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Hyde County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 99 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37095

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

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Population
4,554
+46 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
612.3
square miles. A further 58.0% of the total area is water
Population density
7.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Swan Quarter
Seat of county government.
Established
1705
320 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

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 Hyde 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 Hyde 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 734 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 Hyde 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
Population4,55499th of 1002,851st of 3,144
Land area612.3 sq mi24th of 1001,579th of 3,144
Population density7.4 per sq mi100th of 1002,665th of 3,144
Median household income$53,71374th of 1002,548th of 3,143

Full data for Hyde County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,554Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,508Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,587Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area612.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area846.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,459 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?7.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,713American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$124,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,939American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,952American 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
-15
38 births, 53 deaths
Net migration
-23
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Hyde 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
Dare CountyNorth Carolina46 mi38,245
Tyrrell CountyNorth Carolina43 mi3,537
Beaufort CountyNorth Carolina42 mi44,670
Carteret CountyNorth Carolina24 mi70,469
Pamlico CountyNorth Carolina17 mi12,758
Washington CountyNorth Carolina13 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.