Rocky Mount metropolitan area

Twin Counties
Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Country United States
State North Carolina
Principal cities - Rocky Mount
 - Tarboro
 - Nashville
Area
 • Total1,046 sq mi (2,710 km2)
Population
 (2017 Census estimate[1])
 • Density140/sq mi (50/km2)
 • MSA
146,738
Time zoneEST
 • Summer (DST)EDT
Area code252

The Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – Edgecombe and Nash – in eastern North Carolina, anchored by the city of Rocky Mount. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 152,392.[2] It is commonly referred to as the Twin Counties.[3]

  1. ^ "Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area - Profile data - Census Report". Census Reporter. Knight Foundation. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  2. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Fleming, Monika (2013). Legendary Locals of Edgecombe and Nash Counties. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467100441.