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% change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,109.5 4,096.9 4,041.2 1.7 Civilian labor force 4,346.8 4,339.6 4,270.7 1.8 Manufacturing 572.6 574.6 582.7 (1.7) Service 3,104.0 3,084.6 3,069.9 1.1 Government 663.1 629.6 672.9 (1.5) Unemployed 237.3 242.6 229.5 3.4 Avg. manufacturing workweek 39.8 39.7 39.7 0.3 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $14.32 $14.36 $14.44 (0.8) Source: Employment Security Commission, September. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous month month* year* TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 194,133.7 264,729.3 237,803.1 Cary 102,274.5 165,008.2 171,568.5 Charlotte 877,729.6 1,290,731.8 1,111,545.8 Durham 323,149.4 395,283.3 362,741.2 Fayetteville 179,683.4 266,350.1 219,676.3 Greensboro 352,865.9 598,826.6 491,480.9 Greenville 85,677.0 180,536.3 135,629.6 Hickory 99,712.2 156,323.6 145,804.9 High Point 79,970.6 168,187.3 144,242.1 Raleigh 503,416.1 741,441.7 650,036.3 Wilmington 200,213.4 305,287.5 235,002.9 Winston-Salem 268,725.2 428,558.8 362,392.7 *previous month and year include nontaxable sales. % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 26,913 30,112 21,794 23.5 Charlotte* 1,044,969 1,198,056 893,244 17.0 Fayetteville 11,545 12,495 13,108 (11.9) Greensboro 101,000 107,619 110,319 (8.4) Greenville 3,868 3,852 4,475 (13.6) Hickory** 1,646 1,543 0 nm Jacksonville 7,441 8,267 6,606 12.6 Kinston** 2,621 2,758 254 931.9 New Bern 7,769 9,329 8,143 (4.6) Raleigh/Durham 362,755 403,996 342,000 6.1 Wilmington 26,529 33,806 24,800 7.0 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 98,555 98,435 97,217 1.4 Commercial/industrial 17,743 17,716 17,574 1.0 customers Usage (millions of 413.0 457.0 384.0 7.6 kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential customers 1,420,637 1,417,861 1,391,952 2.1 Commercial/industrial...