Editing Sumter County, Florida (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|579.829|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|557.144|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|22.685|sqmi}} (3.91%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2024 County Gazetteer Files – Florida|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_gaz_counties_12.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 14, 2025}}</ref> It is the 51st largest county in Florida by total area.

The Wildwood-The Villages, Florida [[Metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA) consists of Sumter County. The [[Principal city|principal cities]] of the MSA are Wildwood and The Villages. The MSA was first defined in or before 2003 as The Villages, Florida [[Micropolitan statistical area]] (μSA) with The Villages as the principal city. The area was designated an MSA in or before 2013. In 2023, Wildwood was added as a principal city and the name of the MSA.<ref>{{cite web|title=OMB Bulletin No. 03-04 – Attachment |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/bulletins/b03-04_attach.pdf |date=June 6, 2003 |publisher=[[White House]] and [[Office of Management and Budget]] |access-date=July 28, 2023 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809124358/https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/assets/OMB/bulletins/b03-04_attach.pdf |page=39 |archive-date=August 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=OMB Bulletin No. 13-1: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |url=https://www.bls.gov/bls/omb-bulletin-13-01-revised-delineations-of-metropolitan-statistical-areas.pdf |date=February 28, 2013 |publisher=[[Bureau of Labor Statistics]] |access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Guidance on the Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |page=77 |date=July 21, 2023 |publisher=[[Executive Office of the President of the United States]] |access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Marion County, Florida|Marion County]] - north
* [[Lake County, Florida|Lake County]] - east
* [[Polk County, Florida|Polk County]] - southeast
* [[Pasco County, Florida|Pasco County]] - southwest
* [[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando County]] - west
* [[Citrus County, Florida|Citrus County]] - northwest