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People QuickFacts | Lyon County | Minnesota
Population, 2012 estimate | 25,543 | 5,379,139
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 25,857 | 5,303,925
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.2% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 25,857 | 5,303,925
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.4% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.1% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.7% | 13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.3% | 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 92.6% | 86.9%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.5% | 5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 2.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 6.0% | 4.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 87.3% | 82.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.1% | 85.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.2% | 7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.9% | 10.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.9% | 91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 25.8% | 31.8%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,696 | 385,675
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 15 | 22.6
Housing units, 2011 | 11,110 | 2,354,034
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 67.8% | 73.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.1% | 21.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $137,600 | $201,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,174 | 2,094,265
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.4 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,125 | $30,310
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,254 | $58,476
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.1% | 11.0%
Business QuickFacts | Lyon County | Minnesota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 820 | 144,606
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 13,061 | 2,393,746
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.7% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,745 | 381,759
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,302 | 496,657
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.2% | 26.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 697,038 | 107,563,060
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 82,878,056
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 378,877 | 71,384,103
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,250 | $13,751
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 37,308 | 10,423,660
Building permits, 2012 | 64 | 16,095
Geography QuickFacts | Lyon County | Minnesota
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 714.56 | 79,626.74
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 36.2 | 66.6
FIPS Code | 83 | 27
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | [NAME], MN 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