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Latest Previous Previous Change month month year from last EMPLOYMENT (000s) year Employed (000s) 4,494 4,498 4,342 3.5% Civilian labor force 4,771 4,770 4,630 3.0 Manufacturing 458 459 448 2.3 Service 3,584 3,584 3,509 2.2 Government 708 716 717 (1.2) Unemployed 277 272 288 (3.6) Source: Division of Employment Security, June TAXABLE RETAIL SALES Previous Change Latest month Previous from month (million) year last year Mecklenburg $1,620.5 $1,545.0 $1,497.9 8.2% Wake 1,167.4 1,144.0 1,091.7...