Lee County is a county in U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 83,343. Lee County is included in the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Clock tower of the Lee County Courthouse
Family in a wagon in Lee County, 1935. Photo by Arthur Rothstein.
The Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in northeastern Mississippi that covers three counties—Itawamba, Lee and Pontotoc. As of the 2000 census, the area had a population of 125,251. The population at the 2020 Census was 138,390.
Main Street in Tupelo