Georgia Department of Labor
Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032

March 26, 1998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT'S JOBLESS RATE UNCHANGED AT 4.2 PERCENT

ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Marti Fullerton said today that the unemployment rate in the Chattahoochee-Flint area remained unchanged at 4.2 percent from January to February, but is down from 4.7 percent in February 1997.
"While the area had about 850 more residents working, another 100 entered the job market looking for work," Fullerton said. "They were unable to land a job right away, and while they are searching, they are counted as being unemployed. However, with the arrival of Spring, more seasonal jobs will be available, which will make it easier for them to find work."
The area's civilian labor force, which is the number of people working plus those unemployed but actively looking for a job, totaled 124,481. Of that number, 119,237 had jobs and 5,244 did not.

Georgia's unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent in February, up from 3.8 percent in January, but down from 4.8 percent in February 1997.

Labor market data are now available on the Georgia Department of Labor web site at www.dol.state.ga.us

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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 FEB 1998
3,924,742 3,762,609
162,133 4.1
57,199 53,416
3,783 6.6
74,113 71,946
2,167 2.9
2,075,543 2,009,257
66,286 3.2
201,931 190,930
11,001 5.4
121,762 116,651
5,111 4.2
153,974 146,131
7,843 5.1
132,945 127,575
5,370 4.0

REVISED JAN 1998
3,879,736 3,733,947
145,789 3.8
56,739 53,296
3,443 6.1
72,901 70,867
2,034 2.8
2,054,720 1,993,763
60,957 3.0
201,036 190,160
10,876 5.4
121,295 116,363
4,932 4.1
151,907 145,460
6,447 4.2
132,360 127,364
4,996 3.8

REVISED FEB 1997
3,849,114 3,663,088
186,026 4.8
56,666 53,142
3,524 6.2
72,118 69,847
2,271 3.1
2,023,401 1,944,717
78,684 3.9
203,149 189,570
13,579 6.7
120,777 115,100
5,677 4.7
149,908 143,090
6,818 4.5
132,125 125,227
6,898 5.2

