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Education & commute Statistics · Area estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Lee County

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 25 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Lee County · Florida · United States
+5.9 pp since 2014
Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Lee County
31.2%
Florida
34.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Lee County · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 31.2% · 2024
First value 24.7% · 2013
Highest 31.2% · 2024
Lowest 24.7% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearLee CountyChange FloridaUnited States
2024estimate 31.2% +0.4 pp 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 30.8% +0.6 pp 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 30.1% +1.1 pp 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 29.0% +0.5 pp 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 28.5% +0.2 pp 30.5% —
2019estimate 28.2% +0.4 pp 29.9% —
2018estimate 27.8% +0.6 pp 29.2% —
2017estimate 27.2% +0.5 pp 28.5% —
2016estimate 26.7% +0.7 pp 27.9% —
2015estimate 26.0% +0.7 pp 27.3% —
2014estimate 25.3% +0.6 pp 26.8% —
2013estimate 24.7% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of Florida

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
1 Leon County 45.0%
2 St. Johns County 42.1%
3 Alachua County 41.6%
4 Seminole County 35.3%
5 Palm Beach County 33.6%
6 Collier County 33.2%
7 Sarasota County 32.4%
8 Martin County 31.6%
9 Monroe County 31.3%
10 Orange County 31.1%
11 Broward County 30.8%
12 Hillsborough County 30.6%
13 Pinellas County 28.9%
14 Okaloosa County 28.8%
15 Sumter County 28.0%
16 Manatee County 27.7%
17 Brevard County 27.3%
18 Duval County 27.3%
19 Miami-Dade County 26.9%
20 Indian River County 26.8%
21 Santa Rosa County 26.6%
22 Lee County 26.0%
23 Walton County 25.9%
24 Escambia County 24.5%
25 Clay County 23.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2015

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.