Lawrence County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 40,912102.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,0352.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7351.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6291.6%Two or more races
  • 2450.6%Some other race alone
  • 2400.6%Asian alone
  • 1690.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 760.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 137
• Burglaries: 260
• Thefts: 296
• Auto thefts: 59

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 13
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 126
• Burglaries: 275
• Thefts: 280
• Auto thefts: 53

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $809 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $732 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lawrence County is $355 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $569 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lawrenceburg, Summertown, Leoma, Deerfield, Five Points, Loretto, St. Joseph, Ethridge, Iron City.

2018 air pollution in Lawrence County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.0 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Cleburne County, Arkansas , Cleveland County, Oklahoma , Haskell County, Oklahoma , Pulaski County, Arkansas , Warren County , Rabun County, Georgia .

Current college students: 1,058
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 518 (52.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 972010 or later
• 2302000 to 2009
• 681990 to 1999
• 451980 to 1989
• 311970 to 1979
• 92Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 76.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,694
• One, attached: 220
• Two: 545
• 3 or 4: 127
• 5 to 9: 338
• 10 to 19: 221
• 20 to 49: 75
• 50 or more: 50
• Mobile homes: 2,187
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 57

Housing units in Lawrence County with a mortgage: 6,138 (23 second mortgage, 517 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,232

Religion statistics for Lawrence County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lawrence County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 3, 2020 - May 4, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4550-TN: July 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4550, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4427, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4211: April 02, 2015, FEMA Id: 4211, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 05, 2014 to June 10, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4189: August 13, 2014, FEMA Id: 4189, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1974: May 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 1974, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 30, 2010 to May 18, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1909: May 04, 2010, FEMA Id: 1909, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3217: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3217, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1464: May 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1464, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 23, 2002 to March 20, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1408: April 05, 2002, FEMA Id: 1408, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.96% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($38,103 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.85% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($21,407 average AGI)
2.12% relocated from other states ($16,696 average AGI)

Lawrence County:	2.12%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Maury County, TN	0.71% ($39,030 average AGI)
from Giles County, TN	0.44% ($35,726)
from Lauderdale County, AL	0.37% ($27,846)
from Wayne County, TN	0.25% ($34,114)
from Davidson County, TN	0.23% ($51,719)
from Rutherford County, TN	0.22% ($36,290)
from Lewis County, TN	0.19% ($11,615)

3.91% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($33,891 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.40% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($20,529 average AGI)
1.51% relocated to other states ($13,363 average AGI)

Lawrence County:	1.51%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Maury County, TN	0.64% ($30,753 average AGI)
to Giles County, TN	0.42% ($29,224)
to Lauderdale County, AL	0.35% ($43,939)
to Wayne County, TN	0.22% ($23,667)
to Davidson County, TN	0.19% ($31,269)
to Rutherford County, TN	0.17% ($30,542)
to Lewis County, TN	0.16% ($31,909)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lawrence County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,119 (1,799 living alone), Female householders: 8,192 (2,627 living alone)

• 8,654 spouses (8,601 opposite-sex spouses), 948 unmarried partners, (911 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,499 children (12,117 natural, 489 adopted, 897 stepchildren), 1,541 grandchildren, 408 brothers or sisters, 427 parents, 184 foster children, 901 other relatives, 786 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 488

Size of family households: 4,996 2-persons, 2,577 3-persons, 2,022 4-persons, 849 5-persons, 362 6-persons, 365 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,426 1-person, 632 2-persons, 81 3-persons.

6,964 married couples with children.
2,268 single-parent households (567 men, 1,701 women).

94.7% of residents of Lawrence speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $270,038,000 ($6,608 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,757,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $117,393,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $57,473,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,535,000
Federal grants: $82,649,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,969,000 ($246,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,018,000 ($719,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,367,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,502,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,028,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.25 millions of gallons per day (55% from ground, 45% from surface)

• Year house built in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 7762014 or later
• 4692010 to 2013
• 2,3712000 to 2009
• 3,1611990 to 1999
• 2,4711980 to 1989
• 3,0531970 to 1979
• 2,4181960 to 1969
• 1,7171950 to 1959
• 8051940 to 1949
• 1,2511939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 771 room
• 622 rooms
• 3033 rooms
• 1,0394 rooms
• 2,6885 rooms
• 3,0466 rooms
• 2,0897 rooms
• 1,2778 rooms
• 1,7219+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 731 room
• 1562 rooms
• 6013 rooms
• 9254 rooms
• 1,1005 rooms
• 5766 rooms
• 2767 rooms
• 1248 rooms
• 1559+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 75no bedroom
• 2431 bedroom
• 2,0162 bedrooms
• 7,0733 bedrooms
• 2,2494 bedrooms
• 6355+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 72no bedroom
• 5931 bedroom
• 1,5362 bedrooms
• 1,4883 bedrooms
• 2064 bedrooms
• 985+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Lawrence County, Tennessee in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lawrence County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 516no vehicle
• 2,4831 vehicle
• 4,5502 vehicles
• 2,9313 vehicles
• 1,3884 vehicles
• 5275+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lawrence County in renter-occupied apartments
• 479no vehicle
• 1,9551 vehicle
• 1,1282 vehicles
• 3753 vehicles
• 464 vehicles
• 125+ vehicles

90.6% of Lawrence County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Tennessee.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 31,536
• Other state: 11,606
• Northeast: 815
• Midwest: 3,760
• South: 6,263
• West: 718

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,208
• Number of aged recipients: 138
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,070
• Number of recipients under 18: 133
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 788
• Number of recipients older than 64: 287
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 556
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 497