Sumter, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Sumter is 8th in South Carolina out of 61 other cities in Current population (2012)

Sumter is 9th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Households

Sumter is 9th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Sumter is 9th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Size in square miles

Sumter is 10th in South Carolina out of 83 other cities in Retail sales

Sumter is 11th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Housing units

Sumter is 13th in South Carolina out of 82 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Sumter is 14th in South Carolina out of 78 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Sumter is 18th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	40,836	8th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	32.1	9th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,263	53rd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	8.3%	9th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.9%	26th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	48th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.3%	54th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.8%	44th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	45.3%	77th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	49.1%	18th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	57th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	34th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	31st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	36th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	58th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	75th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	52.9%	37th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.2%	49th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	18,150	11th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.3%	27th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	15,584	9th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	53.3%	67th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$123,900	56th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	48th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$21,764	49th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$37,409	56th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.9%	39th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sumter	Rank	South Carolina	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,275	13th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$826,340	10th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,378	31st	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$96,445	14th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732