News release, June 25, 1998Q

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

June 25, 1998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA'S JOBLESS RATE RISES TO 4.9 PERCENT IN MAY

ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Marti Fullerton said today that the unemployment rate in the Southeast Georgia region rose to 4.9 percent, up from 4.5 percent in April. The area's jobless rate was 5.8 percent in May 1997.

"The increase in Southeast Georgia's unemployment rate was expected as students entered the job market looking for work," Fullerton said. "While someone is job prospecting, they're counted as unemployed, which pushes the rate up. However, since the area continues to enjoy solid job growth, they should have no problem finding a job."

In May, the region's civilian labor force, which is the number of people working plus those unemployed but actively looking for a job, totaled 62,885. Of that number, 59,828 had jobs and 3,057 did not.

In May 1997, the area's work force totaled 62,282. Of that number, 58,691 were employed and 3,591 were unemployed.

Georgia's unemployment rate in May was 3.8 percent, a slight increase from April's rate of 3.6 percent. The rate in May 1997 was 4.4 percent.

Labor market data and graphics are now available on the Georgia Department of Labor's home page at www.dol.state.ga.us

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

FY-98-661

An Equal Opportunity Employer

G L F E EORGIA AB OR ORCE STIMATES ( N O T S E A S O N A L LY A D J U S T E D )

PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OLDER

AREA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

PRELIMINARY MAY 1998

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

CHANGE FROM

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY1997

Georgia
Albany MSA
Athens MSA
Atlanta MSA Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Columbus, GA-AL MSA Macon MSA
Savannah MSA

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

3,940,213 3,792,178
148,035 3.8
57,145 53,068
4,077 7.1
74,687 72,746
1,941 2.6
2,086,911 2,024,981
61,930 3.0
202,131 192,470
9,661 4.8
122,578 117,357
5,221 4.3
153,406 146,057
7,349 4.8
133,114 128,004
5,110 3.8

3,940,608 3,798,890
141,718 3.6
57,478 53,577
3,901 6.8
74,487 72,440
2,047 2.7
2,087,696 2,028,297
59,399 2.8
202,675 193,816
8,859 4.4
122,625 117,710
4,915 4.0
153,921 146,871
7,050 4.6
133,613 128,777
4,836 3.6

3,893,806 3,721,309
172,497 4.4
57,504 53,876
3,628 6.3
73,391 71,390
2,001 2.7
2,053,315 1,978,402
74,913 3.6
204,256 192,254
12,002 5.9
122,805 1 16,923
5,882 4.8
151,896 144,848
7,048 4.6
133,804 127,483
6,321 4.7

-395 -6,712 6,317
---333 -509 176
--200 306 -106
---785 -3,316 2,531
---544 -1,346 802
---47 -353 306 ---515 -814 299
---499 -773 274
---

46,407 70,869 -24,462
---359 -808 449
--1,296 1,356
-60 --33,596 46,579 -12,983 ---2,125 216 -2,341 ---227 434 -661 --1,510 1,209 301 ---690 521 -1,211 ---

United States Labor Force Estimates
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

United States
(Seasonally adjusted)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

MAY 1998
137,364,000 131,453,000
5,910,000 4.3

APR 1998
137,242,000 131,383,000
5,859,000 4.3

MAY 1997
136,060,000 129,494,000
6,566,000 4.8

CHANGE FROM

APR 1998

MAY 1997

122,000 70,000 51,000 ---

1,304,000 1,959,000 -656,000
---

United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force
Employed Unemployed Rate

137,240,000 131,476,000
5,764,000 4.2

136,379,000 130,735,000
5,643,000 4.1

135,963,000 129,565,000
6,398,000 4.7

861,000 741,000 121,000
---

1,277,000 1,911,000
-634,000 ---

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 Metropolitian 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 in South Carolina Columbus MSA: Includes Chattahoochee, Harris and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama
Macon MSA: Includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, and Twiggs counties Savannah MSA: Includes Byran, Chatham, and Effingham counties

