4,583 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.5% since 2020)
612 square miles of land · 7 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.
2 active community water systems list Hyde County in the area they serve, reporting 6,156 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HYDE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NC0448010 | 5,256 served |
| OCRACOKE SANITARY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NC0448020 | 900 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 7 people were held in Hyde County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 249 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 11.
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 Hyde County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.8 million — $12.2 million to run schools, about $25,663 per student, plus $6.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $8.8 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $801,000.
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 Hyde County about $15.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
75 bridges in Hyde County: 32 in good condition, 38 fair, and 5 poor (6.7%). “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.
| NC12FERRY over HATTERAS INLET · built 1992 | 4,100 vehicles a day |
| NC45 over CANAL · built 1983 | 900 vehicles a day |
| SR1128 over OYSTER CREEK · built 1996 | 250 vehicles a day |
| SR1128 over CANAL OFF OYSTER CR. · built 1994 | 250 vehicles a day |
| SR1319 over FAR CREEK · built 1958 | 160 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $6.5 million of work in Hyde County in fiscal 2025, about $1,426 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: Dare County (26 mi) · Tyrrell County (32 mi) · Pamlico County (34 mi) · Washington County (38 mi) · Beaufort County (39 mi) · Carteret County (44 mi).