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Town, Madison County. Population 393 (2025), -0.5% on the prior year, +4.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Lee

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 2.44 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population393Population, April 1, 1979 to 20251979416 high2025
Change since the prior year-0.5%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+4.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20203752020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
2025393estimate-0.5%
2024395estimate+1.8%
2023388estimate0.0%
2022388estimate+0.8%
2021385estimate+2.7%
2020375census+10.9%
2019338estimate0.0%
2018338estimate+4.0%
2017325estimate+2.2%
2016318estimate-4.2%
2015332estimate+0.3%
2014331estimate0.0%
2013331estimate-2.6%
2012340estimate0.0%
2011340estimate-3.4%
2010352census-8.8%
2009386estimate-7.2%
2008416estimate+7.5%
2007387estimate+1.8%
2006380estimate-1.8%
2005387estimate0.0%
2004387estimate+6.0%
2003365estimate+1.4%
2002360estimate-2.2%
2001368estimate+4.5%
2000352census+1.7%
1999346estimate+3.6%
1998334estimate-1.2%
1997338estimate+7.6%
1996314estimate0.0%
1995314estimate-1.6%
1994319estimate+1.3%
1993315estimate+4.7%
1992301estimate-4.4%
1991315estimaten/a
1989255estimate-3.0%
1988263estimate+3.1%
1987255estimate+1.6%
1986251estimate-7.0%
1985270estimate+1.5%
1984266estimate-3.3%
1983275estimate-2.8%
1982283estimate-1.7%
1981288estimaten/a
1979264estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Madison County)5.2%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201611.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Madison County)6,940Aug 2026
Employment (Madison County)6,576Aug 2026
Unemployed (Madison County)364Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.2%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier-0.2%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 20266,9406,5763645.2%
Jul 20266,8476,4733745.5%
Jun 20266,9556,5823735.4%
May 20266,9716,5963755.4%
Apr 20266,9966,6053915.6%
Mar 20266,9536,5763775.4%
Feb 20266,9896,5704196.0%
Jan 20266,9026,4594436.4%
Dec 20256,9996,5884115.9%
Nov 20256,9546,5364186.0%
Sep 20257,0026,6363665.2%
Aug 20256,9566,5973595.2%
Jul 20256,8816,5503314.8%
Jun 20256,9156,5883274.7%
May 20256,9376,6333044.4%
Apr 20257,0266,7472794.0%
Mar 20257,0906,8082824.0%
Feb 20257,0386,7353034.3%
Jan 20257,0186,6883304.7%
Dec 20246,9626,6982643.8%
Nov 20246,9986,7062924.2%
Oct 20246,9886,6942944.2%
Sep 20246,9586,6682904.2%
Aug 20246,9216,6083134.5%
Jul 20246,8616,5263354.9%
Jun 20246,9366,6273094.5%
May 20246,9066,6412653.8%
Apr 20246,9226,6662563.7%
Mar 20246,8556,5922633.8%
Feb 20246,8716,5762954.3%
Jan 20246,8326,5462864.2%
Dec 20236,9656,7012643.8%
Nov 20236,9086,6362723.9%
Oct 20237,0856,8032824.0%
Sep 20237,1346,8203144.4%
Aug 20237,1546,8513034.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
20256,9836,6463374.8%
20246,9186,6292894.2%
20237,0196,7582613.7%
20226,9876,7262613.7%
20216,6946,3023925.9%
20206,5936,1124817.3%
20196,4206,1372834.4%
20186,2555,9702854.6%
20176,3486,0213275.2%
20166,3405,9523886.1%
20157,4687,0054636.2%
20147,6957,1255707.4%
20137,8677,2266418.1%
20127,9357,2317048.9%
20118,0507,2677839.7%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses7New licenses by month, Jan 2023 to Aug 2026Jan 20231 highAug 2026
Food service licenses4Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses3Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)52Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+23.8%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month5Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Lee, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2014-MFDVfood3
1APSalcohol1
2APSalcohol1
2COPalcohol1
2010-SEATfood1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Lee)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies4838
Florida profit corporations10
Florida non-profit corporations24
Out of state entities registering in Florida10
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Dec 2004
Housing units permitted, last 12 months2Housing units permitted by month, Jan 2003 to Dec 2004Jan 20032 highDec 2004
Change on the 12 months before-50.0%Dec 2004
Permit valuation, last 12 months$197KDec 2004
Units, latest month0Dec 2004
Single family units, last 12 months2Dec 2004
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Dec 2004
Units, latest annual table02016

