People QuickFacts Lee County Mississippi Population, 2012 estimate 85,042 2,984,926 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 82,910 2,967,299 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.6% 0.6% Population, 2010 82,910 2,967,297 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.3% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.5% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.1% 13.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.3% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 70.0% 60.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 27.9% 37.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 0.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.1% 1.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.6% 2.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 68.0% 57.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.8% 85.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.7% 2.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.4% 3.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.5% 80.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 20.9% 19.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,716 209,408 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.5 23.9  Housing units, 2011 36,429 1,281,711 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.0% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.5% 13.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $109,000 $99,200 Households, 2007-2011 31,765 1,085,062 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.55 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,358 $20,521 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,150 $38,718 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.2% 21.6%     Business QuickFacts Lee County Mississippi Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,395 59,300 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 44,525 882,181 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -9.9 -7.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,527 196,184  Total number of firms, 2007 6,912 225,977 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.8% 18.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.8% 26.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,986,825 59,869,456 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 847,900 23,003,585 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,439,479 33,751,407 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $17,967 $11,552 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 148,229 7,045,097 Building permits, 2011 131 5,273     Geography QuickFacts Lee County Mississippi Land area in square miles, 2010 449.95 46,923.27 Persons per square mile, 2010 184.3 63.2 FIPS Code 081 28 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Tupelo, MS Micro 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