Lawrence County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 40,93191.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,7233.8%Two or more races
  • 1,1512.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6791.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1920.4%Some other race alone
  • 1780.4%Asian alone
  • 560.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 160.04%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 28
• Burglaries: 96
• Thefts: 92
• Auto thefts: 30

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 12
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 64
• Burglaries: 96
• Thefts: 147
• 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 2021: $896 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $786 (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.

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: 86.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 498 (52.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1012010 or later
• 1602000 to 2009
• 1501990 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: 14,838
• One, attached: 250
• Two: 576
• 3 or 4: 230
• 5 to 9: 325
• 10 to 19: 135
• 20 to 49: 227
• 50 or more: 46
• Mobile homes: 2,300
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 52

Housing units in Lawrence County with a mortgage: 6,356 (483 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 467 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 219

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.

6.74% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($62,208 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.12% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($29,162 average AGI)
2.63% relocated from other states ($33,047 average AGI)

Lawrence County:	2.63%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Maury County, TN	1.44% ($50,712 average AGI)
from Giles County, TN	0.65% ($39,333)
from Wayne County, TN	0.29% ($41,182)
from Lewis County, TN	0.26% ($37,692)
from Lauderdale County, AL	0.26% ($33,974)
from Rutherford County, TN	0.22% ($54,667)
from Williamson County, TN	0.21% ($109,250)

4.71% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($40,634 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.70% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($22,838 average AGI)
2.01% relocated to other states ($17,795 average AGI)

Lawrence County:	2.01%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Maury County, TN	0.69% ($40,825 average AGI)
to Giles County, TN	0.60% ($44,820)
to Lauderdale County, AL	0.35% ($42,269)
to Wayne County, TN	0.34% ($38,549)
to Lewis County, TN	0.21% ($31,871)
to Davidson County, TN	0.16% ($26,458)
to Rutherford County, TN	0.13% ($42,350)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.4

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: 7,869 (1,931 living alone), Female householders: 9,280 (2,899 living alone)

• 8,705 spouses (8,648 opposite-sex spouses), 1,128 unmarried partners, (1,097 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,865 children (12,476 natural, 479 adopted, 914 stepchildren), 1,249 grandchildren, 284 brothers or sisters, 449 parents, 193 foster children, 762 other relatives, 570 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 487

Size of family households: 5,473 2-persons, 2,509 3-persons, 1,941 4-persons, 834 5-persons, 379 6-persons, 355 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,828 1-person, 703 2-persons, 99 3-persons.

7,814 married couples with children.
1,972 single-parent households (421 men, 1,551 women).

95.0% of residents of Lawrence speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

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
• 52020 or later
• 1,5472010 to 2019
• 2,1792000 to 2009
• 3,1181990 to 1999
• 2,5531980 to 1989
• 3,1261970 to 1979
• 2,0581960 to 1969
• 1,9011950 to 1959
• 9071940 to 1949
• 1,2411939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 261 room
• 572 rooms
• 2133 rooms
• 1,0404 rooms
• 2,7265 rooms
• 2,8606 rooms
• 2,0157 rooms
• 1,4888 rooms
• 2,3859+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 1551 room
• 882 rooms
• 4783 rooms
• 1,1474 rooms
• 1,3625 rooms
• 5356 rooms
• 2507 rooms
• 1268 rooms
• 1869+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 25no bedroom
• 1491 bedroom
• 1,8302 bedrooms
• 7,8593 bedrooms
• 2,1774 bedrooms
• 7675+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lawrence County, Tennessee
• 160no bedroom
• 5631 bedroom
• 1,8662 bedrooms
• 1,4103 bedrooms
• 2714 bedrooms
• 465+ 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
• 622no vehicle
• 2,6321 vehicle
• 4,6062 vehicles
• 3,1293 vehicles
• 1,2744 vehicles
• 5265+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lawrence County in renter-occupied apartments
• 498no vehicle
• 2,0601 vehicle
• 1,2772 vehicles
• 3073 vehicles
• 1244 vehicles
• 685+ vehicles

90.1% of Lawrence County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 31,653
• Other state: 12,176
• Northeast: 781
• Midwest: 3,939
• South: 6,203
• West: 1,258

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