CITIES LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
TOTAL POPULATION OF 10,000 OR MORE

( N O T S E A S O N A L LY A D J U S T E D )

PRELIMINARY MAY 1998

REVISED APRIL 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

Albany Alpharetta Americus Athens Atlanta

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

36,786 9,291 8,079
48,262 220,212

33,737 3,049 8.3 9,164 127 1.4 7,369 710 8.8
46,849 1,413 2.9 209,188 11,024 5.0

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

36,934 9,300 8,052
48,092 219,974

34,061 9,179 7,363
46,652 209,530

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
2,873 7.8 121 1.3 689 8.6
1,440 3.0 10,444 4.7

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

36,948 9,110 8,128
47,385 217,880

34,251 8,953 7,227
45,976 204,377

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
2,697 7.3 157 1.7 901 11.1
1,409 3.0 13,503 6.2

Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville

80,540 4,855 7,894 9,315 7,600

75,562 4,978 6.2 4,583 272 5.6 7,367 527 6.7 8,850 465 5.0 7,337 263 3.5

80,906 4,816 7,889 9,350 7,610

76,228 4,571 7,388 8,864 7,349

4,678 5.8 245 5.1 501 6.4 486 5.2 261 3.4

81,314 4,761 7,796 9,259 7,591

75,665 4,498 7,214 8,646 7,169

5,649 6.9 263 5.5 582 7.5 613 6.6 422 5.6

College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton

12,857 83,428
4,541 5,679 13,864

12,270 587 4.6 79,589 3,839 4.6
4,233 308 6.8 5,282 397 7.0 13,351 513 3.7

12,847 83,657
4,484 5,686 13,892

12,289 79,942
4,217 5,291 13,381

558 4.3 3,715 4.4
267 6.0 395 6.9 511 3.7

12,702 83,732
4,497 5,688 13,874

11,987 79,361
4,164 5,161 13,053

715 5.6 4,371 5.2
333 7.4 527 9.3 821 5.9

Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point

10,609 5,678 7,504 8,394
20,729

10,233 5,319 7,256 7,780
19,771

376 3.5 359 6.3 248 3.3 614 7.3 958 4.6

10,606 5,626 7,523 8,337
20,712

10,250 5,301 7,268 7,786
19,804

356 3.4 325 5.8 255 3.4 551 6.6 908 4.4

10,444 5,654 7,371 8,067
20,494

9,997 5,224 7,089 7,620 19,316

447 4.3 430 7.6 282 3.8 447 5.5 1,178 5.7

Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange

10,077 12,266 11,275
8,992 12,881

9,671 11,882 10,701
8,406 12,103

406 4.0 384 3.1 574 5.1 586 6.5 778 6.0

10,080 12,278 11,317
8,953 12,876

9,687 11,885 10,719
8,422 12,131

393 3.9 393 3.2 598 5.3 531 5.9 745 5.8

9,921 11,991 11,276
8,798 12,718

9,449 11,587 10,455
8,215 11,841

472 4.8 404 3.4 821 7.3 583 6.6 877 6.9

Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie

13,192 51,634 32,576
5,855 6,942

12,784 408 3.1 48,018 3,616 7.0 31,516 1,060 3.3
5,591 264 4.5 6,526 416 6.0

13,193 51,774 32,557
5,915 6,901

12,805 48,286 31,567
5,605 6,500

388 2.9 3,488 6.7
990 3.0 310 5.2 401 5.8

12,952 50,715 32,066
5,756 6,908

12,490 47,621 30,791
5,465 6,418

462 3.6 3,094 6.1 1,275 4.0
291 5.1 490 7.1

Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah

8,054 12,759 15,938 33,823 64,016

7,751 303 3.8 12,409 350 2.7 15,073 865 5.4 33,357 466 1.4 60,960 3,056 4.8

8,063 12,777 15,905 33,854 64,290

7,764 12,429 15,110 33,412 61,328

299 3.7 348 2.7 795 5.0 442 1.3 2,962 4.6

7,913 12,526 15,741 33,164 64,510

7,573 12,123 14,732 32,590 60,713

340 4.3 403 3.2 1,009 6.4 574 1.7 3,797 5.9

Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

26,437 9,391 9,492 9,202 7,994

25,811 9,182 9,133 8,655 7,568

626 2.4 209 2.2 359 3.8 547 5.9 426 5.3

