Rank

1203of 3,144

Lee, Florida

Score 6.49 / 10· population 834,573

Lee County, on Florida's southwest coast, has Fort Myers and Cape Coral, with Sanibel Island off its mainland. Hurricane Ian's 2022 surge reached 10 to 15 feet above ground on Fort Myers Beach, and 36 of the storm's 41 surge deaths were in Lee County, where 5,369 structures were destroyed. A baby born there in 2020 to 2022 could expect to live 80.6 years, 2.5 more than the Florida figure of 78.1.

Sources
  • Ian's surge struck the southwest coast of Florida, including the barrier islands near Fort Myers nhc.noaa.gov
  • The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau presents Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Sanibel Island as part of its destination visitfortmyers.com
  • The Sanibel Causeway connects Sanibel to the mainland of Lee County leegov.com
  • Hurricane Ian (September 2022): peak storm surge inundation of 10 to 15 ft above ground level at Fort Myers Beach nhc.noaa.gov
  • Storm surge killed 41 people in Ian, 36 of them in Lee County nhc.noaa.gov
  • In Lee County at least 52,514 structures were impacted by Ian, of which 5,369 were destroyed nhc.noaa.gov
  • Life expectancy: Lee County 80.6 years, Florida 78.1 years, a difference of 2.5 years (computed) (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings life expectancy measure uses 2020-2022 data countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.4
  4. Sales tax4.1
  5. Property tax6.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.8
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees8.2
  4. Single-parent households3.7

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