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

May 28, 1998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COASTAL AREA'S JOBLESS RATE DECLINES TO 3.6 PERCENT IN APRIL

ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Marti Fullerton said today that the unemployment rate in the Coastal region declined to 3.6 percent in April, down from 4.0 percent in March. The area's jobless rate was 4.4 percent in April 1997.

"The unemployment rate in the Coastal area declined, as about 1,400 residents of the area who did not have jobs in March found work in April," said Fullerton. "The area has experienced good job growth during the past year and that has lowered the
unemployment rate."

In April, the region's civilian labor force, which is the number of people working plus those unemployed but actively looking for a job, totaled 236,521. Of that number, 227,975 had jobs and 8,546 did not.

In April 1997, the area's work force totaled 234,511. Of that number, 224,126 were employed and 10,385 were unemployed.

Georgia's unemployment rate declined to 3.5 percent in April, its lowest point in 25 years. The jobless rate was down from 4.0 percent in March and 4.3 percent in April 1997.

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

NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 656-3032. E-mail: communications@dol.state.ga.us.

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GEORGIA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

AREA Georgia 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 APR 1998
3,939,834 3,800,184
139,650 3.5
57,472 53,595
3,877 6.7
74,370 72,369
2,001 2.7
2,087,860 2,028,920
58,940 2.8
202,525 193,931
8,594 4.2
122,520 117,673
4,847 4.0
154,188 147,179
7,009 4.5
133,424 128,584
4,840 3.6

(NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)

REVISED MAR 1998
3,938,458 3,780,058
158,400 4.0
57,525 53,124
4,401 7.7
74,744 72,503
2,241 3.0
2,083,438 2,017,573
65,865 3.2
201,720 192,396
9,324 4.6
122,476 117,318
5,158 4.2
154,378 146,713
7,665 5.0
133,215 127,942
5,273 4.0

REVISED APR 1997
3,876,662 3,710,008
166,654 4.3
57,280 53,875
3,405 5.9
73,308 71,387
1,921 2.6
2,040,925 1,968,051
72,874 3.6
204,546 192,894
11,652 5.7
122,047 116,549
5,498 4.5
151,797 144,829
6,968 4.6
133,792 127,479
6,313 4.7