CHANGE FROM

REVISED JAN 1998

REVISED FEB 1997

45,006 28,662 16,344
---

75,628 99,521 -23,893
---

460 120 340
---
1,212 1,079
133 ---

533 274 259
---
1,995 2,099 -104
---

20,823 15,494
5,329 ---

52,142 64,540 -12,398
---

895

-1,218

770

1,360

125

-2,578

---

---

467 288 179
---
2,067 671
1,396 ---

985 1,551 -566
---
4,066 3,041 1,025
---

585

820

211

2,348

374

-1,528

---

---

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

FEB 1998
137,557,000 131,163,000
6,393,000 4.6
136,286,000 129,482,000
6,804,000 5.0

JAN 1998
137,493,000 131,083,000
6,409,000 4.7
135,951,000 128,882,000
7,069,000 5.2

FEB 1997
135,689,000 128,515,000
7,174,000 5.3
134,535,000 126,887,000
7,647,000 5.7

CHANGE FROM

JAN 1998

FEB 1997

64,000 80,000 -16,000
---

1,868,000 2,648,000
-781,000 ---

335,000 600,000 -265,000
---

1,751,000 2,595,000 -843,000
---

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 FEBRUARY 1998

REVISED JANUARY 1998

REVISED FEBRUARY 1997

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

36,781

33,959 2,822 7.7

9,223

9,093 130 1.4

8,101

7,297 804 9.9

47,767

46,334 1,433 3.0

218,885 207,564 11,321 5.2

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

36,456

33,882 2,574 7.1

9,145

9,023

122 1.3

8,000

7,220

780 9.8

47,001

45,639 1,362 2.9

216,542 205,964 10,578 4.9

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

36,431

33,785 2,646 7.3

8,968

8,801

167 1.9

7,949

7,120

829 10.4

46,315

44,982 1,333 2.9

215,333 200,897 14,436 6.7

Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville

80,786 4,801 7,825 9,425 7,611

75,360 5,426 6.7 4,548 253 5.3 7,266 559 7.1 8,781 644 6.8 7,280 331 4.3

80,279 4,719 7,777 9,336 7,537

75,243 4,487 7,228 8,713 7,224

5,036 6.3 232 4.9 549 7.1 623 6.7 313 4.2

81,033 4,661 7,755 9,141 7,443

74,966 4,385 7,062 8,499 7,046

6,067 7.5 276 5.9 693 8.9 642 7.0 397 5.3

College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton

12,777 83,005 4,495 5,722 13,818

12,175 602 4.7 79,240 3,765 4.5
4,209 286 6.4 5,241 481 8.4 13,171 647 4.7

12,641 82,556
4,421 5,639 13,723

12,081 78,976
4,144 5,201 13,093

560 4.4 3,580 4.3
277 6.3 438 7.8 630 4.6

12,551 82,192
4,382 5,490 13,985

11,784 78,154
4,094 5,073 12,970

767 6.1 4,038 4.9
288 6.6 417 7.6 1,015 7.3

Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point

10,548 5,723 7,486 9,370
20,599

10,153 5,284 7,200 7,690
19,618

395 439 286 1,680 981

3.7 7.7 3.8 17.9 4.8

10,433 5,658 7,409 8,204
20,386

10,075 5,207 7,144 7,627
19,466

358 3.4 451 8.0 265 3.6 577 7.0 920 4.5

10,314 5,571 7,259 7,969
20,245

9,827 5,127 6,969 7,518 18,988

487 4.7 444 8.0 290 4.0 451 5.7 1,257 6.2

Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange

10,016 12,114 11,419
8,861 12,783

9,596 11,683 10,618
8,292 11,940

420 4.2 431 3.6 801 7.0 569 6.4 843 6.6

9,895 11,996 11,148
8,796 12,695

9,522 11,613 10,537
8,242 11,871

373 3.8 383 3.2 611 5.5 554 6.3 824 6.5

9,807 11,866 11,079
8,813 12,612

9,288 11,393 10,278
8,129 11,615

519 5.3 473 4.0 801 7.2 684 7.8 997 7.9

Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie

13,105 51,652 32,368
6,286 6,941

12,684 48,042 31,271
5,513 6,491

421 3,610 1,097
773 450

3.2 7.0 3.4 12.3 6.5

12,973 50,796 32,021
5,800 6,845

12,587 47,822 31,030
5,483 6,388

386 3.0 2,974 5.9
991 3.1 317 5.5 457 6.7

12,741 50,071 31,577
5,778 6,929

12,277 47,043 30,267
5,422 6,303

464 3.6 3,028 6.0 1,310 4.1
356 6.2 626 9.0

Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah

7,995 12,682 15,720 33,577 64,024

