Georgia Department of Labor
Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032
January 29, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GEORGIA'S JOBLESS RATE RISES SLIGHTLY TO 3.8 PERCENT IN DECEMBER,
AS STATE SETS ALL-TIME HIGH WORK FORCE RECORD
ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Marti Fullerton said today that Georgia's unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.8 percent in December, its lowest point for the month in 25 years. The jobless rate was up from 3.7 percent in November. It was 4.4 percent in December 1996.
In December, the state also set a new civilian work force record at 3,943,242, up from the previous record of 3,942,629 in November.
"Unemployment was virtually unchanged in December," Fullerton said. "But, it's expected to go up in January, when seasonal retail and construction workers are usually laid off. In fact, out of the last 20 years, unemployment has gone up 13 times in January. Yet, even with the seasonal layoffs, we continue to set work force and employment records. Our current job expansion actually began six years ago, and since that time, we have added some 800,000 new jobs."
In the past year, Georgia has added 133,100 new jobs, up by 3.7 percent from 3,602,100 in December 1996. Ninety-five percent of the new jobs created have been in trade and service-related industries.
In December 1997, the state added 25,400 new jobs, as nonfarm employment rose to a record high 3,735,200, up from 3,709,800 in November. Retailers added 16,600 seasonal workers and temporary employment agencies and security firms added another 2,500 for the holidays, while 1,200 construction workers were laid off.
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GEORGIA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER
AREA Georgia (Not seasonally adjusted) Albany MSA
Athens MSA Atlanta MSA
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA
Columbus, GA-AL MSA
Macon MSA Savannah MSA
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
PRELIMINARY DEC 1997
3,943,242 3,795,076
148,166 3.8
59,021 55,445
3,576 6.1
73,464 71,358
2,106 2.9
2,091,519 2,029,140
62,379 3.0
203,847 193,520
10,327 5.1
121,768 116,320
5,448 4.5
153,133 146,783
6,350 4.1
134,238 128,989
5,249 3.9
REVISED NOV 1997
3,942,629 3,795,895
146,734 3.7
59,063 55,608
3,455 5.8
73,565 71,731
1,834 2.5
2,096,985 2,034,780
62,205 3.0
204,972 194,763
10,209 5.0
121,768 116,001
5,767 4.7
153,281 147,207
6,074 4.0
134,720 129,651
5,069 3.8
REVISED DEC 1996
3,817,562 3,650,706
166,856 4.4
56,611 53,627
2,984 5.3
72,833 70,829
2,004 2.8
2,015,113 1,941,078
74,035 3.7
204,284 192,146
12,138 5.9
118,573 113,173
5,400 4.6
150,249 143,841
6,408 4.3
133,844 127,688
6,156 4.6
CHANGE FROM
REVISED NOV 1997
REVISED DEC 1996
613 -819 1,432
---
125,680 144,370 -18,690
---
-42 -163 121
---
-101 -373 272
---
2,410 1,818
592 ---
631 529 102
---
-5,466 -5,640
174 ---
76,406 88,062 -11,656
---
-1,125 -1,243
118 ---
-437 1,374 -1,811
---
0 319 -319
---
-148 -424 276
---
3,195 3,147
48 ---
2,884 2,942
-58 ---
-482 -662 180
---
394 1,301 -907
---
UNITED STATES LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER
AREA United States (Seasonally adjusted)
United States (Not seasonally adjusted)
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
DEC 1997
137,169,000 130,777,000
6,392,000 4.7
136,742,000 130,785,000
5,957,000 4.4
NOV 1997
136,864,000 130,575,000
6,289,000 4.6
136,912,000 130,999,000
5,914,000 4.3
DEC 1996
135,022,000 127,855,000
7,167,000 5.3
134,583,000 127,903,000
6,680,000 5.0
CHANGE FROM
NOV 1997
DEC 1996
305,000 202,000 103,000
---
2,147,000 2,922,000
-775,000 ---
-170,000 -214,000
43,000 ---
2,159,000 2,882,000
-723,000 ---
NOTE: Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employed, unpaid family and private household workers, and agricultural workers. Persons in labor disputes are counted as employed. The use of unrounded data does not imply that the numbers are exact. Georgia and Metropolitan Statistical Area data have not been seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data for Georgia available upon request. Albany MSA: includes Dougherty and Lee counties. Athens MSA: includes Clarke, Madison, and Oconee counties. Atlanta MSA: includes Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties.
