Growth gathering steam

Census: Bulloch 27th fastest growing county in US

A crowd of people visit the Brooklet Peanut Festival in this August 2010 Herald file photo. According to recently released census data, Bulloch County ranks among the 30 fastest growing counties in the U.S. and is the fourth fastest growing county in Georgia.

W PEANUT FEST 082110 004 — A crowd of people visit the Brooklet Peanut Festival in this August 2010 Herald file photo. According to recently released census data, Bulloch County ranks among the 30 fastest growing counties in the U.S. and is the fourth fastest growing county in Georgia.

Bulloch County is one of the fastest growing communities in the United States. Since the last official census was taken in April 2010, the population of Bulloch County has grown from 70,213 as of July 1, 2010 to 72,881, an increase of 2,668 people, as of July 1, 2011, according to the latest population estimate based on census trends. The rate of growth of 3.8 percent makes Bulloch County among the 30 fastest growing counties in the country – ranking 27th out of 3,143 counties or their equivalents nationwide.

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