Sparks is a town in Cook County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,052 at the 2010 census, and 2,043 in 2020. The community was named after W.B. Sparks, the president of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sparks as a town in 1888.
Geography
Sparks is located near the center of Cook County at . It is bordered on the south by the city of Adel, the county seat. U.S. Route 41 passes through the center of the town as Goodman Street. Interstate 75 runs through the west side of the town, with access from Exit 41. Tifton is to the north, and Valdosta is to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Sparks has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.64%, is water.<br> 1850-1870 1870-1880<br> 1890-1910 1920-1930<br> 1940 1950 1960<br> 1970 1980 1990<br> 2000 2010
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Sparks had a population of 2,043. The median age was 33.3 years. 31.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 88.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 80.3 males age 18 and over.
86.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 13.2% lived in rural areas.
There were 686 households in Sparks, of which 43.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 31.5% were married-couple households, 20.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 39.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|White (non-Hispanic)
|634
|31.03%
|-
|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|1,149
|56.24%
|-
|Native American
|2
|0.1%
|-
|Asian
|3
|0.15%
|-
|Pacific Islander
|1
|0.05%
|-
|Other/Mixed
|60
|2.94%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|194
|9.5%
|}