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Lee County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 8 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01081

Within Alabama
Lee County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Opelika, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
189,881
+15,043 (+8.6%) since 2020
Land area
607.6
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
313
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Opelika
Seat of county government.
Established
1866
159 years ago
Largest city
Auburn city
Population 85,113.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Lee County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Lee County, Alabama from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 496 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Lee County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population189,8818th of 67374th of 3,144
Land area607.6 sq mi50th of 671,599th of 3,144
Population density313 per sq mi4th of 67423rd of 3,144
Median household income$65,82413th of 671,563rd of 3,143

Full data for Lee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population189,881Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020174,838Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?174,337Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area607.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area615.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?313 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,824American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$262,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households69,436American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units79,619American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+539
1,877 births, 1,338 deaths
Net migration
+1,533
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Lee County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Russell CountyAlabama32 mi58,898
Chambers CountyAlabama32 mi34,253
Macon CountyAlabama24 mi18,132
Tallapoosa CountyAlabama15 mi40,953
Harris CountyGeorgia14 mi37,280
Muscogee CountyGeorgia9.4 mi202,171

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Alabama

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.