County · Florida

Lee County, Florida

Lee County, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 60 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,261 of 3,143 US counties. Within Florida it ranks #25 of 67 counties. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), new business applications (high) and depression (low). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), rent as share of income (high) and hot days (high).

60Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,261 of 3,143 counties
Florida: #25 of 67 in FL
Population: 875,607 (2025)
Land area: 781 mi²
Density: 1,120.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 12071

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety60#1,253/3,096
Economy72#890/3,143
Housing6#2,936/3,140
Health88#377/3,144
Healthcare58#1,327/3,143
Environment42#1,798/3,108
Education64#1,145/3,144
Infrastructure69#979/3,144
Community38#1,959/3,144
Leisure & amenities73#864/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lee County, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

New homes permitted · high12.9 /1k
98/100Florida 7.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
New business applications · high24.7 /1k
97/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Depression · low18.4%
97/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an airport · low11 mi
96/100Florida 21 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Life expectancy · high81.0 yrs
96/100Florida 78.5 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high31.9%
92/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high60.0%
1/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high35.1%
2/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Hot days · high126 days
2/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Students per teacher · high20.5×
2/100Florida 18.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Time spent in the emergency room · high238 min
3/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Natural hazard risk · high95.6
4/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
765,575 (2020) → 875,607 (2025)
+14%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 77% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+77 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
36.7 /100k (2021) → 12.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−65%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
4.7 /100k (2021) → 2.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
17.0 /1k (2020) → 24.7 /1k (2025)
+45%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
52.9% (2015-2019) → 60.0% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lee County, Florida improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 12 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Household income+34%$62,364 → $83,479
Overdose deaths−66%38.3 /100k → 12.9 /100k
Homicides−62%6.3 /100k → 2.4 /100k
Weekly wage+28%$958 → $1,225
Unemployment−3.5 points7.8% → 4.3%

Declined6

Students / teacher+2.1×18.4× → 20.5×
Price / income+0.9×3.9× → 4.8×
Rent / income+3.4 points31.7% → 35.1%
Rent burden+7.1 points52.9% → 60.0%
Restaurants−13%11.5 /10k → 9.9 /10k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Lee County, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.4 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	−5.6%	Within the margin of error	25%
Average commute time	27.5 min2015-2019	29.4 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Declined	23%
Average weekly wage	$9582020	$1,2252025	+28%	Improved	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	54%
Broadband subscriptions	85.2%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Improved	22%
Child poverty rate	18.6%2019	15.6%2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Distance to an airport	11 mi2020	11 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	38.3 /100k2020	12.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−66%	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.95%2015-2019	0.78%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	66%
Firearm deaths	13.6 /100k2020	14.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.9%	Within the margin of error	39%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+4.9%	Within the margin of error	71%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−9.4%	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	88.4%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Improved	50%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	14%
Homicide rate	6.3 /100k2020	2.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−62%	Improved	80%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,6292019	$68,7152024	+21%	Improved	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4802015-2019	0.4792020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$62,3642019	$83,4792024	+34%	Improved	87%
New business applications	17.0 /1k2020	24.7 /1k2025	+45%	Improved	51%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	37%
Poverty rate	11.2%2019	11.4%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Property crime rate	1,031 /100k2020	796 /100k2025	−23%	Improved	30%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−16%	Within the margin of error	6%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	48%
Rent as share of income	31.7%2015-2019	35.1%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Declined	16%
Rent-burdened households	52.9%2015-2019	60.0%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Declined	18%
Restaurants and bars	11.5 /10k2020	9.9 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	20%
Students per teacher	18.4×2019	20.5×2024	+2.1×	Declined	3%
Suicide rate	17.0 /100k2020	19.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Within the margin of error	25%
Traffic deaths	13.7 /100k2015-2019	14.7 /100k2020-2024	+7.2%	Within the margin of error	46%
Unemployment rate	7.8%2020	4.3%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.9%2019	16.8%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Violent crime rate	267 /100k2020	230 /100k2025	−14%	Improved	48%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Lee County, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lee County, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lee County, Florida itself moved −0.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

817,666 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

327,803 households (±2,445)

Lee County, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k14%44,847
$25k–50k18%60,481
$50k–75k17%56,547

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

327,803 households (±2,445)

Lee County, Florida
Florida share

Own74%243,654
Rent26%84,149

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.0 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

350,535 workers (±3,161)

