Lee County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted R+28%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 817,6662024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,1072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lake County, FL · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lee County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +96.2% |
| 1896 | +47.4% |
| 1900 | +69.9% |
| 1904 | +36.9% |
| 1908 | +36.4% |
| 1912 | +55.2% |
| 1916 | +51.6% |
| 1920 | +18.4% |
| 1924 | +18.1% |
| 1928 | −27.7% |
| 1932 | +44.9% |
| 1936 | +38.3% |
| 1940 | +37.0% |
| 1944 | +28.5% |
| 1948 | −6.8% |
| 1952 | −18.2% |
| 1956 | −25.2% |
| 1960 | −30.7% |
| 1964 | −11.6% |
| 1968 | −20.6% |
| 1972 | −59.1% |
| 1976 | −10.7% |
| 1980 | −34.8% |
| 1984 | −47.8% |
| 1988 | −36.1% |
| 1992 | −11.9% |
| 1996 | −9.2% |
| 2000 | −17.7% |
| 2004 | −20.9% |
| 2008 | −10.4% |
| 2012 | −16.5% |
| 2016 | −20.4% |
| 2020 | −19.2% |
| 2024 | −28.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 139,169 | 250,648 | 392,448 | ||
| R | 157,695 | 233,247 | 393,899 | ||
| R | 124,908 | 191,551 | 326,420 | ||
| R | 110,157 | 154,163 | 266,166 | ||
| R | 119,701 | 147,608 | 269,276 | ||
| R | 93,860 | 144,176 | 240,667 | ||
| R | 73,571 | 106,151 | 184,400 | ||
| R | 65,699 | 80,898 | 165,951 | ||
| R | 53,660 | 73,436 | 166,002 | ||
| R | 40,725 | 87,303 | 128,936 | ||
| R | 30,022 | 85,024 | 115,076 | ||
| R | 28,125 | 61,033 | 94,613 | ||
| R | 30,567 | 38,038 | 69,789 | ||
| R | 9,404 | 36,738 | 46,235 | ||
| R | 7,978 | 14,376 | 31,095 | ||
| R | 10,204 | 12,886 | 23,090 | ||
| R | 5,494 | 10,357 | 15,851 | ||
| R | 4,520 | 7,565 | 12,085 | ||
| R | 3,828 | 5,528 | 9,356 | ||
| R | 1,883 | 2,276 | 5,797 | ||
| D | 3,353 | 1,865 | 5,218 | ||
| D | 3,531 | 1,622 | 5,153 | ||
| D | 2,549 | 1,137 | 3,686 | ||
| D | 2,557 | 973 | 3,530 | ||
| R | 1,154 | 2,058 | 3,258 | ||
| D | 845 | 552 | 1,622 | ||
| D | 938 | 626 | 1,694 | ||
| D | 751 | 167 | 1,132 | ||
| D | 432 | 38 | 714 | ||
| D | 266 | 72 | 533 | ||
| D | 266 | 84 | 493 | ||
| D | 278 | 39 | 342 | ||
| D | 222 | 74 | 312 | ||
| D | 153 | 0 | 159 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.0%
Irish
10.8%
American
9.7%
English
9.4%
Italian
7.4%
Polish
3.1%
French
1.9%
African American
6.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 49.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$76,107
Lee County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Lee County$76,107
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Lee County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.9%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)11.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.2%
speak English only
Spanish19.8%
Other Indo-European4.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lee County's rapid post-2000 growth, driven largely by retirees from the Midwest and Northeast, has produced one of Florida's most reliably Republican electorates on the Gulf Coast, with the 2024 presidential margin reaching 28.4 points.
Lee County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-six points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nine points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $76,107, and a population of 817,666. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake County and Indian River County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lee County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lee County, Florida voted Republican by 28.4 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 392,448 votes cast, 139,169 went Democratic and 250,648 went Republican.
What is Lee County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Lee County, Florida in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lee County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lee County, Florida voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Lee County, Florida?
Lee County, Florida has a population of 817,666 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lee County, Florida?
Median household income in Lee County, Florida is $76,107 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Lee County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lee County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.