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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,129.6 4,106.7 4,032.1 2.4 Civilian labor force 4,362.9 4,346.6 4,260.8 2.4 Manufacturing 573.2 572.5 580.9 (1.3) Service 3,114.5 3,109.1 3,066.4 1.6 Government 667.8 666.6 667.5 0.0 Unemployed 233.3 240.0 228.6 2.1 Avg. manufacturing 41.0 39.9 39.9 2.8 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $14.39 $14.22 $14.31 0.6 wage Source: Employment Security Commission, October. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous month month year* TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 196,236.7 194,133.7 251,723.3 Cary 87,325.4 102,274.5 160,564.4 Charlotte 809,096.4 877,729.6 1,165,762.1 Durham 240,659.5 323,149.4 367,408.3 Fayetteville 163,018.7 179,683.4 236,315.6 Greensboro 346,837.4 352,865.9 540,222.5 Greenville 77,113.8 85,677.0 140,209.8 Hickory 98,630.3 99,712.2 160,508.5 High Point 69,347.3 79,970.6 151,286.6 Raleigh 450,312.8 503,416.1 660,900.0 Wilmington 190,635.6 200,213.4 232,505.4 Winston-Salem 271,731.5 268,725.2 386,202.2 *includes nontaxable sales. % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 30,093 26,913 27,233 10.5 Charlotte* 1,146,596 1,044,969 1,109,714 3.3 Fayetteville 11,652 11,545 15,243 (23.6) Greensboro 116,888 101,000 136,656 (14.5) Greenville 4,417 3,868 5,622 (21.4) Hickory** 2,222 1,646 0 nm Jacksonville 8,111 7,441 7,327 10.7 Kinston** 2,872 2,621 151 1,802.0 New Bern 7,776 7,769 8,735 (11.0) Raleigh/Durham 408,133 362,755 404,366 0.9 Wilmington 29,860 26,529 27,893 7.1 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 98,617 98,555 97,200 1.5 Commercial/industrial 17,733 17,743 17,652 0.5 customers Usage (millions of 337.0 413.0 362.0 (6.9) kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential customers 1,423,059 1,420,637 1,394,617 2.0 Commercial/industrial...