Editing Lee County, Florida (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890=1414
|1890n=<ref name="VAedu">{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref>
|1900=3071
|1900n=<ref name="VAedu"/><ref name="DecCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/fl190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref>
|1910=6294
|1910n=<ref name="VAedu"/><ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1920=9540
|1920n=<ref name="VAedu"/><ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1930=14990
|1930n=<ref name="VAedu"/><ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1940=17488
|1940n=<ref name="VAedu"/><ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1950=23404
|1950n=<ref name="VAedu"/><ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1960=54539
|1960n=<ref name="VAedu"/><ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1970=105216
|1970n=<ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1980=205266
|1980n=<ref name="DecCensus"/>
|1990=335113
|1990n=<ref name="DecCensus"/><ref name="CensusTable">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref>
|2000=440888
|2000n=<ref name="CensusTable"/>
|2010=618754
|2010n=<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/14071.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 14, 2014}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
|2020=760822
|2020n=<ref name="2022PopulationEstimate">{{cite web |title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |website=County Population Totals: 2020-2022 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 30, 2023 |date=March 30, 2023 }}</ref><ref name="2020census">{{cite web |title=Quickfacts Lee County |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/leecountyflorida |website=U.S. Census Bureau |date=July 1, 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref>
|estyear=2023
|estimate=834573
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Lee County racial composition as of 2020'''<br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US12071&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US12071&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|439,048
|490,476
|70.96%
|64.47%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|47,751
|55,958
|7.72%
|7.35%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|1,292
|1,228
|0.21%
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|8,252
|12,789
|1.33%
|1.68%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|197
|244
|0.03%
|0.03%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|1,581
|3,974
|0.26%
|0.52%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/multiracial]] (NH)
|7,325
|22,992
|1.18%
|3.02%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|113,308
|173,161
|18.31%
|22.76%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''618,754'''
|'''760,822'''
|
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]],  760,822 people, 288,916 households, and 187,877 families resided in the county. About 4.6% of that population was under 5 years old, 17.3% was under 18, and 29.2% was 65 or older; 51.0% was female; 89.3% was 25 years or older were high-school graduates and 28.5% of those 25 years or older had a bachelor's degree or higher.

The median household income was $59,608 with a per capita income of $34,818. About 10.5% of population below the [[poverty threshold]]. The median value of owner-occupied housing units between 2016 and 2020 was $235,300 and the median gross rent was $1,225. Around 94.2% of the households had a computer and 87.2% of households had a broadband internet subscription.

===Languages===
As of 2010, 78.99% of residents spoke English as their first language, and 15.19% spoke Spanish, 1.28% French Creole (mostly Haitian Creole,) 0.88% German, 0.59% Portuguese, and 0.55% spoke French as their main language.<ref name= "MLA">{{cite web | url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&SRVY_YEAR=2010&geo=county&state_id=12&county_id=95&mode=geographic&lang_id=&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&region_id=&division_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r&pc=1 | title=Modern Language Association Data Center Results of Lee County, Florida | publisher=Modern Language Association | access-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref> In total, 21.01% of the population spoke languages other than English as their primary language.<ref name= "MLA"/>