Rocky Mount metropolitan area

Rocky Mount metropolitan area

The Rocky Mount 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 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 143,026 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 145,596). [cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv | title = Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01) | format = CSV | work = 2007 Population Estimates | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = 2008-03-27 | accessdate = 2008-03-29]

Counties

*Edgecombe
*Nash

Communities

*Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants
**Rocky Mount (Principal city)

*Places with 1,000 to 15,000 inhabitants
**Nashville
**Pinetops
**Red Oak
**Sharpsburg (partial)
**Spring Hope
**Tarboro

*Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants
**Bailey
**Dortches
**Middlesex
**Princeville
**Whitakers

*Places with less than 500 inhabitants
**Castalia
**Conetoe
**Leggett
**Macclesfield
**Momeyer
**Speed

*Unincorporated places
**Crisp

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 143,026 people, 54,036 households, and 38,724 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 53.44% White, 43.08% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.87% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.14% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,065, and the median income for a family was $40,336. Males had a median income of $29,880 versus $23,044 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,649.

ee also

*North Carolina census statistical areas
*List of cities, towns, and villages in North Carolina
*List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina

References


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