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Tyrrell County, North Carolina

The least populous of North Carolina's 100 counties.

CountyFIPS 37177

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

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Population
3,537
+300 (+9.3%) since 2020
Land area
390.8
square miles. A further 34.6% of the total area is water
Population density
9.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Columbia
Seat of county government.
Established
1729
296 years ago
Largest city
Columbia town
Population 613.

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 Tyrrell 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 Tyrrell 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 662 by 800 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 Tyrrell 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
Population3,537100th of 1002,919th of 3,144
Land area390.8 sq mi66th of 1002,572nd of 3,144
Population density9.1 per sq mi99th of 1002,600th of 3,144
Median household income$41,685100th of 1003,043rd of 3,143

Full data for Tyrrell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,537Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,237Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,245Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area390.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area206.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area597.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$41,685American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,547American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,229American 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
+54
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 7 areas bordering Tyrrell 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
Hyde CountyNorth Carolina43 mi4,554
Dare CountyNorth Carolina30 mi38,245
Washington CountyNorth Carolina24 mi10,638
Perquimans CountyNorth Carolina12 mi13,490
Pasquotank CountyNorth Carolina8.1 mi42,201
Camden CountyNorth Carolina7.2 mi11,315
Currituck CountyNorth Carolina5.7 mi33,158

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.