Lyon County, Nevada Demographics

Lyon County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in People per household

Lyon County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lyon County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Two or More

Lyon County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lyon County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Female residents

Lyon County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Households

Lyon County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Housing units

Lyon County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lyon County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lyon County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	51,327	4th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,001.2	14th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	26	5th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	9th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.7%	7th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.0%	7th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.2%	10th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.8%	11th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	90.4%	8th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	10th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.1%	9th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.5%	9th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	6th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.3%	4th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	9th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.0%	6th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	49.6%	5th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.1%	9th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	23,090	5th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.3%	10th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	18,373	5th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.9%	11th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$166,700	8th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.8	1st	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	52	5th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$21,533	15th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$46,598	13th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.6%	6th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	729	6th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,395	6th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,857	5th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$371,385	7th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,100	12th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$35,040	8th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732