The population of Lee county is estimated at 84,816. In 2017 there were 1,147 births and 993 deaths in Lee county. Lee county has 13,957 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,631 that are owned free and clear and 10,498 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lee County filed 37,160 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 3.0% of all Mississippi filings and 0.025% of the entire nation. Lee had a combined total federal tax liability of $331,695,000 on earned income of $2,046,219,000. Other notable statistics from Lee County were 820 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,089,000 and 7,550 charitable contributions valued at $67,954,000. 7,130 filings from Lee County paid a combined total of $17,653,000 in property taxes and 6,140 filings paid $38,080,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lee county had 180 religious congregations with an estimated 51,466 members.
23.5% of the Lee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 38% of Lee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 2,389 votes.
At $51,559 the median income is 118.3% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 1,653 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lee, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Lee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
9,087	Manufacturing
7,976	Health care and social assistance
7,242	Retail trade
4,596	Accommodation and food services
4,094	Food services and drinking places
2,820	Furniture and related product manufacturing
2,464	Household and institutional furniture manufacturing
2,364	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
2,299	Finance and insurance
2,034	Transportation and warehousing
1,860	Limited-service restaurants
1,856	Full-service restaurants
1,604	Credit intermediation and related activities
1,526	Wholesale trade
1,404	Offices of physicians

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.65% in Lee County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 38866, 38801 and 38804).

In 2018 11.21% of listings in Lee County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 38801, 38804 and 38866) dropped their price.

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