Lee County, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lee County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lee County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lee County is 6th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lee County is 10th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	18,654	42nd	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	410.2	40th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	46.9	35th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	42nd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	33rd	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	26th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	67.8%	45th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.0%	45th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	34.6%	44th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	63.9%	3rd	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	39th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	34th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	43rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	38th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	44th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	48.0%	42nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	40th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	7,732	43rd	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.7%	40th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	6,542	42nd	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.5%	24th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$63,900	44th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.7	10th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	8	44th	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$14,641	42nd	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$27,011	42nd	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.9%	6th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lee County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	215	44th	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,061	44th	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	652	44th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$154,589	38th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,684	30th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$10,724	39th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732