2022
ESTIMATE
RAISES
JOHNSTON
POPULATION
TO NEW HIGH OF
234,778
That's
up 8.7% from
the 2020
Census, which
officially put
Johnston's
population at
215,991.
Johnston's
percentage
rate of growth
over the
two-year
period ranks
us fourth in
the state behind
three smaller
coastal
counties:
Brunswick,
Currituck, and
Pender.
SMITHFIELD
& SELMA
POPULATIONS
ARE UP
The
U.S. Census
Bureau
estimates
Smithfield's
population
grew to 12,129
in 2022 –
up 499 from
the previous
year. Selma's
population is
up to 6,806
– a gain of
205 above the
2021 estimate. View
updated Census
estimates for
Smithfield,
Selma,
Johnston
County, and
all of North
Carolina>
FOR
LOCAL NEWS:
the
Smithfield
Weekly Sun
and the daily
JoCoReport.
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)
ALMANAC
View
today's times of sunrise, sunset (plus
moonrise, moonset)>
AUTUMN
ARRIVES:
Sept.
23 @
2:50
a.m. EDT
NEXT FULL MOON:
Sept.
29 @ 5:58
a.m.
EDT
OFFICIAL
TIME
Set your clock according
to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology>
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a Hometown
Heritage site:
updated 8-30-23
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Wingate Lassiter |
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UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
STEADY AT 3.3% IN JULY
Johnston County's jobless rate
remained at 3.3% in July even though the
number of Johnstonians employed rose to a
new record-high of 108,537. At the same
time, the number looking for work rose from
3,677
in June to 3,748 in July, according to the
N.C. Department of Commerce. Get more news and stats from
NCDC>
RETAIL SALES UP
3.8%
IN 1st QUARTER 2023
According to the N.C. Dept. of
Revenue, taxable retail sales of $726,014,693 in
Johnston County in January,
February, and March were almost
$26.9 million above the
$699,162,295 total reported
for the first quarter of
2022. Get more reports
from NCDR>
JOHNSTON RANKS 5th
IN CASH
FROM CROPS
Local farmers reported cash income of $119,453,911
from crops in 2021, ranking us 5th among
the state's 100 counties, according to the
latest report from the N.C. Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services.
That includes a ranking of No. 3 for sweet
potatoes, No. 4 for vegetables, fruits, and
nuts, and No. 4 for "all other crops" which
includes tobacco and greenhouse products. We
rank 19th in livestock, dairy, and poultry
production – up from 29th in 2020 after a
doubling of income from to almost $149.9
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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