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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 4,072.9 4,065.3 4,011.9 1.5 Civilian labor force 4,302.0 4,286.1 4,254.2 1.1 Manufacturing 573.1 574.2 577.2 (0.7) Service 3,075.1 3,044.5 3,020.0 1.8 Government 669.6 668.9 659.0 1.6 Total unemployed 229.2 220.8 242.3 (5.4) Avg. manufacturing 39.9 39.9 39.8 0.3 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $14.31 $14.31 $14.20 0.8 wage Source: Employment Security Commission, April. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 225,174.3 235,994.2 196,615.5 14.5 Cary 153,290.5 143,543.2 142,053.0 7.9 Charlotte 1,078,936.3 1,155,606.1 1,060,016.6 1.8 Concord 132,038.9 135,571.7 118,608.2 11.3 Durham 334,356.0 371,284.4 315,715.9 5.9 Fayetteville 242,603.1 236,675.5 222,454.7 9.1 Greensboro 506,331.1 511,663.4 479,544.5 5.6 Greenville 127,328.7 119,913.3 119,064.1 6.9 Hickory 141,124.7 155,838.7 124,683.3 13.2 High Point 142,348.9 142,298.2 124,857.6 14.0 Raleigh 633,695.3 672,576.9 620,643.6 2.1 Wilmington 224,118.1 238,623.0 210,725.8 6.4 Winston-Salem 309,543.1 406,629.5 318,395.9 (2.8) % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 24,983 24,207 19,029 31.3 Charlotte* 1,227,882 1,340,854 1,120,381 9.6 Fayetteville 12,549 14,100 12,717 (1.3) Greensboro 123,337 118,187 114,990 7.3 Greenville 4,279 5,257 3,735 14.6 Jacksonville 7,338 8,612 5,467 34.2 New Bern 7,577 8,351 6,917 9.5 Raleigh/Durham 377,274 420,117 362,833 4.0 Wilmington 30,074 30,456 23,995 25.3 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 97,897 97,825 96,404 1.5 Commercial/industrial 17,693 17,639 17,498 1.1 customers Usage (millions of 342.7 381.4 316.0 8.4 kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential customers 1,409,033 1,407,972 1,380,027 2.1 Commercial/industrial 235,037 234,609 230,544 1.9...