Sumter County, South Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 45,700 43.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,655 4.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 47,939 45.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,516 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,995 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 124 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 148 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 648 0.6%

• Under 18 24,823 23.7%
• 18–24 10,229 9.8%
• 25–44 26,631 25.4%
• 45–64 24,436 23.3%
• 65 and over 18,606 17.8%

Median household income

$57,234

90% interval $53,264–$61,204

−$15,273 vs SC · 28th of 46

Below poverty line

16.7%

90% interval 13.5%–19.9%

+3.4 pp vs SC · 23rd of 46

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+0.95 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.3B

1.76% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,501

Establishments

2,308

• Education & health services 8,764 24.8%
• Manufacturing 5,971 16.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,882 16.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,789 10.7%
• Professional & business services 3,172 9.0%
• Public administration 1,444 4.1%
• Financial activities 1,015 2.9%
• Information 6 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 85.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.1%

−3.8 pp vs SC · 37th of 46

Median gross rent

$1,057

−$123 vs SC · 14th of 46

Owner-occupied

27,990

Renter-occupied

13,093

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $85,115/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,547/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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.

• Democratic 23,425 51.9%
• Republican 21,215 47.0%
• Other / third-party 530 1.2%

• Spanish 3,442 3.5%
• Tagalog 524 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 431 0.4%
• Vietnamese 423 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 196 0.2%
• Chinese 105 0.1%
• Arabic 102 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 73 0.1%
• Korean 54 0.1%

Households

41,083

Family households

26,343

64.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,373

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

3,325

12.6% of families

Veterans

10,759

14.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 32,026 30.3%
• Black Protestant 9,855 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 7,429 7.0%
• Catholic 4,322 4.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,475 2.3%

Health insured

89.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±0.9 pp

18th of 46

With a disability

15.2%

±1.2 pp

29th of 46

Bachelor's or higher

23.5%

±1.8 pp

−8.6 pp vs SC · 23rd of 46

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.7%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (Resident Circuit Court judgeships authorized for this circuit by S.C. Code Ann. 14-5-610, as amended by 2026 Act No. 154. Authorized seats, not seated judges; South Carolina also elects at-large circuit judges statewide who are not counted in any circuit.)

Court seats

Bishopville, Kingstree, Manning, Sumter

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

23

28.79 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

23