860,959 people (2024 Census estimate, +12.5% since 2020)
781 square miles of land · 1,102 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
20 active community water systems list Lee County in the area they serve, reporting 718,686 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LEE COUNTY UTILITIES surface water · local government · FL5364048 | 282,556 served |
| CAPE CORAL, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL5360325 | 172,693 served |
| CITY OF FORT MYERS WATER TREATMENT PLANT groundwater · local government · FL5360102 | 92,219 served |
| BONITA SPRINGS UTILITIES groundwater · local government · FL5360025 | 76,033 served |
| FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL UTILITY AUTHORITY groundwater · private · FL5360172 | 32,296 served |
| GREATER PINE ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · private · FL5360322 | 15,725 served |
| ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · local government · FL5360146 | 14,784 served |
| GATEWAY SERVICES DISTRICT buys surface water · public/private · FL5364143 | 14,553 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 1,579 people were held in Lee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,440.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Lee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $1.4 billion — $1.2 billion to run schools, about $12,108 per student, plus $144.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $956.7 million local (mostly property tax), $326 million state, $264.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $401.7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lee County about $433.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
391 bridges in Lee County: 293 in good condition, 96 fair, and 2 poor (0.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CR-865 Estero Blvd over BIG CARLOS PASS · built 1965 | 10,300 vehicles a day |
| KISMET PKWY over LOCHNESS CANAL · built 1972 | 5,400 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $350.3 million of work in Lee County in fiscal 2025, about $460 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Vote-by-mail request due by 5 pm: 2026-10-22. Early voting — the statewide minimum: 2026-10-24 to 2026-10-31. Election Day — and mail ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03.
Source: Florida Division of Elections — election dates · WPTV, 2026 deadlines · Florida Division of Elections — early voting
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Nearby counties: Charlotte County (24 mi) · DeSoto County (45 mi) · Collier County (47 mi) · Hendry County (51 mi) · Sarasota County (53 mi) · Glades County (56 mi).