People QuickFacts Lyon County Kansas Population, 2012 estimate 33,748 2,885,905 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 33,690 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.2% 1.1% Population, 2010 33,690 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.7% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.2% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.5% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.2% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 91.0% 87.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.9% 6.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.3% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.5% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.3% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 20.5% 10.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 72.5% 77.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 75.4% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 10.1% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 17.8% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.3% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 23.7% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,163 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.3 18.9  Housing units, 2011 15,274 1,237,651 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 60.6% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 23.8% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $92,600 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 13,428 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.47 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,898 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,954 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 21.2% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Lyon County Kansas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 854 74,301 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 11,551 1,127,160 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -24.7 -0.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,736 183,642  Total number of firms, 2007 2,301 237,040 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.3% 2.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.6% 27.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 470,739 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,179 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 51,039 4,192,347 Building permits, 2011 26 5,386     Geography QuickFacts Lyon County Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 847.47 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 39.8 34.9 FIPS Code 111 20 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Emporia, KS Micro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts