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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,944.4 3,959.5 3,916.5 0.7 Civilian labor force 4,195.2 4,204.1 4,183.3 0.3 Manufacturing 586.0 585.4 617.1 (5.0) Services 2,974.2 2,960.4 2,924.3 1.7 Government 663.9 657.6 647.4 2.5 Total unemployed 250.8 244.6 266.8 (6.0) Avg. manufacturing 40.2 40.0 39.5 1.8 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $13.97 $13.95 $13.44 3.9 wage Source: Employment Security Commission, February. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) (Selected cities, $000s) Asheville 228,832.6 207,615.0 209,686.6 9.1 Cary 165,850.7 160,364.5 170,645.1 (2.8) Charlotte 1,076,050.2 1,002,776.5 1,099,701.1 (2.2) Durham 324,382.5 320,052.3 322,529.1 0.6 Fayetteville 232,534.3 218,368.3 200,869.6 15.8 Gastonia 120,509.9 111,560.7 117,982.1 2.1 Greensboro 481,420.7 471,047.9 494,140.0 (2.6) Greenville 142,744.8 139,722.1 112,793.1 26.6 Hickory 139,307.2 134,014.4 132,401.5 5.2 High Point 145,974.8 132,897.4 130,484.5 11.9 Raleigh 686,829.8 601,594.8 645,837.3 6.3 Wilmington 204,117.0 213,317.5 243,420.7 (16.1) Winston-Salem 357,814.1 327,011.0 381,649.8 (6.2) % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR-PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 13,743 14,206 11,926 15.2 Charlotte* 885,485 878,526 769,632 15.1 Fayetteville 9,204 9,084 8,089 13.8 Greensboro 89,125 87,575 80,597 10.6 Greenville 2,937 2,595 2,501 17.4 Jacksonville 3,875 2,826 2,427 59.7 New Bern 5,061 4,768 4,490 12.7 Raleigh/Durham 286,442 268,086 276,774 3.5 Wilmington 15,310 14,630 13,272 15.4 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 96,495 96,346 95,515 1.0 Commercial/Industrial 17,483 17,513 17,480 0.0 Total Usage (KWH, 362.3 380.3 382.1 (5.2) millions) Duke Power Residential 1,378,723 1,376,972...