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59th Fastest Growing County In the United
States Lee County, Florida Seat: Fort Myers Lee County is the 59th fastest growing county in America based on percent of growth between January 2000 and July 2006 for all counties that began the period with more than ten thousand inhabitants, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Lee County which was established in 1887, grew in population to 440,888 by the year 2000. In the six years that marked the beginning of the 21st Century, the county increased the number of inhabitants by 29.6 percent bringing the estimated total population in July 2006 to 571,344. The outstanding growth of the last six years has made Lee County the seventh fastest growing county in the Sunshine State of Florida and the 59th fastest in the nation. It is difficult to determine how the rapid growth may have affected the value of homes in the area but in 2000 the median cost for a home within the 804 square mile jurisdiction of Lee County was $112,900. |
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