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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,266.5 4,249.2 4,137.7 3.1 Civilian labor force 4,476.3 4,466.7 4,368.8 2.5 Manufacturing 552.8 557.9 565.6 (2.3) Service 3,221.9 3,210.2 3,157.4 2.0 Government 699.2 688.6 686.3 1.9 Unemployed 209.8 217.5 231.1 (9.2) Avg. manufacturing workweek 40.6 40.5 40.9 (0.7) (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $14.60 $14.71 $14.41 1.3 Source: Employment Security Commission, October. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 241,801.0 206,999.2 196,236.7 23.2 Cary 112,238.9 107,230.0 87,325.4 28.5 Charlotte 955,704.8 912,218.1 809,096.4 18.1 Concord 112,775.9 91,118.0 81,685.6 38.1 Durham 269,094.4 316,039.7 240,659.5 11.8 Fayetteville 205,291.2 179,650.8 163,018.7 25.9 Greensboro 364,742.4 382,897.2 346,837.4 5.2 Greenville 97,818.6 92,892.4 77,113.8 26.8 Hickory 120,730.2 113,098.1 98,630.3 22.4 High Point 82,544.6 86,168.1 69,347.3 19.0 Raleigh 565,787.7 541,317.8 450,312.8 25.6 Wilmington 233,391.7 214,214.0 190,635.6 22.4 Winston-Salem 278,991.8 277,375.2 271,731.5 2.7 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month years year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 27,228 23,851 30,093 (9.5) Charlotte* 1,281,164 1,103,984 1,146,596 11.7 Fayetteville 12,577 11,158 11,652 7.9 Greensboro 96,726 78,575 116,888 (17.2) Greenville 4,786 4,052 4,417 8.4 Jacksonville 7,500 6,706 8,111 (7.5) Kinston 1,779 1,659 2,872 (38.1) New Bern 8,153 7,877 7,776 4.8 Raleigh/Durham 414,758 365,120 408,133 1.6 Wilmington 29,182 25,517 29,860 (2.3) ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 99,251 99,458 98,617 0.6 Commercial/industrial 17,731 17,724 17,733 (0.0) customers Usage (millions of 342 375 337 1.5 kilowatt-hours) Duke Energy Residential customers 1,452,677 1,451,353 1,423,059 2.1...