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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 4,095.6 4,095.6 4,037.8 1.4 Civilian labor force 4,338.4 4,342.0 4,267.7 1.7 Manufacturing 574.2 574.7 582.0 (1.3) Service 3,078.0 3,038.9 3,040.4 1.2 Government 626.4 590.0 632.4 (0.9) Total unemployed 242.8 246.4 229.9 5.6 Avg. manufacturing workweek 39.7 38.8 40.2 (1.2) (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $14.37 $14.48 $14.30 0.5 Source: Employment Security Commission, August. 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 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 30,112 32,278 26,987 11.6 Charlotte* 1,198,056 1,336,145 1,068,660 12.1 Fayetteville 12,495 13,010 14,439 (13.5) Greensboro 107,619 112,705 119,989 (10.3) Greenville 3,852 4,338 4,013 (4.0) Hickory** 1,543 1,535 0 nm Jacksonville 8,267 8,933 6,881 20.1 Kinston** 2,758 2,893 162 1,602.5 New Bern 9,329 10,061 9,222 1.2 Raleigh/Durham 403,996 428,212 375,170 7.7 Wilmington 33,806 36,247 27,450 23.2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 98,435 98,293 97,322 1.1 Commercial/industrial 17,716 17,715 17,586 0.7 customers Usage (millions of 457.0 379.0 401.0 14.0 kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential customers 1,417,861...