7,691 304 3.8 12,313 369 2.9 14,865 855 5.4 33,099 478 1.4 60,756 3,268 5.1

7,922 12,533 15,548 33,291 63,734

7,631 12,218 14,783 32,843 60,655

291 3.7 315 2.5 765 4.9 448 1.3 3,079 4.8

7,794 12,308 15,630 32,647 63,762

7,444 11,917 14,603 32,035 59,638

350 4.5 391 3.2 1,027 6.6 612 1.9 4,124 6.5

Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

26,259 9,326 9,415 9,033 8,033

25,611 9,110 9,028 8,571 7,511

648 2.5 216 2.3 387 4.1 462 5.1 522 6.5

25,999 9,238 9,293 8,924 7,839

25,414 9,040 8,953 8,482 7,411

585 2.3 198 2.1 340 3.7 442 5.0 428 5.5

25,562 9,056 9,069 8,981 8,148

24,788 8,818 8,734 8,404 7,313

774 3.0 238 2.6 335 3.7 577 6.4 835 10.2

Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross

21,143 5,808
24,634 6,650

20,155 988 4.7 5,420 388 6.7
23,597 1,037 4.2 6,294 356 5.4

20,859 5,754
24,384 6,596

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

19,966 5,360
23,489 6,247

893 4.3 394 6.8 895 3.7 349 5.3

20,676 5,774
24,134 6,611

19,637 5,243
23,106 6,145

1,039 5.0 531 9.2
1,028 4.3 466 7.0

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 FEB 1998

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

FEB 1998

FEB 1998 FEB 1998

RATE JAN 1998 FEB 1997

1,769,351 1,714,368

54,983

3.1

2.9

3.8

199,724

185,194

14,530

7.3

6.3

7.9

124,481

119,237

5,244

4.2

4.2

4.7

234,964

225,453

9,511

4.0

3.8

5.1

237,071

227,319

9,752

4.1

4.1

5.3

207,114

200,506

6,608

3.2

3.1

4.3

115,652

105,919

9,733

8.4

6.0

7.0

107,763

102,716

5,047

4.7

4.4

5.3

65,015

62,218

2,797

4.3

3.4

4.7

45,594

42,388

3,206

7.0

6.7

8.3

203,675

192,440

11,235

5.5

4.3

4.7

90,935

87,109

3,826

4.2

4.1

5.8

195,178

187,703

7,475

3.8

3.6

4.4

105,740

100,481

5,259

5.0

4.5

6.4

62,839

59,289

3,550

5.6

5.9

6.4

159,648

150,270

9,378

5.9

5.6

7.3

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 FEB 1998
201,931 190,930
11,001 5.4
131,156 123,734
7,422 5.7
70,775 67,196
3,579 5.1

REVISED JAN 1998
201,036 190,160
10,876 5.4
130,592 123,541
7,051 5.4
70,444 66,619
3,825 5.4

REVISED FEB 1997
203,149 189,570
13,579 6.7
132,051 123,087
8,964 6.8
71,098 66,483
4,615 6.5

CHANGE FROM

REVISED JAN 1998

REVISED FEB1997

895 -1,218

770

1,360

125 -2,578

---

---

564

-895

193

647

371 -1,542

---

---

331 577 -246
---

-323 713 -1,036
---

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 FEB 1998
121,762 116,651
5,111 4.2
96,169 91,987
4,182 4.3
25,593 24,664
929 3.6

REVISED JAN 1998
121,295 116,363
4,932 4.1
95,706 91,680
4,026 4.2
25,589 24,683
906 3.5

REVISED FEB 1997
120,777 115,100
5,677 4.7
95,326 90,726
4,600 4.8
25,451 24,374
1,077 4.2

CHANGE FROM

REVISED JAN 1998

REVISED FEB 1997

467

985

288

1,551

179

-566

---

---

463

843

307

1,261

156

-418

---

---

4

142

-19

290

23

-148

---

---

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 FEBRUARY 1998

REVISED JANUARY 1998

REVISED FEBRUARY 1997

Georgia

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

3,924,742 3,762,609 162,133 4.1 3,879,736 3,733,947 145,789 3.8 3,849,114 3,663,088 186,026 4.8

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,612 3,400 4,662 1,545 18,378

7,747 3,102 4,217 1,417 16,672

865 10.0 298 8.8 445 9.5 128 8.3 1,706 9.3

8,425 3,343 4,754 1,485 17,281

7,659 3,044 4,164 1,366 16,582

766 9.1 299 8.9 590 12.4 119 8.0 699 4.0

8,328 3,358 4,485 1,538 17,183

7,619 2,980 4,131 1,391 16,397

709 8.5 378 11.3 354 7.9 147 9.6 786 4.6

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,043 19,515 36,553
8,868 7,002

