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Lee County, Alabama
39,570 Black residents · 22.7% of the county · ranked 6 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
In Lee County, Alabama, the 2020 Census counted 174,241 people, 39,570 of them Black alone. At 22.7%, Lee County's Black share stands against the state's 25.8% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 174,241 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 39,570 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 22.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 6 of 67 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
In 2010 Lee County counted 31,901 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 39,570. The population grew by 24.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Lee County moved from 22.7% to 22.7%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Lee County is one of 67 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Alabama. Together they hold the state's 1.3 million Black residents, and Lee County's 39,570 of them give it rank 6 of 67 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Lee County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Lee County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Lee County page is their frame: 174,241 residents, 39,570 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.