Lee County, Florida Demographics

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Households

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Lee County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lee County is 10th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	645,293	8th	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	784.5	26th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	788.7	8th	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	50th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.1%	45th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	24.9%	13th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.0%	22nd	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.6%	22nd	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	87.3%	20th	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.0%	50th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	44th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	27th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	24th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	44th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	14th	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.1%	41st	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	51.0%	25th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.2%	13th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	372,117	8th	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.1%	13th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	243,017	8th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.8%	42nd	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$181,000	19th	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	41st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,043	10th	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$28,946	11th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$49,444	18th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.5%	45th	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	15,629	8th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	171,148	8th	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	64,852	8th	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,193,114	8th	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,708	10th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,191,997	8th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732