2020
CENSUS PUTS
JOHNSTON AT
215,999,
UP 27.9% SINCE
2010
The
U.S. Census
Bureau reports
the population
of Johnston
County
measured by
the official
10-year count
on April 1
last year has
reached
215,999 --- a
gain of 47,121
residents
since the 2010
Census. That's
an increase of
27.9%, the
highest rate
of growth in
North Carolina
over the past
decade.
The state's
2020
population was
measured at
10,439,388
--- a gain of
9.5% since
2010.
SMITHFIELD
AND SELMA
SHOW MODEST
GAINS
Smithfield's
2020
population
came in at
11,292 – up
just 326 since
2010 – while
Selma added
244 residents
to reach
6,317.
View
more Census
data
about
Smithfield,
Selma,
Johnston
County, and
North
Carolina as a
whole>
FOR
LOCAL NEWS
UPDATED
DAILY,
check out the
JoCo Report (a.k.a. "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 Regional
Airport
Regional radar from weather.com
Neuse River depth at
Smithfield from National
Weather Service (current
readings, predicted
levels, historical
high marks)
Review all sorts of historical
weather statistics for Smithfield>
ALMANAC
View today's times of
sunrise, sunset (plus moonrise, moonset)
from the Farmers Almanac>
Next full moon:
September
20 @
7: 54 p.m.
AUTUMN
arrives:
September
22 @
3:21
p.m.
OFFICIAL
TIME
Set your clock according
to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology>
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JULY
EMPLOYMENT UP,
JOBLESS RATE DOWN
Johnston
County's jobless rate
declined from 4.4% in June to 4.1% in July
as the number of Johnstonians employed rose
from 97,039 to 97,935 while the number
filing for unemployment benefits dropped
from 4,415 to 4,156. The July jobless rate
was half the month's rate of 8.0% a year ago
when 7,596 Johnstonians were looking for
work.
Get more news and stats from
NCDC>
RETAIL SALES UP
27.7%
IN 1st QUARTER OF '21
According to the N.C. Dept. of
Revenue, taxable retail sales of $613,775,236
in Johnston
County January
through March were 27.7% higher than
$480,717,651 reported
for the first quarter
of 2020. Get more reports
from NCDR>
JOHNSTON RANKS
4th
IN CASH
FROM CROPS
Local farmers garnered cash income of $105.6
million in 2019 --- down from
$115.7
million in 2018.
That ranks us 4th among
the state's 100 counties, according to the
latest report from the N.C. Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services. We
rank 28th in livestock, dairy, and poultry
production at $87.3 million. Here's the
latest report
for all of the state's counties>
MORE
ECONOMIC DATA
ABOUT
JOHNSTON CO.
Visit the
website of the county's Economic Development
Office>
AMTRAK
STOPS
HERE Here's information
about passenger trains that serve
Selma Union
Station>
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>
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a Hometown
Heritage site:
updated 9-19-21
E-mail the editor:
Wingate
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