Sumter County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+41%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1908.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+41MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,8782024 5-year
- Median household income
- $33,3102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 26.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 68.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1908MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greene County, AL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sumter CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sumter County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +24.0% |
| 1880 | +14.4% |
| 1884 | +22.5% |
| 1888 | +42.9% |
| 1892 | +59.7% |
| 1896 | +10.7% |
| 1900 | +66.3% |
| 1904 | +95.7% |
| 1908 | +98.4% |
| 1912 | +95.8% |
| 1916 | +97.2% |
| 1920 | +97.0% |
| 1924 | +91.5% |
| 1928 | +68.3% |
| 1932 | +96.1% |
| 1936 | +96.6% |
| 1940 | +93.6% |
| 1944 | +90.4% |
| 1948 | −4.7% |
| 1952 | +12.0% |
| 1956 | +24.1% |
| 1960 | +9.7% |
| 1964 | −80.3% |
| 1968 | +42.3% |
| 1972 | +0.9% |
| 1976 | +22.3% |
| 1980 | +40.4% |
| 1984 | +28.4% |
| 1988 | +32.9% |
| 1992 | +42.7% |
| 1996 | +48.7% |
| 2000 | +45.8% |
| 2004 | +41.1% |
| 2008 | +50.3% |
| 2012 | +54.6% |
| 2016 | +49.6% |
| 2020 | +48.5% |
| 2024 | +41.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3,725 | 1,542 | 5,307 | ||
| D | 4,648 | 1,598 | 6,291 | ||
| D | 4,746 | 1,581 | 6,384 | ||
| D | 5,421 | 1,586 | 7,027 | ||
| D | 5,264 | 1,731 | 7,020 | ||
| D | 4,527 | 1,880 | 6,433 | ||
| D | 4,415 | 1,629 | 6,088 | ||
| D | 4,706 | 1,561 | 6,456 | ||
| D | 4,810 | 1,807 | 7,025 | ||
| D | 4,390 | 2,212 | 6,630 | ||
| D | 4,478 | 2,493 | 6,993 | ||
| D | 5,015 | 2,104 | 7,199 | ||
| D | 3,457 | 2,191 | 5,689 | ||
| D | 2,737 | 2,686 | 5,461 | ||
| D | 2,336 | 303 | 4,807 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,653 | 2,058 | ||
| D | 765 | 623 | 1,462 | ||
| D | 981 | 578 | 1,671 | ||
| D | 894 | 702 | 1,599 | ||
| O | 0 | 52 | 1,113 | ||
| D | 1,075 | 53 | 1,131 | ||
| D | 1,404 | 46 | 1,451 | ||
| D | 1,369 | 24 | 1,393 | ||
| D | 1,293 | 26 | 1,319 | ||
| D | 1,015 | 191 | 1,206 | ||
| D | 837 | 28 | 884 | ||
| D | 1,088 | 15 | 1,106 | ||
| D | 770 | 8 | 784 | ||
| D | 701 | 9 | 722 | ||
| D | 719 | 3 | 728 | ||
| D | 883 | 16 | 906 | ||
| D | 1,053 | 204 | 1,281 | ||
| D | 1,834 | 1,459 | 3,497 | ||
| D | 3,185 | 781 | 4,026 | ||
| D | 2,060 | 819 | 2,890 | ||
| D | 1,525 | 963 | 2,494 | ||
| D | 1,787 | 1,337 | 3,124 | ||
| D | 2,234 | 1,370 | 3,604 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
14.3%
Irish
3.2%
English
3.1%
Scottish
2.2%
German
1.7%
Italian
0.6%
French
0.5%
African American
54.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$33,310
Sumter County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Sumter County$33,310
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Sumter County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
26.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1835.7%
Working age (18–64)24.8%
Seniors (65+)14.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.3%
speak English only
Spanish0.7%
Other languages0.6%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sumter County's electorate is majority Black, a legacy of the Black Belt's plantation-era demographics, and it has returned Democratic presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-eight points in 1908. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-one points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $33,310 and a 27% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greene County and Lowndes County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sumter County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sumter County, Alabama voted Democratic by 41.1 points (D+41), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,307 votes cast, 3,725 went Democratic and 1,542 went Republican.
What is Sumter County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Sumter County, Alabama in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 36 times, Republican 1 times, and other 1 times.
When did Sumter County, Alabama last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Sumter County, Alabama voted Republican was 1964.
How many people live in Sumter County, Alabama?
Sumter County, Alabama has a population of 11,878 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sumter County, Alabama?
Median household income in Sumter County, Alabama is $33,310 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Sumter County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sumter County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 36 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.