U.S. PLACE PROFILE
Rocky Mount, NC
Rocky Mount is a City in Nash County, North Carolina. The loaded 2025 population estimate is 55,120.
Published locationNorth Carolina
Population estimate55,1202025 loaded Census estimate
CountyNash CountyPrimary loaded county
Place typeCityCensus place classification
Coordinates35.96851, -77.80829Census representative point
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Closest published places
Nearest qualifying Census places by straight-line distance.
Dortches, NC4.0 miles · NW
Sharpsburg, NC7.2 miles · S
Nashville, NC8.3 miles · W
Red Oak, NC8.3 miles · NW
Whitakers, NC10.9 miles · NE
Elm City, NC11.7 miles · S
County coverage
Some incorporated places cross county lines. These county-part values come from the loaded Census county-place-part population layer.
| County | 2025 population in this place part |
|---|---|
| Edgecombe County | 15,330 |
| Nash County | 39,790 |
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PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau
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