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TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,802.5 3,810.2 3,819.6 Civilian labor force 3,999.3 4,017.6 3,964.8 Manufacturing employment 747.1 750.3 788.1 Service-producing employment 2,990.9 2,997.7 2,951.4 Government employment 630.0 651.2 621.7 Total unemployed 196.8 207.4 145.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.1 40.0 41.7 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.20 $13.15 $12.72 NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS [2] Buncombe 449 460 545 Cabarrus 276 282 359 Catawba 284 324 376 Cumberland 634 753 1,066 Durham 547 511 565 Forsyth 707 853 802 Gaston 290 313 491 Guilford 1,280 1,440 1,777 Iredell 262 282 289 Mecklenburg 2,647 2,782 3,296 New Hanover 401 412 431 Pitt 253 274 319 Wake 2,988 2,620 3,335 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 207,491.8 179,366.4 209,527.0 Cary 158,278.7 136,141.1 162,753.3 Charlotte 1,111,619.8 1,011,192.7 1,196,533.1 Durham 262,912.6 218,292.0 299,190.1 Fayetteville 209,484.0 193,248.0 233,896.4 Gastonia 115,552.4 108,072.5 119,791.4 Greensboro 576,929.8 485,978.5 585,312.6 Greenville 132,438.7 116,967.0 134,785.1 Hickory 132,042.0 122,383.7 125,513.2 High Point 144,504.4 125,631.0 163,064.8 Raleigh 632,490.1 542,311.9 626,318.7 Wilmington 227,007.4 182,127.4 234,483.7 Winston-Salem 356,083.5 327,391.0 375,321.1 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) [4] Asheville 25,836 24,334 26,138 Charlotte [*] 1,126,045 1,117,536 1,056,541 Fayetteville 13,381 13,260 13,558 Greensboro 125,989 123,915 125,263 Greenville 3,423 3,401 3,837 Hickory 1,044 986 1,411 Jacksonville 2,805 2,915 3,467 New Bern 8,735 8,003 8,748 Raleigh/Durham 508,121 473,788 485,244 Southern Pines 1,473 1,511 1,705 Wilmington 25,278 25,245 24,763 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) (0.4) Civilian labor force 0.9 Manufacturing employment (5.2) Service-producing employment 1.3 Government employment 1.3 Total unemployed 35.5 Average mfg. work week (hrs) (3.8) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. 3.8 NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS [2] Buncombe (17.6) Cabarrus (23.1) Catawba (24.5) Cumberland (40.5) Durham (3.2) Forsyth (11.8) Gaston (40.9) Guilford (28.0) Iredell (9.3) Mecklenburg (19.7) New Hanover (7.0) Pitt (20.7) Wake (10.4) RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville (1.0) Cary (2.7) Charlotte (7.1)...