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Sumter County, Georgia
15,120 Black residents · 51.1% of the county · ranked 33 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
In Sumter County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 29,616 people, 15,120 of them Black alone. At 51.1%, Sumter County's Black share stands against the state's 31.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 29,616 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 15,120 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 51.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 33 of 159 |
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
In 2010 Sumter County counted 17,001 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 15,120. The population declined by 11.1% across the decade, and the Black share in Sumter County moved from 51.8% to 51.1%.
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
Sumter County is one of 159 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Georgia. Together they hold the state's 3.3 million Black residents, and Sumter County's 15,120 of them give it rank 33 of 159 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Sumter County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Sumter County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Sumter County page is their frame: 29,616 residents, 15,120 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.