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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,249.2 4,230.3 4,129.4 2.9 Civilian labor force 4,466.7 4,443.8 4,362.2 2.4 Manufacturing 557.9 560.7 567.3 (1.7) Service 3,209.4 3,179.4 3,147.5 2.0 Government 688.5 648.6 678.2 1.5 Unemployed 217.5 213.4 232.8 (6.6) Avg. manufacturing workweek 39.9 39.9 40.2 (0.7) (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $14.78 $14.52 $14.35 3.0 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 206,999.2 164,046.0 194,133.7 6.6 Cary 107,230.0 85,180.5 102,274.5 4.8 Charlotte 912,218.1 843,005.7 877,729.6 3.9 Concord 91,118.0 92,144.2 88,628.2 2.8 Durham 316,039.7 246,370.0 323,149.4 (2.2) Fayetteville 179,650.8 145,906.8 179,683.4 (0.0) Greensboro 382,897.2 315,223.2 352,865.9 8.5 Greenville 92,892.4 76,482.0 85,677.0 8.4 Hickory 113,098.1 83,644.7 99,712.2 13.4 High Point 86,168.1 70,099.4 79,970.6 7.7 Raleigh 541,317.8 467,549.9 503,416.1 7.5 Wilmington 214,214.0 180,687.9 200,213.4 7.0 Winston-Salem 277,375.2 228,689.9 268,725.2 3.2 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month years year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 23,851 28,719 26,913 (11.4) Charlotte* 1,103,984 1,256,993 1,044,969 5.6 Fayetteville 11,158 12,825 11,545 (3.4) Greensboro 78,575 89,579 101,000 (22.2) Greenville 4,052 3,858 3,868 4.8 Jacksonville 6,706 7,607 7,441 (9.9) Kinston 1,659 1,794 2,621 (36.7) New Bern 7,877 8,835 7,769 1.4 Raleigh/Durham 365,120 414,456 368,192 (0.8) Wilmington 25,517 29,175 26,529 (3.8) ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 99,458 99,451 98,555 0.9 Commercial/industrial 17,724 17,723 17,743 (0.1) customers Usage (millions of 375.0 456.0 413.0 (9.2) kilowatt-hours) Duke Energy Residential customers 1,451,353 1,448,737 1,420,637 2.2 Commercial/industrial 242,089 241,771 237,752 1.8 customers...