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Latest month Previous month Previous year % change from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,036.0 4,029.1 4,159.8 (3.0) Civilian labor 4,538.5 4,523.3 4,580.1 (0.9) force Manufacturing 430.9 431.8 479.4 (10.1 Service 3,241.9 3,294.8 3,278.9 (1.1) Government 735.0 728.3 727.6 1.0 Unemployed 502.5 494.2 420.3 19.6 Avg. 40.0 40.1 38.1 5.0 manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.94 $15.88 $15.85 0.6 production wage Source: Employment Security Commission, January. Latest month Previous month Previous year % change from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 128,532.6 113,228.8 124,964.0 2.9 Buncombe 256,442.1 236,924.3 256,482.9 (0.0) Cabarrus 150,896.6 138.097.4 155,964.7 (3.2) Catawba 137,790.6 117.043.8 145,548.6 (5.3) Cumberland 236,739.5 221,452.4 235,721.4 0.4 Durham 302,438.2 279,658.0 281,441.1 7.5 Forsyth 323,346.2 309,853.8 333,199.3 (3.0) Gaston 109,684.6 104,332.1 126,826.5 (13.5) Guilford 446,218.4 440,225,1 467,218.2 (4.5) Iredell 116,956.6 109,680.0 137,111.4 (14.7) Mecklenburg 1,088,690.0 943,406.4 1,049,082.3 3.8 New Hanover 207,778.0 215,984.1 215,275.3 (3.5) Onslow 111,946.0 103,438.7 101,027.1 10.8 Pitt 121,193.9 115,244.6 109,634.0 10.5 Wake 884,384.7 777,469.3 882,332.4 0.2 Latest month Previous month Previous year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Buncombe 38,464.8 1,378.7 5,454 Wake 34,176.2 4,881.1 15,690.5 Bladen 25,530.0 0.0 6,005.3 Cumberland 23,145.1 29,378.3 10,681.9 Mecklenburg 10,680.4 9,923.5 26,325.5 Brunswick 10,042.4 207.6 9,250.8 New Hanover 6,581.0 1,120.5 16,862.7 Robeson 5,952.3 14,867.0 2,089.9 Wayne 5,878.5 2,972.4 2,244.6 Forsyth 5,403.6 4,534.6 58,667.8 Noerth Carolina 246,649.6 208,685.8 335,870.8 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Ashevulle 18,304 22,599 19,135 Charlotte* 1,330,161 1,407,825 1,316,182 Fayetteville 16,477 20,603 15,295 Greensboro 55,331 68,298 60,225 Greenville 4,425 5,107 4,649 Jacksonville 6,747 10,920 6,982 New Bern 8,472 11,309 7,425 Raleigh/Durham 309,390 386,585 301,606 Wilmington 25,709 31,545 24,390 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (4) Dominion Residential customers 100,812 100,792 100,738 Commerical/industrial 17,792 17,811 17,828 customers Usage (millions of 394.0...