Sumter County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 5,307 votes cast

Harris · D+41

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+41.1%	3,725	1,542	5,307
2020	D	+48.5%	4,648	1,598	6,291
2016	D	+49.6%	4,746	1,581	6,384
2012	D	+54.6%	5,421	1,586	7,027
2008	D	+50.3%	5,264	1,731	7,020
2004	D	+41.1%	4,527	1,880	6,433
2000	D	+45.8%	4,415	1,629	6,088
1996	D	+48.7%	4,706	1,561	6,456
1992	D	+42.7%	4,810	1,807	7,025
1988	D	+32.9%	4,390	2,212	6,630
1984	D	+28.4%	4,478	2,493	6,993
1980	D	+40.4%	5,015	2,104	7,199
1976	D	+22.3%	3,457	2,191	5,689
1972	D	+0.9%	2,737	2,686	5,461
1968	D	+42.3%	2,336	303	4,807
1964	R	−80.3%	0	1,653	2,058
1960	D	+9.7%	765	623	1,462
1956	D	+24.1%	981	578	1,671
1952	D	+12.0%	894	702	1,599
1948	R	−4.7%	0	52	1,113
1944	D	+90.4%	1,075	53	1,131
1940	D	+93.6%	1,404	46	1,451
1936	D	+96.6%	1,369	24	1,393
1932	D	+96.1%	1,293	26	1,319
1928	D	+68.3%	1,015	191	1,206
1924	D	+91.5%	837	28	884
1920	D	+97.0%	1,088	15	1,106
1916	D	+97.2%	770	8	784
1912	D	+95.8%	701	9	722
1908	D	+98.4%	719	3	728
1904	D	+95.7%	883	16	906
1900	D	+66.3%	1,053	204	1,281
1896	D	+10.7%	1,834	1,459	3,497
1892	D	+59.7%	3,185	781	4,026
1888	D	+42.9%	2,060	819	2,890
1884	D	+22.5%	1,525	963	2,494
1880	D	+14.4%	1,787	1,337	3,124
1876	D	+24.0%	2,234	1,370	3,604

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

54.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 35.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.2%

75–84

3.9%

5.6%

65–74

6.2%

5.3%

55–64

6.8%

3.4%

45–54

5.0%

5.5%

35–44

4.8%

3.1%

25–34

5.1%

8.9%

18–24

13.0%

7.0%

5–17

7.0%

2.7%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 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

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

26.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

20.6%

Other Christian

8.9%

Methodist

7.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

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 unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Sumter County peaked at ninety-eight points in 1908; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1968 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of forty-two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Sumter County's median household income of $33,310 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 27% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greene County and Lowndes County.

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