Augusta -Aiken MSA: includes Columbia, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties, South Carolina. Columbus MSA: includes Chattahoochee, Harris, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama.
Macon MSA: includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, and Twiggs counties.
Savannah MSA: includes Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
CITIES LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
TOTAL POPULATION OF 10,000 OR MORE
Albany Alpharetta Americus Athens Atlanta
PRELIMINARY DECEMBER 1997
REVISED NOVEMBER 1997
REVISED DECEMBER 1996
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
38,274
35,572 2,702 7.1
9,370
9,242 128 1.4
8,500
7,636 864 10.2
22,868
21,994 874 3.8
222,211 211,163 11,048 5.0
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
38,307
35,677 2,630 6.9
9,393
9,268
125 1.3
8,387
7,578
809 9.6
22,845
22,109
736 3.2
222,569 211,750 10,819 4.9
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
36,644
34,406 2,238 6.1
9,007
8,841
166 1.8
8,135
7,341
794 9.8
22,676
21,831
845 3.7
216,314 201,998 14,316 6.6
Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville
16,885 4,720 7,925 9,664 7,583
15,262 1,623 9.6 4,502 218 4.6 7,403 522 6.6 8,997 667 6.9 7,293 290 3.8
16,876 4,683 7,858 9,656 7,657
15,349 4,460 7,371 9,022 7,313
1,527 9.0 223 4.8 487 6.2 634 6.6 344 4.5
17,038 4,531 7,670 9,124 7,313
15,338 4,335 7,100 8,606 6,976
1,700 10.0 196 4.3 570 7.4 518 5.7 337 4.6
College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton
12,969 83,334 4,690 5,646 13,932
12,383 586 4.5 79,304 4,030 4.8
4,407 283 6.0 5,248 398 7.0 13,323 609 4.4
12,990 83,108
4,659 5,626 14,142
12,418 79,228
4,360 5,262 13,263
572 4.4 3,880 4.7
299 6.4 364 6.5 879 6.2
12,609 81,176
4,521 5,379 13,330
11,846 77,243
4,254 5,020 12,752
763 6.1 3,933 4.8
267 5.9 359 6.7 578 4.3
Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point
10,815 5,608 7,585 8,256
20,901
10,442 5,215 7,310 7,736
19,939
373 3.4 393 7.0 275 3.6 520 6.3 962 4.6
10,846 5,571 7,580 8,162
20,934
10,471 5,161 7,330 7,689
19,995
375 3.5 410 7.4 250 3.3 473 5.8 939 4.5
10,456 5,433 7,266 7,827
20,325
9,988 5,028 6,993 7,425 19,074
468 4.5 405 7.5 273 3.8 402 5.1 1,251 6.2
Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange
10,201 12,128 11,576
8,786 13,097
9,808 11,771 10,986
8,200 12,276
393 3.9 357 2.9 590 5.1 586 6.7 821 6.3
10,220 12,049 11,581
8,732 13,047
9,835 11,717 11,017
8,162 12,220
385 3.8 332 2.8 564 4.9 570 6.5 827 6.3
9,894 11,371 11,479
8,509 12,756
9,382 11,017 10,509
7,845 11,760
512 5.2 354 3.1 970 8.5 664 7.8 996 7.8
Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie
13,025 51,357 32,809
6,087 6,768
12,638 387 3.0 48,563 2,794 5.4 31,775 1,034 3.2
5,742 345 5.7 6,332 436 6.4
13,051 51,317 32,901
6,026 6,683
12,673 48,702 31,863
5,718 6,261
378 2.9 2,615 5.1 1,038 3.2
308 5.1 422 6.3
12,514 50,221 31,593
6,029 6,570
12,089 47,589 30,396
5,494 6,115
425 3.4 2,632 5.2 1,197 3.8
535 8.9 455 6.9
Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah
7,868 12,690 15,870 34,109 65,181
7,565 303 3.9 12,357 333 2.6 15,145 725 4.6 33,641 468 1.4 61,905 3,276 5.0
8,081 12,722 15,762 34,191 65,325
7,586 12,392 15,080 33,734 62,222
495 6.1 330 2.6 682 4.3 457 1.3 3,103 4.8
7,560 12,179 15,408 32,790 65,009
7,236 11,821 14,489 32,181 61,280
324 4.3 358 2.9 919 6.0 609 1.9 3,729 5.7
Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton
26,635 9,275 9,036 9,283 7,985
26,024 9,077 8,682 8,799 7,563
611 2.3 198 2.1 354 3.9 484 5.2 422 5.3
26,709 9,296 8,956 9,284 7,914
26,096 9,102 8,627 8,733 7,491
613 2.3 194 2.1 329 3.7 551 5.9 423 5.3
25,601 8,901 8,606 8,940 7,741
24,894 8,683 8,333 8,464 7,287
707 2.8 218 2.4 273 3.2 476 5.3 454 5.9
Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross
21,110 5,930
24,413 6,632
20,153 5,531
23,521 6,276
957 4.5 399 6.7 892 3.7 356 5.4
20,826 5,880
24,473 6,591
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
20,016 5,488
23,589 6,240
810 3.9 392 6.7 884 3.6 351 5.3
20,192 5,747
23,996 6,428
19,352 5,317
23,050 6,023
840 4.2 430 7.5 946 3.9 405 6.3
GEORGIA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERS (RDCs)
Atlanta Regional Commission Central Savannah River Chattahoochee - Flint Coastal Georgia Coosa Valley Georgia Mountains Heart of Georgia - Altamaha Lower Chattahoochee McIntosh Trail Middle Flint Middle Georgia North Georgia Northeast Georgia South Georgia Southeast Georgia Southwest Georgia
LABOR FORCE DEC 1997
EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED
RATE
DEC 1997
DEC 1997 DEC 1997 NOV 1997 DEC 1996
1,788,345 1,736,475
51,870
2.9
2.8
3.6
201,549
188,389
13,160
6.5
6.2
7.5
125,530
120,234
5,296
4.2
4.8
4.9
235,331
226,108
9,223
3.9
3.8
4.5
236,463
227,321
9,142
3.9
4.0
4.4
204,190
197,975
6,215
3.0
2.8
3.2
113,513
106,952
6,561
5.8
5.5
6.5
107,228
102,059
5,169
4.8
4.7
5.7
66,246
63,969
2,277
3.4
3.3
6.0
46,342
43,148
3,194
6.9
6.9
7.7
203,856
195,258
8,598
4.2
4.0
4.6
91,706
88,093
3,613
3.9
5.6
4.2
192,630
185,623
7,007
3.6
3.4
3.8
105,243
100,628
4,615
4.4
4.3
4.2
62,388
59,215
3,173
5.1
4.9
5.7
162,686
153,631
9,055
5.6
5.6
5.1
AUGUSTA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER
AREA Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA
Residing in Georgia
Residing in South Carolina
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
PRELIMINARY DEC 1997
203,847 193,520
10,327 5.1
131,960 124,690
7,270 5.5
71,887 68,830
3,057 4.3
REVISED NOV 1997
204,972 194,763
10,209 5.0
132,245 125,396
6,849 5.2
72,727 69,367
3,360 4.6
REVISED DEC 1996
204,284 192,146
12,138 5.9
133,312 125,307
8,005 6.0
70,972 66,839
4,133 5.8
CHANGE FROM
REVISED NOV 1997
REVISED DEC 1996
-1,125 -1,243
118 ---
-437 1,374 -1,811
---
-285 -706 421
---
-1,352 -617 -735 ---
-840 -537 -303
---
915 1,991 -1,076
---
NOTE: The Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Columbia, McDuffie, and Richmond counties, Georgia, and Aiken and Edgefield counties, South Carolina.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems.
