NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,047.2 4,034.7 4,228.3 (4.3) Civilian labor force 4,534.8 4,529.2 4,572.2 (0.8) Manufacturing 439.0 441.9 496.5 (11.6) Service 3,318.2 3,321.4 3,377.5 (1.8) Government 752.1 750.1 738.6 1.8 Unemployed 487.6 494.5 343.8 41.8 Avg. manufacturing workweek 39.5 39.1 39.4 0.3 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.78 $15.91 $15.64 0.9 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest month Previous month Previous year % change from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 113,228.8 117,145.7 125,441.9 (9.7) Buncombe 236,924.3 253,981.7 265,196.4 (10.7) Cabarrus 138,097.4 130,060.2 151,585.2 (8.9) Catawba 117,043.8 115,103.0 143,543.3 (18.5) Cumberland 221,452.4 213,587.0 218,991.1 1.1 Durham 279,658.0 263,464.5 299,300.5 (6.6) Forsyth 309,853.8 320,325.0 335,962.1 (7.8) Gaston 104,332.1 101,731.2 112,971.9 (7.6) Guilford 440,225.1 398,768.3 485,552.6 (9.3) Iredell 109,680.0 110,575.4 135,061.5 (18.8) Mecklenburg 943,406.4 858,050.5 1,105,486.6 (14.7) New Hanover 215,984.1 216,525.4 235,831.3 (8.4) Onslow 103,438.7 114,641.8 103,230.2 0.2 Pitt 115,244.6 105,894.8 128,992.7 (10.7) Wake 777,469.3 785,445.0 931,590.0 (16.5) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTIONS (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Cumberland 61,386.6 47,418.0 10,681.9 474.7 Onslow 59,670.2 14,466.3 5,135.2 1,062.0 Wake 36,525.9 24,738.6 15,690.5 132.8 Wayne 32,852.7 4,918.4 2,244.6 1,363.6 Guilford 22,309.1 8,459.1 13,694.8 62.9 Durham 17,605.7 15,239.9 290.2 5,966.0 Greene 12,930.9 77.5 0.0 nm Rowan 12,576.0 1,678.8 17,075.8 (26.4) Union 12,503.0 2,251.9 3,191.0 291.8 Mecklenburg 8,536.3 24,980.6 26,325.5 (67.6) North Carolina 401,762.5 271,131.2 335,870.8 19.6 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 24,017 27,877 24,418 (1.6) Charlotte * 1,357,031 1,470,861 1,358,979 (0.1)...