16,939 people (2024 Census estimate, −4.4% since 2020)
699 square miles of land · 24 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
5 active community water systems list Bertie County in the area they serve, reporting 18,135 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BERTIE COUNTY REGIONAL WATER groundwater · local government · NC0408085 | 13,736 served |
| WINDSOR, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0408010 | 2,433 served |
| AULANDER, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0408015 | 1,438 served |
| POWELLSVILLE, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0408040 | 482 served |
| CLEARWATER VALLEY WATER ASSOC groundwater · private · NC0408055 | 46 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 38 people were held in Bertie County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 373 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 41.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Bertie County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $32.2 million — $30.5 million to run schools, about $16,650 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $19 million state, $8.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $18 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bertie County about $17.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
95 bridges in Bertie County: 49 in good condition, 38 fair, and 8 poor (8.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| NC11 NC42 over CASHIE RIVER · built 1971 | 6,600 vehicles a day |
| US13S US17S over ROANOKE RIVER OVERFLOW · built 1940 | 5,750 vehicles a day |
| NC45 NC308 over ROANOKE;MIDDLE;CASHIE RI · built 1968 | 3,500 vehicles a day |
| SR1312 over BARBECUE SWAMP · built 1985 | 900 vehicles a day |
| SR1314 over CYPRESS SWAMP · built 1994 | 260 vehicles a day |
| SR1246 over EASON SWAMP · built 1977 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.3 million of work in Bertie County in fiscal 2025, about $295 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-09. Early voting: 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-20. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: NC State Board of Elections: upcoming election · NC State Board of Elections: vote in person · NC State Board of Elections: voter ID
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Nearby counties: Martin County (17 mi) · Chowan County (21 mi) · Hertford County (21 mi) · Washington County (26 mi) · Gates County (30 mi) · Perquimans County (32 mi).