Sumter, South Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Sumter had a population of 39,643 people^<1>. This represents 0.99% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 8th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5	Rock Hill	NW	77 mi [123.9 km]	67,339	35.31% increase
6	Mount Pleasant	SE	81 mi [130.4 km]	65,472	37.52% increase
7	Spartanburg	NW	111 mi [178.6 km]	39,584	0.22% decrease
-8-	Sumter			38,625	2.57% decrease
9	Hilton Head Island	S	122 mi [196.3 km]	33,913	0.15% increase
10	Florence	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	31,570	4.37% increase
11	Goose Creek	S	68 mi [109.4 km]	37,900	29.76% increase

Sumter had 16,032 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Sumter has an area^<4> of 26.59 square miles [68.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Sumter had a 2000 population density of 1,491 people per square mile [575 people/km²], making it the state's 36th most densely populated area.

Sumter County

The city of Sumter is located in Sumter County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 104,654 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 39,643 people, Sumter contained 37.88% of the Sumter County total.

In addition, where the community of Sumter has a population density of 1,491 people per square mile [575 people/km²], Sumter County averages 157.3 people per square mile [60.7 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Sumter County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Sumter and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Sumter. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Sumter. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Sumter, it also contains a comparison between Sumter and the state of South Carolina.

Click here for the Sumter QuickFact (QF-4570405).

A Census Quickfact is available for Sumter County (QF-45085).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Sumter County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Calhoun	QF-45017	SW	14,583	4.21% decrease
	Clarendon	QF-45027	SE	33,149	1.89% increase
	Florence	QF-45041	E	132,800	5.54% increase
	Kershaw	QF-45055	NW	58,901	11.48% increase
	Lee	QF-45061	N	19,891	1.23% decrease
	Richland	QF-45079	W	364,001	13.2% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Sumter:

Sumter is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Sumter.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Sumter. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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