{{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Ray, Alabama |settlement_type = Census-designated place |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = File:Coosa County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ray Highlighted 0163495.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location of Ray in Coosa County, Alabama. <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Alabama |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Coosa <!-- Government --> |established_title = |established_date = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 24.64 |area_land_km2 = 24.51 |area_water_km2 = 0.13 |area_total_sq_mi = 9.51 |area_land_sq_mi = 9.46 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.05 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_total = 326 |population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 13.30 |population_density_sq_mi = 34.45 <!-- General information --> |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 709 |coordinates = {{coord|32|52|23|N|86|02|25|W|region:US-AL|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes and others --> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_codes = 256 & 938 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 2582695<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2582695}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |footnotes = }} '''Ray''' is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 326 as of the 2020 census.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align = left |2010= 443 |2020= 326 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }}

Ray was listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.<ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Alabama |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121211347/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-2.pdf| archive-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Ray CDP, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Ray CDP, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0163495&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Ray CDP, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0163495&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !% 2010 !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |290 |style='background: #ffffe6; |257 |65.46% |style='background: #ffffe6; |78.83% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |72 |style='background: #ffffe6; |44 |16.25% |style='background: #ffffe6; |13.50% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |1 |style='background: #ffffe6; |3 |0.23% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.92% |- |Asian alone (NH) |3 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1 |0.68% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Other race alone (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |3 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.92% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |5 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.53% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |77 |style='background: #ffffe6; |13 |17.38% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.99% |- |'''Total''' |'''443''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''326 ''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

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{{Coosa County, Alabama}}

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Category:Census-designated places in Coosa County, Alabama Category:Census-designated places in Alabama

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