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Sumter, SC

43,065 Population
33 square miles 1,303.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,682 ±$1,548 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $29,372 ±$1,073
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$53,071 ±$3,356 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $55,990 ±$2,721
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

15.8% ±2.1% (6,515  ±870) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 16.4% 16,710 (±1.6% / ±1,633)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

20.2 minutes ±1.4 (349,670  ±27,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 22.9 973,645 (±0.8 / ±43,377)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

16,280 ±644 Number of households
  • the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 41,181 ±529
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.1 (41,295  ±63) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 2.5 102,161 (±0 / ±56)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

8% ±2.5% (785  ±243) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 7.3% † 1,745 (±1.7% / ±413)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

18,742 ±601 Number of housing units
  • the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 47,288 ±66
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$188,400 ±$10,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $159,500 ±$8,380
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

18.1% ±2.7% (7,646  ±1,160.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 12.8% † 13,232 (±1.5% / ±1,588.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

88.6% ±3.9% (24,045  ±1,231.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 89.1% 61,971 (±3.1% / ±2,121.5)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
28.6% ±2.5% (7,750  ±707.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 23.2% 16,103 (±1.7% / ±1,149.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

4.3% ±0.8% (1,871  ±339) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 2.8% 2,924
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

13.8% ±1.8% (3,981  ±528) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 13.6% 10,251 (±1% / ±755)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
3,981 Total veterans ±528 3,174 Male ±416 807 Female ±281

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