Sumter County, Florida: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+38%. Democratic peak: D+81 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 143,4082024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,5082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Polk County, GA · 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—
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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 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | +36.4% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +59.3% |
| 1896 | +67.0% |
| 1900 | +69.0% |
| 1904 | +51.0% |
| 1908 | +57.1% |
| 1912 | +70.8% |
| 1916 | +71.2% |
| 1920 | +60.8% |
| 1924 | +55.0% |
| 1928 | −11.7% |
| 1932 | +77.1% |
| 1936 | +40.3% |
| 1940 | +80.8% |
| 1944 | +73.9% |
| 1948 | +53.9% |
| 1952 | +36.7% |
| 1956 | +37.4% |
| 1960 | +34.1% |
| 1964 | +16.1% |
| 1968 | +7.2% |
| 1972 | −53.7% |
| 1976 | +35.4% |
| 1980 | +8.6% |
| 1984 | −28.8% |
| 1988 | −20.6% |
| 1992 | +5.4% |
| 1996 | +6.9% |
| 2000 | −11.2% |
| 2004 | −25.8% |
| 2008 | −27.0% |
| 2012 | −34.9% |
| 2016 | −39.3% |
| 2020 | −36.1% |
| 2024 | −37.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 32,540 | 72,130 | 105,201 | ||
| R | 29,341 | 62,761 | 92,485 | ||
| R | 22,638 | 52,730 | 76,665 | ||
| R | 19,524 | 40,646 | 60,479 | ||
| R | 17,655 | 30,866 | 48,868 | ||
| R | 11,584 | 19,800 | 31,842 | ||
| R | 9,637 | 12,127 | 22,261 | ||
| D | 7,017 | 5,960 | 15,400 | ||
| D | 5,027 | 4,366 | 12,329 | ||
| R | 3,900 | 5,936 | 9,896 | ||
| R | 3,461 | 6,255 | 9,717 | ||
| D | 4,380 | 3,671 | 8,267 | ||
| D | 4,721 | 2,212 | 7,090 | ||
| R | 1,107 | 3,695 | 4,817 | ||
| O | 1,277 | 910 | 5,066 | ||
| D | 2,259 | 1,631 | 3,890 | ||
| D | 2,279 | 1,120 | 3,399 | ||
| D | 2,329 | 1,061 | 3,390 | ||
| D | 2,277 | 1,054 | 3,331 | ||
| D | 1,411 | 251 | 2,152 | ||
| D | 1,838 | 276 | 2,114 | ||
| D | 2,382 | 253 | 2,635 | ||
| D | 1,724 | 734 | 2,458 | ||
| D | 2,138 | 276 | 2,414 | ||
| R | 909 | 1,152 | 2,072 | ||
| D | 481 | 108 | 678 | ||
| D | 921 | 219 | 1,155 | ||
| D | 599 | 70 | 743 | ||
| D | 417 | 22 | 558 | ||
| D | 343 | 62 | 492 | ||
| D | 316 | 61 | 500 | ||
| D | 343 | 53 | 420 | ||
| D | 524 | 89 | 649 | ||
| D | 444 | 0 | 749 | ||
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| D | 1,125 | 524 | 1,649 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.9%
Irish
14.9%
English
14.6%
American
10.4%
Italian
8.2%
Polish
4.5%
French
2.9%
African American
5.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 68.5 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
$76,508
Sumter County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Sumter County$76,508
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Sumter County ranks in the top 25% 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
9.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1834.9%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)3.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sumter County's explosive population growth — driven almost entirely by The Villages master-planned retirement community — has made it one of the fastest-growing counties in the U.S., with a distinctly older, white electorate that has produced some of Florida's widest presidential margins.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-four points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-eight points.
A population of 143,408, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,508 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Polk County and La Paz County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sumter County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sumter County, Florida voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 105,201 votes cast, 32,540 went Democratic and 72,130 went Republican.
What is Sumter County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Sumter County, Florida in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 23 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Sumter County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sumter County, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sumter County, Florida?
Sumter County, Florida has a population of 143,408 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sumter County, Florida?
Median household income in Sumter County, Florida is $76,508 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Sumter County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sumter County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.