Lyon County, Nevada

• White (non-Hispanic) 43,399 70.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,034 19.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 775 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 803 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,556 5.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 801 1.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 55 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 257 0.4%

• Under 18 12,423 20.1%
• 18–24 4,014 6.5%
• 25–44 15,964 25.9%
• 45–64 15,566 25.2%
• 65 and over 13,713 22.2%

Median household income

$77,802

90% interval $71,231–$84,373

−$3,327 vs NV · 9th of 17

Below poverty line

11.4%

90% interval 9.6%–13.2%

−0.4 pp vs NV · 9th of 17

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

−0.59 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.88% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,470

Establishments

1,175

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,464 25.1%
• Education & health services 2,168 15.7%
• Manufacturing 1,910 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,626 11.8%
• Professional & business services 1,162 8.4%
• Construction 1,137 8.3%
• Natural resources & mining 885 6.4%
• Public administration 754 5.5%
• Other services 353 2.6%
• Financial activities 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.7%

+16.7 pp vs NV · 6th of 17

Median gross rent

$1,326

−$271 vs NV · 4th of 17

Owner-occupied

18,202

Renter-occupied

5,543

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $80,956/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,131/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 23,861 71.1%
• Democratic 8,954 26.7%
• Other / third-party 726 2.2%

• Spanish 6,590 11.3%
• Tagalog 296 0.5%
• Chinese 188 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 187 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 116 0.2%
• Arabic 99 0.2%
• Vietnamese 11 0.0%
• Korean 8 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.0%

Households

23,745

Family households

16,681

70.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,307

25.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,330

8.0% of families

Veterans

5,650

11.5% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,292 7.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,192 7.1%
• Catholic 3,587 6.1%
• Mainline Protestant 147 0.2%
• Orthodox 10 0.0%

Health insured

90.4%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

9.6%

±1.5 pp

7th of 17

With a disability

17.7%

±1.3 pp

10th of 17

Bachelor's or higher

17.0%

±1.5 pp

−10.9 pp vs NV · 13th of 17

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.7%

90% interval 12.3%–15.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial District Court

Judges

2 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction, including family court divisions); Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction, per township) separate. Vintage 2026 nvcourts.gov; counts cross-checked against NRS § 3.0105 statutory department allocations. Clark (8th) and Washoe (2nd) totals include both civil/criminal and family court departments.)

Court seats

Yerington

Traffic fatalities

13

26.39 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12