NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,038.7 4,035.9 4,127.8 (2.2) Civilian labor force 4,549.5 4,538.1 4,578.6 (0.6) Manufacturing 426.3 427.3 468.3 (9.0) Service 3,250.0 3,239.7 3,266.8 (0.5) Government 740.8 734.7 721.4 2.7 Unemployed 510.8 502.2 450.8 13.3 Avg. manufacturing 39.8 40.0 38.0 4.7 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.92 $16.00 $15.89 0.2 production wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 128,532.6 113,228.8 124,964.0 2.9 Buncombe 256,442.1 236,924.3 256,482.9 (0.0) Cabarrus 150,896.6 138,097.4 155,964.7 (3.2) Catawba 137,790.6 117,043.8 145,548.6 (5.3) Cumberland 236,739.5 221,452.4 235,721.4 0.4 Durham 302,438.2 279,658.0 281,441.1 7.5 Forsyth 323,346.2 309,853.8 333,199.3 (3.0) Gaston 109,684.6 104,332.1 126,826.5 (13.5) Guilford 446,218,4 440,225.1 467,218,2 (4.5) Iredell 116,956.6 109,680.0 137,111.4 (14.7) Mecklenburg 1,088,690.0 943,406.4 1,049,082.3 3.8 New Hanover 207,778.0 215,984.1 215,275.3 (3.5) Onslow 111,946.0 103,438.7 101,027.1 10.8 Pitt 121,193.9 115,244.6 109,634.0 10.5 Wake 884,384.7 777,469.3 882,322.4 0.2 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Mecklenburg 35,230.9 10,680.4 4,040.6 771.9 Wake 28,094.8 34,176.2 6,727.9 317.6 Lee 27,534.2 1,484.6 0.0 nm Buncombe 24,095.8 38,464.8 4,090.5 489.1 Guilford 21,101.8 3,391.4 6,004.6 251.4 Duplin 15,431.0 4,224.5 0.0 nm Forsyth 14,218.3 5,403.6 1,073.7 1,224.2 Jackson 11,518.7 0.0 424.5 2,613.7 New Hanover 10,863.1 6,581.0 3,326.5 226.6 Cumberland 10,770.8 23,145.1 0.0 nm North Carolina 353,167.5 246,649.6 139,308.5 153.5 AIR PASSENGER BOARDING (3) Asheville 18,214 18,304 17,194 5.9 Charlotte * 1,296,641 1,330,161 1,265,109 2.5 Fayetteville 16,551 16,477 15,621 6.0 Greensboro 52,484 55,331 60,664 (13.5)...