NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,056.7 4,038.6 4,100.4 (1.1) Civilian labor 4,564.4 4,549.0 4,573.7 (0.2) force Manufacturing 428.9 425.6 458.7 (6.5) Service 3,267.9 3,247.6 3,271.7 (0.1) Government 746.1 740.5 726.6 2.7 Unemployed 507.7 510.5 473.2 7.3 Avg. manufacturing 39.9 39.6 38.0 5.0 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.95 $16.00 $15.86 0.6 production wage Latest month Previous Previous % change from month year 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 Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Wake 99,207.2 28,094,8 2,908.1 3,311.5 Forsyth 29,124.7 14,218.3 8,270.7 252.1 Guilford 19,900.5 21,101.8 15,144.0 31.4 Durham 19,254.7 10,159.1 69,357,7 (72.2) Dare 16,521,4 487.0 0.0 nm Pender 15,528.8 147.8 2,088.6 643.5 Mecklenburg 14,424.6 35,230.9 8,217.8 75.5 New Hanover 11,039.1 10,863.1 2,300.7 379.8 Polk 10,732.4 0.0 0.0 nm Orange 9,035.5 5,533.5 3,118.6 189.7 North Carolina 353,167.5 246,649.6 139,308.5 153.5 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 25,622 18,214 21,488 19.2 Charlotte * 1,552,174 1,296,641 1,469,925 5.6...