Sumter County, Florida

2024 results by precinct

30 precincts · 105,201 votes cast

Trump · R+38

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−37.6%	32,540	72,130	105,201
2020	R	−36.1%	29,341	62,761	92,485
2016	R	−39.3%	22,638	52,730	76,665
2012	R	−34.9%	19,524	40,646	60,479
2008	R	−27.0%	17,655	30,866	48,868
2004	R	−25.8%	11,584	19,800	31,842
2000	R	−11.2%	9,637	12,127	22,261
1996	D	+6.9%	7,017	5,960	15,400
1992	D	+5.4%	5,027	4,366	12,329
1988	R	−20.6%	3,900	5,936	9,896
1984	R	−28.8%	3,461	6,255	9,717
1980	D	+8.6%	4,380	3,671	8,267
1976	D	+35.4%	4,721	2,212	7,090
1972	R	−53.7%	1,107	3,695	4,817
1968	D	+7.2%	1,277	910	5,066
1964	D	+16.1%	2,259	1,631	3,890
1960	D	+34.1%	2,279	1,120	3,399
1956	D	+37.4%	2,329	1,061	3,390
1952	D	+36.7%	2,277	1,054	3,331
1948	D	+53.9%	1,411	251	2,152
1944	D	+73.9%	1,838	276	2,114
1940	D	+80.8%	2,382	253	2,635
1936	D	+40.3%	1,724	734	2,458
1932	D	+77.1%	2,138	276	2,414
1928	R	−11.7%	909	1,152	2,072
1924	D	+55.0%	481	108	678
1920	D	+60.8%	921	219	1,155
1916	D	+71.2%	599	70	743
1912	D	+70.8%	417	22	558
1908	D	+57.1%	343	62	492
1904	D	+51.0%	316	61	500
1900	D	+69.0%	343	53	420
1896	D	+67.0%	524	89	649
1892	D	+59.3%	444	0	749
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+36.4%	1,125	524	1,649
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

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

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 68.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

2.5%

85+

2.6%

11.4%

75–84

11.5%

13.3%

65–74

16.5%

6.2%

55–64

7.7%

3.9%

45–54

2.9%

4.0%

35–44

2.3%

3.2%

25–34

2.1%

1.5%

18–24

1.3%

2.7%

5–17

2.6%

0.8%

1.1%

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

Median household income

2024 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

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.7%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

12.4%

Methodist

5.1%

Baptist

4.5%

Other Christian

4.0%

Mainline Protestant

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

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 unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Sumter County peaked at eighty-one points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eleven points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Sumter County's median household income of $76,508 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. 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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