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Lee County, AL

187,847 Population
607.6 square miles 309.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,719 ±$2,341 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,316 ±$3,810 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18% ±2.6% (32,442  ±4,707) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.9 minutes ±0.9 (1,951,740  ±119,003) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 26 55,283,836 (±0.3 / ±727,269)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

72,421 ±2,089 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (180,282  ±439) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.3% ±1.5% (1,651  ±760) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

83,430 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$300,600 ±$19,052 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±1.9% (21,683  ±3,555.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.1% ±4.5% (107,945  ±5,334.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
45% ±3.2% (52,185  ±3,717.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.8% (16,494  ±2,136) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±0.9% (10,870  ±1,329) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,870 Total veterans ±1,329 9,882 Male ±1,329 988 Female ±537

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