 4,472)
- SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 103 miles;
LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 5,137)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN (about 104 miles;
LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 19,806)
- HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 108 miles;
HUTCHINSON, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
- BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 109 miles; EL
DORADO, KS; FT enrollment: 4,250)
Public high school in Clay Center:
- CLAY CENTER COMMUNITY HIGH (Students: 417;
Location: 1630 NINTH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Clay Center:
- CLAY CENTER COMMUNITY MIDDLE (Students: 300;
Location: 935 PROSPECT STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LINCOLN ELEM (Students: 283; Location: 1020
GRANT; Grades: PK - 03)
- GARFIELD ELEM (Students: 145; Location: 815
4TH ST; Grades: 04 - 05)
Library in Clay Center:
- CLAY CENTER CARNEGIE LIBRARY (Operating
income: $82,429; Location: 706 SIXTH STREET; 40,962
books; 827 audio materials; 371 video materials; 77
serial subscriptions)
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