Tift County Paper

I didn't have a reason for choosing Tift County. I don't know anybody who lives in Tift County. I'm not even sure if I've ever been to Tift County. I don't know anyone in my family who has ever visited Tift County. According to the 1990 Census there were 34,998 people who lived in Tift County. Between the years 1990 and 1995 6.7% of the 8th to 12th graders living in Tift dropped out of school. Georgia's state average was 7.6% for the same time period. Tift County spent and average of $3317 on each student on each student between 1990 and 1994. This average is lower than the states average of $4002 on each student. Tift County's crime index rating is 12 out of Georgia's 159 counties. 84% of these crimes were nonviolent. 16% of these crimes were violent. In 1992 51% of the adult population in Tift County were registered to vote. This is lower than Georigia's state average of 67%. Of that 51% 76% voted in the 1992 general election. This percentage is higher than Georgia's state average of 73%. Tift County's government is made up of a seven member board of commissioners with a chairman elected by the voters in Tift County.