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TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,802.8 3,794.4 3,822.9 Civilian labor force 4,012.6 3,995.9 3,972.3 Manufacturing employment 730.3 732.9 782.3 Service-producing 3,014.4 2,987.1 2,959.5 employment Government employment 655.9 627.8 639.9 Total unemployed 209.8 201.5 149.4 Average mfg. work 40.5 40.3 41.4 week (hrs) Average hrly. wage, $13.33 $13.30 $12.94 prod. wrkrs. RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 217,681.3 211,890.3 221,623.6 Cary 157,722.1 158,814.2 160,918.2 Charlotte 1,141,572.5 1,024,548.6 1,247,850.7 Durham 271,966.7 252,083.1 275,394.2 Fayetteville 210,372.6 197,058.2 220,264.7 Gastonia 110,073.3 110,496.2 123,365.1 Greensboro 549,934.5 521,153.1 599,044.1 Greenville 134,159.1 141,891.3 134,978.4 Hickory 130,203.9 133,177.4 129,375.8 High Point 138,158.9 139,473.6 162,157.4 Raleigh 612,359.9 617,650.0 668,582.6 Wilmington 227,006.5 240,393.5 247,235.5 Winston-Salem 385,388.6 359,631.7 392,903.1 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 16,208 30,340 23,281 Charlotte (*) 621,837 1,118,850 899,148 Fayetteville 7,688 12,252 11,834 Greensboro 69,797 124,546 113,933 Greenville 2,220 3,323 3,953 New Bern 4,680 8,743 7,507 Raleigh/Durham 211,968 432,828 401,637 Wilmington 14,346 25,384 21,099 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products 256 253 247 (1967 = 100) (5) Farm Index/all crops 258 252 254 (1967 = 100) Farm Index/livestock 252 255 236 (1967 = 100) Gallons of gasoline 434,868.1 432,232.8 421,087.0 sold (000s) (6) Co. owned phone 4,860,745 4,874,577 4,917,671...