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Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,109.0 4,207.6 Civilian labor force 4,552.1 4,557.3 Manufacturing 475.7 491.4 Service 3,267.4 3,351.1 Government 721.8 732.4 Unemployed 443.1 369.7 Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 38.1 39.2 Avg. hourly production wage $15.82 $15.89 Previous % change from year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,289.2 (4.2) Civilian labor force 4,516.9 0.8 Manufacturing 527.3 (9.8) Service 3,337.3 (2.1) Government 702.0 2.8 Unemployed 227.7 94.6 Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 41.4 (8.0) Avg. hourly production wage $15.32 3.3 Source: Employment Security Commission, January. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest month Previous month TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 194,171.1 199,755.4 Gary 105,231.2 111,994.4 Charlotte 870,402.4 853,526.4 Concord 100,583.6 114,944.6 Durham 294,725.2 252,568.5 Fayetteville 173,810.1 187,389.6 Greensboro 341,937.8 341,058.9 Greenville 86,258.9 85,936.3 Hickory 93,685.6 100,539.1 High Point 76,285.8 71,275.1 Raleigh 521,356.3 501,189.5 Wilmington 162,925.2 179,882.8 Winston-Salem 232,980.5 259,612.0 Previous year % change from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) Asheville 221,654.1 (12.4) Gary 119,591.6 (12.0) Charlotte 963,198.5 (9.6) Concord 93,782.5 7.3 Durham 273,185.8 7.9 Fayetteville 171,110.0 1.6 Greensboro 388,413.8 (12.0) Greenville 93,463.8 (7.7) Hickory 106,816.1 (12.3) High Point 93,240.1 (18.2) Raleigh 590,039.2 (11.6) Wilmington 199,609.7 (18.4) Winston-Salem 284,655.0 (18.2) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest month Previous month CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Brunswick 22,791.4 8,977.9 Yadkin 22,661.4 389.0 Swain 9,922.2 0.0 Cabarrus 8,647.8 1,853.4 Wake 6,727.9 4,304.7 Guilford 6,004.6 2,670.5 Durham 5,969.1 6,064.1 Orange 4,230.6 2,852.1 Buncombe 4,090.5 5,643.5 Mecklenburg 4,040.6 8,425.3 North Carolina 139,308.5 191,915.4 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 19,135 23,061 Charlotte* 1,316,182 1,411,435 Fayetteville 15,295 18,505 Greensboro 60,225 77,163 Greenville 4,649 5,104 Jacksonville 6,982 11,182 New Bern 7,425 9,872 Raleigh/Durham 301,606 397,282 Wilmington 24,390 30,925 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (4) Dominion Residential customers 100,738 100,629 Commercial/industrial customers 17,828 17,855 Usage (millions of kilowatt-hours) 348 327 Duke Power Residential customers 1,562,784 1,570,565 Commercial/industrial customers...