Lee County, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone71%248,138
Carpool9.8%34,210
Public transit0.5%1,712

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Lee County has 22,756 employer establishments, 269 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Florida's), with 264,855 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,417. The Census Bureau also counts 114,704 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 22,756; 114,704 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 269; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 264,855
Average annual pay: $55,417; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	2,697	31.9	2.06×More than typical	25,169	$57,963	10,087
Lessors of real estate	1,861	22	1.79×More than typical	5,822	$56,311	12,361
Ambulatory health care services	1,770	20.9	1.00×About typical	20,352	$74,372	6,551
Restaurants and other eating places	1,317	15.6	0.85×About typical	28,185	$24,141	634
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,254	14.8	2.20×More than typical	8,243	$40,048	10,331
Real estate agents and brokers	1,134	13.4	2.75×More than typical	1,811	$83,144	4,936
Construction of buildings	1,052	12.4	1.64×More than typical	6,504	$78,560	5,386
Building finishing contractors	916	10.8	2.85×More than typical	5,494	$48,601	3,853
Building equipment contractors	889	10.5	1.75×More than typical	9,076	$63,932	2,174
Full-service restaurants	692	8.2	1.06×About typical	17,117	$26,900	262
Management, scientific and technical consulting	686	8.1	1.21×About typical	3,288	$71,375	3,512
Offices of physicians	608	7.2	1.11×About typical	8,712	$88,676	648

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 846,125 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $114.5M on contracts performed in Lee County, Florida: $131 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $114.5M; −33% vs FY2025
Per resident: $131; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$69.3M61%
Department of Veterans Affairs$21.6M19%
Department of the Army$7.8M6.8%
Public Buildings Service$7.2M6.3%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2.4M2.1%
USTRANSCOM$1.6M1.4%
Social Security Administration$891.4K0.8%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$649.2K0.6%

Top recipients

BEACON POINT ASSOCIATES LLC$58.2M51%
FREEMAN HOLDINGS OF HAWAII, LLC$10.9M9.6%
ATLANTIC & GULF DREDGING & MARINE LLC$6.7M5.9%
GLOBAL LOGISTICS STRATEGIES INC.$6.6M5.7%
ACCESS ELECTRONICS LLC$5.8M5.1%

Spending by fiscal year

53.5MFY2017
75.1MFY2018
95.9MFY2019
131MFY2020
161.5MFY2021
132.2MFY2022
446MFY2023
147.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$43.9M38%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$10.9M9.6%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$10.7M9.3%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$6.7M5.9%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$4.3M3.7%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331

Largest awards

LOGISTICS HOUSING OPERATIONS UNIT INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND DEACTIVATION - LOGHOUSE HAULING AND INSTALLING (H&I) AND MAINTENANCE AND DEACTIVATION (M&D) SERVICES UP TO 5,000 UNITS, CONSTRUCTION IN SUPPORT OF DR-4673-FL IN FLORIDA$58.2M
MLU SERVICES, LLC· Lee County, FL· Equipment maintenance· Oct 19, 2022 – Jul 21, 2026· 70FBR423F00000030
REBUILD STA FORT MYERS BEACH PROJECT 10878160$23.4M
WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE· Lee County, FL· Construction & real property· Apr 2, 2021 – Dec 23, 2025· 70Z04721FMYERDB00
DESIGN BUILD SERVICES AT THE FORT MYERS FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE FOR THE HURRICANE IAN REPAIR PROJECT LOCATED AT 2110 FIRST ST, FORT MYERS, FL 33901-3019$15.7M
ROSS GROUP CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, LLC· Lee County, FL· Construction & real property· Jul 5, 2024 – Jul 22, 2026

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $6.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lee County, Florida: $7,083 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $6.2B; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,083; US $12,955
Loan face value: $271.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$4.6B74%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$433.2M7.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$356.4M5.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$269.1M4.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$108.4M1.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$71M1.1%
97.022 · Flood Insurance$47.5M0.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$42.2M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$46.8M0.8%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF FORT MYERS$43.2M0.7%
FORT MYERS, FL
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE$36.2M0.6%
FORT MYERS, FL
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY$31.7M0.5%
FORT MYERS, FL
LEE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$5.3B86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$499.2M8.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$79.9M1.3%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$50.2M0.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Emergency Management Agency$47.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

