Editing Sumter County, South Carolina

{{Short description|County in South Carolina, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Sumter County
 | state                = South Carolina
 | seal                 = Sumter County Seal.png 
 | logo                 = Sumter County Logo.png 
 | flag                 = Sumter County Flag.png 
 | founded              = January 1, 1800<ref>{{cite web|title=Sumter County, South Carolina|url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sumter_county_sc.html|access-date=September 7, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908025930/https://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/sumter_county_sc.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
 | seat wl              = Sumter
 | largest city wl      = Sumter
 | city type            = community
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 682.09 
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 665.08 
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 17.01 
 | area percentage      = 2.49 
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 105556
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 104165 {{loss}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | coordinates          = {{coord|33.92|-80.38|type:adm2nd_region:US-SC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles|display=inline,title}}
 | web                  = www.sumtercountysc.org 
 | time zone           = Eastern
 | ex image             = Sumter courthouse 1369.JPG
 | ex image cap         = [[Sumter County Courthouse (South Carolina)|Sumter County Courthouse]]
 | district             = 5th
 | district2            = 6th
 | named for            = [[Thomas Sumter]]
 | nickname             = The Gamecock County }}

'''Sumter County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Carolina]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 105,556.<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/> Its [[county seat]] is [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web| url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx| access-date=June 7, 2011| title=Find a County| publisher=National Association of Counties| archive-date=May 31, 2011| archive-url=https://archive.today/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx| url-status=live}}</ref> Sumter County comprises the Sumter, SC [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is also included in the [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]-Sumter-[[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]], SC [[Columbia-Orangeburg-Newberry, SC Combined Statistical Area|Combined Statistical Area]].<ref name="2023OMB">{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2023 |title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01: 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://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=[[United States Office of Management and Budget]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721214234/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The county is also part of "[[Midlands of South Carolina|The Midlands]]" area.

It is the home of [[Shaw Air Force Base|Shaw AFB]], headquarters to the [[9th Air Force]], [[United States Air Forces Central|AFCENT]], [[United States Army Central]], with a number of other tenant units. It is one of largest bases in the USAF's [[Air Combat Command]].

On September 17, 2024, the [[National Park Service]] announced that the City of [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]] and Sumter County were jointly named a [[World War II Heritage City]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Park Service Announces New American World War II Heritage Cities - Sept 2024 - Office of Communications (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-park-service-announces-new-american-world-war-ii-heritage-cities-sept-2024.htm |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918012746/https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-park-service-announces-new-american-world-war-ii-heritage-cities-sept-2024.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
[[Image:Thomas sumter 1352.JPG|175px|thumb|Statue of [[Thomas Sumter]] on the Sumter County Courthouse lawn in Sumter]]
Sumter County was created from [[Clarendon County, South Carolina|Clarendon]], [[Claremont County, South Carolina|Claremont]] and [[Salem County, South Carolina|Salem]] Counties as Sumter District in 1798, named after [[Thomas Sumter|General Thomas Sumter]],<ref name=FSsumterco>[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Sumter_County,_South_Carolina_Genealogy#History Sumter County, South Carolina Genealogy], FamilySearch.org, accessed April 2020.</ref> and became effective in 1800.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/SC_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm| title=South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies| website=South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries| publisher=The Newberry Library| date=2009| access-date=March 21, 2015| archive-date=January 3, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103154824/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/SC_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> When the home of Sumter District's clerk of records burnt in 1801, the formative records of the three predecessor counties were also destroyed in the conflagration.<ref name=FSsumterco/> So documentary evidence that the three counties were within St. Mark's Parish (formed in 1757 from Prince Frederick's Parish, [[Craven County, South Carolina|Craven County]]) in Camden District (formed 1769) derives from family genealogies and legislative records.

On December 19, 1855, a legislative act was passed partitioning Sumter District by forming [[Clarendon County, South Carolina|Clarendon District]], with the same boundaries as defined for Clarendon County in 1785. When effectuated in 1857, a northeastern part of Sumter District (formerly in Salem County) was also separated in the partition (the area east of a line drawn from the northernmost point of old Clarendon County continued north-northeasterly to a point on the boundary line with [[Darlington County, South Carolina|Darlington District]] (Sumter County's northeastern cornerpoint abutting [[Florence County, South Carolina|Florence County]] since 1888).

The Sumter District gained a form of self-rule and was renamed Sumter County under the [[Constitution of South Carolina#Constitution of 1868|1868 Constitution]].<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Sumter_District,_South_Carolina Sumter District, South Carolina]. FamilySearch.org, accessed April 2020.</ref>

In 1898, a northwestern part of Sumter County was detached to form part of the first Lee County, but its formation was declared unconstitutional in 1899. In 1902, an even larger northern part of Sumter County (more or less the remaining part of former Salem County) was properly legally detached to form the major sections of the current [[Lee County, South Carolina|Lee County]], of which some acreage reverted in 1914.

