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Lawrence County, Tennessee

A county in Tennessee, ranked 35 of 95 by population.

CountyFIPS 47099

Within Tennessee
Lawrence County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Lawrenceburg, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
46,914
+2,729 (+6.2%) since 2020
Land area
617.1
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
76.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lawrenceburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1817
208 years ago
Largest city
Lawrenceburg city
Population 12,236.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Lawrence County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Lawrence County, Tennessee from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 613 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Lawrence County ranks

Position among the 95 counties of Tennessee, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TennesseeNationally
Population46,91435th of 951,052nd of 3,144
Land area617.1 sq mi9th of 951,567th of 3,144
Population density76.0 per sq mi49th of 951,122nd of 3,144
Median household income$54,70665th of 952,492nd of 3,143

Full data for Lawrence County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population46,914Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202044,185Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,158Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area617.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.86 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area618 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?76.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,706American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$194,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,991American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,730American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+4
572 births, 568 deaths
Net migration
+263
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Lawrence County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Giles CountyTennessee38 mi31,433
Wayne CountyTennessee33 mi16,416
Lauderdale CountyAlabama22 mi97,135
Lewis CountyTennessee21 mi13,487
Maury CountyTennessee6.1 mi118,131

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 95 counties of Tennessee

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.