Sumter County, Florida

• White (non-Hispanic) 119,928 83.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,163 6.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9,103 6.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,466 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,865 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 234 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 30 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 619 0.4%

• Under 18 10,245 7.1%
• 18–24 4,080 2.8%
• 25–44 16,720 11.7%
• 45–64 29,641 20.7%
• 65 and over 82,722 57.7%

Median household income

$85,035

90% interval $77,577–$92,493

+$7,348 vs FL · 9th of 67

Below poverty line

8.8%

90% interval 7.1%–10.5%

−3.3 pp vs FL · 63rd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

8.0%

+3.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.6B

0.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,726

Establishments

2,865

• Education & health services 9,581 22.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,634 18.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,748 16.1%
• Construction 4,407 10.5%
• Public administration 4,344 10.4%
• Professional & business services 3,434 8.2%
• Financial activities 2,682 6.4%
• Manufacturing 1,445 3.4%
• Other services 843 2.0%
• Natural resources & mining 489 1.2%
• Information 297 0.7%
• Unclassified 14 0.0%

Home ownership

87.6%

+20.0 pp vs FL · 1st of 67

Median gross rent

$1,269

−$400 vs FL · 38th of 67

Owner-occupied

61,604

Renter-occupied

8,714

• 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 (Financial activities, $90,393/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,692/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 72,134 68.6%
• Democratic 32,551 30.9%
• Other / third-party 532 0.5%

• Spanish 6,082 4.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 590 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 545 0.4%
• Tagalog 472 0.3%
• Vietnamese 192 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 163 0.1%
• Chinese 147 0.1%
• Korean 103 0.1%
• Arabic 17 0.0%

Households

70,318

Family households

45,191

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,690

6.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,463

3.2% of families

Veterans

18,301

13.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 16,003 12.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 11,621 9.0%
• Mainline Protestant 8,523 6.6%
• Black Protestant 2,198 1.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 906 0.7%
• Orthodox 50 0.0%

Health insured

94.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±0.7 pp

67th of 67

With a disability

18.8%

±1.2 pp

25th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

35.3%

±1.9 pp

+1.2 pp vs FL · 16th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 9.1%–11.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

33 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction: claims ≤ $50,000, misdemeanors, traffic) separate. Vintage 2026 flcourts.gov; statutory judgeships are reauthorized annually by the Florida Supreme Court's certification of need under Fla. Stat. § 26.031 and may shift by ±1-2 between sessions. Counts for smaller rural circuits (3rd, 16th) are statutory minimums per § 26.031.)

Court seats

Brooksville, Bushnell, Inverness, Ocala, Tavares

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

21

15.77 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

21