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| • If it has not done
so already, Clay County is just about to cross the 200,000-population threshold.
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| • During the 1990s,
Clay County increased its population by 20%, a rate of growth nearly twice
that of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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| • Since the 2000 census,
Clay County has been growing three times as fast as the rest of Missouri.
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| • At $14,230, retail
sales per capita in Clay Countyare 46% higher than they are in Missouri
as a whole.
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| • The most famous man
in the world in the last half of the nineteenth century called Clay County
home. Visitors can examine his legacy at the Jesse James Farm and Museum
in Kearney.
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| • The average commute
to work for a Clay County resident is 22 minutes, which is less than the
Missouri average.
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| • 50% of Clay County's
is still undeveloped.
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| • At 396 square miles,
Clay County is more than 20% larger than New York City, although New York
is roughly 50 times more densely populated.
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| • The county's ACT
scores and educational attainment rates are well above national norms. In
fact, 69% of the available labor pool has at least some college education.
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| • Clay County is home
to two of the metro area's four riverside casino and entertainment complexes.
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| • The county has a plan
for 472 miles of new Northland trails to be constructed over the next several
years
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| • The 7,000-acre Smithville
Lake is twice the size of all the metro area's other bodies of water combined.
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| • Clay County Regional
Airport is the metro area's newest general aviation facility, and virtually
all of the county residents live within a 20-minute drive of Kansas City
International Airport.
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| • 70% of Clay County
residents live in homes they own.
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| • The 1,700-acre master-planned
community, Shoal Creek Valley, will be the largest single development in
the metro with room for at least 28,000 residents and will includes office,
retail and a pedestrian friendly downtown area.
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| • Clay County is growing
by approximately 5,000 new residents each year.
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| • The county has a plan
for 472 miles of new Northland trails to be constructed over the next several
years
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