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Sumter County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 34 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12119

Within Florida
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 Bushnell, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
157,772
+27,479 (+21.1%) since 2020
Land area
557.1
square miles. A further 3.9% of the total area is water
Population density
283
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bushnell
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Wildwood city
Population 19,436.

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, Florida 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 429 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 Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population157,77234th of 67447th of 3,144
Land area557.1 sq mi51st of 671,861st of 3,144
Population density283 per sq mi30th of 67460th of 3,144
Median household income$76,50821st of 67748th 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
Population157,772Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020130,293Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?129,752Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area557.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area579.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?283 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,508American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$385,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age68.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households70,318American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units84,068American 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
-2,071
584 births, 2,655 deaths
Net migration
+5,649
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 6 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
Lake CountyFlorida42 mi456,068
Citrus CountyFlorida29 mi171,666
Hernando CountyFlorida28 mi221,701
Marion CountyFlorida22 mi442,660
Pasco CountyFlorida11 mi674,516
Polk CountyFlorida10 mi874,790

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

All 67 counties of Florida

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