Lee (Florida)

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lee
Madison County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lee Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Madison County
Coordinates : 30 ° 25 ′  N , 83 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 25 ′  N , 83 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 352 (as of 2010)
Population density : 110 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.2 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 3.2 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 27 m
Postal code : 32059
Area code : +1 850
FIPS : 12-39850
GNIS ID : 0285424
Website : www.leeflorida.org
Mayor : James E. Bell

Lee is a city in Madison County in the US state of Florida with 352 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Lee is about 10 km east of Madison and about 90 km east of Tallahassee .

history

The city was founded in 1909. A railway line built by the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad in 1861 , which was completed at that time from Tallahassee to Lake City , runs through Lee . Today the CSX railway company operates on the route .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 352 inhabitants were distributed over 235 households. The population density was 110.0 inh / km². 80.1% of the population identified themselves as whites , 7.7% as African American , 0.9% as Indians and 0.9% as Asian Americans . 7.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.1% to several ethnic groups. 13.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 34.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 34.1% of all households. 78.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 2.97.

27.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 25.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 53.4% ​​of the population were male and 46.6% were female.

The median annual income was $ 46,719, with 20.6% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 100% of the population.

traffic

Lee is crossed by US Highway 90 ( SR 10 ). The nearest airports are in Georgia located Valdosta Regional Airport (50 km north) and the Tallahassee International Airport (approximately 120 km to the west).

Web links

Commons : Lee, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Town of Lee. Retrieved August 19, 2015 .
  2. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  3. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved February 4, 2015.