That's an increase of 2.7 percent from 2015, when the county spent $6.38 million.
Lawrence County has a population of 16,745.
Since 2001, the Lawrence County budget has grown by 4.2 percent, from $6.28 million. The county population has grown 5.5 percent over the same period, from 15,865.
Salaries accounted for 44.9 percent of county spending in 2016. Lawrence County property taxpayers paid $2.94 million for 92 full-time employees and 19 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 51 full-time employees and 21 part-time employees, and spent $2.02 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
16,745
$6,544,961
$2,937,484
44.9
111
$26,464
2015
16,745
$6,375,571
$2,976,496
46.7
93
$32,005
2014
16,745
$5,909,505
$2,769,274
46.9
88
$31,469
2013
16,745
$10,799
$2,729,182
25272.7
89
$30,665
2012
16,745
$5,890,201
$2,665,433
45.3
88
$30,289
2011
16,400
$6,693,170
$2,709,165
40.5
87
$31,140
2010
16,408
$6,771,350
$2,319,447
34.3
77
$30,123
2009
16,681
$6,653,350
$2,305,610
34.7
77
$29,943
2008
15,588
$6,665,293
$2,122,048
31.8
70
$30,315
2007
15,887
$6,116,355
$1,989,408
32.5
61
$32,613
2006
15,930
$5,801,994
$1,891,164
32.6
52
$36,369
2005
15,994
$6,106,950
$2,067,143
33.8
50
$41,343
2004
15,994
$6,320,822
$2,048,139
32.4
50
$40,963
2003
15,929
$5,539,576
$2,062,458
37.2
72
$28,645
2002
15,452
$5,777,871
$2,119,055
36.7
72
$29,431
2001
15,865
$6,282,857
$2,018,957
32.1
72
$28,041
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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