Vital signs.

• Position: Overview of employement and retail trade - Brief article - Statistical data

EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous Change month month year from last (000s) year Employed (000s) 4,488 4,477 4,364 2.8% Civilian labor force 4,762 4,753 4,626 2.9 Manufacturing 463 463 454 1.9 Service 3,605 3,610 3,534 2.3 Government 717 711 715 0.3 Unemployed 274 276 262 4.4 Source: Division of Employment Security, October TAXABLE Latest Previous Previous Change RETAIL SALES month month year from (million) last year Mecklenburg $1,614.6 $1,523.3 $1,546.9 4.4% Wake 1,204.6 1,166.3 1,118.3 7.7...