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Sumter County, FL

151,565 Population
557.1 square miles 272 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

68.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,844 ±$2,406 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$74,715 ±$6,923 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.8% ±2.8% (15,495  ±3,975) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28 minutes ±1.2 (725,200  ±49,326) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

73,238 ±3,263 Number of households
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2 ±0.1 (143,486  ±218) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,130,724
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.2% ±2.1% (749  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

88,692 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$411,000 ±$20,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.2% ±2.9% (21,364  ±4,334.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.5% ±5.1% (126,075  ±7,106.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.1% ±3.3% (50,525  ±4,548.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

5.1% (7,778  ±1,943) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 22.1% 4,996,874
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.7% ±1.4% (16,420  ±1,943) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
16,420 Total veterans ±1,943 15,420 Male ±1,986 1,000 Female ±565

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