Lyon County, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lyon County is 4th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lyon County is 7th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lyon County is 9th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lyon County is 12th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Asian

Lyon County is 13th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lyon County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lyon County is 14th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lyon County is 16th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lyon County is 19th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	25,543	40th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	714.6	37th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	36.2	36th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	7th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	25th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.1%	66th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.9%	40th	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.8%	14th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	92.8%	67th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	16th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	40th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	12th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	71st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	53rd	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	14th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.4%	69th	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.1%	36th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.2%	13th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	11,110	44th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.1%	4th	21.6%	25.9%
Households	10,174	41st	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.8%	84th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$137,600	49th	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	43rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	64	34th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$24,125	62nd	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$47,254	51st	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.1%	19th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lyon County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	820	31st	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	13,061	28th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,302	42nd	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$378,877	30th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,250	9th	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$37,308	37th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732