In 1921, southern Sumter County received a section from Clarendon County, of which some acreage reverted in 1922, creating the current boundaries of Sumter County.

==Geography==
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|682.09|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|665.08|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|17.01|sqmi}} (2.49%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – South Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_45.txt |access-date=September 10, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004183706/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_45.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> It is drained by the [[Black River (South Carolina)|Black River]] and its tributaries.<ref>{{Cite AmCyc | wstitle=Sumter| display=Sumter, the name of four counties in the United States. I. An E. county of South Carolina}}</ref> Its western border is formed by the [[Wateree River (South Carolina)|Wateree River]]. One of South Carolina's most famous areas are the [[High Hills of Santee]] comprising the western part of the county. The county is one of five that borders [[Lake Marion (South Carolina)|Lake Marion]], also known as South Carolina's "[[Inland sea|Inland Sea]]".

===State and local protected areas/sites===
* [[Bland Tract Dove Field, Manchester State Forest (MSF) Wildlife Management Area]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands">{{Cite web |title=SCDNR Public Lands |url=https://www2.dnr.sc.gov/ManagedLands/ManagedLand/County |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www2.dnr.sc.gov |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528100701/https://www2.dnr.sc.gov/ManagedLands/ManagedLand/County |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[List of South Carolina state forests|Manchester State Forest]] (part)
* [[Millford Plantation|Millford Plantation Historic Site]]
* [[Poinsett State Park]]
* [[Swan Lake Iris Gardens]]
* [[Tuomey Tract Dove Field, Manchester State Forest (MSF) Wildlife Management Area]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/>
* [[Woods Bay State Park]] (part)

===Major water bodies===
* [[Congaree River]]
* [[Lake Marion (South Carolina)|Lake Marion]]
* [[Lynches River]]
* [[Pocoaligo River (South Carolina)|Pocoaligo River]]
* [[Rocky Bluff Swamp (South Carolina)|Rocky Bluff Swamp]]
* [[Scape Ore Swamp (South Carolina)|Scape Ore Swamp]]
* [[Wateree River]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lee County, South Carolina|Lee County]] – north
* [[Florence County, South Carolina|Florence County]] – northeast
* [[Clarendon County, South Carolina|Clarendon County]] – south
* [[Calhoun County, South Carolina|Calhoun County]] – southwest
* [[Richland County, South Carolina|Richland County]] – west
* [[Kershaw County, South Carolina|Kershaw County]] – northwest

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=SC|I|95}}
* {{jct|state=SC|US|15}}
* {{jct|state=SC|US-Conn|15|dab1=Sumter}}
* {{jct|state=SC|US|76}}
* {{jct|state=SC|US-Bus|76|dab1=Sumter}}
* {{jct|state=SC|US|378}}
* {{jct|state=SC|US|401}}
* {{jct|state=SC|US|521}}
* {{jct|state=SC|SC|120}}
* {{jct|state=SC|SC|261}}
* {{jct|state=SC|SC|441}}
* {{jct|state=SC|SC|763}}

===Major infrastructure===
* [[Shaw Air Force Base]]
* [[Sumter Airport]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 3571
|1810= 19054
|1820= 25269
|1830= 28277
|1840= 27892
|1850= 33220
|1860= 23859
|1870= 25268
|1880= 37037
|1890= 43605
|1900= 51237
|1910= 38472
|1920= 43040
|1930= 45902
|1940= 52463
|1950= 57634
|1960= 74941
|1970= 79425
|1980= 88243
|1990= 102637
|2000= 104646
|2010= 107456
|2020= 105556
|estyear=2023
|estimate=104165
|estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 19, 2015|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=March 19, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/sc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=March 19, 2015|archive-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202112816/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/sc190090.txt|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/45085.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130858/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/45085.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sumtercountysouthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Sumter County, South Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Sumter County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US45085&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207171707/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US45085&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|url-status=live}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|46,442
|44.0%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|48,536
|45.98%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|338
|0.32%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|1,400
|1.33%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|87
|0.08%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|4,451
|4.22%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|4,302
|4.08%
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 105,556 people, 44,105 households, and 29,777 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
At the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 107,456&nbsp;people, 40,398&nbsp;households, and 28,311&nbsp;families residing in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US45085
  |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data
  |access-date=March 11, 2016
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213030130/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US45085
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref> The population density was {{convert|161.6|PD/sqmi}}. There were 46,011 housing units at an average density of {{convert|69.2|/sqmi}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US45085
  |access-date=March 11, 2016
  |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213191418/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US45085
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 48.2% white, 46.9% black or African American, 1.1% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.4% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 3.3% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 7.2% were [[Subsaharan Africa]]n, 6.9% were [[Americans|American]], 6.1% were [[English people|English]], 5.9% were [[Germans|German]], and 5.7% were [[Irish people|Irish]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US45085
  |title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
  |access-date=March 11, 2016
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213023704/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US45085
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

