ECONOMY

Cabarrus New Business Development
Month	Permitted New Investment		Projected New Jobs
Month	2010	2009	2010	2009
January	$4,084,322	$11,083,752	62	48
February	$10,173,295	$16,953,583	22	33
March	$11,892,450	$6,014,870	45	25
April	$6,274,100	$4,163,090	34	20
May	$1,801,268	$24,072,550	33	37
June	$6,921,614	$5,830,650	202	32
July	$2,523,533	$17,537,632	31	35
August		$4,076,672		30
September		$6,421,020		20
October		$3,551,307		29
November		$2,918,941		20
December		$2,626,416		11
YTD TOTALS	$43,670,582	$105,250,483	429	340

Source: Cabarrus County Government

Employment Numbers
Month	Cabarrus		Rowan		MSA		NC
Month	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009
January	73,459	74,586	62,329	64,481	746,055	760,991	3,990,558	4,055,997
February	73,497	73,747	62,641	64,710	746,352	752,122	3,991,545	4,044,235
March	74,916	73,249	63,479	63,762	760,125	746,753	4,058,974	4,031,877
April	75,666	74,148	63,295	63,492	768,029	755,609	4,090,171	4,079,980
May	75,800	73,753	63,056	62,216	769,072	752,255	4,098,586	4,060,316
June	75,348	73,399	63,076	63,720	764,871	747,682	4,086,560	4,081,928
July	74,906	73,559	60,419	61,070	759,164	748,885	4,092,068	4,085,179
August		74,019		61,523		753,849		4,056,569
September		74,040		62,530		753,421		4,053,491
October		74,509		61,851		757,110		4,060,373
November		74,240		61,875		754,251		4,048,200
December		73,372		61,202		745,584		3,999,788
% Change Month to date	1.83%		-1.07%		1.37%		0.17%

Source: NC Employment Security Commission

Unemployment Rate
Month	Cabarrus		Rowan		MSA		NC		US
Month	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009
January	13.0	10.1	13.7	11.1	12.8	10.5	11.7	10.2	10.6	8.5
February	13.3	11.1	14.0	11.9	12.8	11.7	11.8	11.2	10.4	8.9
March	11.8	11.3	12.9	12.8	12.1	11.6	10.9	11.0	10.2	9.0
April	10.8	10.8	11.9	12.5	11.2	11.3	10.1	10.5	9.5	8.6
May	10.7	11.4	11.9	13.6	11.1	11.9	10.0	11.0	9.3	9.1
June	10.8	11.7	11.8	13.0	11.4	12.5	10.2	11.2	9.6	9.7
July	10.4	11.6	11.8	13.7	11.2	12.4	9.9	11.1	9.7	9.7
August		11.4		13.2		11.8		10.7		9.6
September		11.3		12.8		11.6		10.4		9.5
October		11.6		13.2		12.0		10.6		9.5
November		11.7		13.1		11.8		10.7		9.4
December		12.1		13.2		12.1		10.9		9.7
% Change Month To Date	-10.34%		-13.87%		-9.68%		-10.81%		-0.00%

Source: NC Employment Security Commission

Taxable Sales Revenue
Month	Cabarrus		Rowan
Month	2010	2009	2010	2009
January	$204,932,864	$205,717,114	$72,458,784	$75,987,612
February	133,221,708	131,917,618	112,999,040	54,391,708
March	156,545,607	128,761,834	61,425,987	53,201,167
April	174,810,116	144,109,119	72,584,141	61,445,984
May	176,118,364	145,692,171	71,360,999	59,708,331
June		156,492,603		57,256,927
July		143,622,103		62,684,557
August		130,060,181		52,909,579
September		138,097,419		54,623,091
October		150,896,613		65,995,234
November		177,839,363		16,804,376
December		159,678,009		56,523,866
YTD TOTALS	845,628,659	1,475,366,775	390,828,951	598,204,190
% Change Year To Date	20.88%		19.52%

Source: North Carolina Department of Revenue

Housing Permits
Month	Cabarrus		Rowan
Month	2010	2009	2010	2009
January	44	24	18	18
February	45	31	11	20
March	55	30	18	24
April	55	36	20	28
May	49	40	18	15
June	61	72	13	18
July	50	93	7	25
August	56	69	14	29
September		60		20
October		65		17
November		33		14
December		37		12
% Change Month to date	-18.84%		-51.72%

Source: Cabarrus County Government, Rowan County Government

Vehicle Registration
Month	Cabarrus		Rowan
Month	2010	2009	2010	2009
January	745	769	424	414
February	591	559	278	342
March	410	572	297	358
April	871	679	540	435
May	798	611	472	410
June	982	697	469	483
July	894	821	444	406
August		816		614
September		829		567
October		605		356
November		520		331
December		646		374
% Change Month to date	8.89%		9.36%

Source: NC Automobile Dealers Association

Link to data sources:
Business Development
Taxable Sales
Employment/Unemployment Rate
Vehicle Registration
Housing Permits