45,192 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.4% since 2020)
449 square miles of land · 101 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.
6 active community water systems list Lawrence County in the area they serve, reporting 46,335 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BEDFORD CITY UTILITIES surface water · local government · IN5247001 | 14,000 served |
| NORTH LAWRENCE WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · IN5247004 | 11,625 served |
| EAST LAWRENCE WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · IN5247002 | 8,000 served |
| SOUTH LAWRENCE UTILITIES groundwater · local government · IN5247007 | 6,395 served |
| MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · IN5247003 | 5,000 served |
| OOLITIC WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · IN5247005 | 1,315 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 75 people were held in Lawrence County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 268 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 167.
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 $61.1 million — $51.8 million to run schools, about $14,160 per student, plus $8.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $35.7 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.9 million.
Spent $30.2 million — $25.6 million to run schools, about $17,065 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $14.4 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $24 million.
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 $16.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
165 bridges in Lawrence County: 53 in good condition, 96 fair, and 16 poor (9.7%). “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.
| SR 158 over SILVERVILLE CREEK · built 1938 | 669 vehicles a day |
| VINEGAR HILL ROAD over DE WITT CREEK · built 1984 | 450 vehicles a day |
| BARTLETTSVILLE RD over LITTLE SALT CREEK · built 1965 | 450 vehicles a day |
| BOONE HOLLOW ROAD over INDIAN CREEK · built 1980 | 450 vehicles a day |
| HURON WILLIAMS RD over CHAPMAN CREEK · built 1987 | 450 vehicles a day |
| SADDLE BARN ROAD over LEATHERWOOD CREEK · built 1905 | 365 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $515.5 million of work in Lawrence County in fiscal 2025, about $11,454 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 Indiana 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: Martin County (19 mi) · Orange County (20 mi) · Monroe County (22 mi) · Jackson County (24 mi) · Washington County (26 mi) · Brown County (28 mi).