People QuickFacts Lee County Alabama Population, 2012 estimate 147,257 4,822,023 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 140,251 4,779,745 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 5.0% 0.9% Population, 2010 140,247 4,779,736 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.9% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.8% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.2% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.6% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 72.3% 70.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 23.0% 26.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.7% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.4% 4.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 69.6% 66.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 76.1% 84.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.8% 3.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.6% 5.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.5% 81.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 31.2% 22.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 9,821 403,982 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.3 24.0  Housing units, 2011 63,483 2,182,088 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.2% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 23.4% 15.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $144,100 $120,800 Households, 2007-2011 55,176 1,831,269 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.41 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,015 $23,483 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,320 $42,934 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.8% 17.6%     Business QuickFacts Lee County Alabama Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 2,343 97,743 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 35,565 1,573,138 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.9% 0.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 8,875 320,605  Total number of firms, 2007 10,319 382,350 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.2% 14.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.2% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 112,858,843 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 52,252,752 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,451,634 57,344,851 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,099 $12,364 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 201,205 6,426,342 Building permits, 2012 706 13,506     Geography QuickFacts Lee County Alabama Land area in square miles, 2010 607.54 50,645.33 Persons per square mile, 2010 230.8 94.4 FIPS Code 081 01 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts