Is Lee County, FL's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 13,900 between 2024 and 2025, the 22nd-most among all counties in the US. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Lee County, FL’s 1.6% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Lee County, FL’s population grew by 25%.
+13.9K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+1.6%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Lee County, FL’s population increased 23 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2021 and 2022, when Lee County, FL gained 36,900 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2019 and 2020 when there were 6,700 fewer residents.
Lee County, FL gained 13,900 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Lee County, FL?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Lee County, FL, with deaths exceeding births by 477.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Lee County, FL’s population change from immigration was positive with about 5,900 more people coming from another country directly to Lee County, FL than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Lee County, FL’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 8,600 more people moving from any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in Lee County, FL.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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