2022 population: 9,101 ( 787 from 2010 , 418 from 2020)
Land area: 213.8 square miles
Population density: 42.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	7,949	87.34%	3.6%
Black:	716	7.87%	63.8%
Indian:	31	0.34%	158.3%
Asian:	50	0.55%	100.0%
2+ races:	127	1.40%	54.9%
Hispanic:	228	2.51%	196.1%

Total non-White:	1,152	12.66%	79.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	116	6.7
Deaths:	311	17.9
Net Migration:	567	32.7
Net Immigration:	-6	-0.3

Change in White population:	277	3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	510	6.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
8,314
7,672	92.28%
437	5.26%
12	0.14%
25	0.30%
82	0.99%
77	0.93%
642	7.72%

2000
8,080
7,401	91.60%
541	6.70%
23	0.28%
15	0.19%
35	0.43%
59	0.73%
679	8.40%

1990
6,624
6,146	92.78%
426	6.43%
35	0.53%
3	0.05%
n/a
14	0.21%
478	7.22%

1980
6,490
6,088	93.81%
326	5.02%
15	0.23%
2	0.03%
n/a
56	0.86%
402	6.19%

1970
5,562
5,022	90.29%
488	8.77%
12	0.22%
2	0.04%
n/a
37	0.67%
540	9.71%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
531	6.6
960	11.9
634	7.8
58	0.7

271	3.4
-37	-0.5

Number	Rate
1990's
603	9.1
889	13.4
1,869	28.2
21	0.3

1,255	18.9
201	3.0

Number	Rate
1980's
502	7.7
774	11.9
460	7.1
n/a

58	0.9
76	1.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
923	16.6
n/a

1,066	19.2
-138	-2.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Lyon County, KY

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.9
1,194	13.1%
7,907	86.9%
2,187	24.0%

3,229
2.25

1,936	60.0%
1,671	86.3%
71	3.7%
1,293	40.0%

2010
Number	Percent
47.9
1,283	15.4%
7,031	84.6%
1,742	21.0%

3,287
2.19

2,174	66.1%
1,805	83.0%
121	5.6%
1,113	33.9%

2000
Number	Percent
41.6
1,264	15.6%
6,816	84.4%
1,362	16.9%

2,913
2.24

2,072	71.1%
1,741	84.0%
130	6.3%
841	28.9%

1990
Number	Percent
38.3
1,092	16.5%
5,532	83.5%
1,174	17.7%

2,308
2.35

1,649	71.4%
1,472	89.3%
75	4.5%
659	28.6%

1980
Number	Percent
35.5
1,325	20.4%
5,165	79.6%
1,042	16.1%

2,245
2.47

1,758	78.3%
1,572	89.4%
66	3.8%
487	21.7%

2022 Housing Data for Lyon County, KY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	106	3.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	126	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	149	4.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	137	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	170	5.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	142	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	180	5.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	118	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	123	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	261	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	325	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	563	17.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	274	8.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	130	4.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	279	8.6%
$200,000 or more	146	4.5%

Median Household Income	64,081
Per Capita Income	30,441

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	91
Compared to U.S.	73

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	166	5.1%
Public Assistance	36	1.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	433	13.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,753	51.5%
Unemployed	112	2.1%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	2,865	53.6%
Not in Labor Force	2,481	46.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		48.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,315	681	65.9%
Non-Profit	29	131	18.1%
Self-Employed	107	148	42.0%

Local Government	175	77	69.4%
State Government	197	203	49.2%
Federal Government	58	28	67.4%

Total Private + Self	1,422	829	63.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	459	439	51.1%
Total	1,881	1,268	59.7%

Pct. Govt.	23.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	344	10.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	486	15.4%
Professional, Technical	496	15.8%
Service Occupations	712	22.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	20	0.6%
All others	1,111	35.3%

