24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 24,732 households, out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.00% were married couples living together, 11.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 0.57% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the county was 96.55% White, 2.09% Black or African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. There were 27,189 housing units at an average density of 60 units per square mile (23/km 2). The population density was 137 inhabitants per square mile (53/km 2).
Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 457 square miles (1,180 km 2), of which 453 square miles (1,170 km 2) is land and 3.9 square miles (10 km 2) (0.9%) is water. During World War I, 2,200 of Lawrence County's men served in the armed forces, and 99 died. By 1862, about 3,200 of Lawrence County's men were soldiers in the Union Army in the American Civil War. Men from Lawrence County served in the Mexican–American War, with at least one having died during that conflict. The present Lawrence County Courthouse was built in 1908. In 1851, the county seat was moved from Burlington to Ironton. Lawrence County was formed on December 20, 1816, from parts of Gallia and Scioto counties, with the county seat named as Burlington. The earliest European-American settlers, Luke Kelly and his family, and May Keyser, settled at Hanging Rock along the Ohio River in 1796, having migrated from the east. Lawrence County is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. It is named for James Lawrence, the naval officer famous for the line "do not give up the ship".
The county was created in 1815 and later organized in 1817. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,240. Lawrence County is the southernmost county located in the U.S.
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