Tift County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,901 52.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,472 13.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,240 29.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 539 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,138 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 47 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 100 0.2%

• Under 18 10,273 24.8%
• 18–24 3,923 9.5%
• 25–44 11,065 26.7%
• 45–64 9,578 23.1%
• 65 and over 6,599 15.9%

Median household income

$57,048

90% interval $51,174–$62,922

−$22,864 vs GA · 87th of 159

Below poverty line

19.3%

90% interval 15.3%–23.3%

+6.5 pp vs GA · 64th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.31 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.8B

0.31% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,140

Establishments

1,206

• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,360 29.5%
• Education & health services 6,007 27.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,479 11.5%
• Manufacturing 1,882 8.7%
• Professional & business services 1,674 7.8%
• Public administration 841 3.9%
• Financial activities 721 3.3%
• Construction 687 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 382 1.8%
• Information 49 0.2%
• Other services 12 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 97.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.0%

−4.7 pp vs GA · 137th of 159

Median gross rent

$777

−$616 vs GA · 120th of 159

Owner-occupied

9,547

Renter-occupied

6,093

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $67,922/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,401/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 11,496 67.7%
• Democratic 5,438 32.0%
• Other / third-party 55 0.3%

• Spanish 4,277 11.0%
• Vietnamese 196 0.5%
• Arabic 47 0.1%
• Tagalog 34 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 33 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 26 0.1%
• Korean 10 0.0%
• Chinese 6 0.0%

Households

15,640

Family households

10,262

65.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,625

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,647

16.0% of families

Veterans

1,553

5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 16,530 40.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,412 5.8%
• Black Protestant 2,402 5.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,121 2.7%
• Catholic 652 1.6%

Health insured

85.5%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

14.5%

±1.9 pp

53rd of 159

With a disability

11.9%

±1.4 pp

145th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

21.0%

±2.3 pp

−13.9 pp vs GA · 67th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.3%

90% interval 15.7%–18.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Tifton Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

3 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)

Court seats

Ashburn, Ocilla, Sylvester, Tifton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

35.3 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7