Bulloch County, Georgia

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Bulloch County
County
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Bulloch County Courthouse in Statesboro
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Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
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Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 32°23′N81°44′W / 32.39°N 81.74°W / 32.39; -81.74
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg  Georgia
Founded1796;229 years ago (1796)
Named for Archibald Bulloch
Seat Statesboro
Largest cityStatesboro
Area
 • Total
689 sq mi (1,780 km2)
 • Land673 sq mi (1,740 km2)
 • Water16 sq mi (40 km2)  2.3%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
81,099 [1]
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district 12th
Website www.bullochcounty.net

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. [2] [1] The county seat is Statesboro. [3] With Evans County, Bulloch forms part of the Statesboro micropolitan statistical area, a component of the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro combined statistical area.

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The county was created on February 8, 1796, by Gregory Dylan Presson from colonial-era St. Phillip's parish. [4] 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. [5]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 689 square miles (1,780 km2), of which 673 square miles (1,740 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) (2.3%) is water. [6] 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. [7]

Major highways

Adjacent counties

Communities

Cities

Towns

Unincorporated communities

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1800 1,913—
1810 2,30520.5%
1820 2,57811.8%
1830 2,5870.3%
1840 3,10219.9%
1850 4,30038.6%
1860 5,66831.8%
1870 5,610−1.0%
1880 8,05343.5%
1890 13,71270.3%
1900 21,37755.9%
1910 26,46423.8%
1920 26,133−1.3%
1930 26,5091.4%
1940 26,010−1.9%
1950 24,740−4.9%
1960 24,263−1.9%
1970 31,58530.2%
1980 35,78513.3%
1990 43,12520.5%
2000 55,98329.8%
2010 70,21725.4%
2020 81,09915.5%
2023 (est.)84,327 [8] 4.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [9]
1790-1880 [10] 1890-1910 [11]
1920-1930 [12] 1930-1940 [13]
1940-1950 [14] 1960-1980 [15]
1980-2000 [16] 2010 [2] 2020 [1]
Bulloch County racial composition as of 2020 [17]
RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)49,71261.3%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)22,77528.08%
Native American 1590.2%
Asian 1,2831.58%
Pacific Islander 620.08%
Other/Mixed 2,9283.61%
Hispanic or Latino 4,1805.15%

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 Eagle Field. There are plans to build a new stadium in the near future. [18]

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.

United States presidential election results for Bulloch County, Georgia [19]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2024 20,98564.26%11,51435.26%1580.48%
2020 18,38761.07%11,24837.36%4741.57%
2016 15,09759.01%9,26136.20%1,2274.80%
2012 14,17458.73%9,59339.75%3661.52%
2008 14,17459.12%9,58639.98%2160.90%
2004 12,25263.77%6,84035.60%1200.62%
2000 8,99060.82%5,56137.62%2311.56%
1996 6,64650.97%5,39641.38%9977.65%
1992 5,69045.00%4,90338.78%2,05116.22%
1988 6,35464.88%3,41734.89%230.23%
1984 6,11762.67%3,64437.33%00.00%
1980 3,75042.04%4,92155.16%2502.80%
1976 3,15637.77%5,19962.23%00.00%
1972 5,68378.85%1,52421.15%00.00%
1968 2,11326.90%1,78822.77%3,95350.33%
1964 4,82363.94%2,72036.06%00.00%
1960 1,50630.87%3,37369.13%00.00%
1956 90120.88%3,41479.12%00.00%
1952 90920.08%3,61979.92%00.00%
1948 2769.35%2,03668.95%64121.71%
1944 27412.48%1,92187.52%00.00%
1940 1416.38%2,06393.35%60.27%
1936 663.22%1,97896.53%50.24%
1932 170.76%2,20398.74%110.49%
1928 38723.53%1,25876.47%00.00%
1924 373.52%98994.01%262.47%
1920 24818.42%1,09881.58%00.00%
1916 291.90%1,41092.40%875.70%
1912 171.71%93293.86%444.43%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 US 2020 Census Bureau report, Bulloch County, Georgia
  2. 1 2 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ Bulloch County History. "Bulloch County - History". Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ Gray, Michael. Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell. Chicago: Chicago Review, 2009. 125. Print.
  6. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  10. ↑ "1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1880.
  11. ↑ "1910 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1910.
  12. ↑ "1930 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1930.
  13. ↑ "1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1940.
  14. ↑ "1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1950.
  15. ↑ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 1980.
  16. ↑ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). US Census Bureau . 2000.
  17. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Tormenta stadium in advanced planning stages". Statesboroherald.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  19. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

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