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Lee County
15,958Population
-3.5 %Change since 2020
-111Net migration
6.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 15,958 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.5 %
- Net migration
- -111 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 16,535 (2020)
- Births
- 173 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.8
- Deaths
- 256 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -83
- International migration
- 104 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -215 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -7.0
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45061
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.0 % |
| 2024 | 6.2 % |
| 2023 | 4.3 % |
| 2022 | 5.1 % |
| 2021 | 6.1 % |
| 2020 | 8.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.4 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 6.6 % |
| 2016 | 7.8 % |
| 2015 | 8.4 % |
| 2014 | 8.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,958 |
| 2023 | 15,927 |
| 2022 | 16,119 |
| 2021 | 16,278 |
| 2020 | 16,546 |