CHANGE FROM

REVISED MAR 1998

REVISED APR 1997

1,376 20,126 -18,750
---

63,172 90,176 -27,004
---

-53 471 -524
---
-374 -134 -240
---

192 -280 472
---
1,062 982 80 ---

4,422 11,347 -6,925
---

46,935 60,869 -13,934
---

805 1,535 -730
---

-2,021 1,037 -3,058
---

44 355 -311
---
-190 466 -656
---

473 1,124 -651
---
2,391 2,350
41 ---

209 642 -433
---

-368 1,105 -1,473
---

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

APR 1998
137,242,000 131,383,000
5,859,000 4.3
136,379,000 130,735,000
5,643,000 4.1

MAR 1998
137,523,000 130,994,000
6,529,000 4.7
136,967,000 130,150,000
6,816,000 5.0

APR 1997
136,043,000 129,275,000
6,768,000 5.0
135,181,000 128,629,000
6,551,000 4.8

CHANGE FROM

MAR 1998

APR 1997

-281,000 389,000 -670,000
---

1,199,000 2,108,000 -909,000
---

-588,000 585,000 -1,173,000
---

1,198,000 2,106,000
-908,000 ---

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 APRIL 1998

REVISED MARCH 1998

REVISED APRIL 1997

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

36,939

34,072 2,867 7.8

9,301

9,182 119 1.3

8,053

7,368 685 8.5

48,025

46,606 1,419 3.0

219,888 209,595 10,293 4.7

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

37,075

33,773 3,302 8.9

9,264

9,131

133 1.4

8,137

7,332

805 9.9

48,218

46,693 1,525 3.2

219,882 208,423 11,459 5.2

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

36,895

34,251 2,644 7.2

9,057

8,907

150 1.7

8,039

7,216

823 10.2

47,294

45,974 1,320 2.8

216,324 203,307 13,017 6.0

Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville

80,947 4,805 7,892 9,353 7,610

76,268 4,679 5.8 4,574 231 4.8 7,393 499 6.3 8,867 486 5.2 7,352 258 3.4

80,896 4,823 7,877 9,395 7,633

75,623 4,562 7,326 8,818 7,311

5,273 6.5 261 5.4 551 7.0 577 6.1 322 4.2

81,528 4,758 7,732 9,154 7,520

76,000 4,500 7,178 8,601 7,131

5,528 6.8 258 5.4 554 7.2 553 6.0 389 5.2

College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton

12,845 83,554 4,490 5,694 13,869

12,294 551 4.3 79,906 3,648 4.4
4,220 270 6.0 5,293 401 7.0 13,389 480 3.5

12,836 83,534
4,557 5,714 13,936

12,225 79,624
4,213 5,263 13,284

611 4.8 3,910 4.7
344 7.5 451 7.9 652 4.7

12,614 83,157
4,562 5,654 13,678

11,925 79,146
4,171 5,134 12,992

689 5.5 4,011 4.8
391 8.6 520 9.2 686 5.0

Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point

10,606 5,631 7,529 8,342
20,704

10,253 5,304 7,270 7,791
19,810

353 3.3 327 5.8 259 3.4 551 6.6 894 4.3

10,584 5,698 7,518 8,425
20,696

10,195 5,293 7,230 7,741
19,699

389 3.7 405 7.1 288 3.8 684 8.1 997 4.8

10,388 5,591 7,323 7,984
20,347

9,945 5,230 7,052 7,597 19,215

443 4.3 361 6.5 271 3.7 387 4.8 1,132 5.6

Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange

10,082 12,277 11,313
8,961 12,880

9,690 11,892 10,722
8,428 12,139

392 3.9 385 3.1 591 5.2 533 5.9 741 5.8

10,059 12,254 11,392
8,937 12,860

9,636 11,817 10,662
8,364 12,040

423 4.2 437 3.6 730 6.4 573 6.4 820 6.4

9,858 11,971 11,230
8,755 12,654

9,399 11,565 10,401
8,177 11,785

459 4.7 406 3.4 829 7.4 578 6.6 869 6.9

Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie

13,193 51,865 32,569
5,911 6,905

12,809 384 2.9 48,388 3,477 6.7 31,577 992 3.0
5,608 303 5.1 6,504 401 5.8

13,166 51,909 32,483
5,897 6,969

12,737 48,234 31,400
5,562 6,496

429 3.3 3,675 7.1 1,083 3.3
335 5.7 473 6.8

12,886 50,712 31,892
5,734 6,939

12,424 47,615 30,630
5,437 6,431

462 3.6 3,097 6.1 1,262 4.0
297 5.2 508 7.3

Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah

8,064 12,776 15,897 33,857 64,203

