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Bertie County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 85 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37015

Within North Carolina
Bertie County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Windsor, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
17,086
-636 (-3.6%) since 2020
Land area
699.2
square miles. A further 5.7% of the total area is water
Population density
24.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Windsor
Seat of county government.
Established
1722
303 years ago
Largest city
Windsor town
Population 3,469.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bertie County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bertie County, North Carolina from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 680 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bertie County ranks

Position among the 100 counties of North Carolina, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn North CarolinaNationally
Population17,08685th of 1001,974th of 3,144
Land area699.2 sq mi16th of 1001,325th of 3,144
Population density24.4 per sq mi97th of 1002,080th of 3,144
Median household income$48,75088th of 1002,844th of 3,143

Full data for Bertie County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,086Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,722Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,933Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area699.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area42.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area741.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?24.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,750American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$98,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,143American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,984American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-119
161 births, 280 deaths
Net migration
+23
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Bertie County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Martin CountyNorth Carolina69 mi21,601
Hertford CountyNorth Carolina28 mi19,015
Chowan CountyNorth Carolina22 mi14,082
Halifax CountyNorth Carolina15 mi46,534
Washington CountyNorth Carolina13 mi10,638
Northampton CountyNorth Carolina11 mi16,491

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 100 counties of North Carolina

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.