White Collar		42.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	511	16.2%
Manufacturing	444	14.1%
Health care and social assistance	358	11.4%
Transportation and warehousing	354	11.2%
Accommodation and food services	353	11.2%
Retail trade	327	10.4%
Educational services	171	5.4%
Construction	131	4.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	115	3.7%
Finance and insurance	89	2.8%
Other services	83	2.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	54	1.7%
Wholesale trade	43	1.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	26	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	23	0.7%
Information	18	0.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	17	0.5%
Management	14	0.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12	0.4%
Utilities	6	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	205	2.35%
Puerto Rican	7	0.08%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	7	0.08%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	2	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	5	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Japanese	33	0.38%
Filipino	26	0.30%
Vietnamese	3	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	8,268	98.0%
Spanish	95	1.1%
German, other Germanic	48	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	10	0.1%
Other	9	0.1%
Tagalog	3	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	1,878	21.5%
American	983	11.3%
German	829	9.5%
Irish	793	9.1%
European	488	5.6%
French	177	2.0%
Italian	175	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	125	1.4%
Scottish	95	1.1%
Welsh	73	0.8%
Dutch	51	0.6%
African	48	0.6%
British	41	0.5%
Norwegian	40	0.5%
Czech	38	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	8,580	98.4%
Not a citizen	141	1.6%

Native	8,530	97.8%
Foreign-born	191	2.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
197	2.9%	456	6.6%	3,209	46.6%	2,023	29.4%	504	7.3%	496	7.2%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	197	2.9%
9-12 Years	456	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,209	46.6%
Some College	2,023	29.4%
Bach. Degree	504	7.3%
Grad Degree	496	7.2%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,635	2,432	203	7.7%	6.0%
1991	2,770	2,504	266	9.6%	7.3%
1992	2,888	2,655	233	8.1%	6.9%
1993	2,949	2,759	190	6.4%	6.2%
1994	3,042	2,847	195	6.4%	5.4%
1995	3,170	2,955	215	6.8%	5.4%
1996	3,323	3,078	245	7.4%	5.4%
1997	3,383	3,118	265	7.8%	5.2%
1998	3,311	3,126	185	5.6%	4.5%
1999	3,346	3,182	164	4.9%	4.5%

2000	3,154	2,978	176	5.6%	4.1%
2001	3,291	3,090	201	6.1%	5.2%
2002	3,391	3,161	230	6.8%	5.8%
2003	3,216	2,945	271	8.4%	6.2%
2004	3,206	2,979	227	7.1%	5.5%
2005	3,204	2,970	234	7.3%	5.9%
2006	3,302	3,082	220	6.7%	5.7%
2007	3,284	3,075	209	6.4%	5.4%
2008	3,290	3,036	254	7.7%	6.5%
2009	3,373	2,941	432	12.8%	10.8%

2010	2,999	2,648	351	11.7%	10.3%
2011	3,086	2,767	319	10.3%	9.4%
2012	3,104	2,817	287	9.2%	8.2%
2013	3,093	2,841	252	8.1%	7.9%
2014	2,983	2,775	208	7.0%	6.4%
2015	2,864	2,701	163	5.7%	5.2%
2016	2,961	2,789	172	5.8%	5.0%
2017	2,988	2,818	170	5.7%	4.8%
2018	3,045	2,896	149	4.9%	4.2%
2019	3,121	2,977	144	4.6%	4.1%

2020	3,095	2,931	164	5.3%	6.6%
2021	3,104	2,972	132	4.3%	4.4%
2022	3,207	3,072	135	4.2%	3.9%
2023	3,153	3,014	139	4.4%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	4,788
Median Value	$164,100

Occupied	3,229	67.4%
Vacant	1,559	32.6%

Owned	2,646	81.9%
Rented	583	18.1%
Median Rent	$689

Single-Family Units	3,500	73.1%
Detached	3,438	71.8%
Attached	62	1.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	240	5.0%
Mobile Homes	812	17.0%

Lyon County, KY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lyon County, KY

2022 Housing Data for Lyon County, KY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lyon County, KY

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lyon County, KY

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lyon County, KY

Historical Labor Force Data for Lyon County, KY