This vernacular, unpainted farmhouse near Denmark, Ga., sits in a pecan grove surrounded by fields. The photo, taken by VanishingSouthGeorgia.com’s Brian Brown, is part of the site’s series of pictures in Bulloch County, Ga.
Denmark is a dozen miles south of Bulloch County’s seat, Statesboro, home to Georgia Southern University. Yet the eastern Georgia county along Interstate 16 is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line. Bulloch County, which has a median household income of $33,902, is home to 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of whom are white.
This photo can be taken in almost any rural Southern town — an abandoned piece of furniture tossed onto the side of the road.
This upholstered chair is near a housing project in Statesboro, Ga., where about 50 percent of the town’s population lives in poverty, according to the U.S. Census. While it’s likely that most of those living in “poverty” really are students who live cheaply in shared apartments, you can find evidence of poverty if you look around.
Statesboro is 54 percent white and 40 percent black. Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census. It also is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white. Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty. The median household income for the county is $33,902.
While it is unclear whether Statesboro, Georgia’s poverty rate is artificially high because all of the students who attend Georgia Southern University, there are parts of the community where it’s clear that there are a lot of needs. This photo shows a housing project in the western part of the city.
U.S. Census data show more than 50 percent of Statesboro’s 29,779 people live at or below the federal poverty level. The community is 54 percent white and 40 percent black. Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census.
Statesboro is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white. Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty. The median household income for the county is $33,902.
While it is unclear whether Statesboro, Georgia’s poverty rate is artificially high because all of the students who attend Georgia Southern University, there are parts of the community where it’s clear that there are a lot of needs. This house is in the western part of the city.
U.S. Census data show more than 50 percent of Statesboro’s 29,779 people live at or below the federal poverty level. The community is 54 percent white and 40 percent black. Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census.
Statesboro is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white. Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty. The median household income for the county is $33,902.
More than 20,000 students attend Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, which is in the middle of the eastern part of the Peach State.
During a visit to the college’s modern campus, there are a lot of modern buildings, such as the College of Education above, as well as hundreds of student apartments that ring the campus.
While poverty isn’t as visible here as in rural farming communities, U.S. Census data show more than 50 percent of Statesboro’s 29,779 people live at or below the federal poverty level. As best as we can figure, the Census must be counting college students, who may make the community look statistically poorer than it is. (Anybody know differently or have a better explanation?)
The community is 54 percent white and 40 percent black. Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census. If the Bureau is counting college students, the skewed demographics that Statesboro is experiencing can have a dramatic impact because it won’t be able to attract medium- and higher-end stores and shops. In a story told us by a newspaperman during a September visit, we learned that a major grocer won’t move to town because of Statesboro’s relatively low median household income. And that’s a shame because the community seems like it’s got a lot going for it — something the fast-food chains certainly have discovered.
Statesboro is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white. Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty. The median household income for the county is $33,902.
If you drive through the college town of Statesboro in mideastern Georgia, you probably wouldn’t think that 50.7 percent of residents lived in poverty, according to a five-year average by the U.S. Census. Sure, there are parts of town that have challenges, but it certainly doesn’t look like half of the residents are poor.
About the best we can figure is that the Census must have counted a lot of the 20,000+ students from Georgia Southern University as residents who live below the poverty level. And in a small town like Statesboro — population 29,779 — the number of college students, indeed, may make the community look statistically poorer than it is. (Anybody know differently or have a better explanation?)
The community is 54 percent white and 40 percent black. Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census. If the Bureau is counting college students, the skewed demographics that Statesboro is experiencing can have a dramatic impact because it won’t be able to attract medium- and higher-end stores and shops. In a story told us by a newspaperman during a September visit, we learned that a major grocer won’t move to town because of Statesboro’s relatively low median household income. And that’s a shame because the community seems like it’s got a lot going for it — something the fast-food chains certainly have discovered.
Statesboro is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white. Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty. The median household income for the county is $33,902.
