Editing Lee County, Virginia (section)

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 25,587 people living in the county. 94.2% were [[White American|White]], 3.7% [[African American|Black or African American]], 0.4% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.6% of some other race and 0.9% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 1.6% were [[Hispanic and Latino American|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race).

According to the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> 2009 estimates, there were 25,001 people, 11,587 households, and 6,852 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|54|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 11,587 housing units at an average density of {{convert|25|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 96.3% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.9% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], 0.7% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

The largest ancestry groups in Lee County include: [[English American|English]] (14 percent), [[Irish American|Irish]] (11 percent), [[German American|German]] (9 percent), and [[Scottish-Irish American|Scottish-Irish]] (3 percent).<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=22924 Lee County, VA – Lee County, Virginia – Ancestry & family history – ePodunk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

There were 9,706 households, out of which 29.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0 percent were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.7 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4 percent were non-families. 27.0 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.8 percent under the age of 18, 8.0 percent from 18 to 24, 27.5 percent from 25 to 44, 26.3 percent from 45 to 64, and 15.4 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,889, and the median income for a family was $40,721. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,317. About 20.3 percent of families and 22.7 percent of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.1 percent of those under age 18 and 23.3 percent of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=05000US51105&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=lee+county&_cityTown=lee+county&_state=04000US51&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|title=American FactFinder – Community Facts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |website=factfinder.census.gov|language=en|access-date=August 21, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200211175926/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=05000US51105&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=lee+county&_cityTown=lee+county&_state=04000US51&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-date=February 11, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>