Sumter County, Georgia

administration
Sumter County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Americus
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Sumter County Administration P.O. Box 295 Americus, Georgia, 31709-0295
Foundation :	December 16, 1831
Made up from:	Lee County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	32,819 (2010)
Population density :	26.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1276 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map

Website : www.sumter-ga.com

The Sumter County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Americus .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Georgia, about 50 miles to the west from the Alabama border and has an area of 1,276 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Macon County , Dooly County , Crisp County , Lee Counties , Terrell Counties , Webster Counties , Marion Counties, and Schley Counties .

history

Sumter County was formed on December 16, 1831 from parts of Lee County. It was named after General Thomas Sumter from North Carolina , an officer in the French Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	5759	-
1850	10,322	79.2%
1860	9428	-8.7%
1870	16,559	75.6%
1880	18,239	10.1%
1890	22,107	21.2%
1900	26,212	18.6%
1910	29.092	11%
1920	29,640	1.9%
1930	26,800	-9.6%
1940	24,502	-8.6%
1950	24.208	-1.2%
1960	24,652	1.8%
1970	26,931	9.2%
1980	29,360	9%
1990	30,228	3%
2000	33,200	9.8%
2010	32,819	-1.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site , visitor center, listed on the NRHP

Windsor Hotel Americus , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census, the then 32,819 inhabitants were distributed over 12,123 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.55 people per household. There are a total of 13,909 households.

67.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.11 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.0% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 24.6% of all households.

29.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 47.6% of the population were male and 52.4% were female.

42.2% of the population identified themselves as white, 51.8% as African-American , 0.3% as Native American and 1.3% as Asian Americans . 3.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 5.2% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

The average annual income per household was 33,534 USD , while 33.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.