2024
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
estimates
Smithfield's
population
grew to 12,806
in 2024 –
up 13.3% since
2020 – while
Selma's
population is
up to 7,228
– a gain of
14.4%. View
the latest
U.S. 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)>
NEXT FULL MOON:
Dec.
4 @ 11:15 p.m.
WINTER'S
ARRIVAL:
Dec.
21 @ 10:03
a.m.
OFFICIAL
TIME
Set your clock according
to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology>
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a Hometown
Heritage site:
updated 11-6-25
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Wingate Lassiter |
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JOHNSTON'S
JOBLESS
RATE UP TO 3.4% WITH DROP IN EMPLOYMENT
The N.C.
Department of Commerce reports that 123,390
Johnstonians were employed in August, down
from the record high of 126,216 in July. As a result,
the county's jobless rate rose from 3.2% to
3.4%.
Get more news and stats from
the state's website>
RETAIL SALES UP
10.55%
IN 2nd QUARTER 2025
According
to the N.C. Dept. of Revenue, taxable retail
sales of $934,275,377 in
Johnston County
April through June were $89 million
above the total for
the second quarter
of 2024.
More reports 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 2023
crop-production report ranks us 4th in sweet
potatoes, 9th in wheat, 12th in peanuts, and
14th in soybeans. Johnston ranked 13th in
production of hogs and pigs and turkeys in
2023 and 17th in beef cattle. Production
statistics for tobacco by county are no longer
provided. The 2022 Census of Agriculture ranks
Johnston 2nd in cash receipts from tobacco.
Wilson County ranks 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 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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