Who is the Hyde County Clerk of Superior Court?

Brandy C. Pugh (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Hyde County, North Carolina. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Hyde County Register of Deeds?

E. Merita Lewis-Spencer (Democratic) is the Register of Deeds of Hyde County, North Carolina. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Hyde County Sheriff?

Carl (Guire) Cahoon (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Hyde County, North Carolina. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who are the Hyde County commissioners?

Jeffrey G. Berry (Fairfield Twp); Thomas Midgette (Lake Landing Twp); Randal Mathews (Ocracoke Twp); Jan Moore (Swan Quarter Twp).

Who is on the Hyde County School Board?

Lindsey Mooney (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Aleta Cox (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Edward Torres (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Chanta Gibbs-Rickard (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Angie Todd (Board of Education Member, Ocracoke District).

What is the population of Hyde County?

About 4,592 people, with a median age of 47.1; the median household income is $53,713 and 22.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Hyde County?

4.0% in September 2026 (preliminary): 62 people unemployed in a labor force of 1,555, against 4.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Hyde County?

7 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county and 6 special district governments.

Hyde County, NC elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Hyde County: 15 seats on 6 elected bodies. 9 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of County Commissioners

Hyde County Board of Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, Fairfield Twp	Jeffrey G. Berry Unaffiliated source
County Commissioner, Lake Landing Twp	Thomas Midgette Democratic source
County Commissioner, Ocracoke Twp	Randal Mathews Democratic source
County Commissioner, Swan Quarter Twp	Jan Moore Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Clerk of Superior Court	Brandy C. Pugh Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Register of Deeds	E. Merita Lewis-Spencer Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Carl (Guire) Cahoon Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

School Board

Hyde County Board of Education

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Board of Education Member, At-Large	Lindsey Mooney Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Board of Education Member, At-Large	Aleta Cox Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Board of Education Member, At-Large	Edward Torres Unaffiliated source
Board of Education Member, At-Large	Chanta Gibbs-Rickard Democratic source
Board of Education Member, Ocracoke District	Angie Todd Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

Special districts

Boards elected by the voters who live in each district.

Hyde Soil and Water Conservation District · 3 seats

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor	JW Spencer source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor	Manley (Trey) Palmer source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor	Chad Spencer source

How many local governments Hyde County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 7 local governments in Hyde County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	0	0
School districts (school boards)	0	1
Special districts (elected boards)	6	1

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments (1 in Hyde County), though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Hyde County

4,592people

47.1median ageU.S.: 38.9

$53,713 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

22.2%below the U.S.: 12.5%

14.7%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$124,000median home valueU.S.: $332,700

2.5%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

3.9%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

5.6%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

15.6%U.S.: 8.4%

62.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

48.5%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 10.1% · White 57.7% · Black 24.2% · Asian 0% · Other or more than one race 8% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Hyde County

4.0%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.4%. North Carolina: 3.1%.

62people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

1,493people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

1,555in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.0%	62	1,493	1,555
August 2026	4.2%	67	1,524	1,591
July 2026	4.9%	74	1,451	1,525
June 2026	4.5%	74	1,574	1,648
May 2026	5.2%	80	1,472	1,552
April 2026	5.7%	88	1,444	1,532
March 2026	8.5%	129	1,386	1,515
February 2026	10.7%	154	1,281	1,435
January 2026	10.0%	143	1,289	1,432
December 2025	5.5%	80	1,371	1,451
November 2025	4.9%	73	1,402	1,475
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.4%	64	1,403	1,467
August 2025	5.0%	78	1,483	1,561
July 2025	4.8%	75	1,482	1,557
June 2025	4.4%	76	1,645	1,721
May 2025	4.9%	78	1,502	1,580
April 2025	4.9%	76	1,476	1,552
March 2025	7.8%	117	1,374	1,491
February 2025	10.4%	147	1,261	1,408
January 2025	9.4%	131	1,270	1,401
December 2024	5.6%	79	1,323	1,402
November 2024	4.9%	73	1,424	1,497
October 2024	3.6%	57	1,509	1,566

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	5.9%	90	1,424	1,514
2024	5.6%	91	1,524	1,615
2023	6.1%	102	1,568	1,670
2022	6.1%	101	1,566	1,667
2021	7.0%	115	1,521	1,636
2020	11.0%	180	1,451	1,631
2019	9.3%	165	1,607	1,772
2018	9.0%	165	1,661	1,826
2017	9.1%	173	1,728	1,901
2016	10.1%	195	1,732	1,927

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. North Carolina's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.4% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Hyde County

0.0 per 100,0002018. North Carolina: 356.2.

0.0 per 100,0002018. North Carolina: 2,343.8.

0murders2018, 0 violent crimes in all.

2018 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

By police agency (1)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Hyde County Sheriff's Office	2018	0	0	5,303

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in North Carolina · the U.S.

Police staffing

3.48 per 1,000 residents2025, 1 agency serving 4,599 people.

16sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

1civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (1), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Hyde County Sheriff's Office	16	1	4,599

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	16	3.48	1	1
2024	17	3.65	1	1
2023	16	3.48	1	1
2022	16	3.56	1	1
2021	16	3.42	1	1
2020	15	3.09	1	1
2019	13	2.52	2	1
2018	13	2.45	2	1
2017	14	2.55	2	1
2016	14	2.56	6	1

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Hyde County Clerk of Superior Court?: Brandy C. Pugh (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Hyde County, North Carolina. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Hyde County Register of Deeds?: E. Merita Lewis-Spencer (Democratic) is the Register of Deeds of Hyde County, North Carolina. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Hyde County Sheriff?: Carl (Guire) Cahoon (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Hyde County, North Carolina. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who are the Hyde County commissioners?: Jeffrey G. Berry (Fairfield Twp); Thomas Midgette (Lake Landing Twp); Randal Mathews (Ocracoke Twp); Jan Moore (Swan Quarter Twp).
Who is on the Hyde County School Board?: Lindsey Mooney (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Aleta Cox (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Edward Torres (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Chanta Gibbs-Rickard (Board of Education Member, At-Large); Angie Todd (Board of Education Member, Ocracoke District).
What is the population of Hyde County?: About 4,592 people, with a median age of 47.1; the median household income is $53,713 and 22.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Hyde County?: 4.0% in September 2026 (preliminary): 62 people unemployed in a labor force of 1,555, against 4.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Hyde County?: 7 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county and 6 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the NC State Board of Elections' certified results of each seat's last election (2022–2025, and the March 2026 nonpartisan school board elections); officials appointed since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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