Lawrence County, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Lawrence County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Lawrence County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lawrence County is 11th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lawrence County, Alabama Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	33,838	35th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	690.7	32nd	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	49.7	32nd	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	41st	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	39th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	36th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.7%	26th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.3%	41st	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	78.1%	27th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.6%	49th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	5.8%	2nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	55th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	52nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.4%	1st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	43rd	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	76.4%	27th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	51.4%	33rd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	43rd	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	15,184	37th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.7%	56th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	13,531	35th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.7%	11th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,000	30th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	39th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	62nd	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$19,676	38th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$40,009	22nd	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.4%	59th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	407	44th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,734	45th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,289	37th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$166,958	45th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,889	58th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$22,719	38th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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