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TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,931.2 3,932.0 Civilian labor force 4,187.5 4,191.1 Manufacturing employment 598.9 598.7 Service-providing employment 3,040.7 3,047.5 Government employment 676.5 677.3 Total unemployed 256.3 259.2 Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.6 40.8 Avg. hourly production wage $13.89 $13.77 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s[).sup.2] Asheville 205,499.6 236,015.7 Cary 151,382.9 165,017.4 Charlotte 969,377.3 1,107,363.4 Durham 283,429.2 359,546.1 Fayetteville 186,840.3 218,236.6 Gastonia 105,103.7 122,828.8 Greensboro 446,303.2 488,288.9 Greenville 119,587.9 129,068.0 Hickory 129,718.5 134,117.1 High Point 123,014.7 140,172.1 Raleigh 578,587.3 645,976.5 Wilmington 223,254.7 225,579.9 Winston-Salem 336,100.7 360,771.6 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 19,745 19,489 Charlotte * 1,010,121 980,094 Fayetteville 11,426 10,536 Greensboro 111,363 113,115 Greenville 3,367 3,755 New Bern 6,262 5,982 Raleigh/Durham 361,631 334,362 Wilmington 20,217 19,173 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products (1967 = 100) (5) 269 270 Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 274 267 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 261 274 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 463,237.8 443,675.0 Total phone access lines (7) 4,466,453 4,488,221 Previous % change from year last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,874.1 1.5 Civilian labor force 4,152.0 0.9 Manufacturing employment 626.2 (4.4) Service-providing employment 3,004.8 1.2 Government employment 671.5 0.7 Total unemployed 278.0 (7.8) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 41.1 (1.2) Avg. hourly production wage $13.38 3.8 RETAIL...