COLUMBUS LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER
AREA Columbus, GA-AL MSA
Residing in Georgia
Residing in Alabama
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
PRELIMINARY DEC 1997
121,768 116,320
5,448 4.5
96,022 91,535
4,487 4.7
25,746 24,785
961 3.7
REVISED NOV 1997
121,768 116,001
5,767 4.7
95,795 91,447
4,348 4.5
25,973 24,554
1,419 5.5
REVISED DEC 1996
118,573 113,173
5,400 4.6
93,758 89,156
4,602 4.9
24,815 24,017
798 3.2
CHANGE FROM
REVISED NOV 1997
REVISED DEC 1996
0 319 -319
---
3,195 3,147
48 ---
227
2,264
88
2,379
139
-115
---
---
-227
931
231
768
-458
163
---
---
NOTE: The Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Chattahoochee, Harris, and Muscogee counties, Georgia, and Russell County, Alabama.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems.
Produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER
PRELIMINARY DECEMBER 1997
REVISED NOVEMBER 1997
REVISED DECEMBER 1996
Georgia
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
3,943,242 3,795,076 148,166 3.8 3,942,629 3,795,895 146,734 3.7 3,817,562 3,650,706 166,856 4.4
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin
8,626 3,131 4,894 1,451 18,128
7,931 2,933 4,544 1,336 17,366
695 8.1 198 6.3 350 7.2 115 7.9 762 4.2
8,441 3,123 4,771 1,403 17,971
7,868 2,893 4,505 1,301 17,291
573 6.8 230 7.4 266 5.6 102 7.3 680 3.8
8,363 3,048 4,733 1,342 17,795
7,627 2,840 4,379 1,274 16,615
736 8.8 208 6.8 354 7.5
68 5.1 1,180 6.6
Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien
5,928 19,272 36,400
8,904 7,018
5,703 18,627 34,875
8,457 6,647
225 3.8 645 3.3 1,525 4.2 447 5.0 371 5.3
5,864 19,285 36,779
8,839 6,949
5,649 18,678 34,972
8,378 6,563
215 3.7 607 3.1 1,807 4.9 461 5.2 386 5.6
5,744 18,427 35,129
8,619 6,688
5,497 17,818 33,361
8,151 6,415
247 4.3 609 3.3 1,768 5.0 468 5.4 273 4.1
Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan
75,776 5,475 5,702 7,289 9,833
72,382 5,221 5,363 7,036 9,595
3,394 4.5 254 4.6 339 5.9 253 3.5 238 2.4
75,768 5,444 5,665 7,226 9,907
72,591 5,183 5,330 6,988 9,644
3,177 4.2 261 4.8 335 5.9 238 3.3 263 2.7
74,128 5,244 5,555 7,034 9,820
70,931 5,015 5,142 6,756 9,498
3,197 4.3 229 4.4 413 7.4 278 4.0 322 3.3
Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden
25,243 9,075 8,531 2,281
16,185
24,412 7,958 8,245 2,142
15,568
831 3.3 1,117 12.3
286 3.4 139 6.1 617 3.8
25,030 8,958 8,469 2,257
16,092
24,258 7,892 8,203 2,101
15,488
772 3.1 1,066 11.9
266 3.1 156 6.9 604 3.8
24,074 9,105 8,282 2,256
15,775
23,432 7,652 7,900 2,084
14,915
642 2.7 1,453 16.0
382 4.6 172 7.6 860 5.5
Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham
3,933 43,886 23,955
4,146 108,734
3,781 41,718 23,139
3,967 104,128
152 3.9 2,168 4.9
