Lyon County, Kentucky

Lyon County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population is 8,080. Its is. The county is named for.

It is a limited, meaning that the sale of s is prohibited except by the drink in restaurants in the city of that seat at least 100 diners and derive at least 70% of total sales from food.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 664 (256 ). 559 km² (216 sq mi) of it is land and 105 km² (41 sq mi) of it (15.88%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,080 people, 2,898 households, and 2,043 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (38/sq mi). There were 4,189 housing units at an average density of 8/km² (19/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.86%, 6.72% or , 0.30% , 0.17% , 0.01% , 0.40% from , and 0.54% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,898 households out of which 25.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.70.

The age distribution was 15.80% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 32.90% from 25 to 44, 27.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 133.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 138.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,694, and the median income for a family was $39,940. Males had a median income of $36,034 versus $21,806 for females. The for the county was $16,016. About 10.20% of families and 12.70% of the population were below the, including 17.30% of those under age 18 and 13.30% of those age 65 or over.