3,517 people (2024 Census estimate, +8.8% since 2020)
391 square miles of land · 9 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 Tyrrell County in the area they serve, reporting 3,841 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TYRRELL COUNTY WATER groundwater · local government · NC0489015 | 2,950 served |
| COLUMBIA WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NC0489010 | 891 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 0 people were held in Tyrrell County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2007). In 2002 it was about 2.
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 Tyrrell County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $12.3 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $23,246 per student, plus $564,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8.8 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $131,000.
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 Tyrrell County about $9.2 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.
28 bridges in Tyrrell County: 13 in good condition, 11 fair, and 4 poor (14.3%). “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.
| US64 over ALLIGATOR RIVER · built 1960 | 4,200 vehicles a day |
| SR1323 over CANAL · built 1961 | 650 vehicles a day |
| SR1105 over SECOND CREEK · built 1982 | 400 vehicles a day |
| SR1229 over L. ALLIGATOR CREEK · built 1987 | 200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $49,371 of work in Tyrrell County in fiscal 2025, about $15 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: Washington County (23 mi) · Perquimans County (25 mi) · Pasquotank County (28 mi) · Dare County (29 mi) · Chowan County (30 mi) · Hyde County (32 mi).