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• Position: North Carolina - Table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,216.6 4,224.6 4,156.4 1.4 Civilian labor force 4,655.3 4,661.1 4,649.5 1.4 Manufacturing 439.2 435.9 435.6 0.8 Service 3,363.4 3,367.4 3,321.3 1.3 Government 691.9 720.7 683.3 1.3 Unemployed 439.1 436.5 493.1 (10.9) Avg. manufacturing 40.7 40.7 42.1 (3.3) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.47 $16.44 $16.05 2.6 production wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 143,220.3 132,443.7 132,955.6 7.7 Buncombe 289,835.3 274,974.8 258,536.2 12.1 Cabarrus 201,697.6 196,351.7 176,328.5 14.4 Catawba 146,959.7 147,345.9 144,862.6 1.4 Cumberland 290,274.1 283,593.1 281,927.2 3.0 Durham 392,497.7 400,739.6 349,479.0 12.3 Forsyth 333,477.9 328,265.7 327,064.6 2.0 Gaston 128,435.0 124,641.9 128,532.6 (0.1) Guilford 466,635.0 465,956.2 453,874.2 2.8 Iredell 142,949.0 135,613.1 135,954.3 5.1 Mecklenburg 1,265,314.1 1,224,805.1 1,168,052.4 8.3 New Hanover 288,681.0 267,120.7 256,227.9 12.7 Onslow 155,333.5 154,627.9 150,706.4 3.1 Pitt 145,615.5 148,037.6 142,238.1 2.4 Wake 919,264.4 900,780-1 858,200.3 7.1 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 156,955.5 61,926.6 18,030.8 770.5 Wake 125,590.8 44,689.9 16,503.5 661.0 Cumberland 43,011.8 16,599.9 16,738.9 157.0 Mecklenburg 15,902.5 47,210.7 9,274.3 71.5 Johnston 12,358.4 10,549.9 1,786.4 591.8 Columbus 9,369.2 8,262.2 268.3 3,392.7 Yadkin 7,374.3 637.9 0.0 nm Brunswick 6,809.2 5,760.4 269.3 2,428.9 Guilford 6,806.6 7,948.9 23,363.6 (70.9) Macon 5,588.3 3,643.5 523.7 967.0 North Carolina 465,972.8 474,630.0 288,411.4 61,6 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 29,018 28,271 37,268 (22.1) Charlotte * 1,792,175 1,813,883 1,731,042 3.5 Fayetteville 23,028...