Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA


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. 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.

Attractions

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in autumn.
bird at Sylvan Heights Bird Park.
Whirligig Park sculpture.

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants

As of the census estimate of 2017, there were 299,581 people and 118,537 households residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 44.2% White, 46.8% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 0.3% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.9% of the population.
The median income for a household in the CSA was $41,974. The per capita income for the CSA was $22,133.

Higher education

The municipalities and counties in the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA belong to the Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments as part of the North Carolina Councils of Governments.