97,990 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.0% since 2020)
540 square miles of land · 181 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.
16 active community water systems list Nash County in the area they serve, reporting 77,768 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ROCKY MOUNT, CITY OF surface water · local government · NC0464010 | 55,891 served |
| CENTRAL NASH WATER & SEWER buys surface water · local government · NC4064005 | 7,675 served |
| NASHVILLE, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0464020 | 5,900 served |
| SHARPSBURG, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0464040 | 1,945 served |
| NORTHERN NASH WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · private · NC4064035 | 1,694 served |
| MIDDLESEX WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NC0464050 | 1,389 served |
| SPRING HOPE, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0464025 | 1,312 served |
| NASH COUNTY WATER SYSTEM AREA 2 buys surface water · local government · NC4064010 | 701 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 137 people were held in Nash County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 227 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 244.
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 Nash County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $184.4 million — $178.7 million to run schools, about $12,350 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $28.3 million local (mostly property tax), $115.1 million state, $46.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.3 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 Nash County about $36.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
263 bridges in Nash County: 99 in good condition, 152 fair, and 12 poor (4.6%). “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.
| SR1714 over TAR RIVER · built 1959 | 15,500 vehicles a day |
| US64BUS over TAR RIVER OVERFLOW · built 1950 | 13,500 vehicles a day |
| NC43BUS NC48 over TAR RIVER · built 1937 | 6,100 vehicles a day |
| SR1544 over STONEY CREEK · built 1977 | 5,000 vehicles a day |
| SR2340 over COMPASS CREEK · built 1975 | 4,400 vehicles a day |
| US64A over US64 · built 1977 | 4,100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.8 million of work in Nash County in fiscal 2025, about $114 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: Franklin County (19 mi) · Wilson County (19 mi) · Edgecombe County (22 mi) · Halifax County (27 mi) · Warren County (30 mi) · Vance County (36 mi).