816 3.4 179 4.3 4,606 4.2
3,869 43,895 24,248
4,115 109,025
3,733 41,834 23,353
3,947 104,662
136 3.5 2,061 4.7
895 3.7 168 4.1 4,363 4.0
3,823 41,591 23,892
3,985 108,321
3,651 39,908 22,944
3,800 103,078
172 4.5 1,683 4.0
948 4.0 185 4.6 5,243 4.8
Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay
2,223 12,794 70,011 48,016
1,556
2,055 12,278 68,583 46,606
1,468
168 7.6 516 4.0 1,428 2.0 1,410 2.9
88 5.7
2,219 12,712 70,114 48,037
1,541
2,053 12,221 68,773 46,850
1,446
166 7.5 491 3.9 1,341 1.9 1,187 2.5
95 6.2
2,136 12,197 67,144 47,624
1,565
2,002 11,755 65,606 46,261
1,425
134 6.3 442 3.6 1,538 2.3 1,363 2.9 140 8.9
Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt
122,123 4,186
340,056 17,693 18,511
118,123 4,028
331,964 16,744 17,731
4,000 3.3 158 3.8
8,092 2.4 949 5.4 780 4.2
122,374 4,138
341,005 17,561 18,285
118,452 3,995
332,886 16,571 17,531
3,922 3.2 143 3.5
8,119 2.4 990 5.6 754 4.1
118,209 4,029
326,920 17,123 17,937
112,997 3,873
317,557 16,143 17,123
5,212 4.4 156 3.9
9,363 2.9 980 5.7 814 4.5
Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp
40,195 7,719
39,513 5,896
10,220
38,855 7,364
38,312 5,693 9,661
1,340 3.3 355 4.6
1,201 3.0 203 3.4 559 5.5
40,295 7,666
40,379 5,851
10,149
39,075 7,290
38,418 5,654 9,559
1,220 3.0 376 4.9
1,961 4.9 197 3.4 590 5.8
40,579 7,308
37,931 5,737 9,853
39,047 7,090
36,649 5,464 9,327
1,532 3.8 218 3.0
1,282 3.4 273 4.8 526 5.3
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge
6,687 9,272 12,012 369,789 9,292
6,401
286 4.3
9,039
233 2.5
11,544
468 3.9
357,170 12,619 3.4
8,782
510 5.5
6,751 9,219 11,914 370,837 9,189
6,461
290 4.3
8,994
225 2.4
11,436
478 4.0
358,163 12,674 3.4
8,724
465 5.1
6,684 8,495 11,537 357,510 8,938
6,348
336 5.0
8,339
156 1.8
11,116
421 3.6
341,669 15,841 4.4
8,223
715 8.0
Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols
4,752 48,245 49,841
4,967 1,106
See note on page 14
4,474 45,115 48,409
4,668 1,083
278 5.9 3,130 6.5 1,432 2.9
299 6.0 23 2.1
4,712 48,294 49,843
4,899 1,119
4,427 45,248 48,544
4,602 1,076
285 6.0 3,046 6.3 1,299 2.6
297 6.1 43 3.8
4,608 46,228 47,729
4,840 1,082
4,319 43,636 46,309
4,520 1,040
289 6.3 2,592 5.6 1,420 3.0
320 6.6 42 3.9
COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER
PRELIMINARY DECEMBER 1997
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin
15,672 9,229 9,192 4,793 8,617
15,266 8,360 8,559 4,641 8,139
406 2.6 869 9.4 633 6.9 152 3.2 478 5.5
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton
45,876 46,489 37,626 10,050 401,027
44,978
898 2.0
44,877 1,612 3.5
36,769
857 2.3
9,668
382 3.8
386,441 14,586 3.6
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady
8,393 1,038 35,165 21,692 10,144
7,834 947
