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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed 4,064.5 4,050.0 4,003.7 1.5 (000s) Civilian labor 4,285.2 4,281.5 4,244.6 1.0 force Manufacturing 573.3 573.4 575.9 (0.5) Service 3,042.4 3,017.2 2,993.6 1.6 Government 667.3 664.5 660.2 1.1 Total unemployed 220.8 231.5 240.9 (8.4) Avg. manufacturing 39.8 39.9 40.5 (1.7) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $14.00 $14.00 $14.02 (0.1) production wage Source: Employment Security Commission, March. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 235,994.2 341,379.1 204,684.8 15.3 Cary 143,543.2 257,457.4 169,543.7 (15.3) Charlotte 1,155,606.1 1,467,078.2 967,695.1 19.4 Concord 135,571.7 194,699.0 119,057.1 13.9 Durham 371,284.4 410,749.2 330,125.9 12.5 Fayetteville 236,675.5 326,935.2 220,495.1 7.3 Greensboro 511,663.4 688,684.2 494,402.9 3.5 Greenville 119,913.3 167,526.0 121,456.8 (1.3) Hickory 155,838.7 221,942.9 138,534.1 12.5 High Point 142,298.2 198,652.2 135,989.6 4.6 Raleigh 672,576.9 830,472.9 630,571.2 6.7 Wilmington 238,623.0 340,780.8 216,292.2 10.3 Winston-Salem 406,629.5 515,920.8 346,084.7 17.5 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 24,207 18,874 16,253 48.9 Charlotte * 1,340,854 1,025,615 1,089,080 23.1 Fayetteville 14,100 11,561 12,099 16.5 Greensboro 118,187 96,505 108,066 9.4 Greenville 5,257 3,900 3,643 44.3 Jacksonville 8,612 7,894 5,151 67.2 New Bern 8,351 6,786 6,282 32.9 Raleigh/Durham 420,117 305,408 339,529 23.7 Wilmington 30,456 23,720 19,706 54.6 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 97,825 97,743 96,468 1.4 customers Commercial/industrial 17,639 17,617 17,495 0.8 customers Usage (millions of 381.4 346.1 376.6 1.3 kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential 1,407,972 1,407,396 1,378,334 2.2 customers Commercial/industrial 234,609 234,142 229,959 2.0...