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• Position: North Carolina - Statistical table

EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year Employed (000s) 4,089.9 4,095.4 4,044.9 1.1 Civilian labor force 4,544.0 4,570.1 4,542.9 0.0 Manufacturing 434.2 430.2 445.6 (2.6) Service 3,332.5 3,344.1 3,271.4 1.9 Government 731.9 771.9 698.7 4.8 Unemployed 454.2 474.6 498.0 (8.8) Avg. manufacturing workweek 40.9 40.7 39.2 4.3 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.95 $15.82 $15.76 1.2 Source: Employment Security Commission, June. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

TAXABLE RETAIL Latest Previous Previous % change from last SALES (1) month month year year ($000s) Alamance 106,868.9 117,337.3 89,947.8 18.8 Buncombe 239,010.3 267,258.9 220,925.8 8.2 Cabarrus 159,678.0 177,839.4 139,971.3 14.1 Catawba 135,371.6 140,247.3 117,123.7 15.6 Cumberland 249,116.5 277,085.0 197,186.0 26.3 Durham 302,240.0 317,912.2 272,932.8 10.7 Forsyth 291,003.2 315,328.2 296,082.2 (1.7) Gaston 111,421.3 115,615.5 94,950.7 17.3 Guilford 380,736.2 431,463.2 424,296.4 (10.3) Iredell 110,197.3 128,518.0 106,152.8 3.8 Mecklenburg 1,020,852.2 1,121,093.0 915,747.1 11.5 New Hanover 189,884.4 217,605.2 170,796.6 11.2 Onslow 112,495.6 127,006.3 88,204.5 27.5 Pitt 77,692.6 135,295.6 103,503.5 (24.9) Wake 797,591.7 846,981.3 777,172.8 2.6 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Davidson 71,240.3 2,013.2 0.0 nm Rowan 68,476.0 647.4 0.0 nm Durham 31,961.3 16,452.1 687.8 4,547.2 Wake 25,758.0 23,692.6 0.0 nm Cumberland 20,825.1 14,933.8 3,174.6 556.0 Cleveland 20,436.6 314.4 0.0 nm Iredell 19,231.8 2,936.3 4,140.6 364.5 Buncombe 17,110.4 4,236.8 19,474.0 (12.1) Mecklenburg 10,503.1 45,670.8 7,109.9 47.7 Nash 7,756.4 661.5 448.8 1,628.2 North Carolina 351,102.4 241,915.8 281,273.7 24.8 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 37,472 34,178 28,356 32.1 Charlotte *...