5,777 18,731 34,815
8,393 6,722

266 4.4 784 4.0 1,738 4.8 475 5.4 280 4.0

5,929 19,326 36,188
8,733 6,880

5,701 18,587 34,546
8,280 6,600

228 3.8 739 3.8 1,642 4.5 453 5.2 280 4.1

6,035 19,015 35,783
8,698 6,850

5,619 18,129 33,696
8,122 6,456

416 6.9 886 4.7 2,087 5.8 576 6.6 394 5.8

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

75,990 5,375 5,610 7,581
10,167

71,605 5,125 5,237 6,944 9,870

4,385 5.8 250 4.7 373 6.6 637 8.4 297 2.9

74,888 5,309 5,575 7,440
10,103

71,276 5,070 5,196 6,879 9,854

3,612 4.8 239 4.5 379 6.8 561 7.5 249 2.5

73,793 5,274 5,561 7,519
10,130

70,115 5,013 5,129 6,765 9,688

3,678 5.0 261 4.9 432 7.8 754 10.0 442 4.4

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

26,296 8,440 8,530 2,252
15,933

25,386 7,388 8,117 2,111
15,290

910 3.5 1,052 12.5
413 4.8 141 6.3 643 4.0

25,973 8,288 8,325 2,192
15,781

25,174 7,295 8,062 2,050
15,186

799 3.1 993 12.0 263 3.2 142 6.5 595 3.8

25,345 8,447 8,401 2,240
15,755

24,559 7,176 7,956 2,067
14,938

786 3.1 1,271 15.0
445 5.3 173 7.7 817 5.2

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,166 42,814 24,358
3,894 106,791

3,958 40,719 23,645
3,706 102,196

208 5.0 2,095 4.9
713 2.9 188 4.8 4,595 4.3

4,049 42,430 24,602
3,851 106,356

3,888 40,405 23,588
3,680 102,027

161 4.0 2,025 4.8 1,014 4.1
171 4.4 4,329 4.1

4,041 41,500 24,881
3,850 106,114

3,865 39,411 23,593
3,620 100,316

176 4.4 2,089 5.0 1,288 5.2
230 6.0 5,798 5.5

Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay

2,261 11,941 71,351 47,767
1,644

2,101 11,483 69,688 46,334
1,519

160 7.1 458 3.8 1,663 2.3 1,433 3.0 125 7.6

2,253 11,926 70,710 47,001
1,596

2,094 11,412 69,151 45,639
1,485

159 7.1 514 4.3 1,559 2.2 1,362 2.9 111 7.0

2,221 11,930 69,391 46,315
1,664

2,073 11,400 67,450 44,982
1,480

148 6.7 530 4.4 1,941 2.8 1,333 2.9 184 11.1

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

119,858 4,080
335,282 18,027 18,981

115,578 3,926
326,700 16,965 18,177

4,280 3.6 154 3.8
8,582 2.6 1,062 5.9
804 4.2

118,485 3,984
331,934 17,809 18,702

114,687 3,880
324,181 16,718 17,886

3,798 3.2 104 2.6
7,753 2.3 1,091 6.1
816 4.4

117,147 3,963
326,456 17,537 18,768

111,865 3,790
316,206 16,463 17,649

5,282 4.5 173 4.4
10,250 3.1 1,074 6.1 1,119 6.0

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

41,001 7,589
40,156 5,087 9,793

39,576 7,219
38,951 4,847 9,228

1,425 3.5 370 4.9
1,205 3.0 240 4.7 565 5.8

40,838 7,435
39,804 4,981 9,631

39,514 7,115
38,650 4,791 9,085

1,324 3.2 320 4.3
1,154 2.9 190 3.8 546 5.7

41,169 7,556
39,087 4,925 9,544

39,369 7,047
37,700 4,650 8,975

1,800 4.4 509 6.7
1,387 3.5 275 5.6 569 6.0

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

6,837 10,730 12,205 360,657
9,362

6,619

218 3.2

10,488

242 2.3

11,662

543 4.4

347,313 13,344 3.7

8,688

674 7.2

6,920 10,717 12,003 356,755
9,035

6,604

316 4.6

10,435

282 2.6

11,505

498 4.1

344,634 12,121 3.4

8,606

429 4.7

6,919 10,568 11,836 352,629
9,204

6,605

314 4.5

10,323

245 2.3

11,244

592 5.0

336,156 16,473 4.7

8,562

642 7.0

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,645 46,338 49,170
4,976 1,094

