| County: | Spalding County |
| State: | Georgia |
| Seat Wl: | Griffin |
| Largest City Wl: | Griffin |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 200 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 196 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 3.1 |
| Area Percentage: | 1.6% |
| Census Yr: | 2020 |
| Pop: | 67306[1] |
| Ex Image: | Spalding County Courthouse (NE corner).JPG |
| Ex Image Cap: | Spalding County Courthouse in Griffin |
| District: | 3rd |
| Time Zone: | Eastern |
Spalding County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,306.[2] The county seat is Griffin.[3] [4] The county was created December 20, 1851, and named for former United States representative and senator Thomas Spalding.[5]
Spalding County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (1.6%) is water.[6] 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.[7]
| 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.
The Griffin-Spalding County School District has 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 4 complementary programs.
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.