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• Position: North Carolina - Statistical table

EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous % month month year change from last year Employed (000s) 4,061.1 4,051.6 4,024.5 0.9 Civilian labor force 4,507.5 4,503.2 4,461.7 1.0 Manufacturing 433.6 432.8 433.5 0.0 Service 3,295.5 3,305.4 3,276.5 0.6 Government 701.5 705.3 711.6 (1.4) Unemployed 446.4 451.6 437.2 2.1 Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.5 41.5 41.2 0.7 (hours) Avg. hourly production $16.50 $16.20 $15.87 4.0 TAXABLE Latest Previous Previous % change RETAIL SALES month month year from last (1) year ($000s) Alamance 167,549.4 142,398.0 153,344.3 9.3 Buncombe 332,645.5 268,761.1 313,903.3 6.0 Cabarrus 253,712.4 193,266.4 225,568.1 12.5 Catawba 183,334.1 147,287,6 189,047.9 (3.0) Cumberland 347,384.7 287,571.8 339,487.2 2.3 Durham 423,798.0 359,396.7 416,150.2 1.8 Forsyth 424,284.4 330,827.3 414,885.0 2.3 Gaston 166,820.7 136,430.2 156,908.6 6.3 Guilford 551,684.1 453,074.6 535,475.3 3.0 Iredell 160,773.9 135,523.9 160,744.5 0.0 Mecklenburg 1,503,227.7 1,202,717.6 1,415,701.6 6.2 New Hanover 298,981.4 245,539.8 280,396.4 6.6 Onslow 163,204.5 144,074.1 143,236.4 13.9 Pitt 187,384.7 152,009.5 173,979.2 7.7 Wake 1,085,329.7 914,428.6 1,078,394.1 0.6 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 139,864.2 2,991.5 1,272.5 891.5 Mecklenburg 43,764.0 133,599.8 191,903.4 (77.2) Caldwell 33,811.6 0.0 0.0 nm Watauga 33,219.1 33.2 0.0 nm Guilford 9,282.6 1,583.9 20,575.1 (54.9) New Hanover 6,981.6 462.8 46,202.5 (84.9) Iredell 6,365.9 168.9 0.0 nm Wake 5,964.8 12,044.6 28,224.3 (78.9) Yancey 5,152.0 72.5 0.0 nm Pitt 4,355.6 9,919.6 6,004.3 (27.5) North Carolina 334,772.0 328,078.1 650,914.1 (48.6) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 22,330 27,737 20,743 7.7 Charlotte* 1,567,447 1,626,204 1,454,259 7.8 Fayetteville 19,042 21,423 18,177 4.8 Greensboro 64,137 73,289 63,229 1.4 Greenville 4,959 5,472 4,792 3.5 Jacksonville 11,806 13,572 10,708 10.3 New Bern 8,965 11,556 9,067...