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Tift County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 51 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13277

Within Georgia
Tift County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Tifton, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
42,254
+872 (+2.1%) since 2020
Land area
260.9
square miles. A further 2.9% of the total area is water
Population density
162
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tifton
Seat of county government.
Established
1905
120 years ago
Largest city
Tifton city
Population 17,595.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Tift County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Tift County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 779 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Tift County ranks

Position among the 159 counties of Georgia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn GeorgiaNationally
Population42,25451st of 1591,150th of 3,144
Land area260.9 sq mi115th of 1592,885th of 3,144
Population density162 per sq mi42nd of 159662nd of 3,144
Median household income$53,255104th of 1592,579th of 3,143

Full data for Tift County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population42,254Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202041,382Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?41,352Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area260.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area268.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?162 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,255American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$165,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,640American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,751American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+167
627 births, 460 deaths
Net migration
+67
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Tift County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Worth CountyGeorgia18 mi20,059
Irwin CountyGeorgia16 mi9,020
Berrien CountyGeorgia14 mi18,932
Turner CountyGeorgia11 mi8,983
Colquitt CountyGeorgia8.4 mi47,438
Cook CountyGeorgia6.0 mi18,232

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.