# 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. 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 200 square miles (520 km$^2$), of which 196 square miles (510 km$^2$) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km$^2$) (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

* 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)
* Sunny Side

### Town

* Orchard Hill

### Census-designated places

* East Griffin
* Experiment

## Demographics

Spalding County racial composition as of 2020 :
| 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 been 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 :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | 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% |