Census Records did not start being taken in Bullock County, Alabama until the 1870 federal census. From there on out, a census was taken every 10 years enumerating the residents of the county.

Historical census figures show the following estimation for the population of Bullock County, AL since 1870. You will notice that there has been an ever decreasing trend line since the population peaked around 1900.

1870 – 24,474 1880 – 29,063 1890 – 27,063 1900 – 31,944 1910 – 30,196 1920 – 25,333 1930 – 20,016 1940 – 19,810 1950 – 16,054 1960 – 13,462 1970 – 11,824 1980 – 10,596 1990 – 11,042 2000 – 11,714