Editing Tyrrell County, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 4826
|1800= 3395
|1810= 3364
|1820= 4319
|1830= 4732
|1840= 4657
|1850= 5133
|1860= 4944
|1870= 4173
|1880= 4545
|1890= 4225
|1900= 4980
|1910= 5219
|1920= 4849
|1930= 5164
|1940= 5556
|1950= 5048
|1960= 4520
|1970= 3806
|1980= 3975
|1990= 3856
|2000= 4149
|2010= 4407
|2020= 3245
|estyear=2023
|estimate=3461
|estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37177.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/tyrrellcountynorthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Tyrrell County, North Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Tyrrell County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US37177&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,879
| 57.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 934
| 28.78%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 5
| 0.15%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 43
| 1.33%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 112
| 3.45%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 272
| 8.38%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 3,245 people in Tyrrell, making it North Carolina's least-populous county.<ref name= tester>{{cite news| last = Tester| first = Brandon| title = 2020 Census: Beaufort County's population decreased by 6.5%| newspaper = Washington Daily News| date = August 12, 2021| url = https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2021/08/12/2020-census-beaufort-countys-population-decreased-by-6-5/| access-date = September 8, 2023}}</ref>

===Demographic change===
Tyrrell County's population peaked in 1940 with 5,556 residents. The population subsequently declined to about 4,000 residents, where it remained for several decades before shrinking further due to outmigration fueled by diminished job opportunities.<ref name= campbell>{{cite news| last = Campbell| first = Colin| title = Tiny Tyrrell County wants to grow| newspaper = Business North Carolina| date = October 31, 2021| url = https://businessnc.com/tiny-tyrrell-county-wants-to-grow/| access-date = September 13, 2023}}</ref> Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Tyrrell's population dropped by 26 percent, the largest population drop by percentage in the state.<ref name= tester/>