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• Position: North Carolina economic statistics - Statistical Data Included

TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,837.6 3,839.9 Civilian labor force 4,013.2 4,008.1 Manufacturing employment 764.9 769.2 Service-producing employment 2,940.0 2,927.8 Government employment 649.4 642.2 Total unemployed 175.6 168.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 39.8 40.6 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.02 $13.02 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 15,615.6 14,050.2 Cabarrus 17,370.0 23,959.5 Catawba 14,163.3 48,497.2 Cumberland 4,414.3 14,423.6 Durham 74,177.1 40,546.6 Forsyth 17,224.2 20,185.4 Gaston 17,852.2 5,474.6 Guilford 9,798.6 32,225.5 Mecklenburg 253,443.0 256,903.8 New Hanover 41,243.7 29,479.4 Pitt 8,710.1 27,639.0 Wake 30,224.0 151,801.1 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 222,691.7 215,953.9 Charlotte 1,041,457.3 1,183,456.4 Durham 262,151.2 256,525.6 Fayetteville 205,239.6 212,391.5 Gastonia 124,302.3 110,856.0 Greensboro 549,459.1 559,660.7 Greenville 133,683.9 131,158.0 Hickory 137,150.4 133,844.1 High Point 142,685.2 146,445.9 Raleigh 628,822.8 659,056.7 Wilmington 224,580.3 213,988.5 Winston-Salem 347,736.6 372,011.5 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) [4] Asheville 14,336 15,210 Charlotte [*] 840,990 825,136 Fayetteville 9,226 9,839 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 96,777 97,970 Greenville 2,677 2,793 Hickory 781 941 Jacksonville 2,113 2,205 Kinston 179 102 New Bern 5,456 6,059 Raleigh/Durham 371,310 375,970 Rocky Mount/Wilson 174 190 Southern Pines 760 808 Wilmington 16,484 16,713 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,792.9 1.2 Civilian labor force 3,929.0 2.1 Manufacturing employment 785.4 (2.6) Service-producing employment 2,852.3 3.1 Government employment 618.2 5.0 Total unemployed 136.1 29.0 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 42.0 (5.2) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.60 3.3 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 29,694.5 (47.4) Cabarrus 52,533.9 (66.9) Catawba 26,922.9 (47.4) Cumberland 15,023.0 (70.6) Durham 92,772.6 (20.0) Forsyth 43,323.8 (60.2) Gaston 15,618.7 14.3 Guilford 124,729.8 (92.1) Mecklenburg 248,053.8 2.2 New Hanover 81,135.0 (49.2) Pitt 17,288.3 (49.6) Wake 259,205.5 (88.3) RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 215,266.7 3.4 Charlotte 1,128,367.5 (7.7) Durham 242,815.3 8.0 Fayetteville 214,272.7 (4.2) Gastonia 113,867.4 9.2 Greensboro 507,987.0 8.2 Greenville 136,656.1 (2.2) Hickory 129,688.2...