Lyon County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,973 68.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,780 24.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 452 1.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 597 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,269 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 64 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 47 0.1%

• Under 18 7,133 22.2%
• 18–24 5,444 16.9%
• 25–44 7,708 23.9%
• 45–64 6,705 20.8%
• 65 and over 5,196 16.1%

Median household income

$58,892

90% interval $54,757–$63,027

−$16,510 vs KS · 91st of 105

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 11.2%–15.8%

+2.6 pp vs KS · 19th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+1.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.0B

0.86% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,471

Establishments

857

• Education & health services 4,092 27.9%
• Manufacturing 3,574 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,656 18.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,444 9.8%
• Professional & business services 818 5.6%
• Public administration 765 5.2%
• Financial activities 401 2.7%
• Construction 366 2.5%
• Other services 310 2.1%
• Information 191 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 48 0.3%

Home ownership

57.9%

−9.3 pp vs KS · 102nd of 105

Median gross rent

$817

−$243 vs KS · 39th of 105

Owner-occupied

7,801

Renter-occupied

5,680

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $62,961/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,695/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 7,462 56.3%
• Democratic 5,515 41.6%
• Other / third-party 279 2.1%

• Spanish 4,476 14.7%
• Chinese 147 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 125 0.4%
• Vietnamese 97 0.3%
• Tagalog 62 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.0%
• Korean 12 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%

Households

13,481

Family households

7,501

55.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,078

27.7% of families

Single-mother families

775

10.3% of families

Veterans

1,504

6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,883 15.2%
• Catholic 4,208 13.1%
• Mainline Protestant 3,964 12.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 884 2.7%
• Black Protestant 540 1.7%

Health insured

88.5%

±2 pp

Uninsured

11.5%

±2 pp

15th of 105

With a disability

13.6%

±1.4 pp

77th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

26.3%

±2.4 pp

−9.3 pp vs KS · 32nd of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.1%

90% interval 11.7%–14.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Magistrate Judges (limited jurisdiction: limited civil, traffic, misdemeanors) separate. Vintage 2026 kscourts.gov; counts cross-checked against K.S.A. § 20-301a.)

Court seats

Cottonwood Falls, Emporia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

15.97 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3