84,233 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.0% since 2020)
357 square miles of land · 236 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.
18 active community water systems list Lawrence County in the area they serve, reporting 69,144 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PA AMER WATER CO NEW CASTLE surface water · private · PA6370034 | 43,279 served |
| PA AMER WATER CO ELLWOOD CTY surface water · private · PA6370011 | 17,200 served |
| NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · PA6370035 | 4,500 served |
| BESSEMER BOROUGH WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · PA6370003 | 1,100 served |
| MAHONING TOWNSHIP buys surface water · local government · PA6370054 | 1,032 served |
| BOROUGH OF WAMPUM WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · PA6370032 | 832 served |
| HERITAGE HILLS MHP groundwater · private · PA6370041 | 425 served |
| VOLANT BOROUGH WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · PA6370042 | 120 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 139 people were held in Lawrence County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 274 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 191.
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 $67 million — $60.5 million to run schools, about $20,154 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.9 million local (mostly property tax), $44.3 million state, $13.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $44.5 million.
Spent $42.1 million — $30.5 million to run schools, about $19,949 per student, plus $9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.8 million local (mostly property tax), $19.6 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.1 million.
Spent $27.3 million — $24.3 million to run schools, about $16,588 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $17.6 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $11 million.
Spent $21.6 million — $19.9 million to run schools, about $16,563 per student, plus $452,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $734,000 federal. Long-term debt: $22 million.
Spent $22 million — $20.2 million to run schools, about $20,205 per student, plus $852,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.5 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 million.
Spent $19.6 million — $18.1 million to run schools, about $18,343 per student, plus $871,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.9 million local (mostly property tax), $12.5 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $23.7 million — $20 million to run schools, about $20,384 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.9 million local (mostly property tax), $11.5 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $17 million.
Spent $15.4 million — $13.3 million to run schools, about $18,585 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.4 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $143,000.
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 $24.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
266 bridges in Lawrence County: 126 in good condition, 110 fair, and 30 poor (11.3%). “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.
| EAST WASHINGTON ST over NESHANNOCK CREEK · built 1909 | 18,779 vehicles a day |
| WEST WASHINGTON ST over NCIR / ISS RAILROAD · built 1924 | 7,349 vehicles a day |
| EASTBROOK RD over HOTTENBAUGH RUN · built 1930 | 3,416 vehicles a day |
| COVERT RD over SR 0376 EB WB · built 1972 | 2,591 vehicles a day |
| BELTWAY EX over NESHANNOCK CREEK · built 1968 | 2,000 vehicles a day |
| T-683 MAIN ST over MAHONING RIVER TRIB · built 1950 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $22.2 million of work in Lawrence County in fiscal 2025, about $258 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 Pennsylvania 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: Beaver County (21 mi) · Mercer County (22 mi) · Butler County (22 mi) · Mahoning County, OH (23 mi) · Columbiana County, OH (28 mi) · Trumbull County, OH (31 mi).