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Hertford County, NC

Demographic and economic profile of Hertford County, NC, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Hertford County is a small, rural North Carolina county of 20,492 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 51.9% and an unemployment rate of 5.2%, reflecting a constrained available workforce; only 16.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Costs are low — median home values sit at $111,100 and median gross rent at $806/month — against a median household income of $45,537 and a poverty rate of 21.4%. The county has shed 15.2% of its population over the past five years, a significant contraction that signals ongoing demographic pressure.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

20,492

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$45,537

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

42.6 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-15.2% since 2018

Hertford County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • Black or African American Alone11,117 (55.8%)
  • White Alone6,773 (34.0%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races659 (3.3%)
  • Some Other Race Alone512 (2.6%)
  • American Indian & Alaska Native Alone342 (1.7%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race267 (1.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish881
  2. 2.Other Asian and Pacific Island104
  3. 3.Other Indo-European38
  4. 4.Arabic17
  5. 5.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)11

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

18.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

59.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

21.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

4.0%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,332

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$41,934

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$27,562

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

5.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

21.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance2,341
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)1,285
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)847
  4. 4.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities631
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services530

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,297
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,892
  3. 3.Service Occupations1,578
  4. 4.Sales & Office Occupations1,455
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations687

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.92×)255
  2. 2.Manufacturing (LQ 1.64×)1,361
  3. 3.Public Administration (LQ 1.58×)621
  4. 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.21×)2,367
  5. 5.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.12×)548

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$111,100

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$806/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

67.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,999700 (12.5%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999582 (10.4%)
  • $125,000 to $149,999489 (8.8%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999475 (8.5%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999458 (8.2%)
  • $80,000 to $89,999404 (7.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

16.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

84.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

51.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$31,514

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

26.5 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

8.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone6,133 (78.9%)
  • Carpooled893 (11.5%)
  • Worked At Home334 (4.3%)
  • Other169 (2.2%)
  • Walked139 (1.8%)
  • Public Transit92 (1.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.