JOHNSTON
COUNTY
BREAKS
200,000
MARK
IN
ESTIMATED
CENSUS
The
latest U.S.
Census
estimate for
Johnston County
is 202,675
residents as
of July 1, 2018.
That's a
gain of almost
34,000
since the 2010
Census,
putting
Johnston's 20%
increase
among the
highest rates
of growth among
North
Carolina's
counties.
View
more Census
data about
Johnston
County>
FOR LOCAL
NEWS UPDATED DAILY, check out the JoCo
Report
(a.k.a. the "Johnston
County Report").
LOCAL
OBITUARIES
Links to
funeral homes
posting obituaries
online:
Parrish &
Underwood
Sanders Funeral Home
Walter
Sanders F.H.
WEATHER DATA
Temperature and conditions
at Johnston County Airport
Regional radar from weather.com
Neuse River depth at
Smithfield from National
Weather Service (including current
readings, predicted
levels, and historical high marks)
Review all sorts of historical
weather statistics for Smithfield>
OFFICIAL TIME
Set your
clock according to
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology>
ALMANAC
View today's times of
sunrise, sunset (plus moonrise, moonset)
from the Farmers Almanac>
Next
full moon:
May
18
@ 5:11
p.m.
SUMMER
arrives:
June
21 @ 11:54
a.m.
THINGS TO SEE & DO
Check
out this rundown of upcoming
cultural events – compiled by the
Johnston County Visitors Bureau.
SMITHFIELD-SELMA MAP
Open
an interactive Google map of our
area>
AMTRAK
STOPS HERE Here's information
about passenger trains that serve Selma
Union Station>
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JOBLESS RATE
DOWN
SLIGHTLY
TO 3.8% IN MARCH
Johnston County's unemployment
rate declined
from 3.9% in
February to 3.8% in March, as the number of
Johnstonians employed rose
from 93,445
to 94,091. Meanwhile, the
number looking
for work
declined from 3,816 to
3,757, according to the
N.C. Department of Commerce. Get more news and stats
from NCDC>
RETAIL SALES UP
17%
IN 4th
QUARTER
According to the N.C. Dept. of Revenue,
taxable retail sales of $565.7 million
in Johnston County
October through
December
2018 were up 17% from
$480.4 million reported
for the fourth quarter
of 2017.
Get more reports
from NCDR>
JOHNSTON NO. 4
IN CASH CROPS
Local farmers produced crops worth $140.3
million in 2017, ranking
us 4th among
the state's 100 counties, according to the
latest statistics released by the N.C. Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services. We now rank 3rd
in flue-cured
tobacco production (behind neighboring
Sampson and Wilson
counties ); and
we're 4th
in sweet potatoes. In addition to
income from crops, Johnston's farmers earned $107.6 from
hogs, chickens, turkeys, and other livestock, ranking us 25th in the
state in that category.
Access more stats
about N.C. agriculture>
MORE
ECONOMIC DATA
ABOUT
JOHNSTON CO.
Visit the
website of the county's Economic Development
Office>
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a Hometown
Heritage site:
updated 5-1-19
E-mail the editor:
Wingate
Lassiter |
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