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TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,902.1 3,910.4 3,892.3 Civilian labor force 4,151.6 4,151.9 4,179.4 Manufacturing employment 615.6 617.1 654.3 Service-providing employment 2,989.0 2,965.8 2,958.3 Government employment 674.2 669.0 654.6 Total unemployed 249.5 241.4 287.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 39.9 39.5 40.1 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.48 $13.44 $13.11 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 245,167.4 212,457.4 204,670.8 Cary 192,586.6 163,329.6 149,875.8 Charlotte 1,095,072.7 965,880.2 974,952.2 Durham 333,466.6 294,861.2 250,831.1 Fayetteville 217,234.0 191,398.7 185,292.4 Gastonia 144,788.1 120,618.3 105,159.9 Greensboro 492,796.2 459,543.0 462,430.0 Greenville 123,858.6 112,107.9 92,785.5 Hickory 141,687.8 134,001.6 122,995.2 High Point 149,201.9 124,265.8 117,459.9 Raleigh 690,941.3 562,234.0 544,196.9 Wilmington 225,764.8 188,956.3 185,754.6 Winston-Salem 373,646.2 358,017.2 320,724.0 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 14,371 11,926 16,170 Charlotte * 990,362 769,632 1,099,393 Fayetteville 8,754 8,089 10,136 Greensboro 100,275 80,597 103,570 Greenville 2,749 2,501 2,408 New Bern 4,964 4,490 5,804 Raleigh/Durham 322,897 276,774 379,272 Wilmington 16,418 13,272 17,849 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products 254 252 243 (1967 = 100) (5) Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 270 270 252 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 225 220 226 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 408,081.5 432,173.8 394,242.1 Total phone access lines (7) 4,611,600 4,632,359 4,795,286 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 0.3...