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Latest Previous Previous % change from last year month month year EMPLOYMENT Employed 4,306.6 4,306.8 4,310.5 (0.1) (000s) Civilian labor 4,540.7 4,533.1 4,512.1 0.6 force Manufacturing 527.6 528.5 542.5 (2.7) Service 3,376.7 3,355.4 3,315.7 1.8 Government 719.4 714.3 705.7 1.9 Unemployed 234.1 226.3 201.6 16.1 Avg. 40.9 40.3 41.6 (1.7) manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.36 $15.38 $14.93 2.9 production wage UNEMPLOYMENT RATE [^] Higher than [yellow square] 3.4% [green square] previous month 6.8% - 8.4% [disjunction] Lower [red square] 3.4% - 5.2% [blue square] 8.5% - 9.9% = Same [blue square] 5.3% - 6.7% [yellow square] 100% and above Source: Employment Security Commission, March. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % Change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 244,220.0 219,095.2 279,551.8 (12.3) Cary 143,871.6 131,189.1 158,362.8 (9.2) Charlotte 972,081.0 942,352.0 1,021,658.1 (4.9) Concord 124,043.0 119,579.2 131,174.6 (5.4) Durham 270,125.3 317,558.4 336,521.8 (19.7) Fayetteville 207,421.9 208,521.8 226,209.8 (8.3) Greensboro 412,176.3 410,337.6 419,430.6 (1.7) Greenville 110,136.3 103,875.2 120,370.1 (8.5) Hickory 132,599.3 120,697.0 148,481.4 (10.7) High Point 83,139.6 83,112.9 91,292.9 (8.9) Raleigh 597,055.4 585,593.3 660,319.0 (9.6) Wilmington 206,693.7 198,134.3 231,450.7 (10.7) Winston-Salem 286,906.4 286,071.9 326,843.8 (12.2) Latest Previous Previous % Change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Baunswick 44,289.6 1,773.2 5,955.7 643.7 Onslow 36,379.3 490.4 1,447.0 2,363.1 New Hanover 31,168.8 8,509.5 5,404.8 476.7 Iredell 24.179.4 30,51.8 4,332.2 458.1 Wake 17,216.6 27,652.7 27,279.8 (36.9) Randolph 16,349.4 0.0 6,723.4 143.2 Guilford 15,984.7 10,390.6 30,717.7 (48.0) Cabarrus 15,475.8 0.0 2,600.9 495.0 Johnston 14,222.4 47.8 4,579.4 210.6 Mecklenburg 11,952.2 14,748.1 16,740.3 (28.6) North Carolina 371,905.0 262,801.9...