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Dec 2004000$0
Nov 2004000$0
Oct 2004000$0
Sep 2004110$66.9K
Aug 2004000$0
Jul 2004110$130K
Jun 2004000$0
May 2004000$0
Apr 2004000$0
Mar 2004000$0
Feb 2004000$0
Jan 2004000$0
Dec 2003000$0
Nov 2003000$0
Oct 2003110$100K
Sep 2003000$0
Aug 2003000$0
Jul 2003000$0
Jun 2003220$175K
May 2003110$65K
Apr 2003000$0
Mar 2003000$0
Feb 2003000$0
Jan 2003000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2016000$0
2015000$0
2014000$0
2013000$0
2012000$0
2011000$0
2010000$0
2009110$49K
2008000$0
2007220$303K
2006110$85K
2005330$319K
2004220$197K
2003440$340K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$65M
Total taxable value (non school)$27.9M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$32.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+6.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+9.3%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$60.9M2025 final roll
New construction value$1.76M2026 preliminary
Parcels4512026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 20% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Qualified sales, last 12 months0Jun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$21.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$2.96M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$2.81M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$25.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$4.21M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$349K2026 preliminary
Just value, government$5.68M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$1.32M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential137$21.8M$9.73M$965K141+7.4%
Commercial6$2.96M$2.96M$9.74Kn/a-15.4%
Industrial1$2.81M$2.8M$0.1Kn/a+42.4%
Agricultural151$25.9M$8.09M$662Kn/a+2.5%
Vacant128$4.21M$3.53M$41Kn/a+6.3%
Institutional2$349K$0$1.0Kn/a+4.1%
Government16$5.68M$0$69.3Kn/a+24.2%
Other10$1.32M$786K$10.2Kn/a+26.6%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units373Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199082.0% high2024
Occupied units3462020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units272020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2442020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1022020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate70.5%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)16.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households72.4%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)62.1%2025
Median gross rent$0.8K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$224K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less1315
All households30.01-50% AMI1003
All households50.01-80% AMI1503
All households80.01-120% AMI4230
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI6500
Renters30% AMI or less1315
Renters30.01-50% AMI103
Renters50.01-80% AMI100
Renters80.01-120% AMI200
RentersGreater than 120% AMI300
Owners30% AMI or less000
Owners30.01-50% AMI900
Owners50.01-80% AMI1403
Owners80.01-120% AMI4030
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI6200

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996n/an/a
1997$25.8K2
1998$29.9K4
1999$34.5K4
2000$20K1
2001$59.5K3
2002$82.5K2
2003n/an/a
2004$53.5K4
2005$80K9
2006$98.8K2
2007$125K3
2008$128K2
2009$210K1
2010$47.4K4
2011$117K2
2012$139K1
2013$100K1
2014$59.5K2
2015$60K1

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$1.07KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$1.41K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$13KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$13KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-10.5%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$1.66KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$20.1KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$20.1KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.6%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$641KFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before-11.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$858KFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before-0.8%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.62KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$383KFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-5.6%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$1.07K
Aug 2026$1.04K
Jul 2026$1.04K
Jun 2026$1.07K
May 2026$1.07K
Apr 2026$1.0K
Mar 2026$1.15K
Feb 2026$1.08K
Jan 2026$1.04K
Dec 2025$1.06K
Nov 2025$1.34K
Oct 2025$1.06K
Sep 2025$1.22K
Aug 2025$1.26K
Jul 2025$1.12K
Jun 2025$1.17K
May 2025$1.39K
Apr 2025$1.41K
Mar 2025$0.9K
Feb 2025$1.21K
Jan 2025$1.15K
Dec 2024$1.33K
Nov 2024$1.11K
Oct 2024$1.22K
Sep 2024$1.0K
Aug 2024$1.22K
Jul 2024$1.23K
Jun 2024$1.21K
May 2024$1.37K
Apr 2024$1.18K
Mar 2024$1.14K
Feb 2024$1.3K
Jan 2024$1.14K
Dec 2023$1.26K
Nov 2023$1.38K
Oct 2023$1.23K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$1.66K
Aug 2026$1.66K
Jul 2026$1.66K
Jun 2026$1.64K
May 2026$1.64K
Apr 2026$1.64K
Mar 2026$1.64K
Feb 2026$1.64K
Jan 2026$1.64K
Dec 2025$1.74K
Nov 2025$1.74K
Oct 2025$1.74K
Sep 2025$1.79K
Aug 2025$1.79K
Jul 2025$1.79K
Jun 2025$1.59K
May 2025$1.59K
Apr 2025$1.59K
Mar 2025$1.59K
Feb 2025$1.59K
Jan 2025$1.59K
Dec 2024$1.59K
Nov 2024$1.73K
Oct 2024$1.73K
Sep 2024$1.73K
Aug 2024$1.73K
Jul 2024$1.73K
Jun 2024$1.8K
May 2024$1.8K
Apr 2024$1.8K
Mar 2024$1.8K
Feb 2024$1.8K
Jan 2024$1.8K
Dec 2023$1.8K
Nov 2023$1.8K
Oct 2023$1.8K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$383K-5.6%
FY2024$406K-5.2%
FY2023$428K-4.9%
FY2022$450K-4.6%
FY2021$472K-4.3%
FY2020$493K-4.1%
FY2019$514K-3.8%
FY2018$534K-3.6%
FY2017$554K-3.5%
FY2016$574K-41.0%
FY2015$973K-2.9%
FY2014$1M-2.8%
FY2013$1.03Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$217K$198K+9.9%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$25.2K$28K-10.0%
Intergovernmental Revenues$57.2K$168K-65.9%
Charges for Services$254K$240K+6.0%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0.5K$0.8K-35.7%
Miscellaneous Revenues$64.4K$76.7K-16.0%
Other Sources$22.2K$11.4K+95.0%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$142K$142K-0.1%
Physical Environment$422K$442K-4.5%
Transportation$205K$168K+22.1%
Economic Environment$48.6K$14K+247.1%
Culture / Recreation$24.4K$41.6K-41.4%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$16.4K$7.99K+105.7%
Public Safetyn/a$49.7Kn/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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