REPORT
CARD: "D"
GRADES,
MOSTLY,
FOR
LOCAL SCHOOLS
The
state's latest
School
Report Card
gives "D"
grades to
Smithfield
Middle School
and all our
local
elementary
schools: Selma,
South Smithfield,
West
Smithfield,
and
Wilson's
Mills.
Smithfield-Selma
High was
graded "C"
while Selma
Middle School
got an "F."
Neuse Charter
School was
graded "C."
To view 2018-19 results
for all of
North
Carolina's
public
schools,
follow this
link>
JOHNSTON
COUNTY
HAS
202,675
RESIDENTS
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.
SMITHFIELD'S
CENSUS
ESTIMATE:
12,669
The
latest population
estimate for
the town of
Smithfield is
12,669. That's
a gain of
1,703
residents
since the 2010
Census.
Clayton,
meanwhile,
continues to
grow at an
accelerated
rate: 22,850
as of July 1,
2018 --- up
from 16,116 in
2010, a
gain of almost
42 percent.
Selma's
estimated 2018
population
is 6,913
--- up
from 6,073 in
2010. 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 County 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>
WINTER arrives:
Dec. 21 @ 11:19 p.m.
Next full moon:
Jan. 10 @ 2:23 p.m.
OFFICIAL
TIME
Set your clock according
to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology>
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JOBLESS
RATE
UP SLIGHTLY TO
3.4%
IN OCTOBER
Johnston
County's rate of
unemployment rose
from 3.3% in
September to 3.4% in
October. The N.C. Department
of Commerce
estimates that
96,587
Johnstonians held
jobs in October
--- up
from 96,080
in September.
At the same time, the number seeking
jobs
rose
from 3,257
to 3,358. Get more news and stats from
NCDC>
RETAIL SALES UP
6%
IN 3rd
QUARTER
According to the N.C. Dept. of Revenue,
taxable retail sales of $518.3 million
in Johnston County
July
through September were up 6% from
more than
$488
million reported
for the third quarter
of 2018.
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>
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 12-12-19
E-mail the editor:
Wingate
Lassiter |
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