TREND.

• Position: North Carolina economic statistics - Statistical Data Included

TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT 1 Total employed (000s) 3,826.3 3,840.7 Civilian labor force 4,005.5 4,017.8 Manufacturing employment 759.0 765.7 Service-producing employment 2,963.9 2,945.4 Government employment 655.6 651.9 Total unemployed 179.2 177.1 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 39.9 39.9 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.10 $13.06 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected countries, $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 240,503.4 222,691.7 Cary 186,083.9 165,071.6 Charlotte 1,223,892.3 1,041,457.3 Durham 274,786.2 262,151.2 Fayetteville 243,062.2 205,239.6 Gastonia 133,467.8 124,302.3 Greensboro 612,433.5 549,459.1 Greenville 133,316.2 133,683.9 Hickory 149,996.6 137,150.4 High Point 147,217.9 142,685.2 Raleigh 690,958.2 628,822.8 Wilmington 251,380.7 224,580.3 Winston-Salem 398,936.2 347,736.6 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) 4 Asheville 18,135 14,336 Charlotte * 1,058,242 840,990 Fayetteville 10,796 9,226 Greensboro 119,926 96,777 Greenville 3,074 2,677 Hickory 874 781 Jacksonville 2,780 2,113 Kinston 233 179 New Bern 6,485 5,456 Raleigh/Durham 463,887 371,310 Southern Pines 844 760 Wilmington 21,755 16,484 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT 1 Total employed (000s) 3,804.3 0.6 Civilian labor force 3,939.6 1.7 Manufacturing employment 785.3 (3.3) Service-producing employment 2,889.8 2.6 Government employment 627.5 4.5 Total unemployed 135.3 32.4 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.3 (3.4) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.62 3.8 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected countries, $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 233,203.8 3.1 Cary 172,879.7 7.6 Charlotte 1,204,260.4 1.6 Durham 259,476.6 5.9 Fayetteville 236,957.4 2.6 Gastonia 125,960.6 6.0 Greensboro 554,128.8 10.5 Greenville 144,870.2 (8.0) Hickory 135,824.6 10.4 High Point...