Of the 40,398&nbsp;households, 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 20.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 29.9% were non-families, and 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.11. The median age was 35.4 years.<ref name="census-dp1"/>

The median income for a household in the county was $39,137 and the median income for a family was $45,460. Males had a median income of $36,101 versus $28,421 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,944. About 15.5% of families and 19.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US45085
  |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
  |access-date=March 11, 2016
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213024012/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US45085
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Government and politics==
A Republican-leaning swing county beginning around 1950, Sumter County has supported Democrats in every election beginning in 2004. Republicans have still gained over 40% of the vote since then, however, and the Democrat margins of victory were narrow (less than 5%) in both 2004 and 2024.

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|21,215|23,425|530|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|21,000|27,379|541|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|18,745|24,047|1,294|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|19,274|27,589|446|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|18,581|25,431|346|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|18,074|18,695|234|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|15,915|14,365|392|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|12,080|12,198|1,114|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|12,576|11,852|2,168|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|13,161|9,502|138|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|12,909|9,566|115|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|10,557|9,205|364|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|9,332|10,471|109|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|10,892|5,801|107|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|5,451|6,103|4,754|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|7,729|3,775|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,633|2,616|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Dixiecrat|1,356|937|3,741|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,726|2,014|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|154|605|2,718|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|73|2,111|217|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|58|2,062|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|59|1,809|8|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|174|1,202|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|18|1,136|62|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|194|1,150|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|142|1,357|21|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|31|910|52|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|173|1,228|8|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|137|919|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|150|1,199|0|South Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|326|1,550|24|South Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|639|1,535|8|South Carolina}}

== Economy ==
In 2022, the [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] was $5 billion (about $48,450 per capita),<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Sumter County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL45085 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |archive-date=May 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505001738/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL45085 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Real gross domestic product|real GDP]] was $4.2 billion (about $40,489 per capita) in [[Chained dollars|chained 2017 dollars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Sumter County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REALGDPALL45085 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}</ref>

As of April 2024, some of the largest employers in the county include [[BD (company)|Becton Dickinson]], [[Central Carolina Technical College]], the city of [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]], [[Continental AG]], the [[United States Department of Defense]], [[Eaton Corporation]], [[SKF]], [[JCPenney]], [[Pilgrim's Pride]], [[Prisma Health]], [[Speedway (store)|Speedway]], and [[Walmart]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Sumter County |url=https://lmi.dew.sc.gov/lmi%20site/Documents/CommunityProfiles/04000085.pdf |journal=Community Profiles |publisher=S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce - Business Intelligence Department |publication-place=Columbia, SC |issue=4000085 |archive-date=May 5, 2024 |access-date=May 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505001739/https://lmi.dew.sc.gov/lmi%20site/Documents/CommunityProfiles/04000085.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Employment and Wage Statistics by Industry in Sumter County, South Carolina - Q3 2023<ref name=":0" />
! style="text-align:left;" | Industry
! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Counts
! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Percentage (%)
! style="text-align:right;" | Average Annual Wage ($)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Accommodation and Food Services || style="text-align:right;" | 3,537 || style="text-align:right;" | 10.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 18,980
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services || style="text-align:right;" | 1,736 || style="text-align:right;" | 4.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 42,380
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting || style="text-align:right;" | 241 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.7 || style="text-align:right;" | 49,244
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation || style="text-align:right;" | 342 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 16,692
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Construction || style="text-align:right;" | 2,529 || style="text-align:right;" | 7.2 || style="text-align:right;" | 63,388
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Educational Services || style="text-align:right;" | 2,912 || style="text-align:right;" | 8.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 48,048
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Finance and Insurance || style="text-align:right;" | 824 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 73,060
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Health Care and Social Assistance || style="text-align:right;" | 5,453 || style="text-align:right;" | 15.5 || style="text-align:right;" | 53,768
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Information || style="text-align:right;" | 187 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.5 || style="text-align:right;" | 62,608
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Management of Companies and Enterprises || style="text-align:right;" | 223 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 || style="text-align:right;" | 93,912
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Manufacturing || style="text-align:right;" | 6,366 || style="text-align:right;" | 18.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 62,140
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Other Services (except Public Administration) || style="text-align:right;" | 978 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.8 || style="text-align:right;" | 39,312
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services || style="text-align:right;" | 934 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.7 || style="text-align:right;" | 75,036
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Public Administration || style="text-align:right;" | 2,510 || style="text-align:right;" | 7.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 58,448
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing || style="text-align:right;" | 221 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.6 || style="text-align:right;" | 43,680
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Retail Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 4,497 || style="text-align:right;" | 12.8 || style="text-align:right;" | 29,796
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Transportation and Warehousing || style="text-align:right;" | 896 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.5 || style="text-align:right;" | 60,476
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Utilities || style="text-align:right;" | 143 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 79,248
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Wholesale Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 710 || style="text-align:right;" | 2.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 61,568
|-
| style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold;" | '''Total''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''35,239''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''100.0%''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''49,611'''
|}

