55,382 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.0% since 2020)
390 square miles of land · 142 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.
8 active community water systems list Hoke County in the area they serve, reporting 59,388 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HOKE CO REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NC0347025 | 36,640 served |
| HOKE CO REGIONAL--ROCKFISH buys surface water · private · NC0347030 | 13,378 served |
| RAEFORD, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NC0347010 | 6,718 served |
| HILLCREST-SCURLOCK WATER INC groundwater · private · NC0347107 | 1,369 served |
| NORTHWEST WATER SUPPLY INC groundwater · private · NC0347015 | 1,105 served |
| WRIGHTSBORO S/D groundwater · private · NC0347112 | 103 served |
| 401 MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · NC0347102 | 75 served |
| DOC-MCCAIN HOSPITAL groundwater · state · NC0347108 | 0 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 141 people were held in Hoke County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 397 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 145.
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 Hoke County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $111.7 million — $104.4 million to run schools, about $11,704 per student, plus $4.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.6 million local (mostly property tax), $69.6 million state, $29.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.5 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 Hoke County about $13.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
135 bridges in Hoke County: 54 in good condition, 48 fair, and 33 poor (24.4%). “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.
| SR1300 over ROCKFISH CREEK · built 1951 | 850 vehicles a day |
| SR1436 over BIG MARSH SWAMP · built 1951 | 410 vehicles a day |
| FIREBREAK 5 over ROCKFISH CREEK · built 1960 | 10 vehicles a day |
| FIREBREAK 4 over ROCKFISH CREEK · built 1970 | 10 vehicles a day |
| FB12 over DEEP CREEK · built 1970 | 2 vehicles a day |
| FB 5 over JUMPING RUN CREEK · built 1970 | 2 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.4 million of work in Hoke County in fiscal 2025, about $200 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: Scotland County (18 mi) · Cumberland County (23 mi) · Moore County (25 mi) · Robeson County (27 mi) · Richmond County (29 mi) · Lee County (32 mi).