7,766 298 3.7 12,433 343 2.7 15,120 777 4.9 33,422 435 1.3 61,237 2,966 4.6

8,046 12,752 15,957 33,720 64,132

7,723 12,364 14,997 33,235 60,931

323 4.0 388 3.0 960 6.0 485 1.4 3,201 5.0

7,845 12,426 15,603 32,971 64,504

7,533 12,060 14,660 32,420 60,711

312 4.0 366 2.9 943 6.0 551 1.7 3,793 5.9

Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

26,448 9,396 9,477 9,039 8,010

25,862 9,199 9,145 8,655 7,553

586 2.2 197 2.1 332 3.5 384 4.2 457 5.7

26,357 9,368 9,502 9,061 8,075

25,717 9,148 9,087 8,612 7,532

640 2.4 220 2.3 415 4.4 449 5.0 543 6.7

25,832 9,160 9,222 9,040 7,933

25,086 8,923 8,919 8,479 7,433

746 2.9 237 2.6 303 3.3 561 6.2 500 6.3

Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross

21,207 5,857
24,562 6,711

20,387 5,468
23,766 6,384

820 3.9 389 6.6 796 3.2 327 4.9

21,222 5,843
24,629 6,711

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

20,272 5,444
23,691 6,337

950 4.5 399 6.8 938 3.8 374 5.6

20,857 5,837
24,486 6,626

19,914 5,357
23,387 6,219

943 4.5 480 8.2 1,099 4.5 407 6.1

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 APR 1998

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

RATE

APR 1998

APR 1998 APR 1998 MAR 1998 APR 1997

1,780,871 1,731,142

49,729

2.8

3.1

3.5

198,899

187,244

11,655

5.9

6.6

7.3

125,159

120,674

4,485

3.6

4.0

4.1

236,521

227,975

8,546

3.6

4.0

4.4

238,814

230,442

8,372

3.5

4.3

4.8

208,707

203,248

5,459

2.6

3.3

3.6

113,347

106,810

6,537

5.8

6.8

6.1

108,407

103,555

4,852

4.5

4.7

4.8

65,377

63,037

2,340

3.6

4.0

4.8

45,375

42,594

2,781

6.1

7.4

8.3

203,387

194,180

9,207

4.5

4.9

4.6

91,682

88,488

3,194

3.5

4.0

4.3

195,661

189,237

6,424

3.3

3.8

3.8

105,619

101,247

4,372

4.1

4.9

4.6

62,555

59,774

2,781

4.4

5.3

4.9

159,442

150,533

8,909

5.6

6.4

6.1

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 APR 1998
202,525 193,931
8,594 4.2
131,771 125,225
6,546 5.0
70,754 68,706
2,048 2.9

REVISED MAR 1998
201,720 192,396
9,324 4.6
131,418 124,165
7,253 5.5
70,302 68,231
2,071 2.9

REVISED APR 1997
204,546 192,894
11,652 5.7
132,830 124,785
8,045 6.1
71,716 68,109
3,607 5.0

CHANGE FROM

REVISED MAR 1998

REVISED APR 1997

805 1,535
-730 ---

-2,021 1,037 -3,058
---

353 1,060 -707
---

-1,059 440
-1,499 ---

452

-962

475

597

-23 -1,559

---

---

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 APR 1998
122,520 117,673
4,847 4.0
96,778 92,760
4,018 4.2
25,742 24,913
829 3.2

REVISED MAR 1998
122,476 117,318
5,158 4.2
96,750 92,433
4,317 4.5
25,726 24,885
841 3.3

REVISED APR 1997
122,047 116,549
5,498 4.5
96,300 91,878
4,422 4.6
25,747 24,671
1,076 4.2

CHANGE FROM

REVISED MAR 1998

REVISED APR 1997

44 355 -311
---

473 1,124 -651
---

28 327 -299
---

478 882 -404
---

16

-5

28

242

-12

-247

---

---

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 APRIL 1998

REVISED MARCH 1998

REVISED APRIL 1997

Georgia

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

3,939,834 3,800,184 139,650 3.5 3,938,458 3,780,058 158,400 4.0 3,876,662 3,710,008 166,654 4.3

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,534 3,303 4,580 1,517 17,627

7,813 3,095 4,245 1,381 16,959

721 8.4 208 6.3 335 7.3 136 9.0 668 3.8

8,656 3,381 4,657 1,574 17,559

7,781 3,098 4,231 1,402 16,821

875 10.1 283 8.4 426 9.1 172 10.9 738 4.2

8,298 3,283 4,419 1,571 17,097

7,662 3,076 4,176 1,415 16,442

636 7.7 207 6.3 243 5.5 156 9.9 655 3.8

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,005 19,534 36,509
8,828 6,938

