55,829 people (2024 Census estimate, −4.0% since 2020)
453 square miles of land · 123 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 61,075 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HECLA WATER ASSOCIATION buys surface water · private · OH4401612 | 34,942 served |
| IRONTON surface water · private · OH4400711 | 11,129 served |
| AQUA OHIO - LAWRENCE COUNTY buys surface water · private · OH4400803 | 8,130 served |
| SOUTH POINT VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH4401212 | 4,133 served |
| COAL GROVE groundwater · local government · OH4400012 | 2,167 served |
| PROCTORVILLE VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH4400912 | 574 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 26 people were held in Lawrence County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 74 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 64.
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.
8 school districts have their office in Lawrence County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $17.1 million — $16.1 million to run schools, about $11,327 per student, plus $675,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.5 million state, $2.2 million federal.
Spent $21.4 million — $19.6 million to run schools, about $14,110 per student, plus $424,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.9 million.
Spent $28.7 million — $22.5 million to run schools, about $16,469 per student, plus $6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.5 million local (mostly property tax), $12.2 million state, $11.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.1 million.
Spent $27.2 million — $26.3 million to run schools, about $19,620 per student, plus $837,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.5 million state, $3.7 million federal.
Spent $16.6 million — $15.5 million to run schools, about $13,099 per student, plus $851,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $10.7 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.2 million.
Spent $20.9 million — $16.6 million to run schools, about $14,426 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $475,000.
Spent $14 million — $12.9 million to run schools, about $17,393 per student, plus $706,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $24.5 million — $16.1 million to run schools, about $25,433 per student, plus $859,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 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 $27.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
248 bridges in Lawrence County: 67 in good condition, 159 fair, and 22 poor (8.9%). “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.
| BIG BRANCH ROAD over RANKINS CREEK · built 1994 | 1,336 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 6 over TRIB OF ICE CREEK · built 1920 | 873 vehicles a day |
| OLD STATE ROUTE 75 over BLACKFORK STREAM · built 1925 | 829 vehicles a day |
| FARM DRIVE over LITTLE GUYAN CREEK · built 1991 | 746 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 29 over UNKNOWN STREAM · built 1900 | 374 vehicles a day |
| SCOTTOWN LECTA RD over BR OF INDIAN GUYAN CREEK · built 1995 | 274 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $25.4 million of work in Lawrence County in fiscal 2025, about $436 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 Ohio 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: Gallia County (19 mi) · Boyd County, KY (19 mi) · Cabell County, WV (19 mi) · Greenup County, KY (23 mi) · Mason County, WV (29 mi) · Jackson County (29 mi).