NC trend.

• Position: North Carolina - Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,269.4 4,225.7 4,173.9 2.3 Civilian labor force 4,709.0 4,674.3 4,666.6 0.9 Manufacturing 439.5 439.1 434.5 1.2 Service 3,378.6 3,356.8 3,341.3 1.1 Government 711.5 699.0 715.3 (0.5) Unemployed 439.6 448.6 492.7 (10.8) Avg. manufacturing 40.9 41.5 41.2 (0.7) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.58 $16.55 $16.36 1.3 production wage Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 136,877.4 133,111.0 137,474.0 (0.4) Buncombe 313,232.9 292,107.2 289,034.2 8.4 Cabarrus 197,525.1 186,152.0 171,873.0 14.9 Catawba 139,365.4 140,767.2 150,304.1 (7.3) Cumberland 310,759.2 279,743.0 290,873.9 6.8 Durham 398,104.8 378,001.2 370,648.7 7.4 Forsyth 359,605.2 314,589.3 349,727.9 2.8 Gaston 129,570.5 126,141.0 137,437.2 (5.7) Guilford 466,873.8 458,068.3 466,079.1 0.2 Iredell 142,493.4 135,600.8 153,654.3 (7.3) Mecklenburg 1,311,778.4 1,192,600. 2,218,491.2 7.7 New Hanover 268,067.7 281,509.1 264,949.9 1.2 Onslow 158,375.8 156,408.6 151,041.2 4.9 Pitt 154,006.0 155,824.4 159,329.8 (3.3) Wake 843,155.6 950,967.9 921,802.6 (8.5) CONSTRUCTIONS (2) Top 10 counties Mecklenburg 101,605.9 18,037.5 21,318.7 376.6 Guilford 87,952.0 1,381.4 11,085.3 693.4 Cumberland 50,073.9 12,659.0 56,878.6 (12.0) Onslow 26,412.0 479.7 70,125.4 (62.3) Moore 18,536.6 864.9 48.5 38,195.1 Bladen 14,897.9 0.0 72.8 20,357.1 Durham 13,070.8 2,241.3 1,748.0 647.8 Buncombe 12,869.2 4,809.9 3,025.8 325.3 New Hanover 9,904.3 9,678.3 39,982.7 (75.2) Gaston 8,681.4 1,788.9 6,638.3 30.8 North Carolina 446,793.0 188,605.0 441,678.0 1.2 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 28,753 27,065 35,674 (19.4) Charlotte * 1,737,166 1,613,166 1,621,271 7.1 Fayetteville 21,075 20,991 21,561 (2.3) Greensboro 81,785 71,461 84,189...