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26 <br /> Figure 2. Annual Percentage Change in Payroll Employment by Sector, NC. <br /> financial sery <br /> information <br /> prf/bus sery <br /> manufacturing <br /> government <br /> construction <br /> edu/hlth care <br /> trd/transp/util <br /> other sery <br /> leisure/hosp <br /> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 <br /> percent <br /> •2010-2014 2015 <br /> and Wilmington clearly outpaced other regions in growth. In 2015 the leaders were Charlotte, <br /> Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and—perhaps surprising—rural North Carolina. <br /> However, even with the relatively positive performance of rural regions of the state in 2015, <br /> broad economic forces still point to further urbanization and faster population and job growth in <br /> metropolitan regions of North Carolina in the years ahead. <br /> Regional unemployment rate forecasts are given in Table 3. All regions are expected to <br /> register lower jobless rates at the end of 2016 compared to late 2015. The metro regions of <br /> Asheville, Burlington, Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem will have <br /> 13 <br />