- State:FloridaCounty:Lee CountyZips:33911,33932,33918,34136,33945,33918,33970,33910,33994,33929,33902,33906,34133,33915,33965,33976,33974,33973,33993,33972,33924,33993,33903,33921,33920,33956,33922,33917,33917,33967,33971,33991,33936,33957,33914,33931,33903,33913,33909,33916,33966,33928,33905,34134,33990,33919,33912,33908,33904,34135,33907,33901Coordinates:26.563496716437857, -81.98483599453145Area total:1212.37 sq. mi., 3140.03 sq. km, 775918.72 acresArea land:781.46 sq. mi., 2023.96 sq. km, 500132.48 acresArea water:430.92 sq. mi., 1116.07 sq. km, 275786.24 acresEstablished:1887Capital seat:
Fort Myers
Address: 2115 Second Street
Fort Myers, FL
Governing Body: County Commission with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Lee County, Florida, United States
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- Population:760,822; Population change: 22.96% (2010 - 2020)Population density:974 persons per square mileHousehold income:$52,381Households:113,377Unemployment rate:7.30% per 345,417 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%GDP:$28.21 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Lee County's population of Florida of 23,476 residents in 1930 has increased 12,45-fold to 292,198 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.68% female residents and 48.32% male residents live in as of 2020, 46.71% in Lee County, Florida are married and the remaining 53.29% are single population.
As of 2020, 46.71% in Lee County, Florida are married and the remaining 53.29% are single population.
- Housing units:416,332 residential units of which 76.45% share occupied residential units.
27.3 minutes is the average time that residents in Lee County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
78.95% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.76% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.64% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.56% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Lee County, Florida 56.95% are owner-occupied homes, another 16.39% are rented apartments, and the remaining 26.66% are vacant.
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The 36.97% of the population in Lee County, Florida who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 54.670%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 44.340%) of those eligible to vote in Lee County, Florida.
