Lee County (Florida)
The Lee County is a county in the southwest of the U.S. state of Florida in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fort Myers.
Geography
The county has an area of 3,139 square kilometers, of which 1,057 square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hendry County, Collier County and Charlotte County.
History
The Lee County was formed on 13 May 1887, by Robert E. Lee, a general in the American Civil War, named. In August 2004, Fort Myers and the offshore islands in the northwest of Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel and Captiva Iceland Iceland have been drawn from the " Hurricane Charley " heavily affected.
Demography
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the 2010 census, the then 618 754 inhabitants spread over 371 099 households. The population density was 299.8 inh. / Km ². 83.0 % of the population were white, 8.3% African American, 0.4% Native American and 1.4% Asian Americans. 5.0% were members of other ethnic groups and 2.1% in different ethnic groups. 18.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 38.4 % of all households lived in 25.2 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 65.8 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 2.35 persons and the average family size is 2.81 people.
21.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.4% were 20-39 years old, 25.7 % were 40-59 years old and 31.0 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 46 years. 49.1 % of the population were male and 50.9 % female.
The average annual income was $ 49,444, while 13.5 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 78.99 % of the population spoke Spanish 15.19 % and 5.82% had a different mother tongue.
Educational institutions
- Edison College in Fort Myers
- Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers
- International College in Fort Myers
- Southwest Florida College in Fort Myers
Places in Lee County
Places in Lee County with populations of the census of 2010:
Cities:
- Bonita Springs - 43 914 inhabitants
- Cape Coral - 154 305 inhabitants
- Fort Myers ( County Seat) - 62 298 inhabitants
- Sanibel - 6,469 inhabitants
Town:
- Fort Myers Beach - 6,277 inhabitants
Census-designated places:
- Alva - 2,596 inhabitants
- Bokeelia - 1,780 inhabitants
- Buckingham - 4,036 inhabitants
- Burnt Store Marina - 1,793 inhabitants
- Captiva - 583 inhabitants
- Charleston Park - 218 inhabitants
- Cypress Lake - 11,846 inhabitants
- Estero - 22,612 inhabitants
- Fort Myers Shores - 5,487 inhabitants
- Gateway - 8,401 inhabitants
- Harlem Heights - 1,975 inhabitants
- Iona - 15,369 inhabitants
- Lehigh Acres - 86 784 inhabitants
- Lochmoor Waterway Estates - 4,204 inhabitants
- Matlacha - 677 inhabitants
- Matlacha Isles- Matlacha Shores - 229 inhabitants
- McGregor - 7,406 inhabitants
- North Fort Myers - 39 407 inhabitants
- Olga - 1,952 inhabitants
- Page Park - 514 inhabitants
- Palmona Park - 1,146 inhabitants
- Pine Centre Iceland - 1,854 inhabitants
- Pine Manor - 3,428 inhabitants
- Pineland - 407 inhabitants
- Punta Rassa - 1,750 inhabitants
- San Carlos Park - 16,824 inhabitants
- St. James City - 3,784 inhabitants
- Suncoast Estates - 4,384 inhabitants
- Three Oaks - 3,592 inhabitants
- Tice - 4,470 inhabitants
- Villas - 11,569 inhabitants
- Whiskey Creek - 4,655 inhabitants
Go to County owned islands
- Pine Iceland
- Matlacha Iceland
- Sanibel Iceland
- Captiva Iceland
- North Captiva Iceland
- Useppa Iceland
- Cabbage Cay
- Estero Iceland
- Lover's Key
Airports
- Southwest Florida International Airport