2025
ESTIMATE
RAISES
JOHNSTON
POPULATION
TO NEW HIGH OF
249,794
That's
up 33,795 from
the 2020
Census – a
gain of 15.6%
The
U.S. Census
Bureau says
Smithfield's
population
grew to 13,144
in 2025
while Selma's
is up to 7,406.
Clayton is
by far
Johnston's
largest town
with 32,633
residents.
Archer Lodge
is fourth
largest with 5,649.
View
the latest
Census estimates
for all of
Johnston's
towns in the
Smithfield
Weekly Sun>
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)>
NEXT
FULL MOON:
July
29 @ 10:36 a.m.
AUTUMNAL
EQUINOX:
Sept.
22 @ 8:04 p.m.
OFFICIAL
TIME
Set your clock according
to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology>
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a Hometown
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updated 7-5-26
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JOHNSTON
COUNTY
EMPLOYMENT DOWN FROM RECORD HIGH
The
N.C. Department of Commerce reports
that 125,924
Johnstonians held jobs in May. That's down
from the monthly record high of 126,517 in
March. The
number unemployed in May declined to
3,933, producing a jobless rate of 3.0%.
View statewide data>
RETAIL SALES UP
7.4%
IN 1ST QUARTER 2026
According to the N.C.
Dept. of Revenue, taxable retail sales of $903,345,918 in
Johnston January-March were $62.5 million
above the total for
the 1st quarter
of 2025.
That's an increase of 7.4%. More from NCDR>
JOHNSTON RANKS 3rd
IN CASH
FROM CROPS
Local farmers reported cash receipts of $155,554
from crops in 2022, ranking us 3rd among
the state's 100 counties, according to the latest
report from the N.C. Department of Agriculture &
Consumer Services. Its 2024
crop-production report ranked us 3rd in sweet
potatoes, 9th in wheat, and 13th in soybeans.
Johnston ranked 13th in production of hogs and
pigs and turkeys in 2024. County-by-county
production statistics for tobacco are no
longer provided since gross receipts are
determined by individual farm contracts rather
than auction sales on the open market. The
2022 Census of Agriculture ranked Johnston 2nd
in cash receipts from tobacco. Wilson County
ranked 1st.
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-Smithfield
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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