Language Spoken At Home in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 37,483 | 100% |
English only | 33,089 | 88.3% |
Language other than English | 4,394 | 11.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,984 | 5.3% |
Spanish | 3,768 | 10.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,704 | 4.5% |
Other Indo-European languages | 276 | 0.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 64 | 0.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 335 | 0.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 201 | 0.5% |
Other languages | 15 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 15 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 40,430 | 100% |
American | 7,720 | 19.1% |
Arab | 21 | 0.1% |
Czech | 65 | 0.2% |
Danish | 15 | 0.0% |
Dutch | 240 | 0.6% |
English | 2,991 | 7.4% |
French (except Basque) | 453 | 1.1% |
French Canadian | 48 | 0.1% |
German | 2,014 | 5.0% |
Greek | 33 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 7 | 0.0% |
Irish | 3,755 | 9.3% |
Italian | 391 | 1.0% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.0% |
Polish | 136 | 0.3% |
Portuguese | 84 | 0.2% |
Russian | 30 | 0.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 388 | 1.0% |
Scottish | 634 | 1.6% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 247 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 17 | 0.0% |
Swiss | 5 | 0.0% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 49 | 0.1% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 49 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 13,759 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 9,377 | 68.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,455 | 32.4% |
Married-couple family | 6,385 | 46.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,645 | 19.2% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 696 | 5.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 348 | 2.5% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 2,296 | 16.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,462 | 10.6% |
Nonfamily households | 4,382 | 31.8% |
Householder living alone | 3,868 | 28.1% |
65 years and over | 1,401 | 10.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 4,999 | 36.3% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 3,527 | 25.6% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 38,916 | 100% |
Householder | 13,759 | 35.4% |
Spouse | 6,336 | 16.3% |
Child | 13,404 | 34.4% |
Other relatives | 3,614 | 9.3% |
Nonrelatives | 1,803 | 4.6% |
Unmarried partner | 711 | 1.8% |
Marital Status in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 15,042 | 100% |
Never married | 5,477 | 36.4% |
Now married, except separated | 7,178 | 47.7% |
Separated | 280 | 1.9% |
Widowed | 407 | 2.7% |
Divorced | 1,700 | 11.3% |
Females 15 years and over | 16,736 | 100% |
Never married | 5,382 | 32.2% |
Now married, except separated | 6,664 | 39.8% |
Separated | 600 | 3.6% |
Widowed | 1,964 | 11.7% |
Divorced | 2,126 | 12.7% |
Fertility in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 752 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 425 | 56.5% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 70 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 74 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 19 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 170 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 2 | 0% |
Grandparents in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,088 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 557 | 51.2% |
Less than 1 year | 56 | 5.1% |
1 or 2 years | 156 | 14.3% |
3 or 4 years | 85 | 7.8% |
5 or more years | 260 | 23.9% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 557 | 100% |
Who are female | 334 | 60.0% |
Who are married | 417 | 74.9% |
School Enrollment in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 12,001 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 898 | 7.5% |
Kindergarten | 637 | 5.3% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 4,590 | 38.2% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 2,347 | 19.6% |
College or graduate school | 3,529 | 29.4% |
Educational Attainment in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 25,002 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 2,330 | 9.3% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 3,535 | 14.1% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 7,704 | 30.8% |
Some college, no degree | 5,108 | 20.4% |
Associate's degree | 2,039 | 8.2% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,421 | 9.7% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,865 | 7.5% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 76.5% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 17.1% |
Veteran Status in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 30,094 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,166 | 7.2% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 39,873 | 100% |
With a disability | 5,668 | 14.2% |
Under 18 years | 10,321 | 100% |
With a disability | 396 | 3.8% |
18 to 64 years | 24,537 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,177 | 12.9% |
65 years and over | 5,015 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,095 | 41.8% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 39,821 | 100% |
Same house | 33,949 | 85.3% |
Different house in the U.S. | 5,655 | 14.2% |
Same county | 3,349 | 8.4% |
Different county | 2,306 | 5.8% |
Same state | 1,647 | 4.1% |
Different state | 659 | 1.7% |
Abroad | 217 | 0.5% |
Place Of Birth in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 40,430 | 100% |
Native | 38,217 | 94.5% |
Born in United States | 38,054 | 94.1% |
State of residence | 30,009 | 74.2% |
Different state | 8,045 | 19.9% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 163 | 0.4% |
Foreign born | 2,213 | 5.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 2,213 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 516 | 23.3% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,697 | 76.7% |
Year of Entry in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 2,376 | 100% |
Native | 163 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 163 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 2,213 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 11 | 0.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 2,202 | 99.5% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Tift County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 2,213 | 100% |
Europe | 57 | 2.6% |
Asia | 388 | 17.5% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 1,748 | 79.0% |
Northern America | 20 | 0.9% |