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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,957.3 3,975.5 3,979.6 (0.6) Civilian labor force 4,156.9 4,183.6 4,253.9 (2.3) Manufacturing 582.9 583.0 596.0 (2.2) Service 3,061.6 3,046.6 3,006.7 1.8 Government 657.1 624.1 652.2 0.8 Total unemployed 199.6 208.2 274.3 (27.2) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 39.6 40.2 40.2 (1.5) Avg. hourly production wage $14.43 $14.30 $13.84 4.3 Source: Employment Security Commission, September. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 230,459.5 196,615.5 209,642.6 9.9 Cary 211,225.7 142,053.0 164,305.0 28.6 Charlotte 1,155,442.0 1,060,016.6 1,123,149.3 2.9 Durham 386,644.4 315,715.9 331,590.3 16.6 Fayetteville 218,544.3 222,454.7 215,753.3 1.3 Gastonia 121,496.1 112,423.7 126,743.7 (4.1) Greensboro 549,331.2 479,544.5 530,760.1 3.5 Greenville 170,371.4 119,064.1 166,244.3 2.5 Hickory 154,064.7 124,683.3 138,814.1 11.0 High Point 163,034.6 124,857.6 153,908.4 5.9 Raleigh 658,672.9 620,643.6 651,673.2 1.1 Wilmington 256,786.2 210,725.8 225,746.0 13.8 Winston-Salem 385,635.7 318,395.9 379,340.0 1.7 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 21,794 26,987 19,367 12.5 Charlotte* 893,244 1,068,660 822,385 8.6 Fayetteville 13,108 14,439 9,692 35.2 Greensboro 109,641 119,989 104,576 4.8 Greenville 4,475 4,013 3,057 46.4 Jacksonville 6,606 6,881 3,280 101.4 New Bern 8,143 8,873 5,546 46.8 Raleigh/Durham 342,000 375,170 297,683 14.9 Wilmington 24,800 27,450 17,121 44.9 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 97,217 97,322 96,206 1.1 Commercial/industrial 17,574 17,586 17,632 (0.3) Total Usage (KWH, millions) 384.0 401.0 363.4 5.7 Duke Power...