Sumter County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+2%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 29,0612024 5-year
- Median household income
- $42,6532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 49.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Waldo County, ME · similarity 0.93
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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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 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +47.3% |
| 1896 | +47.6% |
| 1900 | +56.1% |
| 1904 | +67.8% |
| 1908 | +28.7% |
| 1912 | +93.3% |
| 1916 | +89.9% |
| 1920 | +56.9% |
| 1924 | +75.3% |
| 1928 | +61.6% |
| 1932 | +92.3% |
| 1936 | +93.7% |
| 1940 | +85.3% |
| 1944 | +77.8% |
| 1948 | +35.5% |
| 1952 | +39.4% |
| 1956 | +49.3% |
| 1960 | +40.5% |
| 1964 | −37.2% |
| 1968 | +4.8% |
| 1972 | −56.3% |
| 1976 | +44.4% |
| 1980 | +24.8% |
| 1984 | −10.6% |
| 1988 | −12.5% |
| 1992 | +9.5% |
| 1996 | +10.9% |
| 2000 | −1.0% |
| 2004 | −1.1% |
| 2008 | +6.0% |
| 2012 | +8.4% |
| 2016 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | +4.8% |
| 2024 | +2.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 6,136 | 5,869 | 12,117 | ||
| D | 6,318 | 5,732 | 12,150 | ||
| D | 5,520 | 5,276 | 11,047 | ||
| D | 6,375 | 5,378 | 11,856 | ||
| D | 6,454 | 5,717 | 12,235 | ||
| R | 5,562 | 5,688 | 11,298 | ||
| R | 4,748 | 4,847 | 9,697 | ||
| D | 4,239 | 3,358 | 8,064 | ||
| D | 4,489 | 3,616 | 9,168 | ||
| R | 3,332 | 4,289 | 7,668 | ||
| R | 3,725 | 4,607 | 8,332 | ||
| D | 4,956 | 2,957 | 8,060 | ||
| D | 5,328 | 2,053 | 7,381 | ||
| R | 1,268 | 4,533 | 5,801 | ||
| O | 1,701 | 1,383 | 6,573 | ||
| R | 1,727 | 3,774 | 5,501 | ||
| D | 2,274 | 962 | 3,236 | ||
| D | 2,149 | 730 | 2,879 | ||
| D | 2,455 | 1,068 | 3,523 | ||
| D | 1,018 | 256 | 2,144 | ||
| D | 1,550 | 194 | 1,744 | ||
| D | 1,561 | 118 | 1,692 | ||
| D | 1,870 | 58 | 1,934 | ||
| D | 1,619 | 57 | 1,692 | ||
| D | 1,237 | 294 | 1,531 | ||
| D | 1,225 | 124 | 1,462 | ||
| D | 1,076 | 296 | 1,372 | ||
| D | 1,065 | 38 | 1,143 | ||
| D | 1,004 | 24 | 1,050 | ||
| D | 876 | 476 | 1,392 | ||
| D | 918 | 159 | 1,119 | ||
| D | 780 | 216 | 1,006 | ||
| D | 1,094 | 371 | 1,518 | ||
| D | 1,259 | 390 | 1,839 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.6%
American
6.6%
German
4.1%
Irish
4.0%
Scottish
1.1%
Polish
0.6%
French
0.5%
African American
39.9%
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: 37.9 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
$42,653
Sumter County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Sumter County$42,653
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Sumter County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
23.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1836.0%
Working age (18–64)20.9%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sumter County, home to Americus and historically part of Georgia's Black Belt, has shifted from a reliably Democratic stronghold to a true battleground, with the 2024 presidential race decided by just over two points.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-four points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was two 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 $42,653 and a 24% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waldo County and Caddo Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sumter County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sumter County, Georgia voted Democratic by 2.2 points (D+2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,117 votes cast, 6,136 went Democratic and 5,869 went Republican.
What is Sumter County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Sumter County, Georgia 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 27 times, Republican 6 times, and other 1 times.
When did Sumter County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Sumter County, Georgia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Sumter County, Georgia?
Sumter County, Georgia has a population of 29,061 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sumter County, Georgia?
Median household income in Sumter County, Georgia is $42,653 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Sumter County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sumter County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.