“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
3 school districts have their office in Clay County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $10.2 million — $9.3 million to run schools, about $10,898 per student, plus $616,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.5 million.
Spent $11.3 million — $10.2 million to run schools, about $12,225 per student, plus $847,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $8.6 million — $8 million to run schools, about $13,036 per student, plus $503,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.3 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Clay County about $20.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
201 bridges in Clay County: 86 in good condition, 94 fair, and 21 poor (10.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 62-20- LM 2.58 over BLACK RIVER · built 1956 | 4,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 90- 01 LM 0.0 over St. Francis River · built 1981 | 3,427 vehicles a day |
| US 62 over St. Francis River · built 1953 | 1,159 vehicles a day |
| SH 328-02- LM 1.50 over DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1977 | 700 vehicles a day |
| SH 141-05- LM 5.23 over DRAINAGE DITCH · built 1972 | 350 vehicles a day |
| SH 141-05- LM 6.51 over DITCH NO 8 · built 1972 | 350 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.7 million of work in Clay County in fiscal 2025, about $1,149 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
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