Georgia · Census place 1372584

Sparta, Georgia

Sparta is a city in Hancock County, Georgia with an estimated 1,316 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 279th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,316
#279 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-35 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
727 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Sparta. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Sparta population, 2020 to 2024

Sparta lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,356. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sparta covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 727 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Sparta is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sparta is in

All of Sparta's residents live in Hancock County, which had 8,683 residents in 2024. Sparta holds 15.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sparta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sparta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31087. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sparta is

The Census internal point of Sparta is at 33.277900, -82.969800. Atlanta, the capital, is 87.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warrenton, GA (1,887 people), 19.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 51.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.277900, -82.969800
DMS
33°16'40.44"N 82°58'11.28"W
UTM
17N 316554.0E 3683826.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
865V72HJ+53

Daylight in Sparta

At 33.28° N, Sparta gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sparta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Warrenton, 19.7 miles away, with 1,887 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sparta, GA?

1,316 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (2.6%) from 1,351 in July 2020.

What county is Sparta in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sparta?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31087.

How far is Sparta from Atlanta?

87.9 miles (141.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Sparta.

What is the nearest larger city to Sparta?

Warrenton, GA, with 1,887 residents, 19.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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