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TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,907.3 3,917.5 Civilian labor force 4,147.4 4,169.9 Manufacturing employment 614.6 622.0 Service-producing employment 2,960.4 2,957.0 Government employment 668.6 662.3 Total unemployed 240.0 252.4 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 39.5 39.3 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.45 $13.50 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 212,457.4 201,705.3 Cary 163,329.6 138,792.8 Charlotte 965,880.2 1,004,057.2 Durham 294,861.2 310,871.1 Fayetteville 191,398.7 182,339.6 Gastonia 120,618.3 115,406.9 Greensboro 459,543.0 460,907.2 Greenville 112,107.9 104,185.8 Hickory 134,001.6 117,915.9 High Point 124,265.8 135,968.2 Raleigh 562,234.0 553,800.7 Wilmington 188,956.3 174,187.7 Winston-Salem 358,017.2 343,796.8 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 11,926 11,728 Charlotte * 769,632 756,160 Fayetteville 8,089 8,952 Greensboro 80,597 88,331 Greenville 2,501 2,692 New Bern 4,490 4,697 Raleigh/Durham 276,774 266,453 Wilmington 13,272 13,234 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products (1967= 100) (5) 251 254 Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 267 269 Farm Index/livestock (1967= 100) 221 228 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 432,173.8 427,139.6 Total phone access lines (7) 4,632,359 4,656,758 % change from Previous last year year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,903.6 0.1 Civilian labor force 4,187.0 (0.9) Manufacturing employment 656.4 (6.4) Service-producing employment 2,930.8 1.0 Government employment 650.9 2.7 Total unemployed 283.4 (15.3) Average mfg. work week (hrs) 39.7 (0.5) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.08 2.8 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 223,944.0 (5.1) Cary 170,963.6 (4.5) Charlotte 936,483.0 3.1...

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