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Spalding County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 36 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13255

Within Georgia
Spalding County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Griffin, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
70,775
+3,319 (+4.9%) since 2020
Land area
196
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
361
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Griffin
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Griffin city
Population 23,896.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Spalding County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Spalding County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 440 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Spalding County ranks

Position among the 159 counties of Georgia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn GeorgiaNationally
Population70,77536th of 159783rd of 3,144
Land area196 sq mi140th of 1593,002nd of 3,144
Population density361 per sq mi26th of 159380th of 3,144
Median household income$62,07159th of 1591,892nd of 3,143

Full data for Spalding County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population70,775Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202067,456Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?67,297Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area196 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area199.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?361 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,071American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$228,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,471American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,714American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-77
801 births, 878 deaths
Net migration
+538
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Spalding County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Henry CountyGeorgia19 mi264,922
Pike CountyGeorgia17 mi20,932
Fayette CountyGeorgia15 mi125,156
Lamar CountyGeorgia9.4 mi20,941
Butts CountyGeorgia8.3 mi27,218
Coweta CountyGeorgia4.4 mi160,240
Meriwether CountyGeorgia3.9 mi21,516
Clayton CountyGeorgia1.9 mi297,471

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.