Who is the Lyon County County Attorney?

Amy Aranda is the County Attorney of Lyon County, Kansas.

Who is the Lyon County County Clerk?

Amie Jones is the County Clerk of Lyon County, Kansas.

Who is the Lyon County Register of Deeds?

Wendy Weiss is the Register of Deeds of Lyon County, Kansas.

Who is the Lyon County Sheriff?

Jeff Cope is the Sheriff of Lyon County, Kansas.

Who is the Lyon County County Treasurer?

Sherra Kuestersteffen is the County Treasurer of Lyon County, Kansas.

Who are the Lyon County commissioners?

Ken Duft (District 1); Doug Peck (District 2); Chris Bartel (District 3).

What is the population of Lyon County?

About 32,186 people, with a median age of 33.1; the median household income is $59,912 and 14.6% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Lyon County?

4.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 738 people unemployed in a labor force of 16,544, against 4.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Lyon County?

38 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 9 municipal, 11 township, 3 school district and 14 special district governments.

Lyon County, KS elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Lyon County: 8 seats on 6 elected bodies. 1 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of County Commissioners

Lyon County Board of Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, District 1	Ken Duft Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 2	Doug Peck source
County Commissioner, District 3	Chris Bartel source

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
County Attorney	Amy Aranda source
County Clerk	Amie Jones source
Register of Deeds	Wendy Weiss source
Sheriff	Jeff Cope source
County Treasurer	Sherra Kuestersteffen source

How many local governments Lyon County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 38 local governments in Lyon County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships (9 municipal, 11 township)	20	0
School districts (school boards)	3	0
Special districts (elected boards)	14	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Lyon County

32,186people

33.1median ageU.S.: 38.9

$59,912 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

14.6%below the U.S.: 12.5%

26.3%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$150,600median home valueU.S.: $332,700

2%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

11%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

6%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

11.5%U.S.: 8.4%

41.3%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

19.1%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 24.2% · White 68.3% · Black 1.4% · Asian 1.9% · Other or more than one race 4.3% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Lyon County

4.5%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.7%. Kansas: 3.8%.

738people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

15,806people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

16,544in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.5%	738	15,806	16,544
August 2026	5.3%	872	15,698	16,570
July 2026	5.4%	891	15,651	16,542
June 2026	5.0%	846	15,954	16,800
May 2026	4.6%	777	16,046	16,823
April 2026	4.2%	707	16,228	16,935
March 2026	5.0%	871	16,640	17,511
February 2026	5.4%	948	16,486	17,434
January 2026	5.3%	920	16,286	17,206
December 2025	4.1%	725	16,880	17,605
November 2025	4.1%	721	16,807	17,528
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.7%	816	16,649	17,465
August 2025	5.6%	980	16,461	17,441
July 2025	6.0%	1,048	16,282	17,330
June 2025	5.5%	954	16,494	17,448
May 2025	5.4%	927	16,390	17,317
April 2025	4.8%	838	16,542	17,380
March 2025	4.6%	808	16,690	17,498
February 2025	4.4%	769	16,863	17,632
January 2025	4.0%	705	17,108	17,813
December 2024	3.3%	586	17,230	17,816
November 2024	3.0%	527	17,200	17,727
October 2024	3.3%	593	17,216	17,809

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.8%	845	16,651	17,496
2024	3.3%	582	17,154	17,736
2023	2.6%	470	17,365	17,835
2022	2.4%	440	17,544	17,984
2021	2.9%	507	17,252	17,759
2020	4.4%	765	16,704	17,469
2019	3.2%	561	17,065	17,626
2018	3.3%	572	16,878	17,450
2017	3.6%	630	17,012	17,642
2016	3.9%	686	17,008	17,694

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Kansas's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.8% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Lyon County

162.1 per 100,0002019. Kansas: 405.5.

1,765.1 per 100,0002019. Kansas: 2,276.5.

0murders2019, 54 violent crimes in all.

2019 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2019	54	162.1	588	1,765.1
2018	45	135.4	500	1,504.2

By police agency (3)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Emporia Police Department	2025	64	452	24,419
Lyon County Sheriff's Office	2025	14	40	7,404
Americus Police Department	2019	0	2	886

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Kansas · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.03 per 1,000 residents2024, 3 agencies serving 32,510 people.

66sworn officers2024, full-time, as of October 31.

13civilian staff2024, full-time.

2024 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (3), 2024

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Emporia Police Department	38	7	24,109
Lyon County Sheriff's Office	25	6	7,630
Americus Police Department	3	0	771

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2024	66	2.03	13	3
2023	63	1.98	14	3

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Lyon County County Attorney?: Amy Aranda is the County Attorney of Lyon County, Kansas.
Who is the Lyon County County Clerk?: Amie Jones is the County Clerk of Lyon County, Kansas.
Who is the Lyon County Register of Deeds?: Wendy Weiss is the Register of Deeds of Lyon County, Kansas.
Who is the Lyon County Sheriff?: Jeff Cope is the Sheriff of Lyon County, Kansas.
Who is the Lyon County County Treasurer?: Sherra Kuestersteffen is the County Treasurer of Lyon County, Kansas.
Who are the Lyon County commissioners?: Ken Duft (District 1); Doug Peck (District 2); Chris Bartel (District 3).
What is the population of Lyon County?: About 32,186 people, with a median age of 33.1; the median household income is $59,912 and 14.6% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Lyon County?: 4.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 738 people unemployed in a labor force of 16,544, against 4.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Lyon County?: 38 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 9 municipal, 11 township, 3 school district and 14 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from each county's own website, the Secretary of State's list of county election officers (the county clerks) and its 2024 official vote totals (district attorneys); officials appointed since a page was updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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