34,104 20,861
9,569
559 6.7 91 8.8
1,061 3.0 831 3.8 575 5.7
Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock
5,284 300,955
15,214 67,744
3,912
4,958 294,396
14,733 66,055
3,557
326 6.2 6,559 2.2
481 3.2 1,689 2.5
355 9.1
Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry
9,819 10,465
8,537 3,552 49,707
9,089 10,176
8,157 3,381 48,541
730 7.4 289 2.8 380 4.5 171 4.8 1,166 2.3
Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis
50,261 4,532
20,958 4,744 5,823
48,558 4,348
20,303 4,536 5,476
1,703 3.4 184 4.1 655 3.1 208 4.4 347 6.0
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar
8,120 4,362 4,024 11,891 7,682
7,388 4,154 3,615 11,503 7,391
732 9.0 208 4.8 409 10.2 388 3.3 291 3.8
Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln
3,130 22,553 10,776 17,195
3,663
3,023 21,508 10,330 16,014
3,406
107 3.4 1,045 4.6
446 4.1 1,181 6.9
257 7.0
Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh
3,357 40,646
9,005 9,582 3,947
3,250 39,129
8,655 8,960 3,771
107 3.2 1,517 3.7
350 3.9 622 6.5 176 4.5
Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller
5,664 13,254
3,128 9,202 2,870
5,132 12,785
2,973 8,780 2,774
532 9.4 469 3.5 155 5.0 422 4.6
96 3.3
Mitchell
11,738
Monroe
8,074
Montgomery
3,886
Morgan
6,990
Murray
18,330
See note on page 14
10,869 7,545 3,602 6,739
17,566
869 7.4 529 6.6 284 7.3 251 3.6 764 4.2
REVISED NOVEMBER 1997
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
15,787 9,043 9,134 4,729 9,374
15,344 8,296 8,502 4,599 8,106
443 2.8 747 8.3 632 6.9 130 2.7 1,268 13.5
45,993 46,203 37,669
9,956 401,753
45,103
890 1.9
44,686 1,517 3.3
36,871
798 2.1
9,595
361 3.6
387,515 14,238 3.5
8,343 1,032 34,948 21,614 10,130
7,778 940
33,958 20,737
9,455
565 6.8 92 8.9
990 2.8 877 4.1 675 6.7
5,319 301,632
15,082 67,320
3,895
4,920 295,215
14,617 65,752
3,532
399 7.5 6,417 2.1
465 3.1 1,568 2.3
363 9.3
9,688 10,468
8,448 3,539 49,757
9,049 10,166
8,095 3,363 48,676
639 6.6 302 2.9 353 4.2 176 5.0 1,081 2.2
50,385 4,503
20,786 4,731 5,727
48,698 4,307
20,157 4,511 5,430
1,687 3.3 196 4.4 629 3.0 220 4.7 297 5.2
8,034 4,311 3,935 11,889 7,618
7,328 4,112 3,590 11,536 7,352
706 8.8 199 4.6 345 8.8 353 3.0 266 3.5
3,144 22,329 10,769 17,090
3,619
3,003 21,378 10,360 15,940
3,384
141 4.5 951 4.3 409 3.8 1,150 6.7 235 6.5
3,342 40,147
8,899 9,646 3,906
3,236 38,863
8,605 9,010 3,742
106 3.2 1,284 3.2
294 3.3 636 6.6 164 4.2
5,589 13,286
3,107 9,257 2,822
5,062 12,852
2,946 8,738 2,732
527 9.4 434 3.3 161 5.2 519 5.6
90 3.2
11,535 8,069 3,834 6,922
18,331
10,740 7,511 3,574 6,669
17,500
795 6.9 558 6.9 260 6.8 253 3.7 831 4.5
REVISED DECEMBER 1996
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
15,703 8,739 9,049 4,673 8,274
