Lee County, Alabama Demographics

Lee County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Lee County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lee County is 4th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lee County is 5th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Lee County is 6th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lee County is 6th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lee County is 7th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lee County is 7th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

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

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

Size Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	147,257	8th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	607.5	50th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	230.8	6th	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	45th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.7%	55th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.7%	67th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.5%	6th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.2%	4th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	72.0%	34th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	23.2%	34th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	51st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.9%	1st	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	18th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	18th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.0%	36th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	50.7%	48th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	7th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	63,483	8th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	23.4%	3rd	15.5%	25.9%
Households	55,176	8th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.2%	63rd	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$144,100	5th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	58th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	706	7th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$23,015	11th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$42,320	14th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.8%	31st	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,343	10th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	35,565	11th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,319	8th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,451,634	11th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,099	21st	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$201,205	8th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732