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% change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 4,078.5 4,089.2 4,014.1 1.6 Civilian labor force 4,308.6 4,308.3 4,251.1 1.4 Manufacturing 579.1 577.5 581.6 (0.4) Service 3,079.0 3,092.1 3,033.8 1.5 Government 634.3 666.6 629.3 0.8 Total unemployed 230.1 219.2 237.1 (2.9) Avg. manufacturing workweek 40.2 39.6 39.7 1.3 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage 14.35 14.35 14.23 0.8 Source: Employment Security Commission, June. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 258,452.5 272,917.7 212,417.8 21.7 Cary 161,643.1 186,194.5 171,015.2 (5.5) Charlotte 1,207,105.4 1,352,727.9 1,074,098.4 12.4 Concord 154,882.1 153,808.9 137,135.6 12.9 Durham 380,232.5 389,326.8 347,123.7 9.5 Fayetteville 236,151.7 258,575.8 242,774.2 (2.7) Greensboro 540,500.7 580,996.6 512,169.6 5.5 Greenville 128,495.4 161,314.0 146,825.1 (12.5) Hickory 162,123.9 168,991.9 146,108.7 11.0 High Point 160,935.6 182,368.1 143,218.8 12.4 Raleigh 747,827.3 782,513.6 716,213.6 4.4 Wilmington 275,126.2 289,213.7 239,555.4 14.8 Winston-Salem 393,400.0 447,246.5 353,702.7 11.2 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 30,287 28,236 27,134 11.6 Charlotte* 1,306,128 1,268,088 1,118,423 16.8 Fayetteville 13,799 13,353 14,308 (3.6) Greensboro 113,406 116,935 119,067 (4.8) Greenville 4,251 4,782 4,164 2.1 Hickory** 1,396 1,186 0 nm Jacksonville 7,714 8,421 6,586 17.1 Kinston** 2,783 2,694 262 962.2 New Bern 9,033 8,897 8,805 2.6 Raleigh/Durham 431,733 424,083 396,224 9.0 Wilmington 32,975 33,093 27,363 20.5 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 98,135 97,897 96,899 1.3 Commercial/industrial 17,358 17,693 17,535 (1.0) customers Usage (millions of 350.0 342.7 378.0 (7.4) kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential customers 1,412,190...