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Latest Previous Previous %change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,293.8 4,312.1 4,303.5 (0.2) Civilian labor 4,559.6 4,557.0 4,519.7 0.9 force Manufacturing 525.2 523.8 536.1 (2.0) Service 3,413.9 3,389.5 3,365.9 1.4 Government 716.7 718.2 710.4 0.9 Unemployed 265.8 244.9 216.2 22.9 Avg. 40.3 40.5 41.6 (3.1) manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.28 $15.29 $15.00 1.9 production wage Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 148,853.3 210,558.9 190,302.1 (21.8) Cary 101,596.1 127,935.4 108,121.2 (6.0) Charlotte 795,880.6 956,397.4 915,863.3 (13.1) Concord 84,658.7 124,945.3 108,196.5 (21.8) Durham 251,957.0 303,261.7 292,713.4 (13.9) Fayetteville 170,746.5 216,318.7 204,746.7 (16.6) Greensboro 324,470.2 370,085.0 356,598.3 (9.0) Greenville 83,187.8 96,412.6 98,764.1 (15.8) Hickory 95,954.8 119,844.5 112,256.2 (14.5) High Point 69,363.8 90,004.0 79,488.0 (12.7) Raleigh 504,835.1 593,534.9 500,261.1 0.9 Wilmington 154,747.9 206,175.7 194,422.7 (20.4) Winston-Salem 242,447.2 289,608.5 269,579.5 (10.1) CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Mecklenburg 109,483.2 17,820.5 34,797.3 214.6 Onslow 39,540.7 8,536.9 3,823.3 934.2 Wake 23,070.7 17,867.4 28,616.0 (19.4) Buncombe 22,318.8 11,020.8 814.0 2,641.9 Catawba 20,818.8 13,318.3 784.3 2,554.3 Henderson 15.680.2 15,224.9 4,479.0 250.1 Davidson 14,358.8 673.9 5,365.9 167.6 Harnett 13,381.1 7,697.1 15,011.5 (10.9) Haywood 11,945.0 0.0 79.7 14,891.5 Johnston 10,914.6 10,699.9 1,022.7 967.2 North Carolina 388,002.1 344,288.4 404,574.3 (4.1) AIR PASSENGER BORADINGS (3) Ashevilie 23,730 20,190 26,555 (10.6) Charlotte * 1,536,369 1,452,722 1,488,352 3.2 Fayetteville 15,742 14,831 15,185 3.7 Greensboro 97,039 98,180 95,726 1.4 Greenville 4,799 4,306 4,559 5.3 Jacksonville 11,041 10,414 10,271 7.5 Kinston 351...