46,467 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.2% since 2020)
617 square miles of land · 75 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.
10 active community water systems list Lawrence County in the area they serve, reporting 47,607 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LAWRENCEBURG UTILITY SYSTEMS surface water · local government · TN0000392 | 21,244 served |
| SUMMERTOWN UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · TN0000676 | 5,593 served |
| LORETTO WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000408 | 5,054 served |
| LEOMA UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · TN0000399 | 4,808 served |
| NORTHEAST LAWRENCE U.D. groundwater · local government · TN0000389 | 4,017 served |
| FALL RIVER RD UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000239 | 3,988 served |
| ST JOSEPH WATER SYSTEM groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TN0000604 | 1,533 served |
| IRON CITY UTILITY DISTRICT buys groundwater · local government · TN0000320 | 732 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 178 people were held in Lawrence County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 626 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 309.
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.
1 school district has its office in Lawrence County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $86.3 million — $73.2 million to run schools, about $10,410 per student, plus $11.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.1 million local (mostly property tax), $46.5 million state, $18.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $46.5 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 $22.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
211 bridges in Lawrence County: 111 in good condition, 96 fair, and 4 poor (1.9%). “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.
| NFA 1426 (SA 5007) over SHOAL CREEK · built 1965 | 673 vehicles a day |
| NFA A197 over DRY WEAKLEY CREEK · built 1975 | 140 vehicles a day |
| NFA A115 over W FORK BUFFALO RIVER · built 1984 | 120 vehicles a day |
| NFA A645 over SHOAL CREEK · built 1933 | 80 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3 million of work in Lawrence County in fiscal 2025, about $69 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-29. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-24. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State: elections calendar · Tennessee Secretary of State: registration deadline FAQ · Tennessee Secretary of State: GoVoteTN
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Nearby counties: Giles County (20 mi) · Lewis County (22 mi) · Wayne County (24 mi) · Lauderdale County, AL (26 mi) · Maury County (33 mi) · Limestone County, AL (37 mi).