Rank

1396of 3,144

Sumter, Florida

Score 6.39 / 10· population 151,565

Sumter County grew 23.6% between the 2020 Census and April 2026, to 160,413 people, with new homes in The Villages and apartments in Wildwood. The Villages is a 55+ community with five town squares and over 3,000 organized activities a week, and 57% of county residents were 65 or older in 2023. For 2020-2022, County Health Rankings put the county's life expectancy at 78.4 years, three-tenths of a year above the state's.

Sources
  • A University of Florida April 1, 2026 estimate put Sumter County at 160,413, up 23.6 percent from 129,752 since the 2020 Census villages-news.com
  • Single-family home-building in the Villages of Southern Oaks and apartment construction in Wildwood fueled Sumter County's population increase villages-news.com
  • The Villages describes itself as a 55+ community thevillages.com
  • The Villages has five town squares (Brownwood Paddock Square, Eastport, Lake Sumter Landing Market Square, Spanish Springs Town Square, Sawgrass Grove) and over 3,000 organized activities every week thevillages.com
  • 57.1% of Sumter County residents were 65 or older (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Life expectancy 78.4 years in Sumter County and 78.1 years in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Data years for the County Health Rankings 2025 release: life expectancy 2020-2022 (NCHS natality and mortality files); % 65 and older 2023 (Census Population Estimates Program) countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.9
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.2
  2. Life expectancy9.0
  3. Government employees7.6
  4. Single-parent households2.5

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