The population of Lee county is estimated at 16,998. In 2017 there were 209 births and 155 deaths in Lee county. Lee county has 2,252 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,558 that are owned free and clear and 1,341 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lee County filed 7,770 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Lee had a combined total federal tax liability of $62,192,000 on earned income of $430,234,000. Other notable statistics from Lee County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,324,000 and 1,090 charitable contributions valued at $6,918,000. 1,190 filings from Lee County paid a combined total of $4,954,000 in property taxes and 860 filings paid $6,415,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lee county had 35 religious congregations with an estimated 10,021 members.
17.6% of the Lee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 38% of Lee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 311 votes.
At $54,164 the median income is 91.5% of the Texas average. An estimated 314 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lee, the equivalant of around 3.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Lee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
618	Retail trade
418	Manufacturing
325	Health care and social assistance
316	Accommodation and food services
244	Restaurants and other eating places
214	Transportation and warehousing
212	Finance and insurance
185	Food and beverage stores
176	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
169	Grocery stores
166	Limited-service restaurants
153	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
152	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
127	Truck transportation
117	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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