Spalding County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 68,8922024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,0712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 35.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Benton County, WA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Spalding CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Spalding County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +50.8% |
| 1896 | +41.9% |
| 1900 | +80.7% |
| 1904 | +71.6% |
| 1908 | +53.0% |
| 1912 | +88.0% |
| 1916 | +77.2% |
| 1920 | +64.2% |
| 1924 | +83.2% |
| 1928 | +61.6% |
| 1932 | +94.7% |
| 1936 | +96.8% |
| 1940 | +87.7% |
| 1944 | +85.6% |
| 1948 | +63.4% |
| 1952 | +61.8% |
| 1956 | +53.8% |
| 1960 | +43.3% |
| 1964 | +6.9% |
| 1968 | −1.2% |
| 1972 | −61.7% |
| 1976 | +34.0% |
| 1980 | +19.2% |
| 1984 | −27.5% |
| 1988 | −28.1% |
| 1992 | −5.5% |
| 1996 | −9.3% |
| 2000 | −22.4% |
| 2004 | −28.5% |
| 2008 | −18.8% |
| 2012 | −19.9% |
| 2016 | −24.4% |
| 2020 | −20.8% |
| 2024 | −16.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 13,679 | 19,184 | 33,208 | ||
| R | 11,784 | 18,057 | 30,116 | ||
| R | 9,357 | 15,646 | 25,826 | ||
| R | 9,898 | 14,911 | 25,139 | ||
| R | 10,141 | 14,885 | 25,255 | ||
| R | 7,460 | 13,461 | 21,036 | ||
| R | 5,831 | 9,271 | 15,391 | ||
| R | 6,017 | 7,376 | 14,536 | ||
| R | 6,392 | 7,262 | 15,734 | ||
| R | 4,318 | 7,730 | 12,138 | ||
| R | 4,878 | 8,571 | 13,449 | ||
| D | 7,176 | 4,809 | 12,331 | ||
| D | 7,593 | 3,739 | 11,332 | ||
| R | 1,702 | 7,183 | 8,885 | ||
| O | 2,949 | 3,077 | 10,979 | ||
| D | 5,466 | 4,763 | 10,229 | ||
| D | 4,426 | 1,753 | 6,179 | ||
| D | 4,853 | 1,458 | 6,311 | ||
| D | 5,296 | 1,249 | 6,545 | ||
| D | 3,441 | 506 | 4,626 | ||
| D | 2,805 | 217 | 3,023 | ||
| D | 3,022 | 197 | 3,223 | ||
| D | 2,457 | 36 | 2,500 | ||
| D | 2,185 | 54 | 2,251 | ||
| D | 1,734 | 412 | 2,146 | ||
| D | 1,257 | 75 | 1,420 | ||
| D | 830 | 181 | 1,011 | ||
| D | 835 | 41 | 1,028 | ||
| D | 736 | 26 | 807 | ||
| D | 725 | 199 | 992 | ||
| D | 905 | 142 | 1,066 | ||
| D | 782 | 82 | 867 | ||
| D | 612 | 239 | 890 | ||
| D | 1,004 | 314 | 1,357 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
23.2%
English
8.4%
Irish
5.7%
German
4.1%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
0.8%
French
0.5%
African American
28.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,071
Spalding County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Spalding County$62,071
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Spalding County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1830.0%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.3%
speak English only
Spanish5.5%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Spalding County, anchored by Griffin, sits in the Atlanta exurban fringe and has moved from a competitive battleground in the early 2000s to a reliably Republican-leaning county, posting an R+16.7 margin in 2024.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-two points in 1972 at its widest — Spalding County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventeen points.
A median household income of $62,071 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 68,892 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Benton County and Paulding County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Spalding County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Spalding County, Georgia voted Republican by 16.6 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 33,208 votes cast, 13,679 went Democratic and 19,184 went Republican.
What is Spalding County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Spalding County, Georgia in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Spalding County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Spalding County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Spalding County, Georgia?
Spalding County, Georgia has a population of 68,892 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Spalding County, Georgia?
Median household income in Spalding County, Georgia is $62,071 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Spalding County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Spalding County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.