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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 4,092.7 4,078.6 4,032.5 1.5 Civilian labor force 4,339.0 4,308.5 4,260.7 1.8 Manufacturing 574.1 579.1 581.6 (1.3) Service 3,025.8 3,079.0 2,983.4 1.4 Government 580.5 634.3 581.4 (0.2) Total unemployed 246.3 229.8 228.2 7.9 Avg. manufacturing 39.1 40.2 39.0 0.3 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production 14.40 14.35 14.37 0.2 wage 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 264,729.3 258,452.5 232,668.8 13.8 Cary 165,008.2 161,643.1 233,773.7 (29.4) Charlotte 1,290,731.8 1,207,105.4 1,105,029.2 16.8 Concord 204,006.9 154,882.1 143,245.1 42.4 Durham 395,283.3 380,232.5 351,035.3 12.6 Fayetteville 266,350.1 236,151.7 224,713.7 18.5 Greensboro 598,826.6 540,500.7 489,934.5 22.2 Greenville 180,536.3 128,495.4 145,711.2 23.9 Hickory 156,323.6 162,123.9 154,379.9 1.3 High Point 168,187.3 160,935.6 159,825.2 5.2 Raleigh 741,441.7 747,827.3 647,460.0 14.5 Wilmington 305,287.5 275,126.2 256,628.7 19.0 Winston-Salem 428,558.8 393,400.0 360,442.6 18.9 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 32,278 30,287 28,607 12.8 Charlotte * 1,336,145 1,306,128 1,168,750 14.3 Fayetteville 13,010 13,799 14,353 (9.4) Greensboro 112,705 113,406 122,924 (8.3) Greenville 4,338 4,251 4,264 1.7 Hickory ** 1,535 1,396 0 nm Jacksonville 8,933 7,714 7,376 21.1 Kinston ** 2,893 2,783 266 987.6 New Bern 10,061 9,033 9,433 6.7 Raleigh/Durham 428,212 431,733 415,439 3.1 Wilmington 36,247 32,975 29,784 21.7 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 98,293 98,135 97,103 1.2 customers Commercial/ 17,715 17,358 17,580 0.8 industrial customers Usage (millions of 379.0 350.0 445.0 (14.8) kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential 1,415,972...