Poverty Rate in Sumter County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.6%
Rank #2,227/3,222 · #20 in SC
31th
Sumter 16.6%
SC 14.1% +17.6%
US 12.6% +31.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Sumter County's poverty rate of 16.6% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Sumter County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,224 | Garden County, NE | 16.5% |
| #2,225 | Pendleton County, WV | 16.6% |
| #2,226 | Haskell County, TX | 16.6% |
| #2,227 | Sumter County, SC | 16.6% |
| #2,228 | Scott County, IN | 16.6% |
| #2,229 | Erath County, TX | 16.6% |
| #2,230 | Fall River County, SD | 16.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Sumter County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 16.6%, ranking #2,227 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 31.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #20 of 46. This places it in the 31th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.