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Hertford County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 82 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37091

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

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Population
19,015
-2,399 (-11.2%) since 2020
Land area
353.2
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
53.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winton
Seat of county government.
Established
1759
266 years ago
Largest city
Ahoskie town
Population 4,608.

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 Hertford 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 Hertford 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 617 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 Hertford 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
Population19,01582nd of 1001,877th of 3,144
Land area353.2 sq mi74th of 1002,676th of 3,144
Population density53.8 per sq mi79th of 1001,401st of 3,144
Median household income$45,53794th of 1002,948th of 3,143

Full data for Hertford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,015Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,414Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,548Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area353.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area360.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?53.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,537American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$119,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,285American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,816American 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
-87
187 births, 274 deaths
Net migration
+4
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 5 areas bordering Hertford 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
Northampton CountyNorth Carolina36 mi16,491
Gates CountyNorth Carolina30 mi10,234
Bertie CountyNorth Carolina28 mi17,086
Southampton CountyVirginia14 mi18,110
Chowan CountyNorth Carolina3.9 mi14,082

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.