page_title: Piedmont Triad
section_title: Counties
hierarchical_section_title: Piedmont Triad / Counties
caption_attribution_description: Locator map of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area in the northern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The four components of the CSA are colored separately: Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area: red Winston-Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area: yellow Burlington Micropolitan Statistical Area: blue Mount Airy Micropolitan Statistical Area: purple
context_page_description: The Piedmont Triad is a north-central region of the U.S. state of North Carolina that consists of the area within and surrounding the three major parts: 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 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, directly to the east.
context_section_description: As part of a redefining of metropolitan areas, 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.
caption: Location of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Combined Statistical Area and its components:   Greensboro–High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area   Winston-Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area   Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area   Mount Airy Micropolitan Statistical Area
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