Lyon County, Minnesota

Lyon County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,269. Its county seat is Marshall.

Lyon County comprises the Marshall Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The county was established by two acts of the Minnesota state legislature, dated March 6, 1868, and March 2, 1869. The county seat was designated as Marshall. The county was named for Nathaniel Lyon, an Army officer who served in the Dakota and Minnesota territories before being killed in the Civil War in 1861. He had achieved the rank of general by his death. The county was much larger until an act passed on March 6, 1873, made the western 43% the new Lincoln County.

Geography

The Yellow Medicine River flows northeast through the upper portion of the county, the Redwood River flows northeast through the central part, and the Cottonwood River flows northeast through the lower part. The county's terrain consists of low rolling hills, etched by drainages and gullies. It slopes to the north and east, with its highest point near its southwest corner, at ASL. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water. thumb|right|Soils of Lyon County

Lakes

Source:

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| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<br/>1790-1960 1900-1990<br/>1990-2000

!Pop 1990

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

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!% 1980

!% 1990

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|White alone (NH)

|24,841

|24,328

|23,338

|22,637

|style='background: #ffffe6; |20,535

|98.55%

|98.14%

|91.79%

|87.55%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |81.27%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|26

|59

|364

|575

|style='background: #ffffe6; |906

|0.10%

|0.24%

|1.43%

|2.22%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.59%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|49

|63

|75

|82

|style='background: #ffffe6; |84

|0.19%

|0.25%

|0.29%

|0.32%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.33%

|Asian alone (NH)

|132

|121

|423

|677

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,263

|0.52%

|0.49%

|1.66%

|2.62%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.00%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3

|0.02%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%

|Other race alone (NH)

|34

|18

|25

|style='background: #ffffe6; |41

|0.13%

|0.02%

|0.07%

|0.10%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|193

|314

|style='background: #ffffe6; |693

|0.76%

|1.21%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.74%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|125

|214

|1,009

|1,541

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,744

|0.50%

|0.86%

|3.97%

|5.96%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.90%

|Total

|25,207

|24,789

|25,425

|25,857

|style='background: #ffffe6; |25,269

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 25,269. The median age was 37.5. 25.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.8 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 82.9% White, 3.6% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 5.0% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% from some other race, and 4.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 6.9% of the population.

There were 10,137 households in the county, of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 49.0% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

References

External links

Lyon County government website