| Economy |
 |
ACCRA Cost of Living Index – Third Quarter 2008 |
Fayetteville,
NC |
Composite
Index |
Grocery
Items |
Housing |
Utilities |
Transportation |
Health
Care |
Misc.
Goods
and Services |
98.0 |
110.5 |
87.1 |
83.6 |
99.7 |
122.4 |
104.0 |
ACCRA Cost of Living Index –
Second Quarter 2008 |
Fayetteville,
NC |
Composite
Index |
Grocery
Items |
Housing |
Utilities |
Transportation |
Health
Care |
Misc.
Goods
and Services |
Fayetteville Did Not Participate in
the Second Quarter |
ACCRA Cost of Living Index – First Quarter 2008 |
Fayetteville,
NC |
Composite
Index |
Grocery
Items |
Housing |
Utilities |
Transportation |
Health
Care |
Misc.
Goods
and Services |
98.1 |
112.9 |
81.4 |
88.5 |
108.3 |
113.2 |
105.2 |
ACCRA Cost of Living Index –
Annual Average Data 2007 |
Fayetteville,
NC |
Composite
Index |
Grocery
Items |
Housing |
Utilities |
Transportation |
Health
Care |
Misc.
Goods
and Services |
96.6 |
103.7 |
83.2 |
88.0 |
96.0 |
114.8 |
105.1 |
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ACCRA
Cost of Living Index (Produced by C2ER)
The American Chamber of Commerce Researchers
Association produces the ACCRA Cost of Living Index to provide a useful and
reasonably accurate measure of living cost differences among urban areas. The
average for all participating places, both metropolitan and non-metropolitan is
100 and each participants index is read as a percentage of the average for all
places.
Metropolitan
Statistical Area |
PCPI-2007
(dollars) |
Charlotte-Gastonia-concord,
NC-SC |
39,004 |
Durham,
NC |
38,923 |
Raleigh-Cary,
NC |
38,648 |
Winston-Salem,
NC |
35,666 |
Fayetteville,
NC |
35,353 |
Jacksonville,
NC |
34,282 |
Greensboro-High
Point,
NC |
33,817 |
Wilmington,
NC |
32,309 |
Asheville,
NC |
32,303 |
Greenville,
NC |
29,73 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC |
29,522 |
Rocky
Mount,
NC |
29,299 |
Burlington,
NC |
29,206 |
Goldsboro,
NC |
28,838 |
**Bureau
of Economic Analysis
Per
capita personal income is personal income divided by population
Fayetteville-MSA
(Labor Force) |
| |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Average |
Labor Force |
147,208 |
146,981 |
146,687 |
147,424 |
148,190 |
149,342 |
149,578 |
146,923 |
147,810 |
|
|
|
|
Employed |
138,982 |
138,642 |
138,718 |
139,634 |
139,169 |
139,699 |
138,804 |
136,586 |
137,845 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployed |
8,226 |
8,339 |
7,969 |
7,790 |
9,021 |
9,643 |
10,774 |
10,337 |
9,965 |
|
|
|
|
Rate % |
5.6 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
6.1 |
6.5 |
7.2 |
7.0 |
6.7 |
|
|
|
|
Cumberland
County(Labor
Force) |
| |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Average |
Labor Force |
127,925 |
127,711 |
127,433 |
128,097 |
128,782 |
129,851 |
130,035 |
127,741 |
128,476 |
|
|
|
|
Employed |
120,708 |
120,413 |
120,479 |
121,274 |
120,870 |
121,331 |
120,553 |
118,627 |
119,720 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployed |
7,217 |
7,298 |
6,954 |
6,823 |
7,912 |
8,520 |
9,482 |
9,114 |
8,756 |
|
|
|
|
Rate % |
5.6 |
5.7 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
6.1 |
6.6 |
7.3 |
7.1 |
6.8 |
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