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Spalding County, Georgia

Spalding County had 70,292 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 196.0 square miles of land. It ranks 36th of 159 in Georgia by population and 140th by land area.

Population
70,292
#36 of 159 in Georgia · #786 in US
Area
196.0 sq mi
#140 of 159 in Georgia · #3,002 in US
Density
359 / sq mi
#26 of 159 in Georgia · #378 in US
Median household income
$56,834
#73 of 159 in Georgia · #2,153 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Spalding County within Georgia. Pin: Atlanta.

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Spalding County population, land area and income

Spalding County had 70,292 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 196.0 square miles of land. It ranks 36th of 159 in Georgia by population and 140th by land area. That works out to 358.7 people per square mile, 3.7 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Georgia has 24,275 residents, so Spalding County is 2.9 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,834 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

70,292

3144th1st

786th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

196 sq mi

3144th1st

3002nd of 3,144 (US)

Density

358.7 / sq mi

3144th1st

378th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$56,834

3143rd1st

2153rd of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Georgia (159)

Population

70,292

159th1st

36th of 159 (GA)

Land area

196 sq mi

159th1st

140th of 159 (GA)

Density

358.7 / sq mi

159th1st

26th of 159 (GA)

Median household income

$56,834

159th1st

73rd of 159 (GA)

How Spalding County's population changed since 2020

Spalding County gained 2,827 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.2%. That ranks 59th of 159 in Georgia for growth. The median Georgia county changed by +2.3%, and the state as a whole by +4.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Spalding County recorded 3,628 births and 4,134 deaths, a natural change of -506. Net international migration added +344 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +3,030. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 3,030 people.

67.5k202067.7k202169.0k202270.0k202370.3k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
3,628
Deaths
4,134
Net international migration
+344
Net domestic migration
+3,030
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+300

