<page_title> Smithfield, North Carolina </page_title> <section_title> Demographics </section_title> <table> <cell> 2010 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Census </col_header> </cell> <cell> 10,966 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Pop. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Est. 2016 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Census </col_header> </cell> <cell> 12,266 <col_header> Historical population </col_header> <col_header> Pop. </col_header> </cell> </table>
As of the 2010 census the population was 10,966, and in 2016 the estimated population was 12,266.