2024 population: 147,114 ( 3,259 from 2020)
Land area: 1045.9 square miles
Population density: 140.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	62,313	42.36%	1.2%
Black:	67,911	46.16%	1.7%
Indian:	880	0.60%	9.2%
Asian:	1,376	0.94%	28.7%
2+ races:	2,529	1.72%	18.5%
Hispanic:	12,105	8.23%	21.3%

Total non-White:	84,801	57.64%	5.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,010	12.2
Deaths:	8,381	14.6
Net Migration:	3,879	6.7
Net Immigration:	708	1.2

Change in White population:	-778	-0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,037	2.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
143,855
63,091	43.86%
66,774	46.42%
806	0.56%
1,069	0.74%
2,134	1.48%
9,981	6.94%
80,764	56.14%

2010
152,392
73,130	47.99%
67,767	44.47%
695	0.46%
850	0.56%
1,674	1.10%
8,119	5.33%
79,262	52.01%

2000
143,026
75,164	52.55%
61,295	42.86%
438	0.31%
560	0.39%
978	0.68%
4,493	3.14%
67,862	47.45%

1990
133,235
76,441	57.37%
55,690	41.80%
313	0.23%
191	0.14%
n/a
600	0.45%
56,794	42.63%

1980
123,141
71,800	58.31%
49,857	40.49%
153	0.12%
234	0.19%
n/a
1,081	0.88%
51,341	41.69%

1970
111,463
65,297	58.58%
45,828	41.11%
95	0.09%
35	0.03%
n/a
191	0.17%
46,166	41.42%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
15,786	10.4
15,206	10.0
-7,585	-5.0
380	0.2

-10,039	-6.6
1,502	1.0

Number	Rate
2000's
18,483	12.9
14,026	9.8
-1,655	-1.2
1,589	1.1

-2,034	-1.4
11,400	8.0

Number	Rate
1990's
20,838	15.6
14,109	10.6
6,228	4.7
614	0.5

-1,277	-1.0
11,068	8.3

Number	Rate
1980's
19,629	15.9
12,418	10.1
4,259	3.5
n/a

4,641	3.8
5,453	4.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,296	1.2
n/a

6,503	5.8
5,175	4.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.7
31,943	21.7%
115,171	78.3%
27,722	18.8%

57,143
2.48

37,739	66.0%
23,450	62.1%
5,630	14.9%
19,404	34.0%

2010
Number	Percent
39.8
36,814	24.2%
115,578	75.8%
21,497	14.1%

59,462
2.50

40,609	68.3%
26,403	65.0%
5,985	14.7%
18,853	31.7%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
37,307	26.1%
105,719	73.9%
18,007	12.6%

54,041
2.59

38,877	71.9%
27,532	70.8%
4,989	12.8%
15,164	28.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.3
35,537	26.7%
97,698	73.3%
16,386	12.3%

49,416
2.66

36,707	74.3%
26,979	73.5%
4,421	12.0%
12,709	25.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.6
37,796	30.7%
85,345	69.3%
12,897	10.5%

41,991
2.90

33,065	78.7%
26,111	79.0%
3,193	9.7%
8,926	21.3%

2022 Housing Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,647	6.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,417	6.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,929	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,668	4.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,058	5.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,863	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,340	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,853	5.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,824	4.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,398	9.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,588	8.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,314	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,631	8.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,281	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,178	5.6%
$200,000 or more	2,154	3.8%

Median Household Income	53,248
Per Capita Income	29,896

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	78

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,240	7.4%
Public Assistance	757	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	11,102	19.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	54,766	66.4%
Unemployed	4,522	5.5%
In Armed Forces	53	0.1%

Total Labor Force	59,341	71.9%
Not in Labor Force	23,185	28.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	23,596	22,501	51.2%
Non-Profit	1,374	1,958	41.2%
Self-Employed	3,225	1,621	66.5%

Local Government	1,803	2,716	39.9%
State Government	1,084	2,261	32.4%
Federal Government	440	735	37.4%

Total Private + Self	26,821	24,122	52.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,701	7,670	38.0%
Total	31,522	31,792	49.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	8,198	12.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	13,311	20.9%
Professional, Technical	11,577	18.2%
Service Occupations	11,575	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	586	0.9%
All others	18,878	29.7%

