The population of Sumter county is estimated at 30,355. In 2017 there were 372 births and 341 deaths in Sumter county. Sumter county has 4,240 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,687 that are owned free and clear and 5,196 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Sumter County filed 11,600 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Georgia filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Sumter had a combined total federal tax liability of $66,837,000 on earned income of $456,831,000. Other notable statistics from Sumter County were 310 unemployment claims which collected a total of $670,000 and 2,360 charitable contributions valued at $14,841,000. 2,090 filings from Sumter County paid a combined total of $5,794,000 in property taxes and 1,700 filings paid $8,913,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Sumter county had 62 religious congregations with an estimated 17,176 members.
16.8% of the Sumter population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 36% of Sumter County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 847 votes.
At $36,611 the median income is 65.2% of the Georgia average. An estimated 898 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Sumter, the equivalant of around 6.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Sumter County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,382	Retail trade
1,103	Manufacturing
882	Accommodation and food services
754	Food services and drinking places
663	Restaurants and other eating places
427	Furniture and related product manufacturing
425	Wholesale trade
422	Limited-service restaurants
217	Finance and insurance
180	Offices of physicians
142	Gasoline stations
128	Accommodation
128	Traveler accommodation
118	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
105	Electronic shopping and mail-order houses

In 2018 8.97% of listings in Sumter County.

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