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• Position: North Carolina - Statistical data

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Latest Previous Previous %change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed 4,307.1 4,318.0 4,264.4 1.0 (000s) Civilian labor 4,742.3 4,764,9 4,706.7 0.8 force Manufacturing 441.1 443.1 436.8 1.0 Service 3,424.8 3,395.4 3,343.7 2.4 Government 737.2 733.5 730.4 0.9 Unemployed 435.2 446.8 442.3 (1.6) Avg. 40.8 40.9 41.3 (1.2) manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.77 $16.64 $16.52 1.5 production wage UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ^Higher than previous month Below6.0% 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;March county rantes are not seasonally adjusted Latest month Previous Previous % change month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 124,444.9 168,569.0 116.931.4 6.4 Buncombe 254,423.3 355,856.3 216,507.7 17.5 Cabarrus 181,734.2 258,590.2 170,145.7 6.8 Catawba 126,595.6 181,269.9 123,019.2 2.9 Cumberland 268,765.5 350,329.8 250,057.4 7.5 Durham 406,094.5 465,084.0 340,100.8 19.4 Forsyth 344,385.5 417,619.1 303,163.3 13.6 Gaston 119,147.4 161,697.0 121,203.5 (1.7) Guilford 432,803.7 541,844.9 413,344.8 4.7 Iredell 130,068.8 161,603.6 116,993.8 11.2 Mecklenburg 1,255,912.4 1,543,905.9 1,055,985.5 18.9 New Hanover 237,867.7 300,428.9 221,010.4 7.6 Onslow 144,581.8 175,451.3 130,643.6 10.7 Pitt 143,850.0 179,577.4 142,113.9 1.2 Wake 909,211.6 1,164,951.9 794,104 4 14.5 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) New Hanover 43,722.6 18,361.2 725.5 5,926.8 Wake 43,182.2 27,311.6 8,857.7 387.5 Granville 26,130.0 83.9 38.5 67.853.2 Vance 15,519.0 0.0 465.4 3,234.3 Forsyth 1 5.280.0 76,078.9 5,338.0 186.2 Orange 10,945.8 5,839.4 509.8 2,047.1 Mecklenburg 10,709.2 15,759.6 43,724.8 (75.5) Hertford 9,983.5 420.0 587.5 1,599.4 Craven 7,390.8 2,946.3 0.0 nm Northampton 6.071.1 0.0 587.5 933.4 North Carolina 268.975.4 423,769.3 155.514.2 73.0 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 24,028 17,684 25,626...