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Welcome to the Rocky Mount Home page. The Rocky Mount Home page provides as much information as possible on Rocky Mount. Knowing Rocky Mount’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Rocky Mount’s Home page, you will also find Rocky Mount’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Rocky Mount has a population of 61952. 45.8% of Rocky Mount’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.2 are female. 37.7% of Rocky Mount is married and 50.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $109,449, and the average rent is $782. Household median income in Rocky Mount is $42,691, and the individual median income is $23,989. Rocky Mount’s Ethnic is the following: Black(63.2%), White(31.4%), Hispanic(3.7%), Multiple(1.9%), Other(1.8%), Asian(1.5%), Native(0.3%).


Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 census, making it the 20th-most populous city in North Carolina at the time. The city is 45 mi (72 km) east of Raleigh, the state capital. It is the principal city of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area, often called the "Twin Counties", which had an estimated population of 143,870 in 2020.


Rocky Mount is also an anchor city of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids Combined Statistical Area in northeast North Carolina with a total population of 288,747 as of 2020.Incorporated in 1867, the community at the falls of the Tar River that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the middle of the 1700s.


Historically strong in rail transportation, textiles, and agriculture, the economy of Rocky Mount has diversified into biomedical pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and logistics. Rocky Mount has also twice received the All-America City Award from the National Civic League in 1969 and 1999.


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