15,112 8,042 8,155 4,473 7,733
591 3.8 697 8.0 894 9.9 200 4.3 541 6.5
43,991 44,978 35,889
9,832 388,645
43,026
965 2.2
42,935 2,043 4.5
35,173
716 2.0
9,304
528 5.4
369,670 18,975 4.9
8,054 1,070 33,865 20,952 9,664
7,547 911
32,706 20,013
9,167
507 6.3 159 14.9 1,159 3.4 939 4.5 497 5.1
5,132 288,818
14,736 63,494
4,058
4,773 281,620
14,174 61,822
3,411
359 7.0 7,198 2.5
562 3.8 1,672 2.6
647 15.9
9,233 10,446
8,336 3,379 47,663
8,643 9,911 7,845 3,168 46,435
590 6.4 535 5.1 491 5.9 211 6.2 1,228 2.6
49,391 4,415
20,131 4,601 5,591
47,585 4,191
19,520 4,320 5,271
1,806 3.7 224 5.1 611 3.0 281 6.1 320 5.7
8,411 4,121 3,727 11,727 7,231
7,096 3,905 3,475 11,273 6,916
1,315 15.6 216 5.2 252 6.8 454 3.9 315 4.4
3,016 21,451 10,383 16,659
3,491
2,903 20,642
9,991 15,321
3,273
113 3.7 809 3.8 392 3.8 1,338 8.0 218 6.2
3,202 38,905
8,271 9,919 3,831
3,110 37,573
8,053 9,004 3,623
92 2.9 1,332 3.4
218 2.6 915 9.2 208 5.4
5,644 13,108
3,011 9,346 2,803
4,960 12,690
2,865 8,228 2,689
684 12.1 418 3.2 146 4.8 1,118 12.0 114 4.1
11,164 7,396 3,712 6,781
17,335
10,493 7,071 3,462 6,500
16,461
671 6.0 325 4.4 250 6.7 281 4.1 874 5.0
COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER
PRELIMINARY DECEMBER 1997
REVISED NOVEMBER 1997
Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
83,334 27,038 12,194
5,078 34,162
79,304 25,948 11,967
4,856 33,366
4,030 4.8 1,090 4.0
227 1.9 222 4.4 796 2.3
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
83,108 27,017 12,242
5,014 34,246
79,228 26,020 12,029
4,815 33,459
3,880 4.7 997 3.7 213 1.7 199 4.0 787 2.3
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk
10,868 9,457 6,931 6,173
15,169
10,220 9,155 6,586 5,991
14,370
648 6.0 302 3.2 345 5.0 182 2.9 799 5.3
10,922 9,515 6,794 6,145
15,151
10,250 9,180 6,515 5,958
14,312
672 6.2 335 3.5 279 4.1 187 3.0 839 5.5
Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph
4,361 9,037 1,183 6,964 3,390
4,193 8,756 1,143 6,782 3,117
168 3.9 281 3.1
40 3.4 182 2.6 273 8.1
4,312 8,980 1,185 6,892 3,377
4,156 8,701 1,136 6,746 3,085
156 3.6 279 3.1
49 4.1 146 2.1 292 8.6
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole
82,183 38,960
1,701 6,658 4,398
76,875 37,870
1,610 6,153 4,254
5,308 6.5 1,090 2.8
91 5.3 505 7.6 144 3.3
82,305 38,984
1,670 6,572 4,359
77,311 37,975
1,598 6,094 4,190
4,994 6.1 1,009 2.6
72 4.3 478 7.3 169 3.9
Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot
30,506 13,425
2,518 16,403
2,559
29,421 12,837
2,379 15,051
2,417
1,085 3.6 588 4.4 139 5.5
1,352 8.2 142 5.5
30,541 13,278
2,497 16,203
2,552
29,503 12,772
2,356 14,937
2,404
1,038 3.4 506 3.8 141 5.6
1,266 7.8 148 5.8
Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell
642 7,428 3,373 4,881 4,121
