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County · North Carolina
Clay County
12,042Population
8.6 %Change since 2020
314Net migration
3.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 12,042 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 8.6 %
- Net migration
- 314 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 11,087 (2020)
- Births
- 96 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.0
- Deaths
- 155 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -59
- International migration
- 3 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 311 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 26.1
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37043
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 4.6 % |
| 2020 | 6.6 % |
| 2019 | 4.0 % |
| 2018 | 4.0 % |
| 2017 | 4.5 % |
| 2016 | 4.8 % |
| 2015 | 6.0 % |
| 2014 | 6.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12,042 |
| 2023 | 11,873 |
| 2022 | 11,610 |
| 2021 | 11,380 |
| 2020 | 11,145 |