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County · Mississippi
Lee County
83,012Population
-0.4 %Change since 2020
-143Net migration
3.5 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 83,012 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.4 %
- Net migration
- -143 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 83,346 (2020)
- Births
- 1,013 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.2
- Deaths
- 916 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 97
- International migration
- 31 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -174 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.7
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28081
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 2.9 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 3.3 % |
| 2021 | 4.7 % |
| 2020 | 8.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.6 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 4.3 % |
| 2016 | 5.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 7.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 83,012 |
| 2023 | 82,893 |
| 2022 | 82,946 |
| 2021 | 83,002 |
| 2020 | 83,319 |