Bulloch County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 27.9%
(26.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 32.3% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.5 people | | Georgia: |  2.5 people |
| This town: | 66.4% | | Whole state: | 70.2% |
| This town: | 6.0% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Portal, GA
Portal compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Bulloch County Georgia:
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Religion statistics for Portal (based on Bulloch County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 34.82%
| Here | | 34.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Progressive Primitive Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 50.6% | 21.2% | 6.5% | 5.3% | 5.0% |
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| Congregations | 31.9% | 15.3% | 9.7% | 5.6% | 1.4% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | LDS (Mormon) Church | Presbyterian Church in America | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 4.7% |
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| Congregations | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 4.2% | 27.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 7 | Bulloch County: | 1.06 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 9 | Bulloch County: | 1.36 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 46 | Here: | 6.95 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 57 | Here: | 8.61 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Bulloch County: | 9.2% | | State: | 10.4% |
Adult obesity rate: | Bulloch County: | 29.2% | | State: | 27.8% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $3,047 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $275 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,959 | $35,508 | 1 | $1,661 |
| Solid Waste Management |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,240 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,746 | $32,952 | 1 | $1,000 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $5,705 | $34,230 | 6 | $7,223 |
Portal government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $39,000 ($60.75)
Solid Waste Management: $36,000 ($56.07)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $104,000 ($161.99)
Central Staff Services: $69,000 ($107.48)
Solid Waste Management: $46,000 ($71.65)
Water Utilities: $42,000 ($65.42)
Sewerage: $28,000 ($43.61)
Regular Highways: $20,000 ($31.15)
General - Other: $13,000 ($20.25)
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000 ($4.67)
Corrections - Other: $1,000 ($1.56)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $35,000 ($54.52)
Highways: $1,000 ($1.56)
- General - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $27,000 ($42.06)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $473,000 ($736.76)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $467,000 ($727.41)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $6,000 ($9.35)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $61,000 ($95.02)
Interest Earnings: $13,000 ($20.25)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $34,000 ($52.96)
Water Utilities: $21,000 ($32.71)
Sewerage: $14,000 ($21.81)
General - Other: $8,000 ($12.46)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $111,000 ($172.90)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $58,000 ($90.34)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $25,000 ($38.94)
- Tax - Property: $99,000 ($154.21)
Other Selective Sales: $22,000 ($34.27)
Public Utilities: $21,000 ($32.71)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $18,000 ($28.04)
NEC: $9,000 ($14.02)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $132,000 ($205.61)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $25,000 ($38.94)
10.02% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,523 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 10.02% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
0.24% of residents moved from foreign countries ($349 average AGI)| Bulloch County: | 0.24% | | Georgia average: | 0.39% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.17% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,742 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.17% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($158 average AGI)| Bulloch County: | 0.09% | | Georgia average: | 0.09% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Portal:
- WPTB (850 AM; 1 kW; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: COMMUNICATIONS CAPITAL COMPANY II OF GEORGIA, LLC)
- WHCG (1360 AM; 1 kW; METTER, GA; Owner: RADIO METTER, INC.)
- WWNS (1240 AM; 1 kW; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: RADIO STATESBORO, INC.)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WVOP (970 AM; 5 kW; VIDALIA, GA; Owner: VIDALIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WXRS (1590 AM; 3 kW; SWAINSBORO, GA; Owner: LACOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Portal:
- WMCD (100.1 FM; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: RADIO STATESBORO, INC.)
- WPMX (102.9 FM; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: MULTI-SERVICE CORP.)
- WHKN (94.9 FM; MILLEN, GA; Owner: MULTI-SERVICE CORP.)
