Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area
The Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area is one county in North Carolina: Moore County. About 110,619 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 10.9% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 110,619 10.9% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Moore County
- Land area
- 698 sq mi (1,807 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- North Carolina
- Combined statistical area
- Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC
- CBSA code
- 38240
The county in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Moore County | Central | 110,619 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal cities, largest first
- Pinehurst18,256 people
- Southern Pines16,420 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:
- Fayetteville, NC Metro Area395,412 people
- Lumberton, NC Micro Area119,941 people
- Rockingham, NC Micro Area42,041 people
- Laurinburg, NC Micro Area33,322 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Rockingham, NC Micro Area24 mi southwest
- Sanford, NC Micro Area27 mi northeast
- Fayetteville, NC Metro Area29 mi east
- Anderson Creek, NC Micro Area29 mi east
- Laurinburg, NC Micro Area30 mi south
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area63 mi northeast
- Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area66 mi north
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