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Clay, Tennessee

Score 6.67 / 10· population 7,714

Kentucky forms Clay County's northern border, and three miles east of Celina, Dale Hollow Dam holds back a lake with 620 miles of shoreline. Sewing factories were among the largest employers from 1950 until they began leaving in 1990; timber still provides work through pallet mills and log-home building. The median household earns $46,575, and 38 percent of children live in a home headed by a single parent.

Sources
  • Dale Hollow Dam is three miles east of Celina; the lake has 620 miles of shoreline dalehollowlake.org
  • Clay County lies along the Kentucky border; needlework factories were among the largest employers for about forty years after garment manufacturing arrived in 1950, and textile plants began leaving in 1990; timber remains important through pallet mills and the log home business tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • County Health Rankings 2025: median household income $46,575; 38.3% of children live in single-parent households (Tennessee 27.3%) countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.3
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.9

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy2.4
  3. Government employees4.0
  4. Single-parent households0.9

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