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Created March 20, 1849, from parts of Beaver and Mercer Counties and named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s first flagship, the U.S. Brig Lawrence, which had been named for Captain James Lawrence, a naval hero. New Castle, the county seat, was laid out in 1802, incorporated as a borough on March 25, 1825, and chartered as a city on February 25, 1869. It is not certain whether it was named for Newcastle, England, or New Castle, Delaware.
This area was formally acquired from Native Americans by the 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the “Last Purchase,” and migrants from Allegheny County began to settle in 1793. Newcastle quickly grew to be an industrial center because the county had limestone quarries, iron ore, and coal. Its stone blast furnaces for making iron, started in 1838, were located in both Beaver and Mercer Counties, and the county was created to eliminate that confusing situation. Canals arrived in the 1830s and the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1850. Connection with Youngstown, Ohio was very important. The 1890s were the “Golden Age of Industry,” as Lawrence became the world’s leader in tin plating. Lawrence also produced hardware, paper, pottery, cement, and linseed oil. There was some oil production. The industrial complex brought vast numbers of southern and eastern Europeans, beginning in 1875. The population peaked at 113,000 in 1960, but deindustrialization became pronounced in the 1970s.
As in Berks County, there was always farming outside the factory areas. Today, 42 percent of the county is farmland. It ranks about midway in value of farm products among the sixty-seven counties.
Lawrence County is one of 67 counties in Pennsylvania. It has 360.5 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 250.1 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population declined by 11.9%. On the 2000 census form, 99.2% of the population reported only one race, with 3.6% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 0.6% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.47 persons compared to an average family size of 3.00 persons.
In 2008 health care and social assistance was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $31,559. Per capita income grew by 12.6% between 1998 and 2008 (adjusted for inflation).
People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value
Industry Overview (2008)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2009)
90,160
Covered Employment
30,513
Growth (%) since 1990
-6.3%
Average wage per job
$34,489
Households (2000)
37,091
Manufacturing – % all jobs in County
13.3%
Labor Force (persons) (2009)
43,614
Average wage per job
$48,699
Unemployment Rate (2009)
9.4
Transportation & Warehousing – % all jobs in County
4.3%
Per Capita Personal Income (2008)
$31,303
Average wage per job
$39,961
Median Household Income (2008)
$41,594
Health Care, Social Assist. – % all jobs in County
17.7%
Poverty Rate (2008)
13.5
Average wage per job
$31,559
H.S. Diploma or More – % of Adults 25+ (2000)
81.6
Finance and Insurance – % all jobs in County
4.3%
Bachelor’s Deg. or More – % of Adults 25+ (2000)
15.1
Average wage per job
$42,840
1. CROTON PRE-KDG CTR
Address: 420 Fern St, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 656-4815
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 131
Grades: KG
2. EAST LAWRENCE EL SCHOOL
Address: 1352 Golf Course Rd, Volant, PA 16156
Phone: (724) 656-8866
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 62
Grades: KG-3
3. HARRY W LOCKLEY KDG CTR
Address: 900 E Main St, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 656-4735
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 294
Grades: KG
4. HARTMAN SCHOOL
Address: Crescent Avenue & 4th Street, Ellwood City, PA 16117
Phone: (724) 758-3241
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 306
Grades: KG-6
5. JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL
Address: 326 Laurel Blvd, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 656-4738
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 269 1-3
6. LAUREL EL SCHOOL
Address: 223 Mccaslin Rd, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 658-2673
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 709
Grades: KG-6
7. LAUREL JSHS
Address: 2497 Harlansburg Rd, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 658-9056
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 679
Grades: 7-12
8.
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: CTC
Address: 750 Phelps Way, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 658-3583
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 361
Grades: 10-12
9. LINCOLN JSHS
Address: 501 Crescent Ave, Ellwood City, PA 16117
Phone: (724) 752-1591
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 955
Grades: 7-12
10. MOHAWK EL SCHOOL
Address: 351 Mohawk School Road, Bessemer, PA 16112
Phone: (724) 667-7749
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 792
Grades: KG-6
11. MOHAWK JSHS
Address: 385 Mohawk School Road, Bessemer, PA 16112
Phone: (724) 667-7782
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 842
Grades: 7-12
12. NESHANNOCK JSHS
Address: 3834 Mitchell Rd, New Castle, PA 16105
Phone: (724) 658-5513
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 607
Grades: PK-12
13. NESHANNOCK MEMORIAL EL SCHOOL
Address: 3832 Mitchell Rd, New Castle, PA 16105
Phone: (724) 652-8709
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 748
Grades: PK-6
14. NEW CASTLE JSHS
Address: 300 E Lincoln Ave, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 656-4700
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 1,542
Grades: 7-12
15. NEW CASTLE YOUTH DEV CTR
Address: 1745 Frew Mill Road, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 656-7330
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 208 UG
16. NEW WILMINGTON EL SCHOOL
Address: 450 Wood St, New Wilmington, PA 16142
Phone: (724) 656-8866
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 321
Grades: KG-4
17. NORTH SIDE SCHOOL
Address: Orchard & North Streets, Ellwood City, PA 16117
Phone: (724) 752-1381
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 329
Grades: KG-6
18. PERRY TWP SCHOOL
Address: Portersville Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117
Phone: (724) 758-9458
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 283
Grades: KG-6
19. PULASKI EL SCHOOL
Address: 320 Shenango St, Pulaski, PA 16143
Phone: (724) 656-8866
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 116
Grades: KG-3
20. SHENANGO EL SCHOOL
Address: 2501 Old Pittsburgh Rd, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 658-5566
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 677
Grades: KG-6
21. SHENANGO HS
Address: 2550 Ellwood Rd, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 658-5537
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 638
Grades: 7-12
22. THADDEUS STEVENS SCHOOL
Address: 831 Harrison St, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 656-4750
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 260 1-3
23. UNION AREA HS
Address: 2106 Camden Ave, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 658-4501
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 255
Grades: 9-12
24. UNION AREA MS
Address: 2106 Camden Ave, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 658-4501
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 267
Grades: 5-8
25. UNION MEMORIAL EL SCHOOL
Address: 500 S Scotland Ln, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 652-6683
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 354
Grades: KG-4
26. WALNUT RIDGE SCHOOL
Address: Aetna Drive & Sunset, Ellwood City, PA 16117
Phone: (724) 758-5609
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 141
Grades: KG-6
27. WASHINGTON INTRMD SCHOOL
Address: 101 East Euclid Avenue, New Castle, PA 16105
Phone: (724) 656-4729
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 719
Grades: 4-6
28. WEST SIDE SCHOOL
Address: 708 W Washington St, New Castle, PA 16101
Phone: (724) 656-4753
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 218 1-3
29. WILMINGTON AREA HS
Address: 350 Wood St, New Wilmington, PA 16142
Phone: (724) 656-8866
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 476
Grades: 9-12
30. WILMINGTON AREA MS
Address: 400 Wood St, New Wilmington, PA 16142
Phone: (724) 656-8866
County: Lawrence County
Enrollment: 481
Grades: 5-8
