Lee County, Mississippi (MS)

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• • 55,59365.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 25,37729.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,3262.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8661.0%Asian alone
  • 8020.9%Two or more races
  • 3380.4%Some other race alone
  • 2320.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 70.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $182,265

Here:	$182,265
State:	$183,101

Townhouses or other attached units: $144,992

Here:	$144,992
State:	$169,439

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $152,440

Here:	$152,440
State:	$253,086

Mobile homes: $76,986

Here:	$76,986
State:	$62,798

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 12
• Robberies: 15
• Assaults: 64
• Burglaries: 312
• Thefts: 378
• Auto thefts: 41

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 9
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 43
• Burglaries: 111
• Thefts: 493
• Auto thefts: 53

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,485 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $595 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lee County is $430 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $496 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $677 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tupelo, Saltillo, Verona, Baldwyn, Nettleton, Shannon, Guntown, Plantersville, Mooresville.

2018 air pollution in Lee County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.028 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Clarendon County, South Carolina , Cleburne County, Alabama , Grady County, Oklahoma , Lexington County, South Carolina , Clay County, Texas , Stephens County, Oklahoma , Pender County, North Carolina , Taliaferro County, Georgia .

Current college students: 2,574
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,524 (32.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6642010 or later
• 3962000 to 2009
• 1841990 to 1999
• 1161980 to 1989
• 1721970 to 1979
• 96Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,855
• One, attached: 349
• Two: 1,515
• 3 or 4: 646
• 5 to 9: 796
• 10 to 19: 1,220
• 20 to 49: 558
• 50 or more: 1,701
• Mobile homes: 4,482

Housing units in Lee County with a mortgage: 12,414 (553 second mortgage, 403 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,612

Religion statistics for Lee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lee County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Mississippi Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4528, Natural disaster type: Other
• Mississippi Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: October 26, 2019, FEMA Id: 4470, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 22, 2019 - March 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4429, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2014 to May 03, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4175: April 30, 2014, FEMA Id: 4175, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1972: April 29, 2011, FEMA Id: 1972, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1604: August 29, 2005, FEMA Id: 1604, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Dennis, Incident Period: July 10, 2005 to July 15, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1594: July 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 1594, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and High Winds, Incident Period: May 05, 2003 to May 08, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1470: May 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 1470, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms & Flooding, Incident Period: April 03, 2001 to April 05, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1365: April 17, 2001, FEMA Id: 1365, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Mississippi Tornadoes and Severe Storms, Incident Period: February 16, 2001 to March 15, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1360: February 23, 2001, FEMA Id: 1360, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.37% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($42,909 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.35% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($25,902 average AGI)
2.02% relocated from other states ($17,007 average AGI)

Lee County:	2.02%
Mississippi average:	2.61%

from Itawamba County, MS	0.65% ($35,518 average AGI)
from Pontotoc County, MS	0.52% ($33,981)
from Monroe County, MS	0.49% ($34,217)
from Prentiss County, MS	0.38% ($35,207)
from Union County, MS	0.38% ($39,353)
from Chickasaw County, MS	0.32% ($26,684)
from Oktibbeha County, MS	0.15% ($38,766)

6.60% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,134 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.34% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($23,680 average AGI)
2.26% relocated to other states ($17,454 average AGI)

Lee County:	2.26%
Mississippi average:	2.94%

to Pontotoc County, MS	0.72% ($36,843 average AGI)
to Itawamba County, MS	0.68% ($36,498)
to Monroe County, MS	0.59% ($26,983)
to Prentiss County, MS	0.40% ($29,415)
to Union County, MS	0.35% ($35,899)
to Shelby County, TN	0.19% ($72,576)
to Lafayette County, MS	0.18% ($53,907)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lee County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 13,428 (2,520 living alone), Female householders: 16,950 (4,899 living alone)

• 14,878 spouses (14,878 opposite-sex spouses), 958 unmarried partners, (958 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 28,382 children (25,615 natural, 756 adopted, 2,011 stepchildren), 4,340 grandchildren, 353 brothers or sisters, 738 parents, 119 foster children, 1,977 other relatives, 2,325 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 988

Size of family households: 9,083 2-persons, 6,960 3-persons, 3,178 4-persons, 1,951 5-persons, 219 6-persons, 46 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,419 1-person, 1,474 2-persons, 48 3-persons.

10,205 married couples with children.
7,562 single-parent households (1,492 men, 6,070 women).

96.1% of residents of Lee speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 8% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $395,534,000 ($5,064 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $18,349,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $195,943,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $76,012,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,306,000
Federal grants: $77,632,000
Federal procurement contracts: $7,058,000 ($728,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $35,583,000 ($9,275,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,971,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $25,942,000
Federal Government insurance: $68,906,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+2 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.33 millions of gallons per day (25% from ground, 75% from surface)

• Year house built in Lee County, Mississippi
• 2,2032014 or later
• 1,7422010 to 2013
• 6,2322000 to 2009
• 6,5751990 to 1999
• 6,0431980 to 1989
• 6,2921970 to 1979
• 2,7951960 to 1969
• 2,8701950 to 1959
• 1,0151940 to 1949
• 1,3551939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lee County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lee County, Mississippi
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 2633 rooms
• 1,7594 rooms
• 5,0985 rooms
• 4,5066 rooms
• 3,7987 rooms
• 2,0868 rooms
• 3,5169+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lee County, Mississippi
• 1,7121 room
• 1542 rooms
• 2663 rooms
• 2,0354 rooms
• 3,1535 rooms
• 9896 rooms
• 5177 rooms
• 3668 rooms
• 1609+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lee County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lee County, Mississippi
• 0no bedroom
• 2331 bedroom
• 2,5352 bedrooms
• 12,9933 bedrooms
• 4,1044 bedrooms
• 1,1615+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lee County, Mississippi
• 1,712no bedroom
• 4311 bedroom
• 2,7612 bedrooms
• 3,7973 bedrooms
• 4544 bedrooms
• 1975+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Lee County, Mississippi in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lee County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 240no vehicle
• 5,6751 vehicle
• 8,5052 vehicles
• 4,6523 vehicles
• 1,3994 vehicles
• 5555+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,118no vehicle
• 3,8631 vehicle
• 3,7482 vehicles
• 4233 vehicles
• 2004 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

87.4% of Lee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Mississippi.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 65,224
• Other state: 18,474
• Northeast: 1,545
• Midwest: 5,037
• South: 10,497
• West: 1,395

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,550
• Number of aged recipients: 226
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,324
• Number of recipients under 18: 589
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,461
• Number of recipients older than 64: 500
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,049
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,109

Lee County on our top lists:

• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"