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Sumter County, AL

12,196 Population
903.8 square miles 13.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$19,720 ±$1,432 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$31,726 ±$6,535 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

30.4% ±4.2% (3,285  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

24.7 minutes ±2.3 (96,755  ±12,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

4,798 ±218 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.3 ±0.1 (10,850  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

2% ±1.2% (61  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

6,329 ±41 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$88,000 ±$14,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

14.1% ±3.9% (1,707  ±,474.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

88.8% ±6.8% (6,531  ±,530.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
21.8% ±3.4% (1,600  ±,254.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% (144  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

3.5% ±1.2% (347  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
347 Total veterans ±123 291 Male ±96 56 Female ±73

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