South Sumter is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,365 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sumter, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.
Demographics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+South Sumter CDP, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|298
|202
|style='background: #ffffe6; |187
|8.86%
|8.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.40%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|3,012
|2,127
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,703
|89.51%
|88.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |85.62%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|7
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.21%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|18
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|0.53%
|0.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.41%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|30
|54
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62
|0.89%
|2.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.12%
|-
|Total
|3,365
|2,411
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,989
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census