Lyon County, Kentucky

administration
Lyon County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Eddyville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 698 Eddyville, KY 42038-0698
Foundation :	January 14, 1854
Made up from:	Caldwell County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	8314 (2010)
Population density :	14.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	664 km²
Water surface :	105 km²
map

Website : www.lyoncounty.ky.gov

The Lyon County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . In 2010 , the county had 8,314 residents and a population density of 14.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Eddyville .

geography

The county is located in southwest Kentucky, about 25 km to the south from Tennessee and about 30 km to the north from Illinois . It has an area of 664 square kilometers, of which 105 square kilometers are water surface. The county lies on the lower reaches of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers . The following neighboring counties border Lyon County:

Livingston County	Crittenden County
		Caldwell County
Marshall County	Trigg County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5307	-
1870	6233	17.4%
1880	6768	8.6%
1890	7628	12.7%
1900	9319	22.2%
1910	9423	1.1%
1920	8795	-6.7%
1930	8530	-3%
1940	9067	6.3%
1950	6853	-24.4%
1960	5924	-13.6%
1970	5562	-6.1%
1980	6490	16.7%
1990	6624	2.1%
2000	8080	22%
2010	8314	2.9%
Before 1900 1900-2000 2010

Lyon County was formed on January 14, 1854 from parts of Caldwell County. It was named after Chittenden Lyon , a son of the early settler Matthew Lyon.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 8,314 people in 3,272 households in Lyon County. The population density was 14.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.02 people lived in each of the 3272 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.0 percent white, 5.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

15.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.1 percent were 65 years or older. 44.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,079 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,036. 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.