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EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year Employed (000s) 4,024.4 4,024.5 4,027.3 (0.1) Civilian labor force 4,465.1 4,461.7 4,546.5 (1.8) Manufacturing 429.4 433.5 428.9 0.1 Service 3,209.3 3,276.5 3,190.9 0.6 Government 701.4 711.6 708.3 (1.0) Unemployed 440.6 437.2 519.2 (15.1) Avg. manufacturing workweek 40.4 41.2 40.0 1.0 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.82 $15.87 $16.00 (1.1) Source: Employment Security Commission, January. [ILLUSTRTION OMITTED]

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TAXABLE RETAIL Latest Previous Previous % change from SALES (1) month month year last year ($000s) Alamance 134,587.3 115,623.1 106,868.9 25.9 Buncombe 258,548.4 266,487.1 239,010.3 8.2 Cabarrus 170,882.3 158,605.4 159,678.0 7.0 Catawba 144,475.7 128,472.9 135,371.6 6.7 Cumberland 276,201.1 255,541.9 249,116.5 10.9 Durham 339,403.4 331,334.3 302,240.0 12.3 Forsyth 330,858.5 311,067.4 291,003.2 13.7 Gaston 121,519.4 114,213.2 111,421.3 9.1 Guilford 423,993.1 429,581.7 380,736.2 11.4 Iredell 126,945.8 116,458.8 110,197.3 15.2 Mecklenburg 1,099,553.6 1,067,677.2 1,020,852.2 7.7 New Hanover 229,123.9 224,704.0 189,884.4 20.7 Onslow 133,784.3 127,849.6 112,495.6 18.9 Pitt 146,306.0 129,519.2 77,692.6 88.3 Wake 848,897.8 820,519.6 797,591.7 6.4 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Mecklenburg 191,903.4 9,374.0 10,680.4 1,696.8 Union 187,570.0 0.0 3,130.3 5,892.1 New Hanover 46,202.5 23,729.7 6,581.0 602.1 Pender 35,765.2 613.4 1,945.2 1,738.6 Rutherford 31,516.1 1,113.9 357.1 8,724.5 Wake 28,224.3 9,790.2 34,176.2 (17.4) Guilford 20,575.1 2,487.1 3,391.4 506.7 Cumberland 17,564.4 502.9 23,145.1 (24.1) Pitt 6,004.3 1,123.4 496.3 1,109.9 Nash 5,985.3 2,784.1 4,050.0 47.8 North Carolina 650,914.1 179,598.2 246,649.6 163.9 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 20,743 26,315 18,248 13.7 Charlotte * 1,454,259 1,600,584...