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TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,747.8 3,763.2 Civilian labor force 3,854.2 3,890.7 Manufacturing employment 805.2 805.8 Service-producing employment 2,814.2 2,782.4 Government employment 613.9 583.9 Total unemployed 106.4 127.5 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.2 41.0 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.50 $12.36 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorization, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 29,694.5 16,961.6 Cabarrus 52,533.4 30,688.2 Catawba 26,922.9 35,441.4 Cumberland 15,023.0 15,394.9 Durham 92,772.6 40,526.0 Forsyth 43,323.8 45,180.6 Gaston 15,618.7 15,682.4 Guilford 124,729.8 113,992.5 Mecklenburg 248,053.8 200,176.6 New Hanover 21,135.0 27,006.1 Pitt 17,288.3 15,592.6 Wake 259,205.5 218,509.9 RETAIL SALES (selected cities $000s) [3] Asheville 197,515.3 203,784.0 Charlotte 1,257,356.1 1,145,134.1 Durham 234,611.5 242,648.6 Fayetteville 205,351.4 202,956.2 Gastonia 106,000.7 106,355.3 Greensboro 569,722.2 545,380.6 Greenville 130,692.1 131,097.6 Hickory 116,418.8 120,228.6 High Point 149,247.0 153,157.2 Raleigh 592,856.5 569,709.0 Wilmington 213,619.2 210,472.1 Winston-Salem 375,769.6 321,146.8 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) [4] Asheville 24,305 30,025 Charlotte [*] 779,580 900,284 Fayetteville 11,462 13,355 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 103,095 109,817 Greenville 2,046 4,172 Hickory 1,828 1,967 Jacksonville 4,174 5,513 Kinston 784 1,017 New Bern 6,590 7,506 Raleigh/Durham 350,728 403,811 Rocky Mount/Wilson 472 574 Southern Pines 1,754 1,815 Wilmington 19,503 25,524 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,681.3 1.8 Civilian labor force 3,797.7 1.5 Manufacturing employment 826.8 (2.6) Service-producing employment 2,763.2 1.8 Government employment 601.2 2.1 Total unemployed 116.4 (8.6) Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.7 (1.2) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.00 4.2 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorization, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 30,585.0 (2.9) Cabarrus 29,369.5 78.9 Catawba 20,281.9 32.7 Cumberland 21,647.8 (30.6) Durham 44,373.2 109.1 Forsyth 40,271.1 7.6 Gaston 19,578.7 (20.2) Guilford 72,238.0 72.7 Mecklenburg 192,150.0 29.1 New Hanover 42,499.7 (50.3) Pitt 14,470.8 19.5 Wake 201,062.8 28.9 RETAIL SALES (selected cities $000s) [3] Asheville 208,233.5 (5.1) Charlotte 1,199,953.7 4.8 Durham 231,819.5 1.2 Fayetteville...