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Clay County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 52 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05021

Within Arkansas
Clay County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Corning, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
14,052
-483 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
639.2
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
22.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Corning
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Piggott city
Population 3,508.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Clay County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Clay County, Arkansas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 442 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Clay County ranks

Position among the 75 counties of Arkansas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ArkansasNationally
Population14,05252nd of 752,161st of 3,144
Land area639.2 sq mi39th of 751,487th of 3,144
Population density22.0 per sq mi49th of 752,170th of 3,144
Median household income$51,48139th of 752,692nd of 3,143

Full data for Clay County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,052Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,535Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,553Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area639.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area641.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,481American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$94,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,021American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,492American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-107
139 births, 246 deaths
Net migration
+81
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Clay County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Dunklin CountyMissouri44 mi26,855
Greene CountyArkansas39 mi47,411
Randolph CountyArkansas28 mi18,876
Butler CountyMissouri20 mi41,904
Ripley CountyMissouri12 mi10,717

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 75 counties of Arkansas

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.