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Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,928.0 3,918.4 3,884.9 Civilian labor force 4,181.0 4,185.1 4,158.9 Manufacturing employment 600.4 603.6 631.6 Service-providing employment 3,046.0 3,013.7 3,011.3 Government employment 675.4 655.1 679.4 Total unemployed 253.1 266.6 274.0 Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.6 40.5 39.6 Avg. hourly production wage $13.67 $13.74 $13.17 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 206,656.0 210,512.5 213,183.1 Cary 157,679.4 162,790.4 182,100.7 Charlotte 893,394.5 1,030,299.6 1,065,975.6 Durham 313,669.1 340,247.5 324,562.0 Fayetteville 201,392.1 218,713.0 205,402.4 Gastonia 107,894.5 122,719.1 115,883.0 Greensboro 461,469.4 506,169.5 519,012.2 Greenville 131,443.8 122,517.3 122,689.7 Hickory 122,120.3 134,195.1 128,997.2 High Point 142,966.6 144,379.6 145,679.2 Raleigh 582,076.5 627,985.8 632,828.2 Wilmington 204,903.0 219,260.1 219,411.4 Winston-Salem 328,206.0 308,202.4 372,067.3 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 23,051 19,367 22,027 Charlotte* 1,021,746 822,385 935,674 Fayetteville 10,874 9,692 11,369 Greensboro 129,564 104,576 121,750 Greenville 4,071 3,057 3,008 New Bern 6,257 5,546 6,792 Raleigh/Durham 357,733 297,683 363,537 Wilmington 20,166 17,121 19,821 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products (1967 = 100) (5) 267 265 239 Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 269 266 261 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 263 264 200 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 469,397.1 466,287.4 460,954.4 Total phone access lines (7) 4,507,669 4,537,238 4,736,384 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 1.1 Civilian labor...