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• Position: North Carolina economic indicators - Illustration - Statistical Data Included

Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,840.3 3,828.7 Civilian labor force 4,007.9 3,984.4 Manufacturing employment 768.4 775.7 Service-producing employment 2,927.9 2,995.5 Government employment 643.2 650.5 Total unemployed 167.6 155.7 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.5 41.2 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.02 $13.05 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 15,615.6 14,050.2 Cabarrus 17,370.0 23,959.5 Catawba 14,163.3 48,497.2 Cumberland 4,414.3 14,423.6 Durham 74,177.1 40,546.6 Forsyth 17,224.2 20,185.4 Gaston 17,852.2 5,474.6 Guilford 9,798.6 32,225.5 Mecklenburg 253,443.0 256,903.8 New Hanover 41,243.7 29,479.4 Pitt 8,710.1 27,639.0 Wake 30,224.0 151,801.1 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 215,953.9 234,276.7 Charlotte 1,183,456.4 1,204,824.2 Durham 256,525.6 257,076.6 Fayetteville 212,391.5 216,426.9 Gastonia 110,856.0 115,953.0 Greensboro 559,660.7 604,782.3 Greenville 131,158.0 131,406.4 Hickory 133,844.1 129,045.6 High Point 146,445.9 145,051.5 Raleigh 659,056.7 669,013.6 Wilmington 213,988.5 221,927.5 Winston-Salem 372,011.5 378,604.6 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) [4] Asheville 15,210 20,115 Charlotte [*] 825,136 936,443 Fayetteville 9,839 12,965 Greensboro/High Pt/ 97,970 113,301 Winston-Salem Greenville na 3,332 Hickory 941 973 Jacksonville 2,205 2,887 Kinston 102 107 New Bern 6,059 6,546 Raleigh/Durham 375,970 445,334 Rocky Mount/Wilson 190 198 Southern Pines na 1,246 Wilmington 16,713 20,308 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,785.1 1.5 Civilian labor force 3,917.9 2.3 Manufacturing employment 783.7 (2.0) Service-producing employment 2,832.4 3.4 Government employment 611.0 5.3 Total unemployed 132.8 26.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.4 (2.2) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.58 3.5 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 29,694.5 (47.4) Cabarrus 52,533.9 (66.9) Catawba 26,922.9 (47.4) Cumberland 15,023.0 (70.6) Durham 92,772.6 (20.0) Forsyth 43,323.8 (60.2) Gaston 15,618.7 14.3 Guilford 124,729.8 (92.1) Mecklenburg 248,053.8 2.2 New Hanover 81,135.0 (49.2) Pitt 17,288.3 (49.6) Wake 259,205.5 (88.3) RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 192,409.2 12.2 Charlotte 1,080,178.4 9.6 Durham 217,133.7 18.1 Fayetteville 209,303.7 1.5 Gastonia 101,703.7 9.0 Greensboro 535,231.7 4.6 Greenville 138,187.5 (5.1) Hickory 110,676.3 20.9...