- WBMZ (104.9 FM; METTER, GA; Owner: WM. JIMMY PAGE, TR/AS RADIO METTER)
- WZAT (102.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQZY (95.9 FM; DUBLIN, GA; Owner: STATE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAEV (97.3 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQBT (94.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJCL-FM (96.5 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- W257BG (99.3 FM; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WVGS (91.9 FM; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY)
- WZBX (106.5 FM; SYLVANIA, GA; Owner: RADIO STATESBORO, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Portal:
- WVAN-TV (Channel 9; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WGSA (Channel 34; BAXLEY, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN TV CORPORATION)
- WTOC-TV (Channel 11; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- W48BH (Channel 48; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WSAV-TV (Channel 3; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTGS (Channel 28; HARDEEVILLE, SC; Owner: BLUENOSE BROADCASTING OF SAVANNAH LLC)
- WJCL (Channel 22; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF SAVANNAH LICENSE LLC)
- W25CQ (Channel 25; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN TV CORPORATION)
Portal fatal accident list:
Feb 9, 1998 01:10 PM, Us-Sr26, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4 - James E McDonald, 701 Bonnett Road (Portal) (Lat: 32.526000 Lon: -81.930278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 94.5 m, Licensee ID: L00027703
Registrant: Georgia Rsa No. 8 Partnership D/B/A Alltel, One Allied Drive, B2f02-A, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- James E McDonald, 701 Bonnett Road (Portal) (Lat: 32.526000 Lon: -81.930278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 94.5 m, Licensee ID: L00027703
Registrant: Georgia Rsa No. 8 Partnership D/B/A Alltel, One Allied Drive, B2f02-A, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- George R Reed, Coleman Street (Lat: 32.541361 Lon: -81.931778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 91.4 m
Registrant: Usanenna, Inc., 3948 South Third Street; Suite 191, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250, Phone: (904) 285-3239, Email:
- Loree Reed, Coleman Street (Lat: 32.541361 Lon: -81.931778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 91.4 m
Registrant: Usanenna, Inc., 3948 South Third Street; Suite 191, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250, Phone: (904) 285-3239, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 5 - Call Sign: KB4ZTK, Licensee ID: L00504480
Grant Date: 04/23/2002, Expiration Date: 05/12/2012
Registrant: Jason N Sapp, 200 Aycock Street, Portal, GA 30450 - Call Sign: KF4BSC, Licensee ID: L00188639
Grant Date: 04/19/2005, Expiration Date: 07/13/2015, Certifier: Casey N Brown
Registrant: Casey N Brown, 48 Williams St, Portal, GA 30450-0353 - Call Sign: KF4WPR
Grant Date: 03/25/1998, Expiration Date: 03/25/2008, Cancellation Date: 03/26/2010
Registrant: Johnny D Coleman, 3103 Northwest Passage, Portal, GA 30450 - Call Sign: WA4IDS, Licensee ID: L00210648
Grant Date: 11/17/2000, Expiration Date: 11/27/2010
Registrant: Stacy J Aaron, Portal, GA 30450 - Call Sign: KG4HHR, Licensee ID: L00229736
Grant Date: 04/19/2000, Expiration Date: 04/19/2010, Certifier: Walter J Street
Registrant: Walter J Street, 134 Buck Hendrix Rd, Portal, GA 30450
FAA Registered Aircraft: 3 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 5864U , Serial Number: 28-26696, Year manufactured: 1970, Airworthiness Date: 03/23/1970
Registrant (Corporation): Confederate Flyers LLC, 3367 Rocky Ford Rd, Portal, GA 30450 - Aircraft: NORTH AMERICAN NAVION (Category: Land, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 126 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES (225 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 91417 , Serial Number: NAV-4-254, Year manufactured: 1946, Airworthiness Date: 01/27/1956
Registrant (Individual): Russell Pruitt Herrington, 660 Snoopy Ln, Portal, GA 30450 - Aircraft: RYAN NAVION A (Category: Land, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 126 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9559Z , Serial Number: NAV-4-1320, Year manufactured: 1948, Airworthiness Date: 07/25/1961
Registrant (Individual): James William Herrington, 660 Snoopy Ln, Portal, GA 30450
| Most common first names in Portal, GA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| John | 17 | 72.4 years |
| Willie | 17 | 70.8 years |
| James | 16 | 70.9 years |
| William | 15 | 74.9 years |
| Mary | 10 | 78.8 years |
| Robert | 10 | 69.6 years |
| Annie | 8 | 81.0 years |
| Henry | 7 | 79.6 years |
| Louise | 7 | 70.8 years |
| Charles | 7 | 67.6 years |
| Most common last names in Portal, GA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Finch | 18 | 76.8 years |
| Williams | 17 | 73.2 years |
| Johnson | 17 | 73.4 years |
| Woods | 15 | 73.9 years |
| Hendrix | 14 | 77.5 years |
| Parrish | 14 | 83.5 years |
| Jones | 14 | 71.7 years |
| Davis | 13 | 68.7 years |
| Miller | 12 | 73.9 years |
| Brown | 12 | 74.3 years |
- #17 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Apparel"
- #26 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Protective service occupations:"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Radio, TV, and computer and software, and other electronic stores"
- #68 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Apparel"
- #79 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Food and beverage stores"
- #52 (30450) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of African first ancestries"
- #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
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