Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids Combined Statistical Area | |
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Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
Principal cities | - Rocky Mount - Wilson - Roanoke Rapids - Tarboro |
Area | |
• Total | 2,674 sq mi (6,930 km2) |
Population (2017 Census estimate[1]) | |
• Density | 112/sq mi (43/km2) |
• CSA | 299,581 |
Time zone | EST |
• Summer (DST) | EDT |
Area code | 252 |
The Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids Combined Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of five counties in northeastern North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 310,416, with an estimated population of 297,726 in 2018.[2] The statistical area includes the Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area, Wilson Micropolitan Statistical Area, and Roanoke Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the counties of Nash, Wilson, Edgecombe, Halifax, Northampton.