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Perquimans County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 90 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37143

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

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Population
13,490
+466 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
247.2
square miles. A further 24.9% of the total area is water
Population density
54.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hertford
Seat of county government.
Established
1672
353 years ago
Largest city
Hertford town
Population 2,011.

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 Perquimans 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 Perquimans 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 760 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 Perquimans 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
Population13,49090th of 1002,191st of 3,144
Land area247.2 sq mi92nd of 1002,919th of 3,144
Population density54.6 per sq mi78th of 1001,388th of 3,144
Median household income$67,91727th of 1001,346th of 3,143

Full data for Perquimans County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,490Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,024Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,012Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area247.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area81.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area328.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?54.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,917American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$231,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,614American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,967American 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
-126
100 births, 226 deaths
Net migration
+142
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 Perquimans 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
Chowan CountyNorth Carolina32 mi14,082
Pasquotank CountyNorth Carolina32 mi42,201
Tyrrell CountyNorth Carolina12 mi3,537
Gates CountyNorth Carolina6.3 mi10,234
Washington CountyNorth Carolina2.2 mi10,638

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.