NC trend.

• Position: Forecasts of employment, taxable retail sales and construction industry. - Statistical data

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Latest month Previous month Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,303.5 4,302.5 4,266.2 0.9 Civilian labor 4,720.1 4,721.5 4,712.5 0.2 force Manufacturing 442.0 440.1 439.3 0.6 Service 3,462.8 3,446.4 3,398.8 1.9 Government 733.7 738.8 734.9 (0.2) Unemployed 416,565 419,016 446,332 (6.7) Avg. manufacturing 41.2 41.2 40.7 1.2 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.74 $16.77 $16.46 1.7 production wage Latest month Previous Previous % change month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 142,853.1 150,857.6 132,443.7 7.9 Buncombe 288,752.6 303,216.8 274,974.8 5.0 Cabarrus 202,333.2 229,775.0 196,351.7 3.0 Catawba 146,744.0 156,590.6 147,345.9 (0.4) Cumberland 292,053.7 325,730.3 283,593.1 3.0 Durham 437,531.1 418,001.6 400,739.6 9.2 Forsyth 338,911.3 353,564.9 328,265.7 3.2 Gaston 131,978.0 140,413.0 124,641.9 5.9 Guilford 493,290.3 509,151.6 465,956.2 53 Iredell 152,813.6 152,560.2 135,613.1 12.7 Mecklenburg 1,330,832.3 1,399,609.8 1,224,805.1 8.7 New Hanover 278,056.5 279,253.8 267,120.7 4.1 Onslow 152,540.0 165,729.0 154,627.9 (1.4) Pitt 155,026.5 160,545.5 148,037.6 4.7 Wake 993,249.4 1,010,338.4 900,780.1 10.3 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Brunswick 48,015.6 25,707.7 5,760.4 733.5 Carteret 44,406.0 25,805.0 1,159.9 3,728.5 Chatham 41,164.2 25,655.6 31,330.8 31.4 Mecklenburg 39,469.5 87,855.1 47,529.8 (17.0) Rowan 37,792.5 29,652.7 7,832.3 382.5 Davidson 37,356.2 29,849.2 5,496.7 579.6 Bladen 37,240.1 25,525.9 4,251.6 775.9 New Hanover 35,293.5 27,259.0 838.7 4,108.2 Guilford 34,636.9 37,611.6 7,948.9 335.7 McDowell 34,395.6 25,734.0 8,070.1 326.2 North Carolina 2,802,831.4 2,828,075.0 659,430.8 325.0 AIR PASSENHER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 29,327 24,814 28,271 3.7 Charlotte * 1,932,158 1,818,741 1,815,126 6.4 Fayetteville 21,627...