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Spalding County, Georgia
23,301 Black residents · 34.6% of the county · ranked 24 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Spalding County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Spalding County held 67,306 residents in all, of whom 23,301 — 34.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 67,306 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 23,301 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 34.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 24 of 159 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Spalding County: 21,030 Black residents in 2010 and 23,301 in 2020. The population grew by 10.8%, and the Black share in Spalding County moved from 32.8% to 34.6%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Spalding County holds 23,301 of it, rank 24 in the state's order. The county page for Spalding County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Spalding County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Spalding County page holds the frame around them — 67,306 people in all, 23,301 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.