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Clay is a city in northeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area in the north-central part of the state. Local government is run by a mayor and city council. As of the 2020 census, Clay had a population of 10,291.

Before incorporation on June 6, 2000, it was a census-designated place (CDP).

The oldest church in Jefferson County, Mount Calvary Presbyterian Church, is located in Clay. The congregation has been meeting continually since 1806, when it was established by early Scots-American settlers.

On January 23, 2012, a total of 231 homes and businesses were either damaged or destroyed when an EF3 tornado passed through several subdivisions. Damage was heavy in downtown Center Point. Some of the homes were flattened. Trees were snapped and uprooted along the path and the Center Point Elementary School was damaged. A sixteen-year-old student from Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School died before reaching cover during the tornado.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , of which was land and (0.29%) was water.

Media

The local newspaper is The Trussville Tribune. The Tribune, which covers government, sports, crime, and community events in Trussville, Clay and Pinson, is published each Wednesday. It provides current news online.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Clay city, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|White alone (NH)

|4,832

|8,093

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,560

|97.68%

|83.36%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.03%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|34

|1,287

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,766

|0.69%

|13.26%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.60%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|15

|28

|style='background: #ffffe6; |20

|0.30%

|0.29%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%

|Asian alone (NH)

|20

|59

|style='background: #ffffe6; |87

|0.40%

|0.61%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.85%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5

|0.00%

|0.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%

|Other race alone (NH)

|14

|style='background: #ffffe6; |24

|0.04%

|0.14%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|24

|97

|style='background: #ffffe6; |425

|0.49%

|1.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.13%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|20

|127

|style='background: #ffffe6; |404

|0.40%

|1.31%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.93%

|Total

|4,947

|9,708

|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,291

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Clay had a population of 10,291, with 3,862 households and 2,674 families. The median age was 40.7 years. 21.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.7 males age 18 and over.

74.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 25.7% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,862 households in Clay, of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.3% were married-couple households, 13.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.