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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,978.2 3,966.2 3,970.2 0.2 Civilian labor force 4,189.2 4,197.3 4,252.6 (1.5) Manufacturing employment 583.9 583.6 598.6 (2.5) Service employment 2,992.0 3,040.6 2,940.2 1.8 Government employment 584.3 628.5 579.7 0.8 Total unemployed 211.1 231.2 282.3 (25.2) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 38.8 39.7 38.8 0.0 Avg. hourly production wage $14.38 $14.23 $13.63 5.5 Source: Employment Security Commission, July. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 204,684.8 276,112.7 185,870.5 10.1 Cary 169,543.7 217,250.9 151,701.9 11.8 Charlotte 967,695.1 1,195,797.2 983,036.3 (1.6) Durham 330,125.9 374,901.5 345,906.5 (4.6) Fayetteville 220,495.1 257,906.1 192,181.3 14.7 Gastonia 109,163.0 141,984.9 114,346.5 (4.5) Greensboro 494,402.9 561,419.4 494,846.6 (0.1) Greenville 121,456.8 161,309.9 114,328.5 6.2 Hickory 138,534.1 176,772.4 120,202.0 15.3 High Point 135,989.6 151,355.4 122,380.5 11.1 Raleigh 630,571.2 715,898.1 593,825.0 6.2 Wilmington 216,292.2 284,163.4 186,974.9 15.7 Winston-Salem 346,084.7 388,099.6 318,803.2 8.6 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 28,607 27,134 24,197 18.2 Charlotte* 1,168,750 1,118,423 1,105,283 5.7 Fayetteville 14,353 14,308 11,000 30.5 Greensboro 122,924 119,067 121,228 1.4 Greenville 4,264 4,164 3,011 41.6 Jacksonville 7,376 6,586 4,252 73.5 New Bern 9,433 8,805 7,717 22.2 Raleigh/Durham 415,439 396,224 374,043 11.1 Wilmington 29,784 27,363 22,070 35.0 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 97,103 96,899 96,024 1.1 Commercial/industrial 17,580 17,535 17,573 0.0 Total Usage (KWH, millions) 445.0 378.0 393.8 13.0 Duke Power Residential 1,387,991 1,384,455 1,362,408 1.9...