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• Position: North Carolina - Statistical table

EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year Employed (000s) 4,041.4 4,046.7 4,028.5 0.3 Civilian labor force 4,468.5 4,480.6 4,521.5 (1.2) Manufacturing 433.6 434.6 437.2 (0.8) Service 3,323.1 3,306.9 3,302.2 0.6 Government 743.8 733.3 743.7 0.0 Unemployed 427.1 434.0 492.9 (13.4) Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.0 40.4 39.1 4.9 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.65 $15.65 $15.95 (1.9) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 111,563.5 116,897.3 113,228.8 (1.5) Buncombe 257,318.5 270,019.1 236,924.3 8.6 Cabarrus 159,191.4 160,135.8 138,097.4 15.3 Catawba 135,363.3 136,220.2 117,043.8 15.7 Cumberland 269,725.8 271,279.7 221,452.4 21.8 Durham 326,199.5 338,351.3 279,658.0 16.6 Forsyth 291,636.9 313,202.8 309,853.8 (5.9) Gaston 114,747.2 115,052.9 104,332.1 10.0 Guilford 436,964.1 425,297.0 440,225.1 (0.7) Iredell 123,891.6 123,951.2 109,680.0 13.0 Mecklenburg 1,057,573.5 1,096,817.3 943,406.4 12.1 New Hanover 238,053.4 258,794.9 215,984.1 10.2 Onslow 132,943.7 134,263.8 103,438.7 28.5 Pitt 139,806.8 134,502.9 115,244.6 21.3 Wake 805,860.7 812,515.8 777,469.3 3.7 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 110,793.2 14,382.1 14,466.3 665.9 Mecklenburg 46,365.5 13,016.4 24,980.6 85.6 Gaston 38,593.9 1,012.5 97.2 39,596.7 Cumberland 36,911.5 22,899.9 47,418.0 (22.2) Moore 27,499.2 0.0 1,083.7 2,437.6 Cleveland 22,258.5 1,648.4 1,008.9 2,106.1 Wake 19,466.1 7,139.6 24,738.6 (21.3) Pasquotank 19,091.5 0.0 22,896.1 (16.6) Lenoir 18,631.4 5,695.3 676.7 2,653.2 Durham 11,180.2 7,282.3 15,239.9 (26.6) North Carolina 444,543.9 360,680.3 271,131.2 64.0 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 38,276 33,555 27,766 37.9 Charlotte * 1,694,866 1,618,866 1,470,861 15.2 Fayetteville 24,002 22,485 19,892 20.7 Greensboro...