5,811 18,914 35,155
8,439 6,714

194 3.2 620 3.2 1,354 3.7 389 4.4 224 3.2

6,023 19,646 36,648
8,857 6,967

5,791 18,808 34,959
8,415 6,719

232 3.9 838 4.3 1,689 4.6 442 5.0 248 3.6

6,011 18,991 36,143
8,911 6,913

5,719 18,347 34,101
8,307 6,654

292 4.9 644 3.4 2,042 5.6 604 6.8 259 3.7

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

76,342 5,363 5,603 7,458
10,207

72,119 5,177 5,308 7,024 9,948

4,223 5.5 186 3.5 295 5.3 434 5.8 259 2.5

76,354 5,403 5,596 7,504
10,190

71,890 5,150 5,273 6,984 9,899

4,464 5.8 253 4.7 323 5.8 520 6.9 291 2.9

74,729 5,273 5,549 7,184
10,213

70,967 5,063 5,170 6,861 9,863

3,762 5.0 210 4.0 379 6.8 323 4.5 350 3.4

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

26,494 8,364 8,637 2,222
16,084

25,714 7,438 8,241 2,078
15,524

780 2.9 926 11.1 396 4.6 144 6.5 560 3.5

26,526 8,391 8,585 2,272
16,064

25,551 7,416 8,181 2,094
15,409

975 3.7 975 11.6 404 4.7 178 7.8 655 4.1

25,791 8,559 8,434 2,279
15,816

25,079 7,304 8,011 2,096
15,092

712 2.8 1,255 14.7
423 5.0 183 8.0 724 4.6

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,157 42,697 24,786
3,907 107,175

3,955 41,118 23,973
3,762 103,005

202 4.9 1,579 3.7
813 3.3 145 3.7 4,170 3.9

4,178 42,766 24,816
3,873 106,990

3,957 40,888 23,821
3,734 102,490

221 5.3 1,878 4.4
995 4.0 139 3.6 4,500 4.2

4,081 41,681 25,128
3,801 107,453

3,920 39,884 24,138
3,657 102,120

161 3.9 1,797 4.3
990 3.9 144 3.8 5,333 5.0

Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay

2,247 12,011 71,913 48,025
1,593

2,119 11,668 70,370 46,606
1,505

128 5.7 343 2.9 1,543 2.1 1,419 3.0
88 5.5

2,267 12,009 71,704 48,218
1,617

2,112 11,578 69,977 46,693
1,512

155 6.8 431 3.6 1,727 2.4 1,525 3.2 105 6.5

2,237 11,794 70,000 47,294
1,634

2,099 11,330 68,259 45,974
1,509

138 6.2 464 3.9 1,741 2.5 1,320 2.8 125 7.6

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

120,698 4,055
337,653 17,820 18,927

116,709 3,957
329,897 17,030 18,211

3,989 3.3 98 2.4
7,756 2.3 790 4.4 716 3.8

120,368 4,069
336,522 17,977 19,037

116,056 3,942
328,052 16,997 18,191

4,312 3.6 127 3.1
8,470 2.5 980 5.5 846 4.4

117,884 4,028
329,873 17,667 18,915

113,207 3,883
320,000 16,794 18,007

4,677 4.0 145 3.6
9,873 3.0 873 4.9 908 4.8

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

41,241 7,531
40,514 5,114 9,784

40,053 7,249
39,332 4,888 9,252

1,188 2.9 282 3.7
1,182 2.9 226 4.4 532 5.4

40,974 7,589
40,393 5,097 9,915

39,714 7,236
39,112 4,868 9,237

1,260 3.1 353 4.7
1,281 3.2 229 4.5 678 6.8

41,500 7,490
39,389 5,057 9,916

39,912 7,141
38,152 4,787 9,144

1,588 3.8 349 4.7
1,237 3.1 270 5.3 772 7.8

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

6,925 10,906 12,222 362,648
9,381

6,711

214 3.1

10,696

210 1.9

11,727

495 4.1

350,711 11,937 3.3

8,801

580 6.2

6,973 10,858 12,256 361,909
9,371

6,669

304 4.4

10,624

234 2.2

11,696

560 4.6

348,750 13,159 3.6

8,768

603 6.4

7,044 10,857 12,091 355,181
9,170

6,758

286 4.1

10,431

426 3.9

11,537

554 4.6

340,190 14,991 4.2

8,613

557 6.1

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,651 46,534 49,492
4,959 1,102

