2022 population: 234,778 ( 65,900 from 2010 , 18,787 from 2020)
Land area: 792.0 square miles
Population density: 296.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	149,499	63.68%	26.8%
Black:	41,362	17.62%	64.9%
Indian:	963	0.41%	39.8%
Asian:	2,450	1.04%	142.8%
2+ races:	4,769	2.03%	118.4%
Hispanic:	35,735	15.22%	63.8%

Total non-White:	85,279	36.32%	67.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,897	13.7
Deaths:	4,252	9.8
Net Migration:	17,032	39.4
Net Immigration:	395	0.9

Change in White population:	31,630	18.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	34,270	20.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
168,878
117,869	69.80%
25,082	14.85%
689	0.41%
1,009	0.60%
2,184	1.29%
21,814	12.92%
51,009	30.20%

2000
121,965
91,870	75.32%
18,971	15.55%
417	0.34%
382	0.31%
789	0.65%
9,440	7.74%
30,095	24.68%

1990
81,306
65,430	80.47%
14,363	17.67%
336	0.41%
146	0.18%
n/a
1,031	1.27%
15,876	19.53%

1980
70,599
56,022	79.35%
13,706	19.41%
112	0.16%
111	0.16%
n/a
648	0.92%
14,577	20.65%

1970
61,737
48,522	78.59%
13,078	21.18%
15	0.02%
25	0.04%
n/a
87	0.14%
13,215	21.41%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
21,348	17.5
9,649	7.9
31,502	25.8
3,852	3.2

25,999	21.3
20,914	17.1

Number	Rate
1990's
15,755	19.4
8,793	10.8
25,967	31.9
609	0.7

26,440	32.5
14,219	17.5

Number	Rate
1980's
10,502	14.9
7,193	10.2
8,021	11.4
n/a

9,408	13.3
1,299	1.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,700	7.6
n/a

7,500	12.1
1,362	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Johnston County, NC

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.4
54,580	23.2%
180,198	76.8%
29,727	12.7%

79,387
2.74

57,893	72.9%
45,383	78.4%
4,790	8.3%
21,494	27.1%

2010
Number	Percent
36.3
46,970	27.8%
121,908	72.2%
17,259	10.2%

61,909
2.70

45,405	73.3%
34,685	76.4%
4,600	10.1%
16,504	26.7%

2000
Number	Percent
34.3
32,008	26.2%
89,957	73.8%
12,024	9.9%

46,700
2.57

33,950	72.7%
27,254	80.3%
3,055	9.0%
12,750	27.3%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
19,944	24.5%
61,362	75.5%
10,416	12.8%

31,524
2.55

23,498	74.5%
18,770	79.9%
1,930	8.2%
8,026	25.5%

1980
Number	Percent
31.3
20,467	29.0%
50,132	71.0%
7,663	10.9%

25,033
2.80

19,789	79.1%
16,414	82.9%
1,410	7.1%
5,244	20.9%

2022 Housing Data for Johnston County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,368	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,947	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,903	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,025	2.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,601	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,634	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,241	2.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,859	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,915	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,843	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,212	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,003	12.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	9,694	12.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,689	9.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,125	9.0%
$200,000 or more	5,328	6.7%

Median Household Income	75,288
Per Capita Income	35,078

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	107
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,024	5.1%
Public Assistance	1,034	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,690	12.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	89,427	73.7%
Unemployed	3,340	2.8%
In Armed Forces	200	0.2%

Total Labor Force	92,967	76.6%
Not in Labor Force	28,358	23.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	41,624	32,584	56.1%
Non-Profit	2,026	3,829	34.6%
Self-Employed	6,557	3,863	62.9%

Local Government	3,975	3,895	50.5%
State Government	2,640	5,176	33.8%
Federal Government	874	983	47.1%

Total Private + Self	48,181	36,447	56.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,515	13,883	40.7%
Total	57,696	50,330	53.4%

Pct. Govt.	16.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	17,152	15.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	22,678	21.0%
Professional, Technical	22,716	21.0%
Service Occupations	16,677	15.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	624	0.6%
All others	28,955	26.8%

White Collar		57.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	13,093	12.1%
Construction	12,539	11.6%
Retail trade	12,296	11.4%
Manufacturing	12,034	11.1%
Educational services	8,344	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	7,294	6.7%
Public administration	6,962	6.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,751	6.2%
Finance and insurance	5,320	4.9%
Other services	4,999	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,879	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	4,190	3.9%
Wholesale trade	2,978	2.8%
Information	1,707	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,430	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,121	1.0%
Utilities	1,003	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	997	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	137	0.1%
Management	104	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	20,061	9.16%
Puerto Rican	2,735	1.25%
Cuban	923	0.42%
Dominican	937	0.43%

Total Central American	4,546	2.08%
Costa Rican	134	0.06%
Guatemalan	341	0.16%
Honduran	2,490	1.14%
Nicaraguan	726	0.33%
Panamanian	4	0.00%
Salvadoran	851	0.39%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,718	0.78%
Argentinean	35	0.02%
Bolivian	65	0.03%
Chilean	22	0.01%
Colombian	664	0.30%
Ecuadorian	302	0.14%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	457	0.21%
Uruguayan	22	0.01%
Venezuelan	151	0.07%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	831	0.38%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	432	0.20%
Filipino	390	0.18%
Korean	178	0.08%
Indian	119	0.05%
Indonesian	69	0.03%
Vietnamese	68	0.03%
Japanese	40	0.02%
Laotian	25	0.01%
Hmong	14	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	177,065	86.0%
Spanish	24,591	11.9%
Other Indo-European	910	0.4%
Arabic	761	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	427	0.2%
Other Asian	352	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	348	0.2%
Other	303	0.1%
Chinese	291	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	25,628	11.7%
English	25,334	11.6%
Irish	18,190	8.3%
German	14,342	6.5%
Italian	8,429	3.8%
Scottish	4,267	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	4,133	1.9%
French	4,015	1.8%
European	3,892	1.8%
Polish	3,892	1.8%
Welsh	1,906	0.9%
Dutch	1,205	0.6%
African	1,151	0.5%
British	1,021	0.5%
Norwegian	918	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	207,559	94.8%
Not a citizen	11,483	5.2%

Native	202,366	92.4%
Foreign-born	16,676	7.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,568	4.5%	8,762	6.0%	40,542	27.7%	52,133	35.6%	27,955	19.1%	10,447	7.1%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,568	4.5%
9-12 Years	8,762	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	40,542	27.7%
Some College	52,133	35.6%
Bach. Degree	27,955	19.1%
Grad Degree	10,447	7.1%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	44,685	42,816	1,869	4.2%	4.1%
1991	46,164	43,416	2,748	6.0%	5.9%
1992	47,264	44,738	2,526	5.3%	6.3%
1993	47,675	45,850	1,825	3.8%	5.1%
1994	48,803	47,347	1,456	3.0%	4.4%
1995	50,682	49,220	1,462	2.9%	4.4%
1996	54,077	52,723	1,354	2.5%	4.4%
1997	57,090	55,721	1,369	2.4%	3.8%
1998	59,595	58,145	1,450	2.4%	3.5%
1999	62,014	60,784	1,230	2.0%	3.3%

2000	64,088	62,223	1,865	2.9%	3.7%
2001	65,838	63,016	2,822	4.3%	5.6%
2002	66,565	62,661	3,904	5.9%	6.9%
2003	68,039	64,237	3,802	5.6%	6.7%
2004	69,307	65,996	3,311	4.8%	5.9%
2005	71,349	67,950	3,399	4.8%	5.6%
2006	74,308	71,140	3,168	4.3%	5.1%
2007	75,311	71,967	3,344	4.4%	5.1%
2008	78,100	73,650	4,450	5.7%	6.2%
2009	79,213	71,013	8,200	10.4%	11.0%

2010	82,006	73,951	8,055	9.8%	10.7%
2011	82,890	75,033	7,857	9.5%	10.3%
2012	84,222	76,949	7,273	8.6%	9.5%
2013	84,615	78,785	5,830	6.9%	7.8%
2014	85,890	81,147	4,743	5.5%	6.1%
2015	88,074	83,524	4,550	5.2%	5.7%
2016	91,306	87,026	4,280	4.7%	5.1%
2017	94,257	90,334	3,923	4.2%	4.5%
2018	97,408	93,793	3,615	3.7%	4.0%
2019	100,706	97,106	3,600	3.6%	3.8%

2020	98,297	92,056	6,241	6.3%	7.3%
2021	101,791	97,424	4,367	4.3%	4.9%
2022	108,081	104,509	3,572	3.3%	3.7%
2023	110,895	107,369	3,526	3.2%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	85,278
Median Value	$240,100

Occupied	79,387	93.1%
Vacant	5,891	6.9%

Owned	60,831	76.6%
Rented	18,556	23.4%
Median Rent	$970

Single-Family Units	65,763	77.1%
Detached	63,522	74.5%
Attached	2,241	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,142	4.9%
Mobile Homes	12,588	14.8%

Johnston County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Johnston County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Johnston County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Johnston County, NC

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Johnston County, NC

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Johnston County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Johnston County, NC