South Rosemary is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Rosemary had a population of 2,753. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
South Rosemary is located in northern Halifax County and is bordered to the east by the city of Roanoke Rapids.
U.S. Route 158 is the main road through the community, leading east into Roanoke Rapids and west to Henderson.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.10%, is water.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+South Rosemary CDP, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,393
|1,173
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,049
|49.00%
|41.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38.10%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,405
|1,563
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,519
|49.42%
|55.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |55.18%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|3
|22
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.11%
|0.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.33%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|6
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.21%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.07%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|14
|26
|style='background: #ffffe6; |82
|0.49%
|0.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.98%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|20
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |88
|0.70%
|1.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.20%
|-
|Total
|2,843
|2,836
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,753
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, South Rosemary had a population of 2,753. The median age was 43.8 years. 21.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.2% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.
67.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 32.4% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,200 households, of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 33.6% were married-couple households, 21.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 37.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.