
In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size. The city of Emporia is considered governmentally independent and is excluded from the census figures for the townships. Lyon County is divided into eleven townships. School district office in neighboring county Flint Hills Technical College in Emporia.The county voted "No" on the 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment, an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 63% to 37% despite backing Donald Trump with 54% of the vote to Joe Biden's 43% in the 2020 presidential election. The food sales requirement was removed with voter approval in 1992. Lyon County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement. United States presidential election results for Lyon County, Kansas Year Johnson in his national landslide of 1964. In only seven presidential elections from 1880 to the present has the county failed to back the Republican candidate, the most recent being Lyndon B. Lyon County has been strongly Republican for most of its history. About 9.60% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the county was $15,724. Males had a median income of $28,865 versus $21,338 for females. The median income for a household in the county was $32,819, and the median income for a family was $43,112.

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females, there were 97.40 males. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.70% under the age of 18, 16.20% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 19.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.12. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 13,691 households, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.80% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.90% were non-families. 16.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the county was 83.27% White, 2.27% Black or African American, 0.47% Native American, 2.04% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 9.79% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. There were 14,757 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile (7/km 2). The population density was 42 people per square mile (16/km 2). Lyon County comprises the Emporia, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 35,935 people, 13,691 households, and 8,639 families residing in the county. Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (part)ĭemographics Historical population.Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 855 square miles (2,210 km 2), of which 847 square miles (2,190 km 2) is land and 7.9 square miles (20 km 2) (0.9%) is water. In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia to Newton. In 1862, Lyon County was established from the county formerly known as Breckinridge County. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. In 1806, Zebulon Pike led the Pike Expedition westward from St Louis, Missouri, of which part of their journey followed the Cottonwood River through Lyon County. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.
