South Carolina · Census place 4570405
Sumter, South Carolina
Sumter is a city in Sumter County, South Carolina with an estimated 42,958 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 10th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 42,958
- #10 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -487 people
- Land area
- 33.1 sq mi
- + 0.20 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,297 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Sumter population, 2020 to 2024
Sumter lost 487 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +81. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Sumter is 3.1 times that size.
Sumter covers 33.13 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,297 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Sumter is close to the typical town.
What county Sumter is in
All of Sumter's residents live in Sumter County, which had 104,776 residents in 2024. Sumter holds 41.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sumter
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sumter by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29150, 29152, 29153, 29154. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Sumter is
The Census internal point of Sumter is at 33.940800, -80.395500. Columbia, the capital, is 36.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbia, SC (144,788 people), 30.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.940800, -80.395500
- DMS
- 33°56'26.88"N 80°23'43.80"W
- UTM
- 17N 555863.4E 3755756.6N
- Geohash
- dnnc4d9z3
- Plus code
- 865XWJR3+8R
Daylight in Sumter
At 33.94° N, Sumter gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sumter
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Manning, 19.9 miles away, with 3,832 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sumter, SC?
42,958 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 487 (1.1%) from 43,445 in July 2020.
What county is Sumter in?
Sumter County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sumter?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29150, 29152, 29153, 29154.
How far is Sumter from Columbia?
36.9 miles (59.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sumter.
What is the nearest larger city to Sumter?
Columbia, SC, with 144,788 residents, 30.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.