Home : USA : Kentucky : Lawrence County

Lawrence County Facts

Census Statistics

	Lawrence County	Kentucky
Population, 2003 estimate	15,895	4,117,827
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.1%	1.9%
Population, 2000	15,569	4,041,769
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	11.2%	9.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.9%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.3%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.4%	12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.7%	51.1%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.9%	90.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	7.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.6%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.4%	1.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	98.6%	89.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	63.2%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.1%	2.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	1.4%	3.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	58.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	6.6%	17.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	4,516	874,156
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	36.0	23.5?
Housing units, 2002	7,186	1,796,900
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.1%	70.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	5.6%	17.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$56,300	$86,700?
Households, 2000	5,954	1,590,647
Persons per household, 2000	2.59	2.47
Median household income, 1999	$21,610	$33,672
Per capita money income, 1999	$12,008	$18,093
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	30.7%	15.8%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	205	89,501
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,172	1,497,466
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-8.8%	-1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	746	226,193
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	86,636,107
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	63,747	33,332,675
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,125	$8,530
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.5%	23.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	0	19,459
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	93,346	28,879,501
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	419	39,728
Persons per square mile, 2000	37.2	101.7
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	127	21

Some random places: CCR 13 Water Well   BK Ranch   Orlo Avenue School   Llynwood School   UMMC Heliport