599 7,163 3,202 4,527 3,522
43 6.7 265 3.6 171 5.1 354 7.3 599 14.5
636 7,305 3,351 4,887 4,078
593 7,054 3,167 4,482 3,474
43 6.8 251 3.4 184 5.5 405 8.3 604 14.8
Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen
21,649 20,467 12,833
3,733 2,929
20,810 19,553 11,834
3,495 2,737
839 3.9 914 4.5 999 7.8 238 6.4 192 6.6
21,608 20,283 12,722
3,702 2,975
20,654 19,367 11,742
3,474 2,716
954 4.4 916 4.5 980 7.7 228 6.2 259 8.7
Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson
29,377 4,432 4,336 7,002
13,354
28,043 3,988 4,119 6,689
12,921
1,334 4.5 444 10.0 217 5.0 313 4.5 433 3.2
29,261 4,354 4,315 6,950
13,250
27,916 3,935 4,131 6,625
12,856
1,345 4.6 419 9.6 184 4.3 325 4.7 394 3.0
Walker Walton Ware
Warren Washington
29,296 25,317 15,705
2,951 10,306
28,065 24,474 15,050
2,684 9,322
1,231 4.2 843 3.3 655 4.2
267 9.0 984 9.5
29,733 25,366 15,613
2,928 10,231
28,325 24,542 14,966
2,665 9,259
1,408 4.7 824 3.2 647 4.1
263 9.0 972 9.5
Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield
11,248 1,101 1,986 9,690
46,909
10,516 1,045 1,843 9,393
45,399
732 6.5 56 5.1
143 7.2 297 3.1 1,510 3.2
11,098 1,091 1,943 9,610
47,373
10,454 1,030 1,824 9,331
45,194
644 5.8 61 5.6
119 6.1 279 2.9 2,179 4.6
Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
3,466 5,646 4,845 9,523
3,197 5,357 4,580 8,967
269 7.8 289 5.1 265 5.5 556 5.8
3,450 5,560 4,779 9,405
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems
3,164 5,322 4,559 8,855
286 8.3 238 4.3 220 4.6 550 5.8
REVISED DECEMBER 1996
LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
81,176 25,807 12,101
4,879 32,768
77,243 24,822 11,878
4,666 31,918
3,933 4.8 985 3.8 223 1.8 213 4.4 850 2.6
10,769 9,039 6,744 6,017
14,434
10,015 8,757 6,357 5,619
13,433
754 7.0 282 3.1 387 5.7 398 6.6 1,001 6.9
4,110 8,739 1,185 6,791 3,313
3,925 8,229 1,091 6,531 3,014
185 4.5 510 5.8
94 7.9 260 3.8 299 9.0
82,814 37,108
1,620 6,761 4,314
77,256 36,227
1,503 5,934 4,122
5,558 6.7 881 2.4 117 7.2 827 12.2 192 4.5
29,929 12,913
2,433 15,713
3,011
28,144 12,299
2,290 14,470
2,260
1,785 6.0 614 4.8 143 5.9
1,243 7.9 751 24.9
627 7,239 3,506 4,938 3,795
580 6,937 3,090 4,366 3,408
47 7.5 302 4.2 416 11.9 572 11.6 387 10.2
20,842 19,821 12,453
3,568 2,792
20,018 18,838 11,377
3,370 2,631
824 4.0 983 5.0 1,076 8.6 198 5.5 161 5.8
28,485 4,160 4,233 6,811
13,431
26,865 3,874 4,037 6,473
12,386
1,620 5.7 286 6.9 196 4.6 338 5.0
1,045 7.8
29,114 24,867 15,186
2,844 9,450
27,829 23,412 14,442
2,574 8,943
1,285 4.4 1,455 5.9
744 4.9
270 9.5 507 5.4
10,977 1,060 2,003 9,308
44,884
10,096 1,011 1,777 9,048
43,452
881 8.0 49 4.6
226 11.3 260 2.8 1,432 3.2
3,379 5,272 4,663 9,209
3,087 4,991 4,380 8,658
292 8.6 281 5.3 283 6.1 551 6.0