37,995 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.0% since 2020)
335 square miles of land · 113 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.
12 active community water systems list Yadkin County in the area they serve, reporting 11,084 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| YADKINVILLE, TOWN OF surface water · local government · NC0299015 | 4,196 served |
| JONESVILLE, TOWN OF surface water · local government · NC0299010 | 2,354 served |
| BOONVILLE, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0299020 | 2,007 served |
| EAST BEND, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0299025 | 1,466 served |
| YADKIN CO WATER - HWY 21 buys surface water · local government · NC3099029 | 277 served |
| MILL CREEK S/D groundwater · private · NC0299116 | 194 served |
| COPPERFIELD/RESTON WOODS groundwater · private · NC0299110 | 170 served |
| C W MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · NC0299112 | 97 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 54 people were held in Yadkin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 231 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 97.
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 Yadkin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $67.6 million — $63.1 million to run schools, about $12,044 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.7 million local (mostly property tax), $44.5 million state, $11 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.3 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Yadkin County about $9.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
169 bridges in Yadkin County: 56 in good condition, 96 fair, and 17 poor (10.1%). “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.
| US601 over NORTH DEEP CREEK · built 1960 | 5,900 vehicles a day |
| SR1605 over YADKIN RIVER · built 1953 | 4,200 vehicles a day |
| US21BUS over I-77 · built 1964 | 3,100 vehicles a day |
| SR1509 over FORBUSH CREEK · built 1980 | 1,700 vehicles a day |
| SR1334 over CRANBERRY CREEK · built 1940 | 690 vehicles a day |
| SR1571 over LOGAN CREEK · built 1987 | 670 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.1 million of work in Yadkin County in fiscal 2025, about $352 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: Davie County (17 mi) · Surry County (18 mi) · Forsyth County (23 mi) · Iredell County (27 mi) · Stokes County (27 mi) · Wilkes County (28 mi).