Sumter County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,051 25.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87 0.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,088 68.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 615 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,293 19.3%
• 18–24 2,594 21.8%
• 25–44 2,202 18.5%
• 45–64 2,435 20.5%
• 65 and over 2,354 19.8%

Median household income

$36,855

90% interval $32,884–$40,826

−$29,849 vs AL · 64th of 67

Below poverty line

32.6%

90% interval 25.0%–40.2%

+17.4 pp vs AL · 4th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+1.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$451.4M

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,226

Establishments

299

• Education & health services 929 31.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 390 13.4%
• Manufacturing 353 12.1%
• Public administration 264 9.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 259 8.9%
• Professional & business services 224 7.7%
• Construction 81 2.8%
• Financial activities 68 2.3%
• Other services 28 1.0%

The sectors listed cover 89.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.8%

−3.4 pp vs AL · 53rd of 67

Median gross rent

$775

−$232 vs AL · 35th of 67

Owner-occupied

3,224

Renter-occupied

1,599

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $77,866/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,872/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 3,725 70.3%
• Republican 1,542 29.1%
• Other / third-party 30 0.6%

• Spanish 78 0.7%
• Arabic 42 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 37 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.1%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

4,823

Family households

2,899

60.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

369

12.7% of families

Single-mother families

529

18.2% of families

Veterans

283

3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,106 25.2%
• Black Protestant 1,120 9.1%
• Mainline Protestant 593 4.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 140 1.1%
• Catholic 50 0.4%

Health insured

91.4%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

8.6%

±2.5 pp

39th of 67

With a disability

21.3%

±2.9 pp

18th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

19.0%

±3.5 pp

−9.4 pp vs AL · 27th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.6%

90% interval 8.3%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

17th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 alacourt.gov; counts for the 34th, 36th, and 41st circuits are approximate (single-county rural circuits typically carry 1 judge per Ala. Code § 12-17-23).)

Court seats

Eutaw, Linden, Livingston

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

62.6 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 19.8% of 86 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #2 at 18.6%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 17 19.8%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 16 18.6%
• Account collection 13 15.1%
• Other civil 13 15.1%
• Negligence, general 9 10.5%
• Equity, non-damage 8 9.3%