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• Position: North Carolina, business and industry - Illustration - Statistical Data Included

TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,764.1 3,799.2 3,693.5 Civilian labor force 3,891.3 3,924.3 3,826.9 Manufacturing employment 805.6 803.3 826.9 Service-producing employment 2,784.2 2,761.9 2,725.9 Government employment 584.6 558.7 568.7 Total unemployed 127.2 125.1 133.4 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.9 40.3 41.3 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.31 $12.33 $11.86 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 16,961.6 23,415.7 18,367.0 Cabarrus 30,688.2 22,440.2 18,470.7 Catawba 35,441.4 31,566.3 21,060.0 Cumberland 15,394.9 16,675.7 15,570.0 Durham 40,526.0 66,268.7 59,253.1 Forsyth 45,180.6 31,613.9 31,333.3 Gaston 15,682.4 20,824.6 55,701.1 Guilford 113,992.5 92,082.5 75,715.0 Mecklenburg 200,716.6 118,327.8 208,744.1 New Hanover 27,006.1 37,461.2 41,185.3 Pitt 15,592.6 22,415.7 12,628.0 Wake 218,509.9 188,128.3 182,533.5 RETAIL SALES (selected cities $000s) [3] Asheville 203,784.0 210,041.8 195,025.5 Charlotte 1,145,134.1 1,118,329.8 1,110,267.9 Durham 242,648.6 221,414.5 221,333.0 Fayetteville 202,956.2 199,085.1 200,589.6 Gastonia 106,355.3 97,808.8 99,698.3 Greensboro 545,380.6 529,528.9 511,100.9 Greenville 131,097.6 127,969.1 123,866.9 Hickory 120,228.6 109,958.8 115,389.0 High Point 153,157.2 140,019.8 133,822.1 Raleigh 569,709.0 547,855.5 536,840.2 Wilmington 210,472.1 198,027.2 198,599.9 Winston-Salem 321,146.8 342,300.0 370,157.6 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boarding selected airports) [4] Asheville 30,025 31,149 29,788 Charlotte [*] 900,284 953,255 1,007,354 Fayetteville 13,355 14,581 14,756 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 109,817 118,100 113,255 Greenville 4,172 4,246 3,959 Hickory 1,967 1,930 2,702 Jacksonville 5,513 6,102 6,222 Kinston 1,017 1,133 1,340 New Bern 7,506 7,485 6,012 Raleigh/Durham 403,811 442,767 309,362 Rocky Mount/Wilson 574 627 939 Southern Pines 1,815 1,679 2,220 Wilmington 25,524 26,618 22,748 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 1.9 Civilian labor force 1.7 Manufacturing employment (2.6) Service-producing employment 2.1 Government employment 2.8 Total unemployed (4.6) Average mfg. work week (hrs) (1.0) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. 3.8 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe (7.7) Cabarrus 66.1 Catawba 68.3 Cumberland (1.1) Durham (38.8) Forsyth 44.2 Gaston (71.8) Guilford 50.6 Mecklenburg (3.8) New Hanover (34.4) Pitt 23.5 Wake...