Sumter, SC Metro Area
The Sumter, SC metro area is one county in South Carolina: Sumter County. About 105,067 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.5% fewer than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 105,067 0.5% fewer than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Sumter County
- Land area
- 665 sq mi (1,723 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- South Carolina
- Combined statistical area
- Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC
- CBSA code
- 44940
The county in the Sumter, SC metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumter County | Central | 105,067 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Sumter43,053 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:
- Columbia, SC Metro Area879,918 people
- Orangeburg, SC Micro Area83,177 people
- Newberry, SC Micro Area39,561 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Columbia, SC Metro Area30 mi west
- Florence, SC Metro Area38 mi northeast
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