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EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous Change month month year from last (000s) year Employed (000s) 4,482 4,494 4,346 3.1% Civilian labor force 4,762 4,771 4,628 2.9 Manufacturing 461 459 448 2.8 Service 3,603 3,583 3,516 2.5 Government 716 708 718 (0.3) Unemployed 280 277 282 (0.7) Source: Division of Employment Security, July TAXABLE Latest Previous Previous Change RETAIL SALES month month year from (million) last year Mecklenburg $1,646.6 $1,620.5 $1,608.5 2.4% Wake 1,203.9 1,167.4 1,162.7 3.5...