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Sumter County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Founded
- January 1, 1800
- Named after
- Thomas Sumter
- Seat
- Sumter
- Largest community
- Sumter
- Total
- 682.09 sq mi (1,766.6 km )
- Land
- 665.08 sq mi (1,722.5 km )
- Water
- 17.01 sq mi (44.1 km ) 2.49%
- Estimate 2025
- 105,067
- Density
- 158.71/sq mi (61.279/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 5th , 6th
- Website
- www .sumtercountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Sumter
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Sumter
- Capital
- Sumter
- Population
- 105556
- Area
- 1766
- Shares border with
- Calhoun County
- Official website
- www.sumtercountysc.org
- Image
- Sumter courthouse 1369.JPG
- Households
- 41704
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- different from
- Sumter County
- Commons category
- Sumter County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Sumter County, South Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sumter County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1800-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- native label
- Sumter County
- per capita income
- 24541
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Encyclopedic overview
Sumter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,556. Its county seat is Sumter. Sumter County comprises the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC Combined Statistical Area. The county is also part of "The Midlands" area.
It is the home of Shaw AFB, headquarters to the 9th Air Force, AFCENT, United States Army Central, with a number of other tenant units. It is one of largest bases in the USAF's Air Combat Command.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumter County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.