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Bulloch County, Georgia

23,052 Black residents · 28.4% of the county · ranked 25 of 159 in Georgia by Black population

In Bulloch County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 81,099 people, 23,052 of them Black alone. At 28.4%, Bulloch County's Black share stands against the state's 31.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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Black share of state population — Georgia highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202081,099
Black residents (alone), 202023,052
Black share of the county, 202028.4%
Rank by Black population among Georgia counties25 of 159

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.

Population Trend

In 2010 Bulloch County counted 19,409 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 23,052. The population grew by 18.8% across the decade, and the Black share in Bulloch County moved from 27.6% to 28.4%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.

The Record

The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Bulloch County holds 23,052 of it, rank 25 in the state's order. The county page for Bulloch County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Bulloch County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Bulloch County page is their frame: 81,099 residents, 23,052 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.