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Lee County Florida Resources

• Lee County School District - Public school information for Lee County.
• Florida Gulf Coast University - Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public, comprehensive university offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Opened in the fall of 1997, FGCU is in the enviable position of having all new facilities that were especially designed and built for a campus of the 21st century. Technology and distance learning complement the traditional campus setting, giving students a variety of delivery mode options.
• Lee County Parks and Recreation - Lee County Parks and Recreation.
• Department of Motor Vehicles - Lee County - Lee County automobile registration.

Lee County Florida Facts

People QuickFacts	Lee County	Florida
Population, 2006 estimate	571,344	18,089,888
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006	29.6%	13.2%
Population, 2000	440,888	15,982,378
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005	5.7%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005	20.5%	22.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005	22.7%	16.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005	50.7%	51.0%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)	90.0%	80.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)	7.5%	15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)	0.4%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)	1.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005	0.9%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)	14.3%	19.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005	76.6%	62.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over	47.7%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	9.2%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	13.5%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	21.1%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	90,925	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.0	26.2
Housing units, 2005	312,724	8,256,847
Homeownership rate, 2000	76.5%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	28.9%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$112,900	$105,500
Households, 2000	188,599	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.31	2.46
Median household income, 2004	$43,476	$40,900
Per capita money income, 1999	$24,542	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004	8.9%	11.9%
Business QuickFacts	Lee County	Florida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004	15,126	484,9382
Private nonfarm employment, 2004	177,318	6,864,9872
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004	24.0%	10.4%2
Nonemployer establishments, 2004	42,634	1,369,0021
Total number of firms, 2002	46,359	1,539,207
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002	2.8%	6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002	S	0.6%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002	1.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002	F	0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002	4.4%	17.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002	26.7%	28.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)	986,100	78,474,770
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)	2,009,534	219,490,896
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)	6,365,752	191,805,685
Retail sales per capita, 2002	$13,386	$11,498
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)	839,873	29,366,940
Building permits, 2005	29,330	287,250
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)	2,866,389	121,933,5022
Geography QuickFacts	Lee County	Florida
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	803.63	53,926.82
Persons per square mile, 2000	548.4	296.4
FIPS Code	071	12
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area

1: The 2004 Nonemployer totals may be low due to late tax reporting in hurricane-impacted counties/regions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
2: Includes data not distributed by county.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts.