Johnston County is currently ranked 7th out of 100 counties in North Carolina in the response rate to the 2020 US Census. 45.9 percent of households in Johnston County had self-responded to the Census as of April 5, 2020 according to Carolina Demography. That is above the statewide rate of 41.7 percent.
39.6 percent of Johnston households responded to the Census online versus 35.7 percent statewide. 6.3 percent of Johnston households responded by phone or mail compared to 6.0 percent statewide.
North Carolina’s Census response rate is 35.7 percent which is 3.6 percent below the national average of 39.3 percent as of April 5th.
The top 5 responding counties are Orange, Union, Wake, Chatham and Guilford. The five lowest-responding counties are Graham, Avery, Jackson, Dare and Swain. Statewide the lowest response rates have been in households that lacked internet access, according to the report.
Because of COVID-19 the deadline to fill out the 2020 Census has been extended until August 14, 2020.
