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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,314.5 4,304.1 4,193.0 2.9 Civilian labor 4,753.3 4,735.9 4,677.2 1.6 force Manufacturing 442.3 441.6 434.6 1.8 Service 3,402.6 3,406.0 3,338.9 1.9 Government 714.0 717.3 714.9 (0.1) Unemployed 438.9 431.9 484.2 (9,4) Avg. 41.6 41.2 41.6 0.0 manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $ 16.71 $16.60 $16.52 1.2 production wage UNEMPLOYMENT RATE [and] Higher than previous month * Below 6.0% * 10.0% - 11.9% [disjunction] Lower * 6.0% - 7.9% * 12.0% - 13.9% = Same * 8.0% - 9.9% * 14.0% and above Source: Division of Employment Security; December county rates are not seasonally adjusted; January rates were not released by publication date Latest Previous Previous % month month year change from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 168,569.0 143,378.4 167,549.4 0.6 Buncombe 355,856.3 295,015.8 332,645.5 7.0 Cabarrus 258,590.2 201,906.2 253,712.4 1.9 Catawba 181.269.9 146,949.0 183,334.1 O.D Cumberland 350,329.8 297,320.8 347,384.7 0.8 Durham 465,084.0 396,847.0 423,798.0 9.7 Forsyth 417,619.1 318,865.1 424,284.4 (1.6) Gaston 161,697.0 132,924.1 166,820.7 (3.1) Guilford 541,844.9 451,007.1 551,684,1 (1.8) Iredell 161,603.6 135,670.3 160,773.9 0.5 Mecklenburg 1,543,905.9 1,235,936.6 1,503,227.7 2.7 New Hanover 300,428.9 249.271.8 298,981.4 0.5 Onslow 175,451.3 151,730.2 163,204.5 7.5 Pitt 179,577.4 152,770.7 187,384.7 (4.2) Wake 1,164,951.9 947,010.2 1,085,329.7 7.3 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($0005) Carteret 41,764.1 7,669.8 9,706.4 330.3 Brunswick 30,187.3 1,366.1 10,432.1 189.4 New Hanover 28,613.9 4,76t.0 13,906.7 105.8 Pitt 14,620.6 1,220.5 4,355.6 235.7 Catawba 10,342.5 17,107.1 1,531.6 575.3 Onslow 9,884.1 2,321.7 139,864.2 (92.9) Cumberland 8,247,6 13,951.3 2,072.1 298.0 Forsyth 7,402.7 2,134.8 3,672.2 101.6 Richmond 4,151.9 650.8 199.0 1,986.9 Durham 3,973.8 14,963.3 4,464.9 (11.0) North Carolina 193,120.5 229,914.9...