# Bulloch County, Georgia

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. The county seat is Statesboro. 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. 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.

## Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 689 square miles (1,780 km$^2$), of which 673 square miles (1,740 km$^2$) is land and 16 square miles (41 km$^2$) (2.3%) is water. 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.

### Major highways

* I-16 (Interstate 16)
* US 25
* US 25 Byp.
* US 80
* US 301
* US 301 Byp.
* SR 24
* SR 26
* SR 46
* SR 67
* SR 67 Byp.
* SR 73
* SR 73 Byp.
* SR 92
* SR 119
* SR 119 Conn.
* SR 119 Spur
* SR 404 (unsigned designation for I-16)
* SR 555 (Savannah River Parkway -- western section)

### 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

* Brooklet
* Statesboro

### Towns

* Portal
* Register

### Unincorporated communities

* Adabelle
* Denmark
* Hopeulikit
* Ivanhoe
* Nevils
* Leefield

## Demographics

Bulloch County racial composition as of 2020 :
| 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.

## 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.

## 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 :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 20,985 | 64.26% | 11,514 | 35.26% | 158 | 0.48% |
| 2020 | 18,387 | 61.07% | 11,248 | 37.36% | 474 | 1.57% |
| 2016 | 15,097 | 59.01% | 9,261 | 36.20% | 1,227 | 4.80% |
| 2012 | 14,174 | 58.73% | 9,593 | 39.75% | 366 | 1.52% |
| 2008 | 14,174 | 59.12% | 9,586 | 39.98% | 216 | 0.90% |
| 2004 | 12,252 | 63.77% | 6,840 | 35.60% | 120 | 0.62% |
| 2000 | 8,990 | 60.82% | 5,561 | 37.62% | 231 | 1.56% |
| 1996 | 6,646 | 50.97% | 5,396 | 41.38% | 997 | 7.65% |
| 1992 | 5,690 | 45.00% | 4,903 | 38.78% | 2,051 | 16.22% |
| 1988 | 6,354 | 64.88% | 3,417 | 34.89% | 23 | 0.23% |
| 1984 | 6,117 | 62.67% | 3,644 | 37.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1980 | 3,750 | 42.04% | 4,921 | 55.16% | 250 | 2.80% |
| 1976 | 3,156 | 37.77% | 5,199 | 62.23% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 5,683 | 78.85% | 1,524 | 21.15% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 2,113 | 26.90% | 1,788 | 22.77% | 3,953 | 50.33% |
| 1964 | 4,823 | 63.94% | 2,720 | 36.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 1,506 | 30.87% | 3,373 | 69.13% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1956 | 901 | 20.88% | 3,414 | 79.12% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1952 | 909 | 20.08% | 3,619 | 79.92% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1948 | 276 | 9.35% | 2,036 | 68.95% | 641 | 21.71% |
| 1944 | 274 | 12.48% | 1,921 | 87.52% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1940 | 141 | 6.38% | 2,063 | 93.35% | 6 | 0.27% |
| 1936 | 66 | 3.22% | 1,978 | 96.53% | 5 | 0.24% |
| 1932 | 17 | 0.76% | 2,203 | 98.74% | 11 | 0.49% |
| 1928 | 387 | 23.53% | 1,258 | 76.47% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1924 | 37 | 3.52% | 989 | 94.01% | 26 | 2.47% |
| 1920 | 248 | 18.42% | 1,098 | 81.58% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1916 | 29 | 1.90% | 1,410 | 92.40% | 87 | 5.70% |
| 1912 | 17 | 1.71% | 932 | 93.86% | 44 | 4.43% |