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Rocky Mount, NC MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 780
  equals Births 8,691
  less Deaths 7,911
Net Migration -5,223
  equals net International Migration 251
  plus net Domestic Migration -5,474

The population of the Rocky Mount, NC MSA changed from 152,447 on 2010 to 148,069 in 2015 -- a change of -4,378 (-2.87%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (780) was not enough to offset outbound net migration (-5,223); outbound net migration has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Rocky Mount, NC MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Edgecombe County, NC37065P0000001 56,607 56,096 55,735 55,522 54,898 54,150 -2,457 -4.34
Nash County, NC37127P0000001 95,840 95,711 95,255 94,475 94,249 93,919 -1,921 -2.00
Total P0000001 152,447 151,807 150,990 149,997 149,147 148,069 -4,378 -2.87
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Edgecombe County, NC37065B0000001 808 644 685 629 638 609 3,205 
Nash County, NC37127B0000001 1,048 1,118 1,103 1,118 1,066 1,081 5,486 
Total B0000001 1,856 1,762 1,788 1,747 1,704 1,690 8,691 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Edgecombe County, NC37065D0000001 416 566 585 614 609 620 2,994 
Nash County, NC37127D0000001 1,080 1,005 969 991 964 988 4,917 
Total D0000001 1,496 1,571 1,554 1,605 1,573 1,608 7,911 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Edgecombe County, NC37065NC000001 392 78 100 15 29 -11 211 
Nash County, NC37127NC000001 -32 113 134 127 102 93 569 
Total NC000001 360 191 234 142 131 82 780 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Edgecombe County, NC37065MI000001 -16 14 9 13 16 17 69 
Nash County, NC37127MI000001 96 31 26 31 44 50 182 
Total MI000001 80 45 35 44 60 67 251 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Edgecombe County, NC37065MD000001 -140 -630 -488 -277 -647 -726 -2,768 
Nash County, NC37127MD000001 -12 -235 -623 -1,010 -342 -496 -2,706 
Total MD000001 -152 -865 -1,111 -1,287 -989 -1,222 -5,474 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Edgecombe County, NC37065MN000001 -156 -616 -479 -264 -631 -709 -2,699 
Nash County, NC37127MN000001 84 -204 -597 -979 -298 -446 -2,524 
Total MN000001 -72 -820 -1,076 -1,243 -929 -1,155 -5,223 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Edgecombe County, NC37065GQ000001 1,429 1,440 1,253 1,219 1,218 1,211 -218 -15.26
Nash County, NC37127GQ000001 2,210 2,277 2,202 1,860 1,897 1,904 -306 -13.85
Total GQ000001 3,639 3,717 3,455 3,079 3,115 3,115 -524 -14.40

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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