Photo Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its estimated yearly population numbers from April 1st, 2020, to July 1st, 2024. Estimates show a decrease of 158 residents in Clay County over the past five years, with a high of 8,127 residents in 2020 to 7,969 in 2024.
Cities within the county have seen varying results in resident growth or decline since 2020.
Data shows that:
- Clay Center went from an estimated 4,202 residents in 2020 to 4,070 residents in 2024, a decline of 132 residents.
- Clifton had an estimated low of 448 residents in 2022, to an estimated population of 456 in 2024, a growth of eight residents.
- Longford went from 73 to 71 in the last five years, declining by two residents.
- Morganville’s estimated population has stayed fairly steady, with a high of 184 residents in 2022 to 181 residents in 2024.
- Oakhill gained one resident over the past five years, going from an estimated 24 residents to 25 in 2024.
- Wakefield has seen a decline of 23 residents. Recording a high of 863 residents in 2020, down to 840 in 2024.
The data provided by the Census Bureau website only showed populations of incorporated places in Kansas.
