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Lee County, Florida

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

CountyFIPS 12071

Within Florida
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 Fort Myers, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
875,607
+110,032 (+14.4%) since 2020
Land area
781.2
square miles. A further 48.4% of the total area is water
Population density
1,121
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fort Myers
Seat of county government.
Established
1887
138 years ago
Largest city
Cape Coral city
Population 236,264.

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, Florida 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 618 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 Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population875,6078th of 6772nd of 3,144
Land area781.2 sq mi26th of 671,106th of 3,144
Population density1,121 per sq mi8th of 67145th of 3,144
Median household income$76,10722nd of 67774th 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
Population875,607Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020765,575Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?760,827Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area781.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area733.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,515 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,121 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,107American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$362,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households327,803American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units441,194American 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
-477
7,958 births, 8,435 deaths
Net migration
+14,515
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 4 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
Collier CountyFlorida57 mi417,131
Charlotte CountyFlorida56 mi217,212
Hendry CountyFlorida18 mi48,276
Glades CountyFloridaa single point13,270

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

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