Rank
787of 3,144
Lawrence, Tennessee
Score 6.74 / 10· population 46,114
Lawrence County covers 618 square miles of Middle Tennessee, with Lawrenceburg as its county seat on US 43 and US 64, and I-65 is about 19 miles from the county. The Natchez Trace Parkway crosses its western side, and an Amish community has lived north of Lawrenceburg since 1944. Census estimates for 2019 to 2023 put 17 percent of the county's children in single-parent homes, against 27 percent across Tennessee.
Sources
- Lawrence County is 618 square miles; its seat is Lawrenceburg lawrencecountytn.gov
- Lawrenceburg is reached via Highway 43 or Highway 64 lawrenceburgtn.gov
- An Amish community north of Lawrenceburg arrived in 1944 lawrenceburgtn.gov
- I-65 is about 19 miles from the county lawcotn.com
- Lawrence County is in Middle Tennessee tennesseeencyclopedia.net
- The Natchez Trace Parkway passes through the western portion of the county tennesseeencyclopedia.net
- County Health Rankings 2025 release: children in single-parent households 17.2% in Lawrence County, 27.3% in Tennessee countyhealthrankings.org
- The 2025 County Health Rankings children in single-parent households measure uses American Community Survey five-year estimates for 2019-2023 countyhealthrankings.org
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.4
- Sales tax1.1
- Property tax7.7
Environment
- Air quality6.3
- Floods / hurricanes4.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.4
- Life expectancy2.8
- Government employees4.9
- Single-parent households7.7