== Education ==
All areas in the county are in the [[Sumter County Consolidated School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45085_sumter/DC20SD_C45085.pdf|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Mmap: Sumter County, SC|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 17, 2023|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515021215/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45085_sumter/DC20SD_C45085.pdf|url-status=live}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45085_sumter/DC20SD_C45085_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028183816/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45085_sumter/DC20SD_C45085_SD2MS.txt |date=October 28, 2023 }}</ref> Additionally, the [[University of South Carolina Sumter]] is located in the county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USC Sumter |url=https://sc.edu/about/system_and_campuses/sumter/index.php |access-date=March 4, 2023 |website=sc.edu |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301093129/https://www.sc.edu/about/system_and_campuses/sumter/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]] (county seat and largest community)

===Towns===
* [[Mayesville, South Carolina|Mayesville]]
* [[Pinewood, South Carolina|Pinewood]]
* [[Rembert, South Carolina|Rembert]]

===Census-designated places===
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* [[Cane Savannah, South Carolina|Cane Savannah]]
* [[Cherryvale, South Carolina|Cherryvale]]
* [[Dalzell, South Carolina|Dalzell]]
* [[East Sumter, South Carolina|East Sumter]]
* [[Lakewood, South Carolina|Lakewood]]
* [[Millwood, South Carolina|Millwood]]
* [[Mulberry, South Carolina|Mulberry]]
* [[Oakland, South Carolina|Oakland]]
* [[Oswego, South Carolina|Oswego]]
* [[Privateer, South Carolina|Privateer]]
* [[Shiloh, Sumter County, South Carolina|Shiloh]]
* [[South Sumter, South Carolina|South Sumter]]
* [[Stateburg, South Carolina|Stateburg]]
* [[Wedgefield, South Carolina|Wedgefield]]
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===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Horatio, South Carolina|Horatio]]
* [[Wedgefield, South Carolina|Wedgefield]]

==Notable people==
* [[Ray Allen]], [[NBA]] basketball player
* [[Richard H. Anderson (general)|Richard H. Anderson]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] lieutenant general
* [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], [[Civil rights movement|civil rights]] activist, feminist, stateswoman, educator, and founder of the [[National Council of Negro Women]]; born to parents who had been enslaved<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Martha S.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1135569243|title=Vanguard : how Black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all|date=2020|isbn=978-1-5416-1861-9|edition=|location=New York, NY|pages=218–226|oclc=1135569243}}</ref>
* [[William Ellison]], slave who was freed and settled in Stateburg where he became a large-scale slave owner and lived his life
* [[David DuBose Gaillard]], in charge of the building of the central portion of the [[Panama Canal]]
* [[Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle]] (1804–1835), diarist
* [[Richard Irvine Manning I]], 50th [[governor of South Carolina]]
* [[Richard Irvine Manning III]], 92nd governor of South Carolina
* [[George L. Mabry, Jr.]], major general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, and highly decorated soldier of [[WWII]]
* [[Slomon Moody]], physician, farmer, and city treasurer of [[Ocala, Florida]]
* [[Franklin J. Moses Jr.]], Governor of South Carolina from 1872 to 1874; enemies labelled him the "Robber Governor"
* [[Ja Morant]], NBA basketball player for the [[Memphis Grizzlies]]
* [[Bill Pinkney]], performer, singer, and member of [[The Drifters]]
* [[Freddie Solomon]], [[NFL]] wide receiver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freddie Solomon |url=https://scfootballhof.org/inductees/inductees-2014/freddie-solomon/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=SC Football Hall of Fame {{!}} Become a life changer for our youth! |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Angelica Singleton Van Buren]], [[Martin Van Buren]]'s daughter-in-law and acting [[First Lady of the United States|first lady of the United States]] during his presidency

==See also==
* [[List of counties in South Carolina]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, South Carolina]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{osmrelation|2532521}}
* {{Official website|http://www.sumtercountysc.org/}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Sumter County, South Carolina
|North     = [[Lee County, South Carolina|Lee County]]
|Northeast = [[Florence County, South Carolina|Florence County]]
|East      =
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Clarendon County, South Carolina|Clarendon County]]
|Southwest = [[Calhoun County, South Carolina|Calhoun County]]
|West      = [[Richland County, South Carolina|Richland County]]
|Northwest = [[Kershaw County, South Carolina|Kershaw County]]
}}
{{Sumter County, South Carolina}}
{{South Carolina}}
{{Authority control}}

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