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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,983.8 3,976.2 3,934.9 1.2 Civilian labor force 4,204.8 4,195.9 4,213.4 (0.2) Manufacturing employment 584.1 584.1 610.4 (4.3) Service employment 3,033.1 3,003.2 2,968.2 2.2 Government employment 669.3 667.6 650.1 3.0 Total unemployed 220.9 219.7 278.5 (20.7) Avg. manufacturing workweek 39.8 40.5 39.3 1.3 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $14.21 $14.02 $13.59 4.6 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) (Selected cities, $000s) Asheville 213,054.3 228,832.6 201,705.3 5.6 Cary 156,608.0 165,850.7 138,792.8 12.8 Charlotte 1,038,002.4 1,076,050.2 1,004,057.2 3.4 Durham 328,334.0 324,382.5 310,871.1 5.6 Fayetteville 196,504.9 232,534.3 182,339.6 7.8 Gastonia 112,144.3 120,509.9 115,406.9 (2.8) Greensboro 474,006.1 481,420.7 460,907.2 2.8 Greenville 119,738.9 142,744.8 104,185.8 14.9 Hickory 119,798.1 139,307.2 117,915.9 1.6 High Point 135,921.3 145,974.8 135,968.2 (0.0) Raleigh 653,029.8 686,829.8 553,800.7 17.9 Wilmington 207,072.1 204,117.0 174,187.7 18.9 Winston-Salem 332,648.4 357,814.1 343,796.8 (3.2) Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year AIR-PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 19,029 16,253 15,146 25.6 Charlotte * 1,120,381 948,369 950,213 17.9 Fayetteville 12,717 12,099 8,749 45.4 Greensboro 114,990 108,066 109,100 5.4 Greenville 3,735 3,643 2,619 42.6 Jacksonville 5,467 5,151 3,011 81.6 New Bern 6,917 6,282 4,974 39.1 Raleigh/Durham 362,833 338,890 314,437 15.4 Wilmington 23,995 19,706 16,595 44.6 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 96,404 96,468 95,666 0.8 Commercial/Industrial 17,498 17,495 17,523 (0.1) Total Usage (KWH, 316.0 376.6 321.0 (1.6) millions) Duke Power Residential 1,380,027 1,378,334 1,357,623 1.7 Commercial/Industrial 230,544 229,959 225,828 2.1 Total Usage (KWH, 4,229.2...