Lee County, Virginia (VA)

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• • 20,21391.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8914.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4982.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3721.7%Two or more races
  • 580.3%Asian alone
  • 260.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 18
• Burglaries: 50
• Thefts: 195
• Auto thefts: 7

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 20
• Burglaries: 45
• Thefts: 166
• Auto thefts: 13

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $735 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $530 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lee County is $378 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $621 a month.

Cities in this county include: Pennington Gap, Dryden, Jonesville, Ewing, Keokee, St. Charles.

Neighboring counties: Floyd County , Hertford County, North Carolina , Knox County, Kentucky , Marshall County, Kentucky , Rockingham County, North Carolina , Warren County, North Carolina , Scott County, Missouri .

Current college students: 833
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 307 (35.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 822010 or later
• 832000 to 2009
• 511990 to 1999
• 211980 to 1989
• 31970 to 1979
• 14Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 81.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 8,037
• One, attached: 10
• Two: 169
• 3 or 4: 316
• 5 to 9: 120
• 10 to 19: 73
• 20 or more: 53
• Mobile homes: 2,205

Housing units in Lee County with a mortgage: 2,272 (105 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 57 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 114

Religion statistics for Lee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lee County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Virginia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4512-VA: April 2, 2020, FEMA Id: 4512, Natural disaster type: Other
• Virginia Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 01, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3359: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3359, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 18, 2009 to December 20, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1874: February 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1874, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Virginia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3240: September 12, 2005, FEMA Id: 3240, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Virginia Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 24, 2004 to June 26, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1525: June 15, 2004, FEMA Id: 1525, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Virginia Severe Winter Storm, Snowfall, Heavy Rain, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: February 15, 2003 to February 28, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1458: March 27, 2003, FEMA Id: 1458, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Flood, Heavy Rain, Snowfall
• Virginia Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 17, 2002 to March 20, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1406: April 02, 2002, FEMA Id: 1406, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Virginia Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 08, 2001 to August 27, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1386: July 12, 2001, FEMA Id: 1386, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Virginia Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 25, 2000 to January 30, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1318: February 28, 2000, FEMA Id: 1318, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Virginia Blizzard, Incident Period: January 06, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1086: January 13, 1996, FEMA Id: 1086, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.97% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($31,041 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.66% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($9,669 average AGI)
4.31% relocated from other states ($21,372 average AGI)

Lee County:	4.31%
Virginia average:	3.91%

from Wise County, VA	0.84% ($35,582 average AGI)
from Claiborne County, TN	0.41% ($37,704)
from Scott County, VA	0.38% ($35,640)

4.53% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($35,871 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.65% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($15,112 average AGI)
2.88% relocated to other states ($20,759 average AGI)

Lee County:	2.88%
Virginia average:	3.98%

to Wise County, VA	0.80% ($41,000 average AGI)
to Claiborne County, TN	0.31% ($33,850)
to Scott County, VA	0.31% ($37,650)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lee County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,115 (1,310 living alone), Female householders: 4,439 (1,356 living alone)

• 3,664 spouses (3,664 opposite-sex spouses), 427 unmarried partners, (405 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,104 children (4,588 natural, 202 adopted, 300 stepchildren), 973 grandchildren, 339 brothers or sisters, 516 parents, 207 foster children, 597 other relatives, 492 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,440

Size of family households: 2,795 2-persons, 1,262 3-persons, 860 4-persons, 344 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 245 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,666 1-person, 338 2-persons, 34 3-persons.

1,823 married couples with children.
1,060 single-parent households (231 men, 829 women).

97.3% of residents of Lee speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $403,744,000 ($16,931 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,096,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $80,880,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $43,555,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $624,000
Federal grants: $55,200,000
Federal procurement contracts: $200,541,000 ($505,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $22,945,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,977,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,045,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,334,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.59 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Lee County, Virginia
• 222020 or later
• 5582010 to 2019
• 1,1272000 to 2009
• 1,6191990 to 1999
• 1,6331980 to 1989
• 1,8781970 to 1979
• 8001960 to 1969
• 9301950 to 1959
• 1,1681940 to 1949
• 1,0931939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lee County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lee County, Virginia
• 241 room
• 52 rooms
• 643 rooms
• 7814 rooms
• 1,3165 rooms
• 1,3756 rooms
• 1,2117 rooms
• 6298 rooms
• 8179+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lee County, Virginia
• 431 room
• 332 rooms
• 3203 rooms
• 4954 rooms
• 6255 rooms
• 3876 rooms
• 2397 rooms
• 868 rooms
• 819+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lee County, Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lee County, Virginia
• 26no bedroom
• 761 bedroom
• 1,4092 bedrooms
• 3,4053 bedrooms
• 9944 bedrooms
• 2825+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lee County, Virginia
• 43no bedroom
• 3641 bedroom
• 7782 bedrooms
• 1,0603 bedrooms
• 334 bedrooms
• 505+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Lee County, Virginia in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lee County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 222no vehicle
• 1,5491 vehicle
• 2,2732 vehicles
• 1,2983 vehicles
• 3744 vehicles
• 5205+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 555no vehicle
• 1,1911 vehicle
• 4292 vehicles
• 703 vehicles
• 1024 vehicles
• 155+ vehicles

90.1% of Lee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Virginia.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 11,439
• Other state: 10,474
• Northeast: 424
• Midwest: 1,499
• South: 8,019
• West: 477

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,965
• Number of aged recipients: 128
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,837
• Number of recipients under 18: 138
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,368
• Number of recipients older than 64: 459
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 808
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 825

Lee County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #62 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"