Census Reporter

Sumter County, AL

12,595 Population
903.8 square miles 13.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$16,977 ±$983 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $28,934 ±$214
  • about half the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$26,150 ±$2,033 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $52,035 ±$377
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

30.8% ±4.1% (3,617  ±480) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 16% 762,642 (±0.2% / ±11,016)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

23.6 minutes ±2.3 (103,735  ±13,682) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.2 50,359,400 (±0.2 / ±365,196)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

5,355 ±229 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,888,504 ±5,749
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.2 ±0.1 (11,784  ±193) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,776,007 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

2.7% ±1.5% (88  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,758 (±0.2% / ±2,122)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

6,917 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,270,398 ±320
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$67,300 ±$10,351 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $149,600 ±$973
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

10.9% ±3.1% (1,366  ±390.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 13.2% 636,737 (±0.2% / ±9,893.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

85.3% ±6.1% (6,529  ±480.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 86.9% 2,905,059 (±0.4% / ±13,768.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
18.4% ±2.9% (1,410  ±222.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 26.2% 877,044 (±0.2% / ±7,339.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

1.9% ±1% (243  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 3.4% 168,053 (±0.1% / ±3,145)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.5% ±1.4% (457  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 8.6% 324,857 (±0.1% / ±4,568)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
457 Total veterans ±144 424 Male ±147 33 Female ±40

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