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% change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,279.4 4,266.5 4,145.6 3.2 Civilian labor force 4,501.4 4,476.3 4,370.5 3.0 Manufacturing 550.7 552.7 564.2 (2.4) Service 3,227.7 3,220.6 3,170.9 1.8 Government 701.3 698.3 690.5 1.6 Unemployed 222.0 209.8 224.9 (1.3) Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.2 40.9 40.7 1.2 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $14.78 $14.77 $14.58 1.4 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 201,513.4 241,801.0 191,599.2 5.2 Cary 95,203.6 112,238.9 96,422.6 (1.3) Charlotte 843,787.6 955,704.8 876,227.3 (3.7) Concord 92,161.6 112,775.9 93,821.1 (1.8) Durham 251,613.9 269,094.4 264,340.4 (4.8) Fayetteville 169,104.5 205,291.2 164,614.0 2.7 Greensboro 351,947.8 364,742.4 359,680.9 (2.2) Greenville 93,482.7 97,818.6 94,716.7 (1.3) Hickory 105,843.8 120,730.2 104,186.5 1.6 High Point 73,088.9 82,544.6 72,435.3 0.9 Raleigh 536,474.0 565,787.7 509,361.8 5.3 Wilmington 158,975.5 233,391.7 207,157.7 (23.3) Winston-Salem 250,889.2 278,991.8 242,447.4 3.5 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 22,852 27,228 25,461 (10.2) Charlotte* 1,282,768 1,281,164 1,108,976 15.7 Fayetteville 14,156 12,577 12,244 15.6 Greensboro 88,212 96,726 100,332 (12.1) Greenville 4,232 4,786 4,113 2.9 Jacksonville 7,004 7,500 7,068 (0.9) Kinston 2,485 1,779 2,714 (8.4) New Bern 7,872 8,153 7,520 4.7 Raleigh/Durham 409,550 414,758 391,919 4.5 Wilmington 26,990 29,182 26,934 0.2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 99,471 99,370 98,743 0.7 Commercial/industrial 17,706 17,714 17,787 (0.5) customers Usage (millions of 274 342 287 (4.5) kilowatt-hours) Duke Energy Residential customers 1,455,363 1,452,677 1,425,262 2.1 Commercial/industrial 242,422 242,271 238,108 1.8...