1. Start with Dunn’s actual service area
Dunn is recorded as a municipality in Harnett County, North Carolina, with a 2020–2024 ACS 5-year population estimate of 8,559 and a margin of error of 27. That figure describes the city population; it does not establish legal demand, search volume, competition, calls, cases or revenue. It also does not describe every person your firm may serve. A Dunn firm should therefore decide whether its dashboard needs to distinguish Dunn from Harnett County and from any broader service area the firm chooses to market. The geographic label attached to a call, lead or matter should be defined rather than assumed.
Recommended approach
Bring a written geographic definition to the review: Dunn city, Harnett County, North Carolina, or another area your firm intentionally serves. Ask how those labels would appear in reporting and whether a city-level result could be separated from a county-level result. Treat the Census population as context for naming the geography, not as a forecast of cases or revenue.
