Albany Standard

Tift County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 495 people out of the 41,148 living in Tift County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Tift County has decreased compared to the 2.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Tift County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 17,754 people who had a job during that time, 33 were employed in the Armed Forces and 17,721 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	495	2.7%
Employed	17,754	97.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	17,721	97.1%
Employed in armed forces	33	0.2%