Jury Pool Profile

Tift County, Georgia

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 41,322
Median household income: $53,165
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,623 57.2%
Black or African American alone 11,996 29.0%
Asian alone 464 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 303 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,266 3.1%
Two or more races 3,669 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,334 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 10,375 25.1%
18–24 3,803 9.2%
25–44 10,925 26.4%
45–64 9,815 23.8%
65 and over 6,404 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,544
Establishments: 1,212

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 6,371 28.9%
Education & health services 6,227 28.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,510 11.4%
Manufacturing 1,848 8.4%
Professional & business services 1,833 8.3%
Public administration 844 3.8%
Financial activities 704 3.2%
Construction 695 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 436 2.0%
Other services 328 1.5%
Information 170 0.8%
Unclassified 42 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.0%
Median gross rent: $799
Owner-occupied: 9,483
Renter-occupied: 6,058

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,989 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,264 11.0%
Vietnamese 169 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 127 0.3%
Other Indo-European 84 0.2%
Tagalog 44 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.1%
German 30 0.1%
Arabic 25 0.1%
Korean 16 0.0%
Other 13 0.0%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,541
Family households: 10,295; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,371
Single-mother households: 1,785
Veterans: 1,761; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.0%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 22.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023