White Collar		52.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	10,893	17.1%
Health care and social assistance	8,575	13.5%
Retail trade	7,963	12.5%
Construction	4,778	7.5%
Educational services	4,625	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	4,570	7.2%
Transportation and warehousing	3,589	5.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,077	4.8%
Finance and insurance	2,902	4.6%
Public administration	2,818	4.4%
Other services	2,247	3.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,019	3.2%
Wholesale trade	1,323	2.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,154	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,012	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	771	1.2%
Information	663	1.0%
Utilities	363	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	113	0.2%
Management	84	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,845	4.75%
Puerto Rican	958	0.66%
Cuban	26	0.02%
Dominican	153	0.11%

Total Central American	917	0.64%
Costa Rican	10	0.01%
Guatemalan	332	0.23%
Honduran	398	0.28%
Nicaraguan	32	0.02%
Panamanian	47	0.03%
Salvadoran	2	0.00%
Other Central American	96	0.07%

Total South American	663	0.46%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	216	0.15%
Colombian	162	0.11%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	258	0.18%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	27	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	212	0.15%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	245	0.17%
Chinese	142	0.10%
Filipino	95	0.07%
Vietnamese	38	0.03%
Japanese	29	0.02%
Taiwanese	11	0.01%
Korean	9	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	126,457	93.0%
Spanish	8,032	5.9%
Arabic	491	0.4%
Other Indo-European	226	0.2%
German, other Germanic	178	0.1%
Korean	166	0.1%
Other Asian	98	0.1%
Tagalog	95	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	84	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	16,508	11.5%
English	13,156	9.1%
German	5,245	3.6%
Irish	4,706	3.3%
Italian	1,766	1.2%
European	1,480	1.0%
Scottish	1,287	0.9%
French	1,038	0.7%
Dutch	838	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	774	0.5%
African	692	0.5%
British	557	0.4%
Palestinian	538	0.4%
Swedish	452	0.3%
West Indian	446	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	140,535	97.5%
Not a citizen	3,547	2.5%

Native	138,531	96.1%
Foreign-born	5,551	3.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,428	4.4%	9,384	9.4%	34,522	34.4%	31,371	31.3%	14,530	14.5%	6,048	6.0%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,428	4.4%
9-12 Years	9,384	9.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	34,522	34.4%
Some College	31,371	31.3%
Bach. Degree	14,530	14.5%
Grad Degree	6,048	6.0%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	139,448	133,160	6,288	4.5%
1991	143,730	133,592	10,138	7.1%
1992	144,262	132,634	11,628	8.1%
1993	142,508	133,034	9,474	6.6%
1994	140,040	131,700	8,340	6.0%
1995	143,640	134,452	9,188	6.4%
1996	149,474	136,796	12,678	8.5%
1997	143,812	132,178	11,634	8.1%
1998	140,312	130,460	9,852	7.0%
1999	139,550	130,470	9,080	6.5%

2000	137,224	130,274	6,950	5.1%
2001	138,958	129,078	9,880	7.1%
2002	138,632	125,622	13,010	9.4%
2003	140,006	128,082	11,924	8.5%
2004	138,674	128,134	10,540	7.6%
2005	137,976	127,862	10,114	7.3%
2006	138,878	129,332	9,546	6.9%
2007	141,878	132,600	9,278	6.5%
2008	143,364	131,358	12,006	8.4%
2009	145,100	124,946	20,154	13.9%

2010	146,390	126,580	19,810	13.5%
2011	144,440	124,914	19,526	13.5%
2012	142,262	124,078	18,184	12.8%
2013	138,684	123,506	15,178	10.9%
2014	134,860	123,360	11,500	8.5%
2015	133,190	122,574	10,616	8.0%
2016	132,290	122,640	9,650	7.3%
2017	131,026	122,378	8,648	6.6%
2018	129,824	122,322	7,502	5.8%
2019	129,106	122,600	6,506	5.0%

2020	125,662	114,202	11,460	9.1%
2021	125,076	116,290	8,786	7.0%
2022	125,256	118,386	6,870	5.5%
2023	124,202	118,076	6,126	4.9%
2024	127,232	121,182	6,050	4.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	66,549
Median Value	$142,588

Occupied	57,143	85.9%
Vacant	9,406	14.1%

Owned	36,516	63.9%
Rented	20,627	36.1%
Median Rent	$844

Single-Family Units	44,209	66.4%
Detached	43,382	65.2%
Attached	827	1.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,336	6.5%
Mobile Homes	12,572	18.9%

Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area