NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,223,9 4,229.7 4,162.4 1.5 Civilian labor force 4,659.8 4,669.3 4,648.9 0.2 Manufacturing 435.7 434.6 433.8 0.4 Service 3,361.0 3,350.7 3,338.8 0.7 Government 719.6 721.0 717.7 0.3 Unemployed 435.9 439.6 486.5 (10.4) Avg. manufacturing 40.7 41.4 41.5 (1.9) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $16.45 $16.59 $15.91 3.4 wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest month Previous Previous % change from month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 132,443.7 148,650.5 133,098.2 (0.5) Buncombe 274,974.8 274,607.3 256,966.0 7.0 Cabarrus 196,351.7 217,596.7 182,668.0 7.5 Catawba 147,345.9 159,208.2 141,821.1 3.9 Cumberland 283,593.1 347,204.6 287,260.0 (1-3) Durham 400,739.6 372,977.3 357,024.7 12.2 Forsyth 328,265.7 357,864.6 330,459.6 (0.7) Gaston 124,641.9 146,619.7 127,720.9 (2.4) Guilford 465,956.2 511,871.7 480,334.7 (3.0) Iredell 135,613.1 151,176.1 126,609.4 7.1 Mecklenburg 1,224,805.1 1,366,887.8 1,160,516.0 5.5 New Hanover 267,120.7 270,933.5 250,524.5 6.6 Onslow 154,627.9 168,901.3 141,922.4 9.0 Pitt 148,037.6 161,335.7 135,998.1 8.9 Wake 900,780.1 967,883.8 869,913.6 3.5 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 61,926.6 1,686.2 171.1 36,096.6 Mecklenburg 47,210.7 31,947.1 35,404.4 33.3 Wake 44,689.9 30,169.4 16,042.0 178.6 Camden 23,378.6 0.0 530.0 4,311.3 Burke 17,093.3 126,608.8 77.4 21,998.7 Forsyth 16,657.1 2,198.6 5,192.1 220.8 Cumberland 16,599.9 3,855.5 16,266.9 2.0 Chatham 14,268.6 46.1 2,037.7 600.2 Lenoir 13,371.5 589.3 273.3 4,792.5 Harnett 13,071.9 0.0 522.6 2,401.5 North Carolina 474,630.0 501,152.5 158,032.7 200.3 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 28,271 25,682 31,044 (8.9) Charlotte * 1,813,883 1,707,525 1,762,659 2.9 Fayetteville 21,997 21,214 23,633 (6.9)...