See note on page 14

4,342 43,213 48,148
4,632 1,082

309 6.6 3,321 7.1 1,344 2.7
327 6.6 20 1.8

4,745 46,658 49,377
5,013 1,107

4,335 42,834 47,879
4,644 1,076

410 8.6 3,824 8.2 1,498 3.0
369 7.4 31 2.8

4,756 46,502 48,111
4,944 1,086

4,291 43,439 46,704
4,619 1,057

465 9.8 3,063 6.6 1,407 2.9
325 6.6 29 2.7

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

PRELIMINARY APRIL 1998

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

16,042 8,998 8,489 4,893 8,794

15,631 8,463 7,991 4,701 8,142

411 2.6 535 5.9 498 5.9 192 3.9 652 7.4

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

46,178 46,530 40,119 10,030 397,495

45,253

925 2.0

44,803 1,727 3.7

39,516

603 1.5

9,767

263 2.6

383,931 13,564 3.4

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

8,390 1,149 35,071 21,518 9,301

7,959 1,016 34,057 20,813 8,835

431 5.1 133 11.6 1,014 2.9 705 3.3 466 5.0

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

5,734 304,882
14,994 68,559
3,869

5,399 298,373
14,603 66,736
3,483

335 5.8 6,509 2.1
391 2.6 1,823 2.7
386 10.0

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

9,330 10,978
8,485 3,857 51,727

8,811 10,735
8,192 3,687 50,610

519 5.6 243 2.2 293 3.5 170 4.4 1,117 2.2

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

50,584 4,594
21,579 5,002 5,756

49,064 4,395
20,922 4,829 5,383

1,520 3.0 199 4.3 657 3.0 173 3.5 373 6.5

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

7,678 4,658 3,891 12,032 7,611

7,058 4,450 3,524 11,555 7,289

620 8.1 208 4.5 367 9.4 477 4.0 322 4.2

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,242 22,767 10,938 17,534
3,637

3,163 21,660 10,382 16,459
3,475

79 2.4 1,107 4.9
556 5.1 1,075 6.1
162 4.5

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

3,536 40,882
9,632 9,583 4,378

3,435 39,582
9,408 8,904 4,202

101 2.9 1,300 3.2
224 2.3 679 7.1 176 4.0

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,499 13,539
3,445 9,156 3,010

