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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 4,089.4 4,073.0 4,013.0 1.9 Civilian labor force 4,308.9 4,301.9 4,250.2 1.4 Manufacturing 575.7 573.6 578.4 (0.5) Service 3,093.5 3,076.4 3,047.0 1.5 Government 666.8 670.1 661.3 0.8 Total unemployed 219.5 228.9 237.2 (7.4) Avg. manufacturing 39.8 39.8 40.5 (1.7) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $14.33 $14.29 $14.18 1.1 wage Source: Employment Security Commission, May. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 272,917.7 225,174.3 230,459.5 18.4 Cary 186,194.5 153,290.5 211,225.7 (11.9) Charlotte 1,352,727.9 1,078,936.3 1,155,442.0 17.1 Concord 153,808.9 132,038.9 126,679.9 21.4 Durham 389,326.8 334,356.0 386,644.4 0.7 Fayetteville 258,575.8 242,603.1 218,544.3 18.3 Greensboro 580,996.6 506,331.1 549,331.2 5.8 Greenville 161,314.0 127,328.7 170,371.4 (5.3) Hickory 168,991.9 141,124.7 154,064.7 9.7 High Point 182,368.1 142,348.9 163,034.6 11.9 Raleigh 782,513.6 633,695.3 658,672.9 18.8 Wilmington 289,213.7 224,118.1 256,786.2 12.6 Winston-Salem 447,246.5 309,543.1 385,635.7 16.0 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 28,236 24,983 22,033 28.2 Charlotte* 1,268,088 1,227,882 1,079,973 17.4 Fayetteville 13,353 12,549 13,621 (2.0) Greensboro 116,935 123,337 112,070 4.3 Greenville 4,782 4,279 4,075 17.3 Hickory** 1,186 0 0 nm Jacksonville 8,421 7,338 6,249 34.8 Kinston** 2,694 2,228 208 1,195.2 New Bern 8,897 7,577 8,003 11.2 Raleigh/Durham 424,083 377,274 372,781 13.8 Wilmington 33,093 30,074 26,527 24.8 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers na 97,897 96,603 na Commercial/industrial na 17,693 17,490 na customers Usage (millions of na 342.7 280.0 na kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential...