Lee County, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lee County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lee County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lee County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lee County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lee County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Lee County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lee County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Lee County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Lee County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lee County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	85,042	7th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	449.9	61st	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	184.3	5th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	19th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.2%	16th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	56th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.5%	17th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.9%	11th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	69.6%	23rd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	28.2%	60th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	56th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	13th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	30th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	16th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	24th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.7%	21st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.2%	25th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	31st	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	36,429	7th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.5%	16th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	31,765	7th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.0%	63rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,000	12th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	62nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	181	10th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$22,358	9th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$41,150	13th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.2%	69th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,374	6th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	45,784	5th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,912	7th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,439,479	6th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,967	3rd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$148,229	11th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732