Lyon County Demographics Regional Overview Lyon County Menu County Overview Buildings & Sites Business Overview Demographics Development Authority Industrial Parks Labor Location/Market Access Quality of Life Utilities Real Estate Calendar Return to Lyon County Population | Income | Gender Composition | Age Distribution | Race/Ethnic Origin | Educational Attainment Population Year Population 2007 55,903 2006 54,031 2005 48,860 2004 44,646 2003 41,244 2002 38,777 Source: Nevada State Demographer Population within the Cities of Lyon County City Year Population Fernley 2006 18,850 2005 16,357 2004 13,775 2003 11,718 2002 10,440 Yerington 2006 3,257 2005 2,980 2004 2,912 2003 2,902 2002 2,859 Source: State of Nevada Demographer Population by Household Type Year Population In Family Households Non-Family Households Group Quarters 2006 40,269 7,191 509 2005 37,101 6,285 509 Source: Applied Geographic Solutions Income Year Per Capita Income Median Income Average Income Household Family Disposable Household Family Disposable 2006 $19,547.56 $41,658.67 $45,958.67 $35,813.39 $54,081.00 $59,890.22 $47,463.39 2005 $20,671.56 $40,439.61 $43,813.67 $34,906.56 $59,612.61 $67,512.83 $48,911.28 Source: Applied Geographic Solutions Gender Composition Year Est Population Male Female # % # % 2007 46,984 23,899 50.9 23,085 49.1 2006 47,969 24,354 50.8 23,615 49.2 2005 43,895 22,221 50.6 21,674 49.4 Source: Applied Geographic Solutions Age Distribution Year Est Population 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60+ # % # % # % # % # % # % # % 2007 46,984 5,586 11.9 6,645 14.1 6,587 14.0 6,080 12.9 6,688 14.2 6,045 12.9 9,353 19.9 Source: Applied Geographic Solutions Race/Ethnic Origin Year Est Population White Black American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic Other/Multi-Race # % # % # % # % # % # % # % 2007 46,984 41,688 88.7 305 0.6 1,076 2.3 290 0.6 96 0.2 6,823 14.5 3,529 7.5 Source: Applied Geographic Solutions Educational Attainment Year Population 25+ < 9th 9th-12th no diploma High School Diploma Some College no diploma Associate Degree Bachelor's Degree Graduate/ Professional Degree # % # % # % # % # % # % # % 2007 31,439 1,684 5.4 3,999 12.7 10,566 33.6 9,440 30.0 2,120 6.7 2,763 8.8 867 2.8 2006 31,648 1,630 5.2 3,988 12.6 10,619 33.6 9,557 30.2 2,272 7.2 2,725 8.6 857 2.7 2005 28,826 1,246 4.3 4,076 14.1 9,797 34.0 8,462 29.4 1,827 6.3 2,575 8.9 843 2.9 Source: Applied Geographic Solutions   Information courtesy of Site designed and maintained by the An NNDA project funded in part through a grant from NCED