Sumter County

Sumter County is located in east-central South Carolina.  The County Seat is Sumter and the largest city is Sumter.  The Official Web Site is located at http://www.sumtercountysc.org/.  The 2014 population estimate is 107,919 and the 2010 census population was 107,463.  The land area is 665.07 square miles and there are 161.6 persons per square mile.

49.2% of the population is White, 47.1% is Black or African American, 3.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% is Asian, 0.5% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.8% is two or more races.  82.3% have a high school degree or higher, and 19.2% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $107,300, there are 39,373 households, an average of 2.66 persons per household.  The per capita income is $20,340,  the median household income is $41,366, and 17.9% of the persons in Sumter County are considered below poverty level.

The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 7,092.  Retail sales (in $1000) were $1,021,525, and sales per capita were $9,801.  The percentage of black-owned firms is 23.5%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 30.4%.

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