50,539 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.8% since 2020)
815 square miles of land · 62 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.
13 active community water systems list Duplin County in the area they serve, reporting 41,398 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NC0431085 | 18,542 served |
| WALLACE, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0431010 | 5,825 served |
| CHINQUAPIN WATER ASSOCIATION groundwater · private · NC0431050 | 4,686 served |
| WARSAW, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0431015 | 3,108 served |
| ROSE HILL, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0431025 | 1,867 served |
| FAISON, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0431040 | 1,410 served |
| GREENEVERS, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0431060 | 1,390 served |
| BEULAVILLE, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0431020 | 1,326 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 103 people were held in Duplin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 344 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 114.
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 Duplin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $126.2 million — $111.1 million to run schools, about $11,215 per student, plus $10.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.8 million local (mostly property tax), $80.8 million state, $33.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.6 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Duplin County about $53.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
208 bridges in Duplin County: 69 in good condition, 124 fair, and 15 poor (7.2%). “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.
| NC241 over LIMESTONE CREEK · built 1950 | 4,400 vehicles a day |
| SR1301 over GROVE CREEK · built 1952 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| SR1004 over OUTLAWS POND SPILLWAY · built 1978 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
| SR1306 over NE CAPE FEAR RIVER · built 1996 | 1,400 vehicles a day |
| NC50 over CYPRESS CREEK · built 1978 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| SR1340 over TURKEY CREEK · built 1993 | 600 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $34.9 million of work in Duplin County in fiscal 2025, about $716 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: Sampson County (25 mi) · Lenoir County (27 mi) · Onslow County (27 mi) · Pender County (29 mi) · Wayne County (29 mi) · Jones County (33 mi).