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JOBLESS RATE
JUMPED
TO 4.2%
IN JANUARY
Johnston County's unemployment
rate jumped
from 3.5%
in December to
4.2% in January, according to the N.C. Department
of Commerce. While the
number of Johnstonians
employed held steady at 92,410
in January, 4,062
were looking for work, up from 3,400
in December. The
statewide rate for January was 4.5%.
Here's 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 HAS
196,708
RESIDENTS
That official
Census
estimate – for
2017
– shows
a gain of almost
28,000
since the 2010
U.S. Census.
Smithfield's
estimated population
is 12,309, up
from 10,966
in 2010.
Selma's estimate
is 6,684,
up from 6,073
in 2010.
View
more Census
data about
Johnston
County and
Smithfield.
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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