Where Spalding County is

The Census internal point of Spalding County is at 33.262300, -84.284900. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Georgia's 159 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Spalding County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Echols County: -0.6%Wilcox County: +1.3%Polk County: +3.9%Bacon County: -0.6%Webster County: -1.6%Sumter County: -1.9%Jenkins County: +2.0%Gilmer County: +6.1%Murray County: +3.3%Glascock County: +4.0%Fayette County: +4.7%Rockdale County: +4.3%Clay County: -0.5%Dodge County: -1.6%Lamar County: +11.5%Monroe County: +12.0%Jasper County: +17.4%Stephens County: +2.5%Laurens County: +1.5%Johnson County: -0.1%Heard County: +5.9%Bibb County: +0.0%Cook County: +4.3%Schley County: -0.8%Chattooga County: +1.5%Crawford County: +2.0%Dade County: -1.0%Miller County: -2.8%Turner County: +0.4%Cherokee County: +9.5%Lanier County: +5.4%Haralson County: +7.9%Morgan County: +8.6%Towns County: +5.0%Bulloch County: +6.9%Ben Hill County: -1.3%Colquitt County: +2.3%Irwin County: -5.1%Coffee County: +1.8%Gordon County: +5.3%Butts County: +6.2%Franklin County: +7.4%Tift County: +0.8%Atkinson County: +1.5%Marion County: +1.4%Clinch County: +2.2%Madison County: +8.2%Putnam County: +5.5%Greene County: +10.8%Warren County: -1.2%Newton County: +9.8%Union County: +11.3%Forsyth County: +10.7%Baldwin County: -0.3%Seminole County: +1.5%Berrien County: +2.9%Habersham County: +7.6%Burke County: -0.7%Henry County: +7.2%Charlton County: +3.9%Brantley County: +4.2%Liberty County: +5.0%Lowndes County: +3.1%Douglas County: +5.0%Telfair County: -11.7%Randolph County: -4.4%Dooly County: +0.2%Baker County: -4.1%Banks County: +12.0%Catoosa County: +1.4%Walker County: +2.4%Paulding County: +11.2%Twiggs County: -3.5%Candler County: +0.9%Fulton County: +2.0%Elbert County: +2.5%Cobb County: +2.8%Lee County: +2.6%Houston County: +6.4%DeKalb County: +0.7%Taylor County: -0.5%Richmond County: -0.1%Fannin County: +1.6%Decatur County: +0.2%Dougherty County: -3.2%Pulaski County: +3.1%Bartow County: +7.5%Screven County: +1.7%Quitman County: +4.5%Taliaferro County: +4.0%Tattnall County: -0.2%Pierce County: +4.7%Ware County: -0.0%Toombs County: +1.5%McDuffie County: +0.7%Dawson County: +24.7%Clayton County: -0.6%Appling County: +1.6%Clarke County: +1.1%Camden County: +7.6%Crisp County: -2.9%Evans County: +0.7%Upson County: +2.2%Walton County: +13.0%Hall County: +9.0%Montgomery County: -0.0%Whitfield County: +2.2%Jeff Davis County: +2.1%Lincoln County: +4.5%McIntosh County: +7.4%Meriwether County: +4.0%Muscogee County: -2.5%Oconee County: +6.5%Peach County: +4.2%Pike County: +9.1%Wilkinson County: -1.9%Bryan County: +13.5%Chatham County: +4.2%Effingham County: +12.2%Harris County: +5.8%Treutlen County: +0.4%Long County: +25.7%Wayne County: +6.6%Oglethorpe County: +8.8%Wilkes County: +0.2%Jackson County: +22.3%Calhoun County: -2.4%Emanuel County: +1.4%Gwinnett County: +4.7%Talbot County: +0.5%Lumpkin County: +7.1%Spalding County: +4.2%Bleckley County: +0.8%Washington County: -0.6%Macon County: -1.6%Thomas County: +0.6%Grady County: +0.2%Columbia County: +6.8%Pickens County: +9.7%Chattahoochee County: -9.8%Carroll County: +8.7%Coweta County: +7.8%Hancock County: -0.3%White County: +5.5%Jones County: +2.3%Floyd County: +2.8%Mitchell County: -6.2%Glynn County: +2.4%Early County: -3.3%Wheeler County: -5.0%Barrow County: +14.6%Brooks County: +0.4%Hart County: +8.4%Stewart County: -9.2%Terrell County: -4.8%Jefferson County: -4.2%Worth County: -2.3%Rabun County: +4.7%Troup County: +3.1%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -0.6%
  2. < +1.5%
  3. < +4.0%
  4. < +7.2%
  5. ≥ +7.2%
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Orange pin: Spalding County internal point. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Internal point

Decimal
33.262300, -84.284900
DMS
33°15'44.28"N 84°17'5.64"W
UTM
16N 752918.2E 3683654.4N
Geohash
djuj4p1wg
Plus code
865Q7P68+W2

Towns in Spalding County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Spalding County, 23,994 people together, or 34% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Spalding County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Griffin with 23,994.

  1. 01Griffin23,994
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Spalding County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Spalding County. The most populous is Clayton County, GA, with 297,703 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Atlanta and the nearest big city

Atlanta is 34.1 miles N of Spalding County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA (population 112,003), 31.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Griffin, GA (population 23,994), 1.5 miles away.

Spalding County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Spalding County is 13255: state code 13 for Georgia plus county code 255. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,834.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spalding County, Georgia?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 70,292. That is up 2,827 people (4.2%) from the July 2020 estimate of 67,465.

What is the FIPS code of Spalding County?

13255. The first two digits (13) are Georgia; the last three (255) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Spalding County?

Griffin, with 23,994 residents inside Spalding County in 2024.

Which counties border Spalding County?

8 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Clayton County, GA; Henry County, GA; Coweta County, GA; Fayette County, GA; Butts County, GA; Meriwether County, GA; Lamar County, GA; Pike County, GA.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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