Sumter County, Alabama

Sumter County population, land area and income

Sumter County had 11,607 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 903.8 square miles of land. It ranks 60th of 67 in Alabama by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 12.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alabama has 33,813 residents, so Sumter County has 34% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $37,021 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Sumter County's population changed since 2020

Sumter County lost 585 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.8%. That ranks 61st of 67 in Alabama for growth. The median Alabama county changed by +0.2%, and the state as a whole by +2.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Sumter County recorded 495 births and 704 deaths, a natural change of -209. Net international migration added +72 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -568. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 568 people.

Where Sumter County is

The Census internal point of Sumter County is at 32.597500, -88.200100. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Alabama's 67 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Sumter County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Sumter County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Sumter County, 5,416 people together, or 47% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Sumter County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Livingston with 3,138.

Counties bordering Sumter County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Sumter County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Lauderdale County, MS, with 70,588 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MS

  Lauderdale County, MS

  70,588 people

  30 mi WSW

• Marengo County

  18,512 people

  34 mi SE

• Pickens County

  18,508 people

  49 mi N

• Choctaw County

  12,052 people

  42 mi S

• MS

  Noxubee County, MS

  9,825 people

  41 mi NNW

• MS

  Kemper County, MS

  8,562 people

  27 mi WNW

• Greene County

  7,127 people

  22 mi NE

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 111.8 miles E of Sumter County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL (population 114,288), 58.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Meridian, MS (population 33,549), 32.1 miles away.

Sumter County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Sumter County is 01119: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 119. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $37,021.