Bulloch County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 32 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13031

Within Georgia
Bulloch County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Statesboro, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
86,949
+7,030 (+8.8%) since 2020
Land area
676
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
129
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Statesboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Statesboro city
Population 35,366.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bulloch County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bulloch County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 795 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bulloch County ranks

Position among the 159 counties of Georgia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn GeorgiaNationally
Population86,94932nd of 159685th of 3,144
Land area676 sq mi8th of 1591,389th of 3,144
Population density129 per sq mi50th of 159762nd of 3,144
Median household income$58,81075th of 1592,191st of 3,143

Full data for Bulloch County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population86,949Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202079,919Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?79,638Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area676 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area688.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?129 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,810American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$222,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age30.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households30,856American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units34,182American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+235
892 births, 657 deaths
Net migration
+1,117
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Bulloch County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Screven CountyGeorgia32 mi14,408
Effingham CountyGeorgia31 mi74,397
Candler CountyGeorgia25 mi11,275
Bryan CountyGeorgia21 mi52,062
Evans CountyGeorgia21 mi11,028
Jenkins CountyGeorgia9.8 mi8,843
Emanuel CountyGeorgia5.0 mi23,147

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.