Spalding County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,306. The county seat is Griffin. The county was created December 20, 1851, and named for former United States representative and senator Thomas Spalding.

Spalding County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water. The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state.

The western portion of Spalding County, west of a line from Sunny Side through Griffin to Orchard Hill, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern part of the county is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.

Major highways

  • 20px Interstate 75
  • 20px U.S. Route 19
  • 20px<br />20px U.S. Route 19 Business
  • 20px U.S. Route 41
  • 20px<br />20px U.S. Route 41 Business
  • 20px State Route 3
  • 20px State Route 7
  • 20px State Route 16
  • 20px State Route 92
  • 23px State Route 155
  • 23px State Route 362
  • 23px State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)

Adjacent counties

  • Henry County (northeast)
  • Butts County (east)
  • Lamar County (southeast)
  • Pike County (southwest)
  • Meriwether County (west)
  • Coweta County (west)
  • Fayette County (northwest)
  • Clayton County (northwest)

Communities

Cities

  • Griffin (county seat)

Town

  • Orchard Hill

Census-designated places

  • East Griffin
  • Experiment
  • Heron Bay (partly in Henry County)
  • Sunny Side (formerly a city)

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Spalding County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 1980

!Pop 1990

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020

!% 1980

!% 1990

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|34,559

|38,057

|38,435

|38,986

|style='background: #ffffe6; |37,105

|72.15%

|69.88%

|65.79%

|60.85%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |55.13%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|12,760

|15,750

|18,076

|20,937

|style='background: #ffffe6; |23,148

|26.64%

|28.92%

|30.94%

|32.68%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |34.39%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|56

|88

|121

|153

|style='background: #ffffe6; |154

|0.12%

|0.16%

|0.21%

|0.24%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|95

|233

|388

|567

|style='background: #ffffe6; |640

|0.20%

|0.43%

|0.66%

|0.88%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.95%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|x

|x

|10

|30

|style='background: #ffffe6; |23

|x

|x

|0.02%

|0.05%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|11

|13

|39

|79

|style='background: #ffffe6; |247

|0.02%

|0.02%

|0.07%

|0.12%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.37%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|x

|x

|401

|870

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,323

|x

|x

|0.69%

|1.36%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.45%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|418

|316

|947

|2,451

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,666

|0.87%

|0.58%

|1.62%

|3.83%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.45%

|-

|Total

|47,899

|54,457

|58,417

|64,073

|style='background: #ffffe6; |67,306

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 67,306, 25,726 households, and 16,563 families.

The median age was 40.4 years. 22.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88.8 males age 18 and over. 59.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 40.7% lived in rural areas.

There were 25,726 households in the county, of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 33.0% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. For elections to the Georgia House of Representatives, Spalding County is divided between districts 82 and 135.

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See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Spalding County, Georgia
  • List of counties in Georgia

References

  • County website
  • Spalding County Genealogy
  • Doc Holliday (John Henry Holliday) Biography and Photos