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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,972.4 3,958.7 3,990.0 (0.4) Civilian labor force 4,173.7 4,159.4 4,262.8 (2.1) Manufacturing 579.0 581.8 593.4 (2.4) Service 3,096.5 3,065.6 3,038.1 1.9 Government 682.2 657.2 677.1 0.8 Total unemployed 201.2 200.7 272.8 (26.2) Avg. manufacturing 39.9 39.7 40.1 (0.5) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $14.28 $14.44 $13.77 3.7 wage Source: Employment Security Commission, October. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 232,668.8 212,417.8 206,656.0 12.6 Cary 233,773.7 171,015.2 157,679.4 48.3 Charlotte 1,105,029.2 1,074,098.4 893,394.5 23.7 Durham 351,035.3 347,123.7 313,669.1 11.9 Fayetteville 224,713.7 242,774.2 201,392.1 11.6 Gastonia 110,611.5 124,044.8 107,894.5 2.5 Greensboro 489,934.5 512,169.6 461,469.4 6.2 Greenville 145,711.2 146,825.1 131,443.8 10.9 Hickory 154,379.9 146,108.7 122,120.3 26.4 High Point 159,825.2 143,218.8 142,966.6 11.8 Raleigh 647,460.0 716,213.6 582.076.5 11.2 Wilmington 256,628.7 239,555.4 204,903.0 25.2 Winston-Salem 360,442.6 353,702.7 328,206.0 9.8 Latest Previous month month AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 27,233 21,794 Charlotte* 1,109,714 893,244 Fayetteville 15,243 13,108 Greensboro 136,656 109,641 Greenville 5,622 4,475 Jacksonville 7,327 6,606 New Bern 8,735 8,143 Raleigh/Durham 404,366 342,000 Wilmington 27,893 24,800 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 97,200 97,217 Commercial/industrial 17,652 17,574 Total Usage (KWH, millions) 362.0 384.0 Duke Power Residential 1,394,617 1,391,952 Commercial/industrial 233,215 232,907 Total Usage (KWH, millions) 3,939.0 4,812.0 Progress Energy Residential 994,765 993,112 Commercial/industrial 180,689 180,337 Total Usage (KWH, millions) 2,600.5 3,089.2 OTHER INDICATORS Farm index/all products...