2024 population: 34,073 ( 914 from 2020)
Land area: 355.9 square miles
Population density: 95.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	22,104	64.87%	4.4%
Black:	9,111	26.74%	18.1%
Indian:	113	0.33%	22.8%
Asian:	988	2.90%	15.8%
2+ races:	519	1.52%	34.8%
Hispanic:	1,238	3.63%	25.2%

Total non-White:	11,969	35.13%	19.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,347	10.2
Deaths:	1,304	9.8
Net Migration:	659	5.0
Net Immigration:	203	1.5

Change in White population:	-1,024	-3.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,938	5.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
33,159
23,128	69.75%
7,712	23.26%
92	0.28%
853	2.57%
385	1.16%
989	2.98%
10,031	30.25%

2010
28,298
21,453	75.81%
5,239	18.51%
66	0.23%
628	2.22%
327	1.16%
560	1.98%
6,845	24.19%

2000
24,757
20,203	81.61%
3,823	15.44%
60	0.24%
211	0.85%
149	0.60%
300	1.21%
4,554	18.39%

1990
16,250
12,892	79.34%
3,111	19.14%
52	0.32%
3	0.02%
n/a
192	1.18%
3,358	20.66%

1980
11,684
8,778	75.13%
2,753	23.56%
35	0.30%
35	0.30%
n/a
78	0.67%
2,906	24.87%

1970
7,044
3,970	56.36%
3,068	43.55%
2	0.03%
4	0.06%
n/a
0	0.00%
3,074	43.64%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
3,242	11.5
1,911	6.8
227	0.8
124	0.4

1,675	5.9
3,186	11.3

Number	Rate
2000's
3,172	12.8
1,380	5.6
5,118	20.7
241	1.0

1,250	5.0
2,291	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
2,576	15.9
878	5.4
5,687	35.0
18	0.1

7,311	45.0
1,196	7.4

Number	Rate
1980's
2,338	20.0
766	6.6
3,185	27.3
n/a

4,114	35.2
452	3.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,184	45.2
n/a

4,808	68.3
-168	-2.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Lee County, GA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.0
8,628	12.8%
58,604	87.2%
4,298	6.4%

11,806
2.71

9,356	79.2%
7,344	78.5%
883	9.4%
2,450	20.8%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
7,935	28.0%
20,363	72.0%
2,354	8.3%

9,706
2.83

7,740	79.7%
6,025	77.8%
850	11.0%
1,966	20.3%

2000
Number	Percent
32.3
7,582	30.6%
17,175	69.4%
1,550	6.3%

8,219
2.91

6,844	83.3%
5,563	81.3%
728	10.6%
1,375	16.7%

1990
Number	Percent
29.5
5,233	32.2%
11,017	67.8%
1,057	6.5%

5,217
2.98

4,328	83.0%
3,509	81.1%
438	10.1%
889	17.0%

1980
Number	Percent
26.7
3,979	34.1%
7,705	65.9%
763	6.5%

3,718
3.07

3,146	84.6%
2,664	84.7%
205	6.5%
572	15.4%

2022 Housing Data for Lee County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	415	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	323	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	235	2.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	162	1.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	324	2.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	306	2.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	490	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	336	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	351	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	938	7.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,360	11.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,921	16.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,709	14.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,030	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,220	10.3%
$200,000 or more	686	5.8%

Median Household Income	83,632
Per Capita Income	34,074

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	89
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	478	4.0%
Public Assistance	104	0.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,012	8.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	14,711	71.7%
Unemployed	712	3.5%
In Armed Forces	154	0.8%

Total Labor Force	15,577	75.9%
Not in Labor Force	4,942	24.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	5,035	4,564	52.5%
Non-Profit	631	996	38.8%
Self-Employed	847	397	68.1%

Local Government	692	1,113	38.3%
State Government	129	615	17.3%
Federal Government	650	187	77.7%

Total Private + Self	5,882	4,961	54.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,102	2,911	41.9%
Total	7,984	7,872	50.4%

Pct. Govt.	21.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	2,708	17.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	3,186	20.1%
Professional, Technical	4,898	30.8%
Service Occupations	2,189	13.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	158	1.0%
All others	2,899	18.3%

