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Sumter County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 60 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01119

Within Alabama
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 Livingston, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
11,588
-605 (-5.0%) since 2020
Land area
903.8
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
12.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Livingston
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Livingston city
Population 3,242.

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, Alabama 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 593 by 800 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 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population11,58860th of 672,312th of 3,144
Land area903.8 sq mi14th of 67835th of 3,144
Population density12.8 per sq mi63rd of 672,469th of 3,144
Median household income$33,31065th of 673,126th 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
Population11,588Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,193Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,347Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area903.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area913.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$33,310American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$82,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,823American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,356American 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
-54
98 births, 152 deaths
Net migration
+15
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 7 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
Greene CountyAlabama80 mi7,067
Choctaw CountyAlabama29 mi11,904
Marengo CountyAlabama28 mi18,311
Kemper CountyMississippi24 mi8,600
Lauderdale CountyMississippi19 mi70,317
Pickens CountyAlabama9.8 mi18,221
Noxubee CountyMississippi4.3 mi9,798

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

All 67 counties of Alabama

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