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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 4,071.5 4,037.0 3,995.9 1.9 Civilian labor force 4,286.3 4,264.2 4,246.4 0.9 Manufacturing 574.1 581.8 574.9 (0.1) Service 3,016.2 3,073.1 2,952.0 2.2 Government 660.5 668.9 650.5 1.5 Total unemployed 214.7 227.2 250.5 (14.3) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.1 40.6 40.3 (0.5) Avg. hourly production wage $14.26 $14.57 $14.58 (2.2) Source: Employment Security Commission, January. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 232,416.7 251,723.3 207,615.0 11.9 Cary 176,790.9 160,564.4 160,364.5 10.2 Charlotte 1,183,000.7 1,165,762.1 1,002,776.5 18.0 Concord 135,903.6 137,882.1 131,285.3 3.5 Durham 366,152.3 367,408.3 320,052.3 14.4 Fayetteville 245,241.2 236,315.6 218,368.3 12.3 Greensboro 519,637.1 540,222.5 471,047.9 10.3 Greenville 144,281.3 140,209.8 139,722.1 3.3 Hickory 154,761.0 160,508.5 134,014.4 15.5 High Point 145,249.3 151,286.6 132,897.4 9.3 Raleigh 696,994.0 660,900.0 601,594.8 15.9 Wilmington 255,061.0 232,505.4 213,317.5 19.6 Winston-Salem 403,020.2 386,202.2 327,011.0 23.2 % change from Latest Previous Previous last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 19,623 23,338 14,206 38.1 Charlotte* 935,946 1,076,147 878,526 6.5 Fayetteville 12,159 14,676 9,084 33.9 Greensboro 96,756 115,779 87,575 10.5 Greenville 4,006 4,833 2,595 54.4 Jacksonville 5,616 7,077 2,826 98.7 New Bern 6,783 8,751 4,768 42.3 Raleigh/Durham 302,440 388,621 268,086 12.8 Wilmington 22,092 25,933 14,630 51.0 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 97,646 97,527 96,346 1.3 Commercial/industrial customers 17,631 17,671 17,513 0.7 Usage (millions of kilowatt-hours) 372.0 344.0 380.3 (2.2) Duke Power Residential customers 1,405,070 1,401,031 1,376,972 2.0 Commercial/industrial customers 233,571 233,311 228,934 2.0 Usage...