5,063 13,162
3,309 8,807 2,917

436 7.9 377 2.8 136 3.9 349 3.8
93 3.1

Mitchell

11,030

Monroe

7,956

Montgomery

3,806

Morgan

7,128

Murray

18,186

See note on page 14

10,202 7,408 3,564 6,889
17,529

828 7.5 548 6.9 242 6.4 239 3.4 657 3.6

REVISED MARCH 1998

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

16,035 9,111 8,590 4,890 8,549

15,553 8,419 7,963 4,685 8,091

482 3.0 692 7.6 627 7.3 205 4.2 458 5.4

46,046 46,575 39,992 10,086 396,903

45,000 1,046 2.3

44,439 2,136 4.6

39,295

697 1.7

9,717

369 3.7

381,784 15,119 3.8

8,391 1,155 34,869 21,551 9,403

7,906 1,012 33,749 20,678 8,867

485 5.8 143 12.4 1,120 3.2 873 4.1 536 5.7

5,724 303,974
15,036 68,383
3,783

5,371 296,704
14,535 66,315
3,468

353 6.2 7,270 2.4
501 3.3 2,068 3.0
315 8.3

9,321 10,949
8,526 3,854 51,564

8,758 10,697
8,152 3,668 50,327

563 6.0 252 2.3 374 4.4 186 4.8 1,237 2.4

50,700 4,619
21,713 4,972 5,742

48,909 4,382
20,805 4,805 5,362

1,791 3.5 237 5.1 908 4.2 167 3.4 380 6.6

7,726 4,686 3,980 12,005 7,532

7,031 4,449 3,506 11,519 7,247

695 9.0 237 5.1 474 11.9 486 4.0 285 3.8

3,223 22,897 10,867 17,488
3,686

3,145 21,521 10,290 16,333
3,454

78 2.4 1,376 6.0
577 5.3 1,155 6.6
232 6.3

3,539 40,866
9,949 9,549 4,397

3,409 39,360
9,359 8,829 4,179

130 3.7 1,506 3.7
590 5.9 720 7.5 218 5.0

5,651 13,622
3,452 9,124 3,026

5,077 13,187
3,296 8,755 2,926

574 10.2 435 3.2 156 4.5 369 4.0 100 3.3

11,171 7,904 3,922 7,111
18,232

10,212 7,363 3,549 6,874
17,403

959 8.6 541 6.8 373 9.5 237 3.3 829 4.5

REVISED APRIL 1997

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

16,127 9,022 8,732 4,804 8,365

15,497 8,291 7,810 4,624 7,909

630 3.9 731 8.1 922 10.6 180 3.7 456 5.5

44,882 45,537 39,130 10,027 389,582

43,896

986 2.2

43,439 2,098 4.6

38,330

800 2.0

9,571

456 4.5

372,413 17,169 4.4

8,302 1,160 34,193 21,443 9,467

7,792 996
33,066 20,286
8,782

510 6.1 164 14.1 1,127 3.3 1,157 5.4 685 7.2

5,586 297,257
15,070 66,818
3,793

5,289 289,421
14,314 64,897
3,400

297 5.3 7,836 2.6
756 5.0 1,921 2.9
393 10.4

9,103 10,906
8,425 3,829 50,355

8,555 10,633
8,024 3,594 49,092

548 6.0 273 2.5 401 4.8 235 6.1 1,263 2.5

50,378 4,557
21,226 4,959 5,592

48,281 4,326
20,465 4,705 5,286

2,097 4.2 231 5.1 761 3.6 254 5.1 306 5.5

7,984 4,887 3,636 11,814 7,509

6,917 4,393 3,448 11,371 7,097

1,067 13.4 494 10.1 188 5.2 443 3.7 412 5.5

3,168 21,899 10,778 17,135
3,589

3,090 21,121 10,436 15,969
3,393

78 2.5 778 3.6 342 3.2 1,166 6.8 196 5.5

3,463 40,161
9,424 9,802 4,320

3,333 38,665
9,187 8,873 4,107

130 3.8 1,496 3.7
237 2.5 929 9.5 213 4.9

5,707 13,352
3,420 8,950 3,064

5,039 12,984
3,251 8,571 2,911

668 11.7 368 2.8 169 4.9 379 4.2 153 5.0

11,293 7,620 3,759 7,050
17,845

10,117 7,203 3,492 6,796
16,999

1,176 10.4 417 5.5 267 7.1 254 3.6 846 4.7

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

PRELIMINARY APRIL 1998

REVISED MARCH 1998

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

83,554 27,271 12,805
5,312 35,304

79,906 26,171 12,600
5,065 34,576

3,648 4.4 1,100 4.0
205 1.6 247 4.6 728 2.1

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

83,534 27,260 12,905
5,253 35,246

79,624 26,025 12,624
5,043 34,383

3,910 4.7 1,235 4.5
281 2.2 210 4.0 863 2.4

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,989 9,500 7,390 6,228
15,606

10,426 9,235 7,081 6,060
14,933

563 5.1 265 2.8 309 4.2 168 2.7 673 4.3

11,075 9,500 7,445 6,275
15,689

10,393 9,183 7,071 6,027
14,827

682 6.2 317 3.3 374 5.0 248 4.0 862 5.5

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,433 8,881 1,298 7,049 3,565

