Georgia · Census place 1372556

Sparks, Georgia

Sparks is a town in Cook County, Georgia with an estimated 2,068 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 238th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,068; #238 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020: +0.5%; +10 people
Land area: 4.0 sq mi; + 0.17 sq mi water
Density: 521 / sq mi; State median 1,234

Orange pin: Sparks. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Sparks population, 2020 to 2024

Sparks added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,059. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sparks covers 3.97 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 521 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Sparks is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sparks is in

All of Sparks's residents live in Cook County, which had 17,984 residents in 2024. Sparks holds 11.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sparks

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sparks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 31647. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sparks is

The Census internal point of Sparks is at 31.169000, -83.441200. Atlanta, the capital, is 186.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Adel, GA (5,752 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 69.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 31.169000, -83.441200
DMS: 31°10'8.40"N 83°26'28.32"W
UTM: 17N 267327.3E 3450898.0N
Geohash: djs9m4pux
Plus code: 863R5H95+JG

Daylight in Sparks

At 31.17° N, Sparks gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sparks

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Adel, 3.2 miles away, with 5,752 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sparks, GA?

2,068 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.5%) from 2,058 in July 2020.

What county is Sparks in?

Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sparks?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31647.

How far is Sparks from Atlanta?

186.6 miles (300.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Sparks.

What is the nearest larger city to Sparks?

Adel, GA, with 5,752 residents, 3.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.