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Rockingham County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 32 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37157

Within North Carolina
Rockingham County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Wentworth, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
94,195
+2,994 (+3.3%) since 2020
Land area
565.6
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
167
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wentworth
Seat of county government.
Established
1785
240 years ago
Largest city
Eden city
Population 15,500.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Rockingham County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Rockingham County, North Carolina from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 599 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Rockingham County ranks

Position among the 100 counties of North Carolina, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn North CarolinaNationally
Population94,19532nd of 100653rd of 3,144
Land area565.6 sq mi27th of 1001,813th of 3,144
Population density167 per sq mi38th of 100643rd of 3,144
Median household income$57,05365th of 1002,325th of 3,143

Full data for Rockingham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population94,195Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202091,201Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?91,108Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area565.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area572.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?167 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,053American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$168,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households39,606American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units43,868American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-348
934 births, 1,282 deaths
Net migration
+875
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Rockingham County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Guilford CountyNorth Carolina28 mi562,234
Caswell CountyNorth Carolina20 mi22,563
Stokes CountyNorth Carolina20 mi46,126
Henry CountyVirginia17 mi49,242
Pittsylvania CountyVirginia11 mi59,490
Alamance CountyNorth Carolina0.6 mi186,177
Forsyth CountyNorth Carolinaa single point401,718

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 100 counties of North Carolina

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.