Rocky Mount metropolitan area#Metropolitan Statistical Area

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{{legend|#55D400|Wilson Micropolitan Statistical Area}}

{{legend|#FFD42A|Roanoke Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area}}

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 - Tarboro
 - Nashville

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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.{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/GCTPEPANNR.US24PR |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 - United States -- Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico |website=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=July 15, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It is commonly referred to as the Twin Counties.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOWO-ahOKlwC |last=Fleming |first=Monika |title=Legendary Locals of Edgecombe and Nash Counties |year=2013 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781467100441}}