Lee County, GA
Demographic and economic profile of Lee County, GA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Lee County, GA is a small, predominantly residential county of 33,337 residents that has grown 13.6% over five years, pointing to steady suburban expansion likely tied to proximity to the Albany, GA metro. The workforce of roughly 22,000 labor-force participants carries a 3.6% unemployment rate, median worker earnings of $48,218, and a 33.5% bachelor's-degree attainment rate, with a low poverty rate of 7.0%. Housing remains relatively affordable at a $226,900 median home value and $1,147 median gross rent, and a 74.2% homeownership rate reflects the area's settled, owner-occupant character.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
+13.6% since 2018
Lee County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone22,391 (66.6%)
- Black or African American Alone8,024 (23.9%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races1,070 (3.2%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race945 (2.8%)
- Asian Alone847 (2.5%)
- Some Other Race Alone297 (0.9%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish645
- 2.Other Indo-European292
- 3.Korean200
- 4.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)173
- 5.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)125
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance4,762
- 2.Retail Trade (Group)1,844
- 3.Public Administration (Group)1,573
- 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services1,480
- 5.Manufacturing (Group)1,286
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations8,297
- 2.Sales & Office Occupations3,219
- 3.Service Occupations2,487
- 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,631
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,102
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Public Administration (LQ 1.93×)1,502
- 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.31×)1,260
- 3.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.26×)4,866
- 4.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.17×)308
- 5.Other Services (LQ 1.09×)845
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.