NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year Employed (000s) 4,043.4 4,030.0 4,046.5 (0.1) Civilian labor 4,478.4 4,467.0 4,561.8 (1.8) force Manufacturing 431.8 430.8 428.6 0.7 Service 3,268.1 3,237.3 3,230.8 1.2 Government 711.6 707.8 720.3 (1.2) Unemployed 435.0 436.9 515.4 (15.6) Avg. manufacturing 41.2 40.5 39.9 3.3 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.71 $15.80 $15.95 (1.5) production wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) Latest month Previous month Previous year % change from last year ($000s) Alamance 126,965.8 153,344.3 102,252.3 24.2 Buncombe 215,129.2 313,903.3 202,485.1 6.2 Cabarrus 149,076.3 225,568.1 133,221.7 11.9 Catawba 123,469.3 189,047.9 118,670.2 4.0 Cumberland 250,292.8 339,487.2 229,290.0 9.2 Durham 336,387.3 416,150.2 340,476.2 (1.2) Forsyth 301,456.6 414,885.0 268,369.0 12.3 Gaston 108,014.4 156,908.6 101,920.3 6.0 Guilford 409,366.1 535,475.3 368,922.5 11.0 lredell 110,996.7 160,744.5 101,941.5 8.9 Mecklenburg 1,041,025.9 1,415,701.6 960.762.6 8.4 New Hanover 203,697.6 280,396.4 169,592.7 20.1 Onslow 124,691.6 143,236.4 111,123.4 12.2 Pitt 135,684.4 173,979.2 124,586.3 8.9 Wake 773,626.2 1,078,394.1 673,478.1 14.9 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Lee 80,478.7 0.0 1,262.6 6,274.1 Mecklenburg 21,681.9 12,741.2 14,424.6 50.3 Forsyth 10,513.7 418.5 29,124.7 (63.9) Pitt 10,231.4 1,052.8 3,530.8 189.8 New Hanover 10,076.2 1,146.7 11,039.1 (8.7) Moore 7,460.9 5,603.4 0.0 nm Randolph 6,509.8 61.0 2,253.3 188.9 Chatham 5,882.6 0.0 0.0 nm Brunswick 5,285.8 17.3 0.0 nm Haywood 5,212.0 113.9 1,072.7 385.9 North Carolina 236,924.4 243,283.5 374,563.9 (36.7) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 24,013 18,705 25,622 (6.3) Charlotte * not available 1,412,548 1,552,174 -- Fayetteville 21,306 17,479 19,562 (15.3) Greensboro 71,017 59,647 65,414 8.6...