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% change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,289.3 4,279.4 4,145.6 3.5 Civilian labor force 4,512.2 4,501.4 4,369.5 3.3 Manufacturing 551.8 552.3 565.4 (2.4) Service 3,224.2 3,227.9 3,163.6 1.9 Government 697.1 701.1 686.9 1.5 Unemployed 222.9 222.0 223.8 (0.4) Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.8 41.2 39.6 5.6 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.18 $14.80 $14.59 4.0 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 171,240.0 201,513.4 176,207.8 (2.8) Cary 83,219.9 95,203.6 80,705.8 3.1 Charlotte 746,437.7 843,787.6 722,103.9 3.4 Concord 73,158.2 92,161.6 66,171.3 10.6 Durham 223,572.6 251,613.9 227,558.7 (1.8) Fayetteville 142,866.9 169,104.5 140,924.8 1.4 Greensboro 299,837.2 351,947.8 321,905.7 (6.9) Greenville 71,988.4 93,482.7 80,748.3 (10.8) Hickory 83,062.9 105,843.8 88,312.9 (5.9) High Point 67,340.7 73,088.9 66,357.2 1.5 Raleigh 446,241.3 536,474.0 428,015.2 4.3 Wilmington 170,071.4 158,975.5 171,888.8 (1.1) Winston-Salem 210,029.2 250,889.2 243,043.4 (13.6) % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 22,541 22,852 22,525 0.1 Charlotte* 1,256,475 1,282,768 1,100,124 14.2 Fayetteville 15,242 14,156 12,703 20.0 Greensboro 97,170 88,212 97,548 (0.4) Greenville 4,250 4,232 3,490 21.8 Jacksonville 8,511 7,004 7,283 16.9 Kinston 2,465 2,485 2,233 10.4 New Bern 7,705 7,872 7,994 (3.6) Raleigh/Durham 411,925 409,550 386,220 6.7 Wilmington 25,452 26,990 25,194 1.0 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 99,570 99,471 98,905 0.7 Commercial/industrial 17,687 17,706 17,789 (0.6) customers Usage (millions of 320.0 274.0 333.0 (3.9) kilowatt-hours) Duke Energy Residential customers 1,458,838 1,455,363 1,429,463 2.1 Commercial/industrial 242,325 242,422 238,282 1.7 customers Usage (millions of 4,217.0...