People QuickFacts Lee County Florida Population, 2012 estimate 645,293 19,317,568 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 618,754 18,802,690 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.3% 2.7% Population, 2010 618,754 18,801,310 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.2% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.4% 21.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 24.1% 17.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.9% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 87.6% 78.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.8% 16.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.5% 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 18.6% 22.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 70.7% 57.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.9% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 15.2% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 21.3% 27.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.0% 85.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 24.6% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 67,341 1,637,466 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.4 25.7  Housing units, 2011 372,117 9,026,965 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.8% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 28.1% 29.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $181,000 $188,600 Households, 2007-2011 243,017 7,140,096 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.50 2.56 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $28,946 $26,733 Median household income, 2007-2011 $49,444 $47,827 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.5% 14.7%     Business QuickFacts Lee County Florida Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 15,629 490,851 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 171,148 6,732,639 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 2.4% 1.6% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 52,062 1,686,142  Total number of firms, 2007 64,852 2,009,589 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.2% 9.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.3% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.6% 22.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.5% 28.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,181,824 104,832,907 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,271,601 221,641,518 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,193,114 262,341,127 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,708 $14,353 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,191,997 41,922,059 Building permits, 2012 2,043 64,810     Geography QuickFacts Lee County Florida Land area in square miles, 2010 784.51 53,624.76 Persons per square mile, 2010 788.7 350.6 FIPS Code 071 12 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 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