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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,172.6 4,145.6 4,072.1 2.5 Civilian labor force 4,362.1 4,369.5 4,291.9 1.6 Manufacturing 559.5 565.4 568.5 (1.6) Service 3,107.7 3,163.6 3,038.1 2.3 Government 680.4 686.9 666.1 2.1 Unemployed 189.4 223.8 219.8 (13.8) Avg. manufacturing workweek 39.6 39.6 40.2 (1.5) (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $14.50 $14.59 $14.25 1.8 Source: Employment Security Commission, January. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous month month year * TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 202,904.4 176,207.8 245,402.3 Cary 104,445.1 80,705.8 157,270.8 Charlotte 995,944.1 722,103.9 1,196,302.8 Durham 292,389.2 227,558.7 382,638.5 Fayetteville 177,533.4 140,924.8 228,889.8 Greensboro 388,837.6 321,905.7 534,963.8 Greenville 95,006.4 80,748.3 128,831.8 Hickory 114,824.5 88,312.9 138,731.5 High Point 84,783.3 66,357.2 155,612.1 Raleigh 574,323.4 428,015.2 694,904.1 Wilmington 198,319.1 171,888.8 245,576.9 Winston-Salem 258,777.9 243,043.4 388,014.5 * includes nontaxable sales. Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 18,209 22,525 19,623 (7.2) Charlotte * 1,026,334 1,100,124 980,588 4.7 Fayetteville 11,059 12,703 12,159 (9.0) Greensboro 77,303 97,548 96,756 (20.1) Greenville 3,109 3,490 4,006 (22.4) Jacksonville 5,005 7,283 5,616 (10.9) Kinston 2,058 2,233 219 839.7 New Bern 6,261 7,994 7,179 (12.8) Raleigh/Durham 322,777 385,376 302,440 6.7 Wilmington 21,278 25,194 22,092 (3.7) ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 99,044 98,905 97,646 1.4 Commercial/industrial 17,736 17,789 17,631 0.6 customers Usage (millions of 400.0 333.0 372.0 7.5 kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential customers 1,432,066 1,429,463 1,405,070 1.9 Commercial/industrial 238,463 238,282 233,571...