NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,225.4 4,196.2 4,163.8 1.5 Civilian labor 4,673.8 4,648.1 4,660.8 0.3 force Manufacturing 438.9 438.7 436.5 0.5 Service 3,353.1 3,343.1 3,316.9 1.1 Government 694.3 663.7 700.9 (0.9) Unemployed 448.3 451.9 497.0 (9.8) Avg. 41.1 40.9 41.3 (0.5) manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.65 516.34 $16.07 3.6 production wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year AXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 133,111.0 130,935.0 131,882.1 0.9 Buncombe 292,107.2 303,568.6 274,338.3 6.5 Cabarrus 186,152.0 190,547.2 167,717.5 11.0 Catawba 140,767.2 135,896.7 137,781.1 2.2 Cumberland 279,743.0 268,933.8 276,002.9 1.4 Durham 378,001.2 366,537.9 346,298.4 9.2 Forsyth 314,589.3 315,775.6 342,810.9 (8.2) Gaston 126,141.0 125,923.8 132,079.4 (4.5) Guilford 458,068.3 442,925.1 465,674.6 (1.6) Iredell 135,600.8 131,690.4 140,368.1 (3.4) Mecklenburg 1,192,600.2 1,222,122.6 1,183,086.0 0.8 New Hanover 281,509.1 299,541.6 261,581.5 7.6 Onslow 1 56,408.6 159,355.8 146,960.8 6.4 Pitt 155,824.4 140,969.7 141,697.9 10.0 Wake 950,967.9 883,907.6 870,818.1 9.2 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Wake 18,624.6 17,043.5 112,624.2 (83.5) Mecklenburg 18,037.5 5,943.7 15,774.7 14.3 Wayne 17,392.6 63,785.8 4,139.8 320.1 Dare 17,045.8 3,167.5 216,086.9 (92.1) Hyde 13,185.1 1,328.0 0.0 nm Cumberland 12,659.0 2,265.0 22,115.1 (42.8) New Hanover 9,678.3 1,448.8 6,324.7 53.0 Forsyth 7,494.9 39,382.6 7,923.5 (5.4) Duplin 5,535.8 0.0 1,073.3 415.8 Buncombe 4,809.9 1,204.6 22,639.8 (78.8) North Carolina 188,605.0 328,199.6 668,436.4 (71.8) AIR PAS5ENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 27,065 30,269 31,840 (15.0) Charlotte* 1,613,166 1,835,868 1,527,700 5.6 Fayetteville 23,338 22,530 20,957 11.6...