Tift County
Also known as Tift County, Georgia, Tift County, GA
county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- August 17, 1905 ; 121 years ago ( 1905 )
- Named after
- Nelson Tift
- Seat
- Tifton
- Largest city
- Tifton
- Total
- 269 sq mi (700 km )
- Land
- 259 sq mi (670 km )
- Water
- 9.9 sq mi (26 km ) 3.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,254
- Density
- 160/sq mi (62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Tift County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,344. The county seat is Tifton.
Tift County comprises the Tifton, Georgia micropolitan statistical area.