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• Position: North Carolina - Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % month month year change from last year. Employed 4,065.9 4,053.9 4,050.8 0.4 (000s) Civilian labor 4,501.3 4,489.1 4,541.2 (0.9) force Manufacturing 434.1 434.1 429.9 1.0 Service 3,301.5 3,289.6 3,293.3 0.2 Government 708.3 711.8 743.0 (4.7) Unemployed 435.4 435.3 490.5 (11.2) Avg. 41.5 4,1.1 40.7 2.0 manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.79 $15.82 $15.83 (0.3) production wage [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE [conjunction] Higher than * Below 6.0% * 10.0% - 11.9% previous month [disjunction] Lower * 6.0% - 7.9% * 12.0% - 13.9% = Same * 8.0% - 9.9% * 14.0% and above TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 133,098.2 137,655.1 125,707.4 5.9 Buncombe 256,966.0 255,804.4 253,157.0 1.5 Cabarrus 182,668.0 183,637.0 176,118.4 3.7 Catawba 141,821.1 158,087.1 142,659.6 (0.6) Cumberland 287,260.0 314,424.4 289,504.5 (0.8) Durham 357,024.7 364,681.8 355,103.6 0.5 Forsyth 330,459.6 355,388.3 314,573.9 5.0 Gaston 127,720.9 131,494.9 123,127.0 3.7 Guilford 480,334.7 490,326.4 453,454.0 5.9 Iredell 126,609.4 138,856.1 131,869.5 (4.0) Mecklenburg 1,160,516.0 1,229,949.0 1,157,626.6 0.2 New Hanover 250,524.5 245,760.6 234,738.8 6.7 Onslow 141,922.4 162,298.3 125,411.9 13.2 Pitt 135,998.1 152,589.8 139,236.1 (2.3) Wake 869,913.6 900,923.7 872,896.6 (0.3) [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous %change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 countries ($000s) Mecklenburg 35,404.4 4,421.2 45,670.8 (22.5) Cumberland 16,266.9 451.8 14,933.8 8.9 Wake 16,042.0 36,703.5 23,692.6 (32.3) Durham 10,526.2 888.4 16,452.1 (36.0) Guilford 6,089.3 11,843.0 3,098.8 96.5 Gaston 5,206.7 673.0 1,498.9 247.4 Forsyth 5,192.1 888.3 1,377.7 276.9 Brunswick 4,360.7 830.2 1,719.4 153.6 Hertford 4,134.5 32,828.2 0.0 Nm New Hanover 3,626.7 46,096.5 2,433.2 49.1 North Carolina 158,032.7 294,336.2 241,915.8 (34.7) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 31,044 26,652 34,178 (9.2) Charlotte...