Tift County, Georgia (GA)

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• • 22,19252.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 11,98128.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,46313.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,7044.1%Two or more races
  • 4821.1%Asian alone
  • 610.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 460.1%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $213,083

Here:	$213,083
State:	$376,364

Townhouses or other attached units: $264,074

Here:	$264,074
State:	$341,709

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $644,727

Here:	$644,727
State:	$370,730

Mobile homes: $60,344

Here:	$60,344
State:	$102,413

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $63,671

Here:	$63,671
State:	$86,124

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 16
• Assaults: 112
• Burglaries: 100
• Thefts: 357
• Auto thefts: 72

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 14
• Assaults: 156
• Burglaries: 119
• Thefts: 405
• Auto thefts: 68

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,569 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,060 (0.9%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Tift County is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $475 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $607 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tifton, Brookfield, Oak Ridge, Chula, Unionville, Omega, Phillipsburg, Ty Ty.

Neighboring counties: Atkinson County , Covington County, Alabama , Coke County, Texas , Winn Parish, Louisiana , Lee County , Jeff Davis County, Texas , Tyler County, Texas .

Current college students: 2,390
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,244 (25.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4382010 or later
• 8672000 to 2009
• 6721990 to 1999
• 4551980 to 1989
• 1421970 to 1979
• 57Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,705
• One, attached: 102
• Two: 828
• 3 or 4: 1,029
• 5 to 9: 737
• 10 to 19: 192
• 20 to 49: 241
• 50 or more: 107
• Mobile homes: 3,813
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 61

Housing units in Tift County with a mortgage: 5,691 (307 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 227 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67

Religion statistics for Tift County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Tift County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Georgia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4501, Natural disaster type: Other
• Georgia Hurricane Michael, Incident Period: October 9, 2018 - October 23, 2018, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4400-GA: October 14, 2018, FEMA Id: 4400, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Georgia Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: March 26, 2009 to April 13, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1833: April 23, 2009, FEMA Id: 1833, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Georgia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 27, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3218: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3218, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Georgia Tropical Storm Frances, Incident Period: September 03, 2004 to October 30, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1560: September 24, 2004, FEMA Id: 1560, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Georgia Tornadoes, Incident Period: February 14, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1315: February 15, 2000, FEMA Id: 1315, Natural disaster type: Tornado
• Georgia Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 1998 to May 11, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1209: March 11, 1998, FEMA Id: 1209, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Georgia Heavy Rains, Tornadoes, Flooding, High Winds, Incident Period: October 01, 1994 to November 16, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1042: October 19, 1994, FEMA Id: 1042, Natural disaster type: Tornado, Flood, Wind, Heavy Rain
• Georgia Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3097: March 15, 1993, FEMA Id: 3097, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
• Georgia Drought, Incident Period: July 20, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3044: July 20, 1977, FEMA Id: 3044, Natural disaster type: Drought
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.10% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($46,618 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.06% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($28,581 average AGI)
2.04% relocated from other states ($18,037 average AGI)

Tift County:	2.04%
Georgia average:	3.80%

from Berrien County, GA	0.46% ($33,594 average AGI)
from Colquitt County, GA	0.42% ($29,414)
from Worth County, GA	0.39% ($43,000)
from Cook County, GA	0.32% ($34,568)
from Turner County, GA	0.31% ($39,349)
from Lowndes County, GA	0.30% ($31,976)
from Irwin County, GA	0.24% ($46,273)

7.29% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($52,938 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.33% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($28,521 average AGI)
1.96% relocated to other states ($24,417 average AGI)

Tift County:	1.96%
Georgia average:	3.15%

to Berrien County, GA	0.53% ($40,959 average AGI)
to Worth County, GA	0.43% ($39,847)
to Cook County, GA	0.42% ($34,293)
to Turner County, GA	0.37% ($27,725)
to Colquitt County, GA	0.36% ($37,720)
to Lowndes County, GA	0.30% ($33,805)
to Irwin County, GA	0.29% ($34,500)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Tift County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 7,248 (1,888 living alone), Female householders: 8,655 (2,714 living alone)

• 6,841 spouses (6,746 opposite-sex spouses), 839 unmarried partners, (807 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,760 children (11,306 natural, 204 adopted, 242 stepchildren), 1,718 grandchildren, 674 brothers or sisters, 403 parents, 21 foster children, 810 other relatives, 1,103 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,932

Size of family households: 4,537 2-persons, 2,310 3-persons, 2,282 4-persons, 714 5-persons, 491 6-persons, 179 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,599 1-person, 585 2-persons, 175 3-persons, 9 4-persons.

4,710 married couples with children.
4,003 single-parent households (1,123 men, 2,880 women).

87.4% of residents of Tift speak English at home.
10.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (21% speak English well, 69% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $215,191,000 ($5,356 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,202,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $84,615,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,759,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,368,000
Federal grants: $61,638,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,549,000 ($122,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $12,263,000 ($1,091,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $455,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $10,386,000
Federal Government insurance: $28,799,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.58 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Tift County, Georgia
• 1992020 or later
• 1,6882010 to 2019
• 2,3602000 to 2009
• 3,1061990 to 1999
• 2,4531980 to 1989
• 3,2591970 to 1979
• 1,1221960 to 1969
• 1,4811950 to 1959
• 1,0741940 to 1949
• 5571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Tift County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Tift County, Georgia
• 251 room
• 02 rooms
• 793 rooms
• 3864 rooms
• 1,0995 rooms
• 1,5626 rooms
• 3,8507 rooms
• 1,2658 rooms
• 1,5109+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Tift County, Georgia
• 671 room
• 1372 rooms
• 8193 rooms
• 1,2854 rooms
• 1,4775 rooms
• 5506 rooms
• 1,1967 rooms
• 2268 rooms
• 799+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Tift County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Tift County, Georgia
• 28no bedroom
• 121 bedroom
• 8182 bedrooms
• 6,7263 bedrooms
• 1,8434 bedrooms
• 3985+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Tift County, Georgia
• 68no bedroom
• 7411 bedroom
• 2,5222 bedrooms
• 2,4073 bedrooms
• 2354 bedrooms
• 135+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Tift County, Georgia in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Tift County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 313no vehicle
• 2,6921 vehicle
• 4,4632 vehicles
• 1,6073 vehicles
• 7184 vehicles
• 1465+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Tift County in renter-occupied apartments
• 935no vehicle
• 3,1901 vehicle
• 1,3202 vehicles
• 3623 vehicles
• 1034 vehicles
• 105+ vehicles

92.8% of Tift County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Georgia.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 32,283
• Other state: 6,905
• Northeast: 973
• Midwest: 949
• South: 4,418
• West: 565

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,445
• Number of aged recipients: 205
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,240
• Number of recipients under 18: 247
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 796
• Number of recipients older than 64: 402
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 655
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 564