Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA

The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Combined Statistical Area. As of 2012, the Piedmont Triad has an estimated population of 1,611,243 making it the 33rd largest combined statistical area in the United States.

The metropolitan area is connected by Interstates 40, 85, 73, and 74 and is served by the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Long known as one of the primary manufacturing and transportation hubs of the southeastern United States, the Triad is also an important educational, healthcare, and cultural region and occupies a prominent place in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.

The Triad is not to be confused with the " Triangle" region ( Raleigh– Durham–Chapel Hill), directly to the east.

Counties

As part of a redefining of metropolitan areas by the US Census Bureau, the old Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area was broken up in 2003 into five separate areas—three Metropolitan Statistical Areas and two Micropolitan Areas. In some ways, however, the region still functions as a single metropolitan area.

Municipalities

:''The name in italics is the county in which the city is located.''

Primary cities

* Greensboro ''Guilford'' – 299,035
* Winston-Salem ''Forsyth'' – 249,545
* High Point ''Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson & Randolph'' – 114,059

Secondary cities over 10,000 in population

*Burlington ''Alamance & Guilford'' 55,481
* Thomasville ''Davidson'' 27,183
*Asheboro ''Randolph'' 27,156
*Kernersville ''Forsyth & Guilford'' 26,449
* Clemmons ''Forsyth'' 21,163
* Lexington ''Davidson'' – 19,632
*Eden ''Rockingham'' 15,527
* Reidsville ''Rockingham'' 14,520
*Graham ''Alamance'' 14,153
* Lewisville ''Forsyth'' 12,639
* Archdale ''Randolph & Guilford'' 11,415
*Mebane ''Alamance & Orange'' 11,393
* Mount Airy ''Surry'' 10,388
* Summerfield ''Guilford'' 10,232

Other municipalities under 10,000 in population

* Alamance ''Alamance'' 951
* Bermuda Run ''Davie'' 1,725
* Bethania ''Forsyth'' 328
*† Biscoe ''Montgomery'' 1,700
* Boonville ''Yadkin'' 1,222
*† Candor ''Montgomery'' 840
*Cooleemee