See note on page 14

4,331 43,069 47,682
4,657 1,070

314 6.8 3,269 7.1 1,488 3.0
319 6.4 24 2.2

4,518 45,953 48,690
4,872 1,084

4,263 42,972 47,314
4,559 1,060

255 5.6 2,981 6.5 1,376 2.8
313 6.4 24 2.2

4,662 45,913 47,658
5,000 1,077

4,212 42,848 46,150
4,518 1,042

450 9.7 3,065 6.7 1,508 3.2
482 9.6 35 3.2

COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

PRELIMINARY FEBRUARY 1998

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

15,986 9,142 8,593 4,844 8,480

15,508 8,381 7,914 4,671 8,019

478 3.0 761 8.3 679 7.9 173 3.6 461 5.4

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

45,811 45,948 39,915 10,041 395,099

44,815

996 2.2

44,047 1,901 4.1

39,133

782 2.0

9,674

367 3.7

380,211 14,888 3.8

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

8,428 1,159 34,608 21,339 9,427

7,869 1,007 33,471 20,540 8,871

559 6.6 152 13.1 1,137 3.3 799 3.7 556 5.9

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

5,671 302,626
14,974 67,603
4,233

5,346 295,481
14,471 65,564
3,445

325 5.7 7,145 2.4
503 3.4 2,039 3.0
788 18.6

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

9,289 10,902
8,452 3,831 51,572

8,679 10,645
8,114 3,631 50,120

610 6.6 257 2.4 338 4.0 200 5.2 1,452 2.8

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

50,695 4,592
21,486 4,934 5,766

48,715 4,370
20,695 4,769 5,343

1,980 3.9 222 4.8 791 3.7 165 3.3 423 7.3

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

8,179 4,641 4,138 12,140 7,450

7,002 4,425 3,488 11,473 7,168

1,177 14.4 216 4.7 650 15.7 667 5.5 282 3.8

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,229 24,758 10,861 17,341
3,633

3,127 21,380 10,347 16,194
3,433

102 3.2 3,378 13.6
514 4.7 1,147 6.6
200 5.5

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

3,498 40,700
9,548 9,369 4,344

3,380 39,133
9,255 8,798 4,158

118 3.4 1,567 3.9
293 3.1 571 6.1 186 4.3

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,634 13,581
3,451 9,034 3,050

