Editing Experiment, Georgia

{{Use American English|date = September 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = September 2019}}
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'''Experiment''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Spalding County, Georgia]], United States. The population was 3,328 in 2020.

==History==
Experiment is named for the [[University of Georgia]] Agricultural Experiment Station located there.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=50|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=46}}</ref> Experiment has been noted for its [[Place names considered unusual|unusual place name]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theactivetimes.com/travel/oddest-named-town-every-state | title=The Oddest Named Town in Every State | publisher=The Active Times | date=April 19, 2018 | accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref>

The community was heavily damaged by an [[Tornado outbreak of January 12, 2023#Hollonville–Griffin–Experiment–Locust Grove, Georgia|EF3 tornado]] on [[Tornado outbreak of January 12, 2023|January 12, 2023]]. The tornado injured 18 people along its path.<ref>{{cite web |title=January 12, 2023 Tornado Outbreak |url=https://www.weather.gov/ffc/20230112_Tornado_Map |website=www.weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Service Peachtree City GA |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=EN-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
Experiment is located at {{coord|33|16|28|N|84|16|29|W|type:city}} (33.274505, -84.274758),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> immediately north of [[Griffin, Georgia|Griffin]] and approximately 30 miles (48.3&nbsp;km) south-southeast of [[Atlanta]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Experiment, Georgia, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1900&ndash;2004

|Jan record high F = 79
|Feb record high F = 89
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 103
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 101
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 96
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 79

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =55.6
| Feb high F  =59.0
| Mar high F  =66.8
| Apr high F  =74.1
| May high F  =81.2
| Jun high F  =87.3
| Jul high F  =89.8
| Aug high F  =88.5
| Sep high F  =83.9
| Oct high F  =75.0
| Nov high F  =65.8
| Dec high F  =58.0
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =45.0
| Feb mean F  =47.7
| Mar mean F  =55.5
| Apr mean F  =62.1
| May mean F  =70.2
| Jun mean F  =76.6
| Jul mean F  =79.4
| Aug mean F  =78.2
| Sep mean F  =73.7
| Oct mean F  =63.6
| Nov mean F  =54.0
| Dec mean F  =47.2
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =34.3
| Feb low F  =36.5
| Mar low F  =44.3
| Apr low F  =50.1
| May low F  =59.1
| Jun low F  =66.0
| Jul low F  =69.0
| Aug low F  =68.0
| Sep low F  =63.5
| Oct low F  =52.2
| Nov low F  =42.1
| Dec low F  =36.4

|Jan record low F = -8
|Feb record low F = 5
|Mar record low F = 11
|Apr record low F = 25
|May record low F = 35
|Jun record low F = 44
|Jul record low F = 51
|Aug record low F = 51
|Sep record low F = 35
|Oct record low F = 26
|Nov record low F = 5
|Dec record low F = 0

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =5.27
| Feb precipitation inch  =4.32
| Mar precipitation inch  =5.08
| Apr precipitation inch  =4.04
| May precipitation inch  =3.71
| Jun precipitation inch  =4.91
| Jul precipitation inch  =5.07
| Aug precipitation inch  =5.08
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.39
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.31
| Nov precipitation inch  =4.01
| Dec precipitation inch  =5.00

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 11.7
|Feb precipitation days = 10.2
|Mar precipitation days = 10.4
|Apr precipitation days = 9.2
|May precipitation days = 9.0
|Jun precipitation days = 12.7
|Jul precipitation days = 11.8
|Aug precipitation days = 10.2
|Sep precipitation days = 7.7
|Oct precipitation days = 7.5
|Nov precipitation days = 9.2
|Dec precipitation days = 11.1

|Jan snow inch = 1.1
|Feb snow inch = 0.0
|Mar snow inch = 0.1
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.0
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.2
|Feb snow days = 0.0
|Mar snow days = 0.1
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.0

|source 1 = NOAA (snow/snow days 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00093271&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Experiment, GA (1991&ndash;2020)
|access-date = February 27, 2023
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00093271&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Experiment, GA (1981&ndash;2010)
|access-date = February 27, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=ffc
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Atlanta
|access-date = February 27, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1950= 4265
|1960= 2497
|1970= 2256
|1980= 3731
|1990= 3762
|2000= 3233
|2010= 2894
|2020= 3328
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Experiment CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Experiment CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US1328296|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop. 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Experiment CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1328296&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop. 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Experiment CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1328296&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,455
|1,220
|style='background: #ffffe6; |967
|45.00%
|42.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29.06%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,694
|1,504
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,024
|52.40%
|51.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |60.82%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|5
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.15%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.03%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.33%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some other race]] alone (NH)
|4
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.12%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed-race or multi-racial]] (NH)
|34
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |113
|1.05%
|1.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.40%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|40
|112
|style='background: #ffffe6; |202
|1.24%
|3.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.07%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''3,233'''
|'''2,894'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''3,328'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

Experiment was first listed as an unincorporated place in the [[1950 United States census|1950 U.S. census]]<ref name="1950CensusGA" /> and then designated a [[census designated place]] in [[1980 U.S. census]].<ref name="1980CensusGA" />

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Experiment, Georgia}}{{Spalding County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Spalding County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Spalding County, Georgia]]