Spalding County, Georgia

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.^[2] The county seat is Griffin.^[3][1] The county was created December 20, 1851, and named for former United States representative and senator Thomas Spalding.^[4]

Not to be confused with Paulding County, Georgia or Spalding, Georgia.

Spalding County
County
Spalding County Courthouse in Griffin
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Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 33°16′N 84°17′W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	1851; 174 years ago (1851)
Named after	Thomas Spalding
Seat	Griffin
Largest city	Griffin
Area
• Total	200 sq mi (500 km2)
• Land	196 sq mi (510 km2)
• Water	3.1 sq mi (8 km2)  1.6%
Population  (2020)
• Total	67,306[1]
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	spaldingcounty.com

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 200 square miles (520 km²), of which 196 square miles (510 km²) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km²) (1.6%) is water.^[5] 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.^[6]

Major highways

• Interstate 75
• U.S. Route 19
• 
  U.S. Route 19 Business
• U.S. Route 41
• 
  U.S. Route 41 Business
• State Route 3
• State Route 7
• State Route 16
• State Route 92
• State Route 155
• State Route 362
• 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

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1860	8,699		—
1870	10,205		17.3%
1880	12,585		23.3%
1890	13,117		4.2%
1900	17,619		34.3%
1910	19,741		12.0%
1920	21,908		11.0%
1930	23,495		7.2%
1940	28,427		21.0%
1950	31,045		9.2%
1960	35,404		14.0%
1970	39,514		11.6%
1980	47,899		21.2%
1990	54,457		13.7%
2000	58,417		7.3%
2010	64,073		9.7%
2020	67,306		5.0%
2023 (est.)	69,946	[7]	3.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1880[9] 1890-1910[10] 1920-1930[11] 1930-1940[12] 1940-1950[13] 1960-1980[14] 1980-2000[15] 2010[2] 2020[1]

Spalding County racial composition as of 2020^[16]

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	37,105	55.13%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	23,148	34.39%
Native American	154	0.23%
Asian	640	0.95%
Pacific Islander	23	0.03%
Other/Mixed	2,570	3.82%
Hispanic or Latino	3,666	5.45%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 67,306 people, 25,339 households, and 16,563 families residing in the county.

Education

The Griffin-Spalding County School District has 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 4 complementary programs.

Politics

Spalding County is solidly Republican at the presidential level having last voted for a Democrat in 1980 when it voted for Jimmy Carter. Since then, the closest a Democrat has come to winning Spalding County was in 1992, when Bill Clinton lost to George H. W. Bush by 5.6 percent.

United States presidential election results for Spalding County, Georgia^[17]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party(ies)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2024	19,184	57.77%	13,679	41.19%	345	1.04%
2020	18,104	59.91%	11,828	39.14%	287	0.95%
2016	15,646	60.58%	9,357	36.23%	823	3.19%
2012	14,911	59.31%	9,898	39.37%	330	1.31%
2008	14,885	58.85%	10,141	40.09%	269	1.06%
2004	13,461	63.99%	7,460	35.46%	115	0.55%
2000	9,271	60.24%	5,831	37.89%	289	1.88%
1996	7,376	50.74%	6,017	41.39%	1,143	7.86%
1992	7,262	46.15%	6,392	40.63%	2,080	13.22%
1988	7,730	63.68%	4,318	35.57%	90	0.74%
1984	8,571	63.73%	4,878	36.27%	0	0.00%
1980	4,809	39.00%	7,176	58.19%	346	2.81%
1976	3,739	33.00%	7,593	67.00%	0	0.00%
1972	7,183	80.84%	1,702	19.16%	0	0.00%
1968	3,077	28.03%	2,949	26.86%	4,953	45.11%
1964	4,763	46.56%	5,466	53.44%	0	0.00%
1960	1,753	28.37%	4,426	71.63%	0	0.00%
1956	1,458	23.10%	4,853	76.90%	0	0.00%
1952	1,249	19.08%	5,296	80.92%	0	0.00%
1948	506	10.94%	3,441	74.38%	679	14.68%
1944	217	7.18%	2,805	92.79%	1	0.03%
1940	197	6.11%	3,022	93.76%	4	0.12%
1936	36	1.44%	2,457	98.28%	7	0.28%
1932	54	2.40%	2,185	97.07%	12	0.53%
1928	412	19.20%	1,734	80.80%	0	0.00%
1924	75	5.28%	1,257	88.52%	88	6.20%
1920	181	17.90%	830	82.10%	0	0.00%
1916	41	3.99%	835	81.23%	152	14.79%
1912	26	3.22%	736	91.20%	45	5.58%

See also

• State of Georgia portal

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