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County · North Carolina
Johnston County
249,794Population
15.6 %Change since 2020
6,504Net migration
3.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 249,794 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 15.6 %
- Net migration
- 6,504 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2 % (2025)
- State
- North Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 216,001 (2020)
- Births
- 2,863 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 1,882 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 981
- International migration
- 937 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 5,567 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 26.0
- Postal code
- NC
- FIPS code
- 37101
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 % |
| 2024 | 3.1 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 4.0 % |
| 2020 | 5.9 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 3.5 % |
| 2017 | 4.0 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 5.2 % |
| 2014 | 5.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 249,794 |
| 2023 | 242,358 |
| 2022 | 234,762 |
| 2021 | 226,976 |
| 2020 | 217,426 |