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• Position: Statistics of employment,retail sales,electric utilities and constitutions - Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,048.2 4,054.9 4,028.9 0.5 Civilian labor force 4,478.5 4,491.7 4,521.7 (1.0) Manufacturing 432.6 435.4 438.6 (1.4) Service 3,329.8 3,295.6 3,278.1 1.6 Government 755.8 710.5 728.3 3.8 Unemployed 430.3 436.8 492.8 (12.7) Avg. manufacturing 40.4 40.4 38.9 3.9 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.60 $15.61 $16.03 (2.7) production wage Source: Employment Security Commission, September. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous year % change from month month last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 116,897.3 114,523.7 117,145.7 (0.2) Buncombe 270,019.1 277,479.0 253,981.7 6.3 Cabarrus 160,135.8 177,256.4 130,060.2 23.1 Catawba 136,220.2 148,578.2 115,103.0 18.3 Cumberland 271,279.7 286,401.7 213,587.0 27.0 Durham 338,351.3 371,901.7 263,464.5 28.4 Forsyth 313,202.8 340,358.4 320,325.0 (2.2) Gaston 115,052.9 125,196.9 101,731.2 13.1 Guilford 425,297.0 451,474.2 398,768.3 6.7 Iredell 123,951.2 136,938.2 110,575.4 12.1 Mecklenburg 1,096,817.3 1,242,140.2 858,050.5 27.8 New Hanover 258,794.9 245,724.3 216,525.4 19.5 Onslow 134,263.8 139,181.1 114,641.8 17.1 Pitt 134,502.9 97,775.4 105,894.8 27.0 Wake 812,515.8 862,868.1 785,445.0 3.4 Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Cabarrus 127,951.3 1,559.3 270.0 47,289.4 Brunswick 24,911.8 4,384.4 1,293.9 1,825.4 Catawba 23,142.3 3,539.9 3,517.1 558.0 Cumberland 22,899.9 37,397.0 53,374.0 (57.1) Onslow 14,382.1 60,750.4 21,630.9 (33.5) Mecklenburg 13,016.4 9,591.1 1,698.6 666.3 Orange 10,418.8 3,545.7 2,877.5 262.1 Bladen 9,546.3 0.0 3,651.1 161.5 Columbus 8,165.2 0.0 804.0 915.6 Durham 7,282.3 23,570.2 3,259.4 123.4 North Carolina 360,680.3 374,831.4 317,448.4 13.6 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 33,555 38,173 25,244 32.9 Charlotte * 1,618,866...