14,801 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.2% since 2020)
372 square miles of land · 40 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 active community water systems list Lawrence County in the area they serve, reporting 12,958 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LAWRENCEVILLE groundwater · local government · IL1010150 | 4,524 served |
| BRIDGEPORT groundwater · local government · IL1010100 | 2,572 served |
| PETROLIA PWD buys groundwater · local government · IL1015350 | 1,275 served |
| SOUTH LAWRENCE WATER CORP buys groundwater · private · IL1010020 | 1,195 served |
| BIRDS PINKSTAFF WATER DISTRICT buys groundwater · local government · IL1015300 | 1,018 served |
| SUMNER buys groundwater · local government · IL1010300 | 921 served |
| LAWRENCE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER buys groundwater · state · IL1010010 | 870 served |
| ST FRANCISVILLE groundwater · local government · IL1010250 | 583 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 17 people were held in Lawrence County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 174 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 20.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Lawrence County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $17.4 million — $16 million to run schools, about $15,211 per student, plus $206,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $12.2 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.1 million.
Spent $13.6 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $12,607 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.9 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $2.4 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lawrence County about $13.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
185 bridges in Lawrence County: 69 in good condition, 74 fair, and 42 poor (22.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| FAP-327WB (US-50) over FAS-1827 · built 1958 | 7,200 vehicles a day |
| FAP-327EB (US 50) over BEAVER POND DITCH · built 1957 | 7,200 vehicles a day |
| FAP-327WB (US-50) over BEAVER POND DITCH · built 1957 | 7,200 vehicles a day |
| FAP-327EB (US-50) over ALLISON DITCH NO 1 · built 1957 | 7,200 vehicles a day |
| FAP-327WB (US-50) over ALLISON DITCH NO 1 · built 1957 | 7,200 vehicles a day |
| FAP-327WB (US-50) over TR-262 · built 1957 | 7,200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $15.4 million of work in Lawrence County in fiscal 2025, about $1,009 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Illinois are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Lawrence County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Lawrence County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Knox County, IN (17 mi) · Richland County (19 mi) · Crawford County (20 mi) · Wabash County (20 mi) · Edwards County (27 mi) · Gibson County, IN (29 mi).