5,086 13,085
3,286 8,661 2,936

548 9.7 496 3.7 165 4.8 373 4.1 114 3.7

Mitchell

11,122

Monroe

7,858

Montgomery

3,837

Morgan

7,137

Murray

18,092

See note on page 14

10,214 7,280 3,532 6,863
17,195

908 8.2 578 7.4 305 7.9 274 3.8 897 5.0

REVISED JANUARY 1998

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

15,901 9,018 8,371 4,761 8,450

15,483 8,292 7,835 4,612 7,971

418 2.6 726 8.1 536 6.4 149 3.1 479 5.7

45,319 45,507 39,666
9,927 391,239

44,469

850 1.9

43,805 1,702 3.7

38,831

835 2.1

9,571

356 3.6

377,279 13,960 3.6

8,300 1,135 34,415 21,110 9,196

7,795 997
33,298 20,373
8,698

505 6.1 138 12.2 1,117 3.2 737 3.5 498 5.4

5,595 299,753
14,798 66,979
3,708

5,289 293,202
14,312 65,168
3,412

306 5.5 6,551 2.2
486 3.3 1,811 2.7
296 8.0

9,303 10,897
8,386 3,809 50,936

8,625 10,610
8,028 3,605 49,733

678 7.3 287 2.6 358 4.3 204 5.4 1,203 2.4

50,199 4,497
21,221 4,912 5,633

48,491 4,312
20,495 4,729 5,277

1,708 3.4 185 4.1 726 3.4 183 3.7 356 6.3

7,598 4,577 3,864 11,830 7,374

6,918 4,359 3,451 11,420 7,120

680 8.9 218 4.8 413 10.7 410 3.5 254 3.4

3,163 22,363 10,786 17,212
3,647

3,098 21,204 10,324 16,096
3,405

65 2.1 1,159 5.2
462 4.3 1,116 6.5
242 6.6

3,484 40,182
9,480 9,475 4,286

3,360 38,765
9,188 8,784 4,118

124 3.6 1,417 3.5
292 3.1 691 7.3 168 3.9

5,489 13,344
3,399 9,030 2,973

4,982 12,889
3,245 8,603 2,873

507 9.2 455 3.4 154 4.5 427 4.7 100 3.4

10,883 7,753 3,747 6,999
17,927

10,029 7,234 3,493 6,762
17,111

854 7.8 519 6.7 254 6.8 237 3.4 816 4.6

REVISED FEBRUARY 1997

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

15,881 8,938 8,815 4,759 8,454

15,223 8,144 7,898 4,546 7,846

658 4.1 794 8.9 917 10.4 213 4.5 608 7.2

44,428 45,554 38,759 10,142 387,061

43,375 1,053 2.4

43,270 2,284 5.0

37,876

883 2.3

9,500

642 6.3

367,998 19,063 4.9

8,212 1,195 33,943 21,525 10,122

7,660 998
32,533 20,062
8,981

552 6.7 197 16.5 1,410 4.2 1,463 6.8 1,141 11.3

5,547 293,851
15,080 66,174
3,850

5,174 285,990
14,088 63,935
3,370

373 6.7 7,861 2.7
992 6.6 2,239 3.4
480 12.5

9,225 10,914
8,416 3,791 49,837

8,559 10,500
7,910 3,562 48,510

666 7.2 414 3.8 506 6.0 229 6.0 1,327 2.7

49,663 4,533
21,029 4,906 5,514

47,701 4,229
20,192 4,597 5,149

1,962 4.0 304 6.7 837 4.0 309 6.3 365 6.6

8,064 4,493 3,668 11,650 7,462

6,939 4,266 3,428 11,234 7,187

1,125 14.0 227 5.1 240 6.5 416 3.6 275 3.7

3,172 21,807 10,753 17,254
3,614

3,047 20,901 10,294 15,875
3,382

125 3.9 906 4.2 459 4.3 1,379 8.0 232 6.4

3,477 39,774
9,393 9,848 4,265

3,313 38,126
9,145 8,752 3,969

164 4.7 1,648 4.1
248 2.6 1,096 11.1
296 6.9

5,723 13,367
3,279 8,943 3,018

4,947 12,703
3,127 8,519 2,839

776 13.6 664 5.0 152 4.6 424 4.7 179 5.9

11,338 7,369 3,753 7,094
18,287

10,027 7,001 3,418 6,692
17,037

1,311 11.6 368 5.0 335 8.9 402 5.7
1,250 6.8

COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

PRELIMINARY FEBRUARY 1998

REVISED JANUARY 1998

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

83,005 27,234 12,765
5,242 35,011

79,240 25,917 12,527
5,021 34,241

3,765 4.5 1,317 4.8
238 1.9 221 4.2 770 2.2

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

82,556 26,919 12,556
5,186 34,801

78,976 25,718 12,339
4,961 33,977

3,580 4.3 1,201 4.5
217 1.7 225 4.3 824 2.4

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,891 9,449 7,437 6,195
15,425

10,352 9,145 7,059 5,963
14,648

539 4.9 304 3.2 378 5.1 232 3.7 777 5.0

10,813 9,378 7,334 6,114
15,298

10,304 9,075 6,952 5,922
14,575

509 4.7 303 3.2 382 5.2 192 3.1 723 4.7

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,416 8,798 1,283 6,998 3,518

