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PositionNorth Carolina - Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,229.8 4,228.3 4,166.2 1.5 Civilian labor force 4,669.1 4,680.1 4,648.1 0.5 Manufacturing 434.4 435.8 431.9 0.6 Service 3,353.1 3,333.4 3,326.4 0.8 Government 721.4 721.0 720.7 0.1 Unemployed 439.4 452.1 481.9 (8.8) Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.1 41.3 41.1 0.0 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $16.47 $16.51 $15.83 4.0 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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Latest Previous Previous month month year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 148,650.5 130,754.3 137,655.1 Buncombe 274,607.3 229,161.0 255,804.4 Cabarrus 217,596.7 187,462.0 183,637.0 Catawba 159,208.2 138,406.2 158,087.1 Cumberland 347,204.6 304,006.4 314,424.4 Durham 372,977.3 334,607.3 364,681.8 Forsyth 357,864.6 322,342.9 355,388.3 Gaston 146,619.7 129,681.4 131,494.9 Guilford 511,871.7 442,253.8 490,326.4 Iredell 151,176.1 128,771.1 138,856.1 Mecklenburg 1,366,887.8 1,155,919.4 1,229,949.0 New Hanover 270,933.5 232,418.4 245,760.6 Onslow 168,901.3 154,988.4 162,298.3 Pitt 161,335.7 145,705.4 152,589.8 Wake 967,883.8 845,460.6 900,923.7 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Burke 126,608.8 173.1 136.6 Guilford 55,446.5 12,479.6 11,843.0 Orange 17,867.5 95.9 2,093.3 Durham 15,273.3 5,484.0 888.4 Wake 14,545.4 6,455.7 9,168.4 Craven 11,683.5 0.0 451.8 Cleveland 10,228.1 365.5 3,722.9 Cabarrus 6,777.7 637.5 29.0 Beaufort 4,572.9 184.2 1,347.5 Brunswick 4,444.5 345.7 830.2 North Carolina 216,344.0 47,594.8 99,141.2 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 25,682 25,626 26,652 Charlotte * 1,707,525 1,769,708 1,629,825 Fayetteville 21,214 20,865 20,969 Greensboro 79,160 76,627 76,896 Greenville 5,032 5,057 5,475 Jacksonville 14,849 14,125 12,791 New Bern 10,990 10,209 10,232 Raleigh/Durham 394,240 384,755 385,934 Wilmington 34,073 33,729 31,887 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (4) Dominion Residential customers 100,973 100,949 101,038 Commercial/industrial 17,781 17,753 17,723 customers Usage (millions of 313.0 322.0 323 kilowatt-hours) Duke Energy Residential customers 1,594,956 1,594,367 1,585,337 Commercial/industrial 256,874 256,745 255,318 customers Usage (millions of 3,990.1 4,204.9 4,114.2 kilowatt-hours) Progress Energy Residential customers 1,094,093 1,094,139 1,085,271 Commercial/industrial 191,755...

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