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Lee County, Georgia
7,375 Black residents · 22.2% of the county · ranked 54 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Lee County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Lee County held 33,163 residents in all, of whom 7,375 — 22.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 33,163 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,375 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 22.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 54 of 159 |
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
The two-census record for Lee County: 5,268 Black residents in 2010 and 7,375 in 2020. The population grew by 40.0%, and the Black share in Lee County moved from 18.6% to 22.2%.
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
The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Lee County holds 7,375 of it, rank 54 in the state's order. The county page for Lee County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
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: 33,163 residents, 7,375 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.