† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupClayAlabamaUnited States
American10.8%12.8%5.3%
English10.4%12.1%9.5%
Irish5.5%8.0%9.4%
German4.6%6.4%12.5%
Scottish2.1%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.8%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.2%1.2%—
French1.0%1.1%1.6%
African American†40.9%24.6%9.9%
African1.3%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Mexican2.0%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Asian Indian0.9%0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.2%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Clay
Alabama
United States
Median age
39.9
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
6.2%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.9%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clay
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$81,920
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.3%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.2%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clay
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.2%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
3.9%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.4%
0.2%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clay
Alabama
United States
Catholic
—
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Clay, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−67.8%
2008
−59.7%
2012
−54.2%
2016
−47.9%
2020
−21.7%
2024
−4.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
47.0%Harris2,363
51.6%Trump2,594
1.3%
R+4.6
D+17.1
R+3.1
5,024
R
38.3%Biden2,101
60.0%Trump3,294
1.8%
R+21.7
D+26.2
R+26.2
5,492
R
24.2%Clinton1,239
72.1%Trump3,696
3.8%
R+47.9
D+6.3
R+50.0
5,128
R
22.5%Obama1,070
76.7%Romney3,644
0.8%
R+54.2
D+5.5
R+58.0
4,751
R
19.4%Obama945
79.2%McCain3,846
1.4%
R+59.7
D+8.1
R+67.0
4,859
R
15.6%Kerry762
83.4%Bush4,078
1.1%
R+67.8
—
R+65.3
4,892
Clay sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 67.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 17.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.6 points.
A population of 10,273, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,920 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fultondale and McCalla.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Clay, Alabama voted Republican by 4.6 points (R+4.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,024 votes cast, 2,363 went Democratic and 2,594 went Republican.
How many people live in Clay, Alabama?
Clay, Alabama has a population of 10,273 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clay, Alabama?
Median household income in Clay, Alabama is $81,920 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Clay, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Clay, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
