Lawrence is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 87,954 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Lawrence is the 11th largest community in Massachusetts. Much of the housing stock in Lawrence was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lawrence is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.08% of the Lawrence workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lawrence is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lawrence who work in office and administrative support (10.71%), sales jobs (8.79%), and maintenance occupations (6.95%). Also of interest is that Lawrence has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The citizens of Lawrence are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.97% of adults in Lawrence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Lawrence in 2022 was $25,774, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,096 for a family of four. However, Lawrence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lawrence is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lawrence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Lawrence, accounting for 81.96% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lawrence residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lawrence include Irish, Italian, French, English, and German. Lawrence also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 43.03%. The most common language spoken in Lawrence is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Vietnamese.
