† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupTiftonGeorgiaUnited States
American23.5%7.6%5.3%
English6.7%10.3%9.5%
Irish4.6%6.9%9.4%
German3.1%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.4%1.7%1.3%
Italian0.7%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Canadian0.5%——
African American†33.6%27.4%9.9%
Haitian0.5%0.4%0.3%
African0.2%0.8%0.5%
Mexican13.1%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Salvadoran0.3%0.5%0.7%
Vietnamese0.9%0.6%0.6%
Asian Indian0.4%1.6%1.4%
Indonesian0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Tifton
Georgia
United States
Median age
34.8
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
11.0%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tifton
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$45,298
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.5%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.1%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tifton
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.9%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
11.9%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tifton
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Tifton, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−11.7%
2008
−6.0%
2012
−15.6%
2016
−20.6%
2020
−15.0%
2024
−17.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
41.2%Harris2,517
58.5%Trump3,577
0.3%
R+17.3
R+2.3
R+15.9
6,112
R
41.9%Biden2,475
56.9%Trump3,363
1.3%
R+15.0
D+5.6
R+19.5
5,912
R
38.8%Clinton2,008
59.4%Trump3,076
1.8%
R+20.6
R+5.0
R+22.7
5,178
R
41.9%Obama2,201
57.4%Romney3,021
0.7%
R+15.6
R+9.6
R+19.4
5,259
R
46.1%Obama1,954
52.1%McCain2,208
1.9%
R+6.0
D+5.8
R+13.3
4,241
R
44.1%Kerry1,613
55.8%Bush2,043
0.1%
R+11.7
—
R+9.3
3,660
Tifton anchors Tift County's agricultural economy and has voted Republican by double-digit margins in recent statewide cycles, reflecting the broader rural-south Georgia pattern where commodity farming communities align closely with conservative candidates.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 20.6 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.3 points.
A population of 17,210, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,298 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Texarkana and Jasper.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Tifton, Georgia voted Republican by 17.3 points (R+17.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,112 votes cast, 2,517 went Democratic and 3,577 went Republican.
How many people live in Tifton, Georgia?
Tifton, Georgia has a population of 17,210 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tifton, Georgia?
Median household income in Tifton, Georgia is $45,298 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Tifton, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Tifton, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
