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• Position: Statistics of Employment and Unemployment. - Sales of Retail and Construction industry. - Statistical data

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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,292.5 4,303.5 4,263.2 0.7 Civilian labor force 4,709.3 4,719.6 4,713.7 (0.1) Manufacturing 443.6 442.0 441.6 0.5 Service 3,450.1 3,463.6 3,382.5 2.0 Government 697.0 733.4 703.3 (0.9) Unemployed 416,767 416,171 450,549 (7.5) Avg. manufacturing 41.7 41.3 40.9 2.0 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $16.68 $16.74 $16.49 1.2 Wage UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Higher than previous month Below 6.0% 10.0% - 11.9% Lower 6.0% - 7.9% 12.0% - 13.9% Same 8.0% - 9.9% 14.0% and above Source: Division of Employment Security; June county rates are not seasonally adjusted Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 140,935.7 142,853.1 143,220.3 (1.6) Buncombe 301,861.1 288,752.6 289,835.3 4.1 Cabarrus 209,991.2 202,333.2 201,697.6 4.1 Catawba 148,022.2 146,744.0 146,959.7 0.7 Cumberland 291,191.6 292,053.7 290,274.1 0.3 Durham 447,775.3 437,531.1 392,497.7 14.1 Forsyth 339,901.8 338,911.3 333,477.9 1.9 Gaston 131,755.3 131,978.0 128,435.0 2.6 Guilford 486,766.5 493,290.3 466,635.0 4.3 Iredell 148,629.9 152,813.6 142,949.0 4.0 Mecklenburg 1,315,072.4 1,330,832.3 1,265,314.1 3.9 New Hanover 282,996.2 278,056.5 288,681.0 (2.0) Onslow 155,071.8 152,540.0 155,333.5 (0.2) Pitt 153,099.4 155,026.5 145,615.5 5.1 Wake 965,374.3 993,249.4 919,264.4 5.0 CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Wake 146,118.0 27,992.2 123,061.2 18.7 Guilford 20,529.5 34,636.9 8,637.2 137.7 Mecklenburg 16,802.3 39,469.5 15,921.4 5.5 Orange 9,532.3 26,349.4 3,876.7 145.9 Buncombe 7,049.0 28,246.4 4,939.3 42.7 New Hanover 6,619.5 35,293.5 511.0 1,195.4 Forsyth 6,481.0 30,920.8 13,730.6 (52.8) Durham 5,912.9 29,112.2 1,980.8 198.5 Pitt 5,658.9 25,724.1 4,746.2 19.2 Iredell 3,725.4 31,530.7 1,758.2 111.9 North Carolina 263,791.2 2,802,831.4 503,394.8 (47.6) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville...