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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 | |
• Total | 1,046 sq mi (2,710 km2) |
| Population (2017 Census estimate[1]) | |
| • Density | 140/sq mi (50/km2) |
| • MSA | 146,738 |
| Time zone | EST |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT |
| Area code | 252 |
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]
- ^ "Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area - Profile data - Census Report". Census Reporter. Knight Foundation. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ "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]
- ^ Fleming, Monika (2013). Legendary Locals of Edgecombe and Nash Counties. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467100441.
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