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Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,882.9 3,926.6 Civilian labor force 4,157.4 4,183.9 Manufacturing employment 612.0 614.4 Service-providing employment 3,020.6 3,022.0 Government employment 650.3 668.8 Total unemployed 274.5 257.3 Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 39.7 39.3 Avg. hourly production wage $13.58 $13.55 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s)(2) Asheville 209,642.6 179,098.1 Cary 164,305.0 161,799.5 Charlotte 1,123,149.3 954,781.0 Durham 331,590.3 313,574.9 Fayetteville 215,753.3 198,870.7 Gastonia 126,743.7 110,456.7 Greensboro 530,760.1 444,637.6 Greenville 166,244.3 111,161.1 Hickory 138,814.1 137,053.7 High Point 153,908.4 99,702.8 Raleigh 651,673.2 588,882.2 Wilmington 225,746.0 190,710.3 Winston-Salem 379,340.0 329,953.3 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 21,368 17,934 Charlotte* 1,038,166 1,012,347 Fayetteville 10,194 9,647 Greensboro 118,689 107,248 Greenville 2,958 3,175 New Bern 6,685 6,499 Raleigh/Durham 368,536 345,973 Wilmington 19,254 18,227 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products (1967 = 100) (5) 260 255 Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 272 273 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 239 222 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 433,544.3 424,601.9 Total phone access lines (7) 4,591,618 4,611,600 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,889.1 (0.2) Civilian labor force 4,174.6 (0.4) Manufacturing employment 644.4 (5.0) Service-providing employment 2,983.5 1.2 Government employment 621.2 4.7 Total unemployed 285.5 (3.9) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.8 (2.7) Avg. hourly production wage $13.26 2.4...