4,239 8,572 1,234 6,849 3,139

194 4.4 309 3.5
64 4.9 200 2.8 426 11.9

4,523 8,868 1,318 7,034 3,453

4,232 8,537 1,232 6,786 3,130

291 6.4 331 3.7
86 6.5 248 3.5 323 9.4

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

80,947 38,185
1,800 6,102 4,549

76,268 37,140
1,723 5,687 4,395

4,679 5.8 1,045 2.7
77 4.3 415 6.8 154 3.4

80,896 38,009
1,797 6,143 4,579

75,623 36,932
1,716 5,672 4,407

5,273 6.5 1,077 2.8
81 4.5 471 7.7 172 3.8

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

29,801 13,113
2,572 15,596
2,600

28,714 12,557
2,423 14,524
2,494

1,087 3.6 556 4.2 149 5.8
1,072 6.9 106 4.1

29,897 13,053
2,545 15,712
2,589

28,554 12,463
2,413 14,452
2,484

1,343 4.5 590 4.5 132 5.2
1,260 8.0 105 4.1

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

645 7,152 3,460 5,018 4,147

600 6,881 3,284 4,759 3,639

45 7.0 271 3.8 176 5.1 259 5.2 508 12.2

662 7,311 3,491 5,058 4,151

600 6,915 3,278 4,746 3,642

62 9.4 396 5.4 213 6.1 312 6.2 509 12.3

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

21,136 20,516 12,674
3,453 2,887

20,471 19,526 11,700
3,267 2,669

665 3.1 990 4.8 974 7.7 186 5.4 218 7.6

21,146 20,646 12,648
3,458 2,893

20,368 19,472 11,649
3,240 2,657

778 3.7 1,174 5.7
999 7.9 218 6.3 236 8.2

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

28,935 4,528 4,241 6,946
13,100

27,730 4,073 4,015 6,712
12,733

1,205 4.2 455 10.0 226 5.3 234 3.4 367 2.8

28,836 4,733 4,243 7,030
12,985

27,503 4,076 4,002 6,683
12,632

1,333 4.6 657 13.9 241 5.7 347 4.9 353 2.7

Walker Walton Ware
Warren Washington

30,295 25,736 15,897
2,964 9,993

28,999 25,046 15,296
2,525 9,325

1,296 4.3 690 2.7 601 3.8
439 14.8 668 6.7

30,324 25,715 15,870
2,832 10,117

28,815 24,906 15,183
2,514 9,277

1,509 5.0 809 3.1 687 4.3
318 11.2 840 8.3

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,081 1,140 2,097 9,416
46,812

10,368 1,097 1,973 9,134
45,623

713 6.4 43 3.8
124 5.9 282 3.0 1,189 2.5

11,109 1,145 2,125 9,395
46,881

10,298 1,099 1,968 9,072
45,265

811 7.3 46 4.0
157 7.4 323 3.4 1,616 3.4

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,348 5,689 4,619 8,950

3,167 5,447 4,345 8,450

181 5.4 242 4.3 274 5.9 500 5.6

3,386 5,841 4,600 9,126

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems

3,162 5,426 4,315 8,463

224 6.6 415 7.1 285 6.2 663 7.3

REVISED APRIL 1997

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

83,157 26,812 12,662
5,154 34,442

79,146 25,386 12,429
4,960 33,539

4,011 4.8 1,426 5.3
233 1.8 194 3.8 903 2.6

10,764 9,271 7,301 6,126
15,841

10,259 8,958 6,990 5,900
14,496

505 4.7 313 3.4 311 4.3 226 3.7 1,345 8.5

4,402 8,790 1,264 6,917 3,389

4,176 8,373 1,207 6,680 3,103

226 5.1 417 4.7
57 4.5 237 3.4 286 8.4

81,528 37,213
1,800 6,377 4,597

76,000 36,025
1,688 5,608 4,384

5,528 6.8 1,188 3.2
112 6.2 769 12.1 213 4.6

29,379 12,893
2,513 15,511
2,584

27,853 12,206
2,377 14,223
2,437

1,526 5.2 687 5.3 136 5.4
1,288 8.3 147 5.7

640 7,207 3,498 4,971 4,017

596 6,885 3,242 4,689 3,616

44 6.9 322 4.5 256 7.3 282 5.7 401 10.0

21,024 20,300 12,662
3,602 2,863

20,053 19,217 11,462
3,196 2,614

971 4.6 1,083 5.3 1,200 9.5
406 11.3 249 8.7

28,335 4,423 4,112 6,968
12,848

26,922 4,060 3,951 6,622
12,376

1,413 5.0 363 8.2 161 3.9 346 5.0 472 3.7

30,770 25,349 15,646
2,776 9,519

29,199 24,294 14,896
2,470 9,104

1,571 5.1 1,055 4.2
750 4.8
306 11.0 415 4.4

10,842 1,147 2,164 9,349
45,973

10,111 1,090 1,944 8,940
44,271

731 6.7 57 5.0
220 10.2 409 4.4 1,702 3.7

3,574 5,708 4,419 8,986

3,130 5,334 4,220 8,394

444 12.4 374 6.6 199 4.5 592 6.6