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Clay County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- March 8, 1862 (created), February 27, 1872 (organized)
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Seat
- Moorhead
- Largest city
- Moorhead
- Total
- 1,052.629 sq mi (2,726.30 km )
- Land
- 1,045.176 sq mi (2,706.99 km )
- Water
- 7.453 sq mi (19.30 km ) 0.71%
- Estimate 2025
- 67,734
- Density
- 64.8/sq mi (25.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- claycountymn.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Moorhead
- Population
- 65318
- Area
- 2727
- Shares border with
- Cass County
- Official website
- www.co.clay.mn.us
- Image
- Rourke Art Museum.jpg
- Households
- 24695
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clay County, Minnesota
- Commons category
- Clay County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1862-03-08
- different from
- Clay County
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 31233
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Encyclopedic overview
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,318, and was estimated to be 67,734 in 2025. Its county seat is Moorhead.
Clay County is part of the Fargo, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.