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Sumter County, Alabama
8,997 Black residents · 72.9% of the county · ranked 30 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
The gazetteer enters Sumter County, Alabama, on its published figures: a total population of 12,345 in 2020, with 8,997 Black residents counted alone — 72.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 12,345 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,997 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 72.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 30 of 67 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The published record across two censuses for Sumter County: 10,316 Black residents in 2010, 8,997 in 2020 — declined by 12.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 75.0% to 72.9%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
The state's Black population of 1.3 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Sumter County holds 8,997 of it, rank 30 in the state's order. The county page for Sumter County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Sumter County, Alabama, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Sumter County page gives the frame they stand in: 12,345 residents in all, 8,997 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.