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• Position: North Carolina, United States - Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,035.5 4,041.1 4,263.4 (5.3) Civilian labor force 4,531.8 4,532.9 4,585.5 (1.2) Manufacturing 442.2 442.9 506.6 (12.7) Service 3,324.3 3,297.5 3,401.5 (2.3) Government 751.6 735.2 734.8 2.3 Unemployed 496.3 491.7 322.1 54.1 Avg. manufacturing 39.3 38.9 40.2 (2.2) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $15.86 $16.03 $15.54 2.1 wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 117,145.7 116,308.4 122,409.3 (4.3) Buncombe 253,981.7 249,646.0 274,393.1 (7.4) Cabarrus 130,060.2 143,622.1 153,014.5 (15.0) Catawba 115,103.0 129,020.5 137,611.1 (16.4) Cumberland 213,587.0 234,889.8 231,186.3 (7.6) Durham 263,464.5 271,274.5 282,927.4 (6.9) Forsyth 320,325.0 312,697.1 317,609.9 0.9 Gaston 101,731.2 112,189.4 117,349.9 (13.3) Guilford 398,768.3 447,978.8 472,401.8 (15.6) Iredell 110,575.4 118,823.5 133,553.5 (17.2) Mecklenburg 858,050.5 1,025,424.7 1,089,569.2 (21.2) New Hanover 216,525.4 238,594.0 251,693.5 (14.0) Onslow 114,641.8 116,884.1 113,104.8 1.4 Pitt 105,894.8 120,800.5 118,777.4 (10.8) Wake 785,445.0 880,292.4 895,397.9 (12.3) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Cumberland 47,418.0 53,374.0 338,990.2 (86.0) Mecklenburg 24,980.6 1,698.6 18,400.0 35.8 Wake 24,738.6 20,284.1 13,571.6 82.3 Pasquotank 22,896.1 13,345.5 0.0 nm Durham 15,239.9 3,259.4 1,825.7 734.7 New Hanover 14,812.3 1,077.4 12,683.4 16.8 Onslow 14,466.3 21,630.9 232,151.7 (93.8) Brunswick 11,096.5 1,293.9 9,218.6 20.4 Watauga 9,760.8 283.7 6,851.2 42.5 Guilford 8,459.1 37,740.8 3,724.1 127.1 North Carolina 271,131.2 317,448.4 866,725.8 (68.7) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 27,877 25,244 29,182...