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Latest Previous Previous % change month month month from last year Employed (000s) 4,055.7 4,065.6 4,045.6 0.2 Civilian labor force 4,502.1 4,502.4 4,520.0 (0.4) Manufacturing 436.2 432.9 432.4 0.9 Service 3,275.6 3,298.8 3,271.4 0.1 Government 668.6 707.6 704.2 (5.1) Unemployed 446.4 436.9 474.4 (5.9) Avg. manufacturing 42.0 41.4 40.5 3.7 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.16 $15.91 $15.88 1.8 production wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year ($000s) Alamance 132,955.6 133,098.2 110,644.2 20.2 Buncombe 258,536.2 256,966.0 241,326.2 7.1 Cabarrus 176,328.5 182,668.0 169,846.9 3.8 Catawba 144,862.6 141,821.1 135,472.6 6.9 Cumberland 281,927.2 287,260.0 269,142.4 4.8 Durham 349,479.0 357,024.7 335,457.7 4.2 Forsyth 327,064.6 330,459.6 305,999.1 6.9 Gaston 128,532.6 127,720.9 121,044.0 6.2 Guilford 453,874.2 480,334.7 408,146.3 11.2 Iredell 135,954.3 126,609.4 124,542.8 9.2 Mecklenburg 1,168,052.4 1,160,516.0 1,124,054.3 3.9 New Hanover 256,227.9 250,524.5 226,243.9 13.3 Onslow 150,706.4 141,922.4 129,589.6 16.3 Pitt 142,238.1 135,998.1 135,478.6 5.0 Wake 858,200.3 869,913.6 815,839.3 5.2 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Durham 31,567.4 10,526.2 31,961.3 (1.2) Camden 28,568.6 530.0 0.0 nm Pasquotank 28,568.6 1,096.9 0.0 nm Guilford 23,363.6 6,089.3 4,275.4 446.5 Onslow 18,030.8 171.1 609.2 2,859.9 Cumberland 16,738.9 16,266.9 20,825.1 (19.6) Wake 16,503.5 16,042.0 25,758.0 (35.9) Martin 14,212.7 139.8 1,757.8 708.6 Forsyth 12,966.4. 5,192.1 2,284.6 467.6 Mecklenburg 9,274.3 35,404.4 10,503.1 (11.7) North 288,411.4 158,032.7 351,102.4 (17.9) Carolina AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 37,268 31,044 37,472 (0.5) Charlotte 1,731,042 1,762,659 1,703,291 1.6 Fayetteville 23,598 23,633 23,823 (0.9) Greensboro...