NC Trend.

• Position: North Carolina - Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year ft from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed 4,196.3 4,202.1 4,155.7 1.0 (000s) Civilian labor 4,648.0 4,647.8 4,654.9 (0.1) force Manufacturing 440.4 441.0 436.5 0.9 Service 3,342.6 3,273.2 3,313.1 0.9 Government 663.6 597.6 667.8 (0.6) Unemployed 451.6 445.7 499.2 (9.5) Avg. 40.9 40.4 41.0 (0.2) manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.34 $16.57 $16.02 2.0 production wage UNEMPLOYMENT RATE [and] Higher than previous month * Below 6.0% * 10.0% - 11.9% [disjunction] Lower * 6.0% - 7.9% * 12.0% - 13.9% = Same * 8.0% - 9.9% * 14.0% and above Source: Division of Employment Security; August county rates are not seasonally adjusted Latest month Previous Previous % change month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL [SALES.sup.1] Alamance 130,935.0 ($000s) 127,605.0 2.6 135,944.5 Buncombe 303,568.6 311,345.8 291,492.0 4.1 Cabarrus 190,547.2 204,507.2 179,750.2 6.0 Catawba 135,896.7 152,807.0 143,316.0 (5.2) Cumberland 268,933.8 304,656.2 284,029.1 (5.3) Durham 366,537.9 449,933.1 347,397.3 5.5 Forsyth 315,775.6 343,319.2 334,405.0 (5.6) Gaston 125,923.8 135,105.4 130,212.7 (3.3) Guilford 442,925.1 469,276.1 448,599.1 (1.3) Iredell 131,690.4 144,600.0 161,076.9 (18.2) Mecklenburg 1,222,122.6 1,338,740.0 1,199,949.0 1.8 New Hanover 299,541.6 297,521.5 285,968.6 4.7 Onslow 159,355.8 165,996.4 152,649.8 4.4 Pitt 140,969.7 157,334.7 137,786.9 2.3 Wake 883,907.6 963,705.0 845,851.4 4.5 Latest Previous month Previous % change month year from last year [CONSTRUCTION.sup.2] Top 10 counties ($000s) Wayne 63,785.8 127.7 171.9 37,006.3 Forsyth 39,382.6 7,746.1 2,059.8 1,812.0 Onslow 23,184.8 10,263.1 186,816.9 (87.6) Robeson 17,749.4 6,662.3 447.5 3,866.3 Wake 17,043.5 52,357.0 20.353.7 (16.3) Durham 11,916.2 2,525.5 7,024.5 69.6 Henderson 9,695.9 1,010.2 0.0 nm Moore 8,618.5 2,582.5 9,543.9 (9.7) Mecklenburg 5,943.7 52,749.2 4,797.1 23.9 Lee 5,889.4 0.0 4,151.1 41.9 North Carolina 328,034.8 566,444.2 376,844.1 (13.0) AIR PASSENGER [BOARDINGS.sup.3] Asheville 30,269 30,930 37,798 (19.9) Charlotte *...