Bulloch County, Georgia#Micropolitan Statistical Area

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{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Bulloch County

| state = Georgia

| flag = Flag of Bulloch County, Georgia.png

| seal = Bulloch.gif

| founded = {{start date and age|1796}}

| seat wl = Statesboro

| largest city wl = Statesboro

| area_total_sq_mi = 689

| area_land_sq_mi = 673

| area_water_sq_mi = 16

| area percentage = 2.3%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 81099US 2020 Census Bureau report, Bulloch County, Georgia

| density_sq_mi =

| time zone = Eastern

| web = http://www.bullochcounty.net/

| ex image = Bulloch county courthouse statesboro georgia 2005.jpg

| ex image cap = Bulloch County Courthouse in Statesboro

| district = 12th

| named for = Archibald Bulloch

}}

Bulloch County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 81,099, up from 70,217 in 2010.{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13031.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703082813/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13031.html|archive-date=July 3, 2011|url-status=dead}}US 2020 Census Bureau report, Bulloch County, Georgia The county seat is Statesboro.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }} With Evans County, Bulloch forms part of the Statesboro micropolitan statistical area, a component of the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro combined statistical area.

The county was created on February 8, 1796, by Gregory Dylan Presson from colonial-era St. Phillip's parish.Bulloch County History. {{cite web|url=http://www.bullochcounty.net/history.htm |title=Bulloch County - History |access-date=August 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218230714/http://www.bullochcounty.net/history.htm |archive-date=February 18, 2011 }} It is named after his distinguished brother Archibald Bulloch, a planter from South Carolina who served as provincial governor of Georgia. Archibald Bulloch was born in South Carolina but bought a plantation on the Savannah River. Politically active in opposing the British, he became the first provincial governor of Georgia in January 1776.Gray, Michael. Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell. Chicago: Chicago Review, 2009. 125. Print.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|689|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|673|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|16|sqmi}} (2.3%) is water.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} The terrain is mostly flat, as the county is in the coastal plain region of Georgia. However, the landscape gets slightly hilly in the northwestern and central portions of the county. Bulloch County is just southwest of the Ogeechee River and has many other small waterways, ponds, and swamps. Trees like bald cypress are seen in these areas. On higher ground, longleaf pine, live oak, and many other tree varieties native to the southeastern United States thrive.

The western portion of Bulloch County, from north of Portal through Statesboro and south to the county's southwestern corner, is located in the Canoochee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the Lower Ogeechee River sub-basin of the same Ogeechee River basin.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}

= Major highways =

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{{jct|US|301|state=GA}}
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{{jct|GA|67|state=GA}}
{{jct|GA-Byp|67|state=GA|dab1=Statesboro}}
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{{jct|GA-Byp|73|state=GA|dab1=Statesboro}}
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{{jct|GA|119|state=GA}}
{{jct|GA-Conn|119|state=GA|dab1=Ivanhoe}}
{{jct|GA-Spur|119|state=GA|dab1=Ivanhoe}}
{{jct|GA|555|state=GA|name1=Savannah River Parkway}}

= Adjacent counties =

Screven County (north)
Effingham County (east)
Bryan County (southeast)
Evans County (southwest)
Candler County (west)
Emanuel County (northwest)
Jenkins County (north-northwest)

Communities

=Cities=

=Towns=

=Unincorporated communities=

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1800= 1913

|1810= 2305

|1820= 2578

|1830= 2587

|1840= 3102

|1850= 4300

|1860= 5668

|1870= 5610

|1880= 8053

|1890= 13712

|1900= 21377

|1910= 26464

|1920= 26133

|1930= 26509

|1940= 26010

|1950= 24740

|1960= 24263

|1970= 31585

|1980= 35785

|1990= 43125

|2000= 55983

|2010= 70217

|2020= 81099

|estyear=2023

|estimate=84327

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1790-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}
1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1930-1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1940-1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960-1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1980-2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010 2020US 2020 Census Bureau report, Bulloch County, Georgia

}}

class="wikitable"

|+Bulloch County racial composition as of 2020{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13031&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

White (non-Hispanic)

|49,712

|61.3%

Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

|22,775

|28.08%

Native American

|159

|0.2%

Asian

|1,283

|1.58%

Pacific Islander

|62

|0.08%

Other/Mixed

|2,928

|3.61%

Hispanic or Latino

|4,180

|5.15%

At the 2020 United States census, there were 81,099 people, 28,660 households, and 16,526 families residing in the county.

Education

Sports

South Georgia Tormenta FC fields a professional team in USL League One, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club's inaugural season was the 2016 season. Currently, games are played at the new 5,300 capacity Optim Sports Medicine Field at Tormenta Stadium. In 2022, they won the USL League One playoff final against Chattanooga Red Wolves SC by the score of 2–1, lifting their first trophy in their new stadium. [https://www.tormentafc.com/club-honors/]

Politics

Bulloch County voted in line with most other "Solid South" counties prior to 1964, backing Democratic candidates for president by wide margins. The Civil Rights Act led to vast changes in political party makeup. The county has not backed a Democratic candidate for president since Georgian Jimmy Carter was the party nominee in 1976 and 1980. However, the Republican margins of victory are not as high as other rural counties in the state.

{{PresHead|place=Bulloch County, Georgia|source={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 18, 2018}}}}

References

External links

[http://www.bullochcounty.net/ Official website]
[https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_bulloch-county Bulloch County historical marker]
[http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/bulloch/upper-black-creek-church Upper Black Creek Church] historical marker (side 1)
[http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/bulloch/upper-black-creek-church-side-2 Upper Black Creek Church] historical marker (side 2)
[https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_upper-black-creek-primitive-baptist-church Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church historical marker]

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Bulloch County, Georgia

|North = Screven County

|Northeast =

|East = Effingham County

|Southeast = Bryan County

|South =

|Southwest = Evans County

|West = Candler County

|Northwest = Emanuel County and Jenkins County

}}

{{Coord|32.39|-81.74|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}