White Collar		68.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	2,793	17.6%
Retail trade	1,890	11.9%
Educational services	1,848	11.6%
Public administration	1,451	9.1%
Manufacturing	1,154	7.3%
Other services	1,056	6.6%
Construction	917	5.8%
Accommodation and food services	902	5.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	811	5.1%
Transportation and warehousing	753	4.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	394	2.5%
Wholesale trade	347	2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	323	2.0%
Finance and insurance	316	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	217	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	217	1.4%
Information	158	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	154	1.0%
Utilities	145	0.9%
Management	34	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	358	1.09%
Puerto Rican	139	0.42%
Cuban	8	0.02%
Dominican	25	0.08%

Total Central American	157	0.48%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	104	0.32%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	21	0.06%
Salvadoran	32	0.10%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	40	0.12%
Argentinean	17	0.05%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	23	0.07%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	355	1.08%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	392	1.19%
Vietnamese	258	0.78%
Indian	162	0.49%
Korean	43	0.13%
Japanese	22	0.07%
Chinese	10	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	29,069	94.0%
Spanish	725	2.3%
Tagalog	315	1.0%
Other Indo-European	240	0.8%
Vietnamese	197	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	118	0.4%
German, other Germanic	110	0.4%
Other Asian	62	0.2%
Korean	43	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	5,856	17.8%
English	3,764	11.4%
German	2,217	6.7%
Irish	2,200	6.7%
Italian	680	2.1%
Scotch-Irish	662	2.0%
European	624	1.9%
Scottish	595	1.8%
African	547	1.7%
Polish	393	1.2%
Dutch	254	0.8%
French	213	0.6%
British	205	0.6%
Swedish	201	0.6%
Romanian	162	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	32,581	98.8%
Not a citizen	387	1.2%

Native	31,546	95.7%
Foreign-born	1,422	4.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
515	2.4%	1,198	5.6%	5,776	27.2%	6,839	32.2%	4,222	19.8%	2,720	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	515	2.4%
9-12 Years	1,198	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	5,776	27.2%
Some College	6,839	32.2%
Bach. Degree	4,222	19.8%
Grad Degree	2,720	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	7,896	7,468	428	5.4%	5.4%
1991	8,068	7,686	382	4.7%	5.3%
1992	8,419	7,859	560	6.7%	6.6%
1993	8,901	8,392	509	5.7%	5.7%
1994	9,445	8,964	481	5.1%	5.1%
1995	10,015	9,582	433	4.3%	4.8%
1996	10,748	10,334	414	3.9%	4.6%
1997	11,552	11,099	453	3.9%	4.5%
1998	12,045	11,456	589	4.9%	4.2%
1999	12,171	11,638	533	4.4%	3.8%

2000	13,081	12,637	444	3.4%	3.5%
2001	13,687	13,214	473	3.5%	4.1%
2002	14,290	13,738	552	3.9%	5.3%
2003	15,253	14,695	558	3.7%	5.1%
2004	15,730	15,140	590	3.8%	5.1%
2005	16,430	15,731	699	4.3%	5.7%
2006	17,248	16,568	680	3.9%	5.1%
2007	17,649	16,952	697	3.9%	4.9%
2008	17,986	17,108	878	4.9%	6.8%
2009	18,171	16,791	1,380	7.6%	10.4%

2010	14,382	13,063	1,319	9.2%	10.7%
2011	14,302	13,105	1,197	8.4%	10.1%
2012	14,277	13,201	1,076	7.5%	9.0%
2013	14,279	13,304	975	6.8%	8.1%
2014	14,121	13,237	884	6.3%	7.1%
2015	13,967	13,211	756	5.4%	6.1%
2016	14,557	13,865	692	4.8%	5.4%
2017	15,188	14,548	640	4.2%	4.8%
2018	14,834	14,295	539	3.6%	4.0%
2019	15,140	14,673	467	3.1%	3.5%

2020	14,763	14,081	682	4.6%	6.5%
2021	15,053	14,584	469	3.1%	3.9%
2022	15,011	14,577	434	2.9%	3.0%
2023	14,879	14,455	424	2.8%	3.2%
2024	17,062	16,583	479	2.8%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	12,697
Median Value	$208,800

Occupied	11,806	93.0%
Vacant	891	7.0%

Owned	8,833	74.8%
Rented	2,973	25.2%
Median Rent	$1,144

Single-Family Units	10,182	80.2%
Detached	10,159	80.0%
Attached	23	0.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	472	3.7%
Mobile Homes	994	7.8%

Lee County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lee County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Lee County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lee County, GA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lee County, GA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lee County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Lee County, GA