News release, Jan. 29, 1998A

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