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Sumter County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 68 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13261

Within Georgia
Sumter County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Americus, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
28,801
-717 (-2.4%) since 2020
Land area
482.9
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
59.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Americus
Seat of county government.
Established
1831
194 years ago
Largest city
Americus city
Population 15,617.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Sumter County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Sumter County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 659 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Sumter County ranks

Position among the 159 counties of Georgia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn GeorgiaNationally
Population28,80168th of 1591,484th of 3,144
Land area482.9 sq mi29th of 1592,145th of 3,144
Population density59.6 per sq mi87th of 1591,312th of 3,144
Median household income$42,653147th of 1593,011th of 3,143

Full data for Sumter County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,801Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202029,518Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?29,614Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area482.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area492.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?59.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,653American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$120,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,986American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,514American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-20
360 births, 380 deaths
Net migration
-280
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Sumter County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Lee CountyGeorgia27 mi34,179
Schley CountyGeorgia21 mi4,593
Dooly CountyGeorgia16 mi11,156
Macon CountyGeorgia14 mi11,756
Webster CountyGeorgia12 mi2,369
Terrell CountyGeorgia12 mi8,656
Crisp CountyGeorgia10 mi19,237
Marion CountyGeorgia2.2 mi7,676

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.