4,203 8,460 1,224 6,742 3,127

213 4.8 338 3.8
59 4.6 256 3.7 391 11.1

4,328 8,641 1,259 6,917 3,395

4,150 8,383 1,212 6,701 3,082

178 4.1 258 3.0
47 3.7 216 3.1 313 9.2

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

80,786 37,925
1,791 6,198 4,619

75,360 36,780
1,700 5,660 4,419

5,426 6.7 1,145 3.0
91 5.1 538 8.7 200 4.3

80,279 37,641
1,766 6,067 4,503

75,243 36,496
1,685 5,581 4,325

5,036 6.3 1,145 3.0
81 4.6 486 8.0 178 4.0

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

29,909 12,989
2,583 15,643
2,567

28,436 12,366
2,402 14,384
2,458

1,473 4.9 623 4.8 181 7.0
1,259 8.0 109 4.2

29,342 12,946
2,517 15,453
2,548

28,217 12,285
2,375 14,232
2,437

1,125 3.8 661 5.1 142 5.6
1,221 7.9 111 4.4

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

648 7,331 3,486 5,034 4,116

603 6,942 3,273 4,736 3,647

45 6.9 389 5.3 213 6.1 298 5.9 469 11.4

636 7,112 3,400 4,949 4,083

591 6,780 3,225 4,671 3,580

45 7.1 332 4.7 175 5.1 278 5.6 503 12.3

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

21,073 20,547 12,566
3,473 2,937

20,272 19,418 11,596
3,223 2,645

801 3.8 1,129 5.5
970 7.7 250 7.2 292 9.9

20,826 20,085 12,454
3,473 2,827

20,060 19,158 11,468
3,198 2,616

766 3.7 927 4.6 986 7.9 275 7.9 211 7.5

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

28,646 4,538 4,258 6,970
12,931

27,275 4,085 3,986 6,672
12,534

1,371 4.8 453 10.0 272 6.4 298 4.3 397 3.1

28,457 4,481 4,176 6,968
12,818

27,117 4,007 3,968 6,586
12,455

1,340 4.7 474 10.6 208 5.0 382 5.5 363 2.8

Walker Walton Ware
Warren Washington

30,370 25,638 15,729
2,741 10,231

28,602 24,803 15,077
2,501 9,222

1,768 5.8 835 3.3 652 4.1
240 8.8 1,009 9.9

29,958 25,406 15,608
2,716 9,956

28,533 24,612 14,968
2,474 9,133

1,425 4.8 794 3.1 640 4.1
242 8.9 823 8.3

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,071 1,151 2,182 9,378
46,486

10,230 1,100 1,964 9,027
44,881

841 7.6 51 4.4
218 10.0 351 3.7 1,605 3.5

10,912 1,133 2,066 9,234
46,176

10,149 1,078 1,936 8,947
44,614

763 7.0 55 4.9
130 6.3 287 3.1 1,562 3.4

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,395 5,734 4,646 9,083

3,159 5,372 4,281 8,471

236 7.0 362 6.3 365 7.9 612 6.7

3,378 5,601 4,488 8,858

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

3,110 5,324 4,251 8,310

268 7.9 277 4.9 237 5.3 548 6.2

REVISED FEBRUARY 1997

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

82,192 26,228 12,435
5,140 34,146

78,154 25,085 12,161
4,881 33,141

4,038 4.9 1,143 4.4
274 2.2 259 5.0 1,005 2.9

10,736 9,237 7,404 6,000
15,473

10,136 8,851 6,956 5,787
14,452

600 5.6 386 4.2 448 6.1 213 3.6 1,021 6.6

4,319 8,815 1,272 6,864 3,441

4,098 8,282 1,189 6,549 3,047

221 5.1 533 6.0
83 6.5 315 4.6 394 11.5

81,033 36,690
1,778 6,439 4,566

74,966 35,598
1,650 5,613 4,331

6,067 7.5 1,092 3.0
128 7.2 826 12.8 235 5.1

28,996 12,859
2,547 15,333
2,599

27,523 11,990
2,363 14,035
2,410

1,473 5.1 869 6.8 184 7.2
1,298 8.5 189 7.3

638 7,233 3,480 4,918 4,007

582 6,825 3,184 4,558 3,570

56 8.8 408 5.6 296 8.5 360 7.3 437 10.9

20,877 20,713 12,547
3,610 2,762

19,877 18,906 11,219
3,120 2,559

1,000 4.8 1,807 8.7 1,328 10.6
490 13.6 203 7.3

28,153 4,468 4,065 6,957
12,810

26,532 3,962 3,903 6,448
12,210

1,621 5.8 506 11.3 162 4.0 509 7.3 600 4.7

30,454 25,503 15,576
2,759 9,509

28,540 24,006 14,720
2,452 8,979

1,914 6.3 1,497 5.9
856 5.5
307 11.1 530 5.6

10,845 1,121 2,143 9,328
46,710

9,907 1,057 1,890 8,854 44,194

938 8.6 64 5.7
253 11.8 474 5.1 2,516 5.4

3,564 5,645 4,459 9,470

3,072 5,256 4,222 8,180

492 13.8 389 6.9 237 5.3 1,290 13.6