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• Position: North carolina - Statistical table

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Latest Previous Previous % month month year change from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,051.2 4,038.4 4,024.7 0.7 Civilian labor force 4,502.6 4,506.2 4,463.9 0.9 Manufacturing 433.8 434.1 432.2 0.4 Service 3,300.5 3,296.3 3,279.9 0.6 Government 703.9 700.6 715.5 (1.6) Unemployed 451.4 467.8 439.2 2.8 Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.7 41.2 40.8 2.2 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $16.16 $16.36 $15.76 2.5 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latestmonth Previous Previous % change month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 137,474.0 137,474.0 115,623.1 18.9 Buncombe 289,034.2 289,034.2 266,487.1 8.5 Cabarrus 171,873.0 171,873.0 158,605.4 8.4 Catawba 150,304.1 150,304.1 128,472.9 17.0 Cumberland 290,873.9 290,873.9 255,541.9 13.8 Durham 370,648.7 370,648.7 331,334.3 11.9 Forsyth 349,727.9 349,727.9 311,067.4 12.4 Gaston 137,437.2 137,437.2 114,213.2 20.3 Guilford 466,079.1 466,079.1 429,581.7 8.5 Iredell 153,654.3 153,654.3 116,458.8 31.9 Mecklenburg 1,218,491.2 1,218,491.2 1,067,677.2 14.1 New Hanover 264,949.9 264,949.9 224,704.0 17.9 Onslow 151,041.2 151,041.2 127,849.6 18.1 Pitt 159,329.8 159,329.8 129,519.2 23.0 Wake 921,802.6 921,802.6 820,519.6 12.3 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Cumberland 163,178.6 56,799.7 68,813.0 137.1 Moore 31,170.0 6.1 514.1 5,963.4 Forsyth 23,316.2 3,684.4 1,236.4 1,785.9 Wake 19,104.9 20,571.8 13,146.8 45.3 Guilford 16,156.9 10,917.0 8,570.2 88.5 Harnett 12,500.9 0.0 0.0 nm Mecklenburg 11,223.3 20,762.7 108,375.9 (89.6) Robeson 10,582.8 398.9 801.7 1,220.0 New Hanover 7,368.1 37,055.2 3,811.4 93.3 Hoke 7,355.0 6.1 0.0 nm North Carolina 403,901.7 424,398.5 513,260.5 (21.3) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 30,116 35,674 30,470 (1.2) Charlotte * 1,614,140 1,621,271 1,620,097 (0.4) Fayetteville 22,023 21,561 21,954 0.3 Greensboro 76,914 84,189 75,634 1.7...