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• Position: North Carolina economic indicators - Illustration

TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,731.7 3,717.4 3,763.8 Civilian labor force 3,999.0 3,991.5 3,982.5 Manufacturing employment 699.2 698.7 735.0 Service-producing employment 2,984.0 2,970.0 2,926.9 Government employment 646.1 649.2 593.6 Totol unemployed 267.3 274.1 218.7 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.7 40.3 41.7 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.60 $13.58 $12.72 RETAIL SALES (selected cities $000s) (2) Asheville 226,646.2 187,771.0 207,491.8 Cary 193,098.4 141,614.8 158,278.7 Charlotte 1,115,635.0 995,143.4 1,111,619.8 Durham 361,007.7 282,279.6 262,912.6 Fayetteville 247,888.3 197,802.1 209,484.0 Gastonia 129,952.3 109,787.8 115,552.4 Greensboro 528,800.9 431,073.4 576,929.8 Greenville 124,280.4 108,628.2 132,438.7 Hickory 136,081.8 110,592.3 132,042.0 High Point 155,291.7 115,305.1 144,504.4 Raleigh 672,502.1 517,014.7 632,490.1 Wilmington 235,775.2 186,247.7 227,007.4 Winston-Salem 391,271.3 328,949,0 356,083.5 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings selected airports) (3) Asheville 23,466 22,013 25,836 Charlotte * 1,064,757 1,092,478 1,126,045 Fayetteville 11,801 11,952 13,381 Greensboro 113,000 113,535 125,989 Greenville 2,536 2,661 3,423 New Bern 7,390 7,022 8,735 Raleigh/Durham 414,192 402,223 508,121 Wilmington 21,011 21,776 25,278 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products 241 236 255 (1967 = 100) (5) Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 253 253 256 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 218 206 253 Gallons of gasoline 438,687.9 448,558.5 417,116.5 sold (000s) (6) Total phone access lines (7) 4,773,401 4,789,074 4,906,868 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s)...