5.2BFY2021
5.2BFY2022
8.6BFY2023
7.4BFY2024
7.1BFY2025
6.2BFY2026

County aggregates

95%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Lee County, Florida compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Lee County, Florida
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lee County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$72.24	$1,436
FY2018	$99.46	$1,552
FY2019	$124	$1,654
FY2020	$171	$1,880
FY2021	$204	$1,810
FY2022	$160	$1,917
FY2023	$527	$2,079
FY2024	$171	$2,047
FY2025	$195	$2,165
FY2026	$131 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lee County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$8.49	$93.28
FY2018	$8.35	$105
FY2019	$13.59	$128
FY2020	$8.97	$145
FY2021	$31.10	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$561	$5,748
FY2022	$316	$5,221
FY2023	$736	$5,364
FY2024	$1,907	$5,501
FY2025	$596	$5,732
FY2026	$246

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$67.91	$298
FY2022	$71.68	$357
FY2023	$126	$301
FY2024	$391	$319
FY2025	$220	$360
FY2026	$76.83

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$117	$239
FY2022	$67.58	$185
FY2023	$81.49	$229
FY2024	$1,362	$229
FY2025	$186	$249
FY2026	$75.47

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$52.17	$2,304
FY2022	$23.36	$2,197
FY2023	$24.41	$2,274
FY2024	$27.64	$2,267
FY2025	$15.83	$2,397
FY2026	$11.81

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$989	$1,186
FY2022	$413	$465
FY2023	$564	$76.52
FY2024	$168	$120
FY2025	$226	$148
FY2026	$138

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Lee County, Florida
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Lee County, Florida and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	6.2%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2023

$266 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $11.90 (22× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Lee County, Florida
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/12071

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lee County, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Lee County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL63Central county

Cities and towns in Lee County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lee County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	−5.3%	−4.2%
2015	−2.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+3.3%
2018	+7.1%	+6.8%
2019	+10.3%	+10.5%
2020	+19.0%	+19.4%
2021	+25.8%	+26.1%
2022	+35.8%	+30.6%
2023	+43.0%	+35.0%
2024	+47.1%	+41.0%
2025	+52.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	−8.0%	−5.5%
2015	−4.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+9.0%	+8.9%
2019	+13.7%	+13.5%
2020	+20.5%	+20.8%
2021	+26.9%	+32.1%
2022	+28.9%	+35.4%
2023	+38.3%	+42.9%
2024	+44.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	6.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	9.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	7.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	9.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	12.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	11.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	13.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	16.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	16.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	16.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	17.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	15.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	−7.3%	−6.9%
2015	−4.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.3%	+4.7%
2018	+6.3%	+7.5%
2019	+17.7%	+14.0%
2020	+24.8%	+16.9%
2021	+25.4%	+21.0%
2022	+35.1%	+29.7%
2023	+35.5%	+34.9%
2024	+57.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	16.0%	15.5%
2015	15.9%	14.7%
2016	12.8%	14.0%
2017	11.8%	13.4%
2018	12.1%	13.1%
2019	11.2%	12.3%
2020	10.5%	11.9%
2021	12.2%	12.8%
2022	11.1%	12.6%
2023	12.1%	12.5%
2024	11.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	6.3%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	4.7%	4.9%
2017	4.2%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	7.8%	8.1%
2021	4.4%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.3%	3.6%
2024	3.5%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	−18.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+15.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+81.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+80.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+70.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+52.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2015	−4.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.8% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+54.6% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+77.9% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+74.2% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+69.6% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+61.4% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	23.5%	13.5%
2015	19.9%	10.9%
2016	17.2%	10.0%
2017	18.6%	10.2%
2018	19.3%	10.4%
2019	17.9%	10.8%
2020	19.3%	10.4%
2021	16.4%	10.2%
2022	17.1%	9.5%
2023	15.7%	9.5%
2024	16.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Lee County, Florida	United States
2014	12.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	12.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	13.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	13.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	14.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	14.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	17.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	22.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	22.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	25.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	23.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	24.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Lee County, Florida	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.1 points	−8.3 points	−8.6 points to −8.0 points
Year −2	+2.0 points	+0.6 points	−0.7 points to +3.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.2 points	−0.8 points	−3.0 points to +1.5 points
Year +1	−2.2 points	−2.7 points	−4.9 points to −1.5 points
Year +2	−3.2 points	−3.1 points	−5.1 points to −1.2 points

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