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County / FIPS 37043

Clay County

North Carolina

Clay County runs 4 public schools reporting to NCES. No Medicare-certified hospital reports to CMS from here — a real finding about rural healthcare access, not a gap in this site; North Carolina has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

4schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

215sq mi

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Clay County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$131.0M

2087th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$11,8102020 population

Change since FY2021

+33%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Clay County, FY2021–FY2025
$100M$120M$140M
$131M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$99M
2022$102M
2023$113M
2024$115M
2025$131M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Clay County ranks 2087th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in Clay County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Clay County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Hayesville ElementaryClay County SchoolsHayesville270
Hayesville HighClay County SchoolsHayesville393
Hayesville MiddleClay County SchoolsHayesville274
Hayesville Primary SchoolClay County SchoolsHayesville377
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