26,439 9,396 9,495 9,047 8,015

25,854 9,197 9,140 8,650 7,549

585 2.2 199 2.1 355 3.7 397 4.4 466 5.8

25,971 9,207 9,259 8,961 7,913

25,218 8,970 8,946 8,492 7,432

753 2.9 237 2.6 313 3.4 469 5.2 481 6.1

Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross

21,244 5,927
24,492 6,734

20,373 5,470
23,585 6,372

871 4.1 457 7.7 907 3.7 362 5.4

21,198 5,854
24,525 6,718

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information

20,375 5,465
23,717 6,380

823 3.9 389 6.6 808 3.3 338 5.0

20,932 5,885
24,493 6,684

19,962 5,364
23,390 6,241

970 4.6 521 8.9 1,103 4.5 443 6.6

GEORGIA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERS (RDCS) ( N O T S E A S O N A L L Y A D J U S T E D )

Atlanta Regional Commission

LABOR FORCE MAY 1998

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

RATE

MAY 1998

MAY 1998 MAY 1998 APR 1998 MAY 1997

1,780,395 1,727,783

52,612

3.0

2.8

3.6

Central Savannah River

198,602

186,148

12,454

6.3

6.0

7.2

Chattahoochee - Flint

124,968

120,430

4,538

3.6

3.6

4.4

Coastal Georgia

236,255

227,151

9,104

3.9

3.6

4.5

Coosa Valley

238,543

229,462

9,081

3.8

3.6

5.3

Georgia Mountains

208,663

203,069

5,594

2.7

2.7

3.7

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

114,218

106,923

7,295

6.4

5.9

6.5

Lower Chattahoochee

108,428

103,213

5,215

4.8

4.6

5.2

McIntosh Trail

65,338

62,926

2,412

3.7

3.7

4.9

Middle Flint

45,607

42,697

2,910

6.4

6.3

8.3

Middle Georgia

202,345

193,000

9,345

4.6

4.6

4.6

North Georgia

91,394

88,287

3,107

3.4

3.6

5.2

Northeast Georgia

196,083

189,491

6,592

3.4

3.4

3.8

South Georgia

105,918

101,353

4,565

4.3

4.2

4.7

Southeast Georgia

62,885

59,828

3,057

4.9

4.5

5.8

Southwest Georgia

160,572

150,415

10,157

6.3

5.7

6.1

Atlanta Regional Commission--Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale Central Savannah River--Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lincoln, McDuffie,
Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes Chattahoochee-Flint--Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriweather, Troup Coastal Georgia--Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh Coosa Valley--Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Polk, Walker Georgia Mountains--Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens,
Towns, Union, White Heart of Georgia/Altamaha--Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Evans, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tattnall,
Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox Lower Chattahoochee--Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot McIntosh Trail--Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson Middle Flint--Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster Middle Georgia--Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs, Wilkinson North Georgia--Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield Northeast Georgia--Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton South Georgia--Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, Turner Southeast Georgia--Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, Ware Southwest Georgia--Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole,
Terrell, Thomas, Worth

A L F E U G U S TA

ABOR

ORCE

STIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)

PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OLDER

CHANGE FROM

AREA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

PRELIMINARY MAY 1998

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

Residing in Georgia

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

Residing in South Carolina

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

202,131 192,470
9,661 4.8
131,002 124,065
6,937 5.3
71,129 68,405
2,724 3.8

202,675 193,816
8,859 4.4
131,776 125,159
6,617 5.0
70,899 68,657
2,242 3.2

204,256 192,254
12,002 5.9
132,598 124,234
8,364 6.3
71,658 68,020
3,638 5.1

-544 -1,346
802 ---
-774 -1,094
320 ---
230 -252 482
---

-2,125 216
-2,341 ---
-1,596 -169
-1,427 ---
-529 385 -914
---

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 Market Information

C L F E O L U M B U S A B O R O R C E S T I M AT E S (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)

PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OLDER

AREA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

PRELIMINARY MAY 1998

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

CHANGE FROM

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

Columbus, GA-AL MSA Residing in Georgia Residing in Alabama

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

122,578 117,357
5,221 4.3
96,650 92,392
4,258 4.4
25,928 24,965
963 3.7

122,625 117,710
4,915 4.0
96,898 92,802
4,096 4.2
25,727 24,908
819 3.2

122,805 116,923
5,882 4.8
96,943 92,127
4,816 5.0
25,862 24,796
1,066 4.1

-47 -353 306
---
-248 -410 162
---
201 57
144 ---

NOTE: The Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Chattahoochee, Harris, and Muscogee counties, Georgia, and Russell County, Alabama.
SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information

-227 434 -661
---
-293 265 -558
---
66 169 -103
---

Produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

C L F E OUNTY AB OR ORCE STIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OLDER

PRELIMINARY MAY 1998

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

Georgia
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT

NUMBER

RATE

LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR NUMBER RATE FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT

NUMBER

RATE

3,940,213 3,792,178 148,035 3.8 3,940,608 3,798,890 141,718 3.6 3,893,806 3,721,309 172,497 4.4

8,695 3,325 4,603 1,552 17,489

7,818

877 10.1 8,623 7,808

815 9.5

8,437 7,670

767

9.1

3,111

214 6.4 3,320 3,093

227 6.8

3,311 3,063

248

7.5

4,252

351 7.6

4,581 4,242

339 7.4

4,591 4,178

413

9.0

1,407

145 9.3

1,518 1,380

138 9.1

1,526 1,389

137

9.0

16,907

582 3.3 17,634 16,949

685 3.9 17,167 16,526

641

3.7

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,017 19,494 36,470
8,852 7,019

5,819

198 3.3

5,999 5,806

193 3.2 6,084 5,719 365

6.0

18,878

616 3.2 19,549 18,908

641 3.3 19,153 18,443

710

3.7

35,087 1,383 3.8 36,518 35,145 1,373 3.8 36,499 34,280 2,219

6. 1

8,455

397 4.5

8,816 8,435

381 4.3 8,923 8,305

618

6.9

6,749

270 3.8

6,933 6,709

224 3.2 6,920 6,632

288

4.2

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

75,962 5,377 5,620 7,404
10,240

71,569 4,393 5.8 76,205 71,968 4,237 5.6 74,735 70,977 3,758

5.0

5,176

201 3.7

5,362 5,174 188 3.5 5,304 5,073

231

4.4

5,303

317 5.6

5,598 5,306 292 5.2 5,561 5,188

373

6.7

7,019

385 5.2

7,450 7,020 430 5.8 7,209 6,878

331

4.6

9,903

337 3.3 10,230 9,963

267 2.6 10,284 9,863

421

4.1

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

26,524 8,430 8,627 2,291
16,074

25,680 7,450 8,223 2,102
15,488

844 3.2 980 11.6 404 4.7 189 8.2 586 3.6

26,532 8,457 8,633 2,218 16,067

25,699 7,434 8,235 2,077
15,513

833 1,023
398 141 554

3.1 12.1
4.6 6.4 3.4

25,889 8,246 8,505 2,270
15,884

25,154 7,306 8,043 2,076
15,152

735

2.8

940

11.4

462

5.4

194

8.5

732

4.6

Candler

4,219

3,974

245 5.8

4,159 3,953

206 5.0 4,076

3,908

168

4.1

Carroll

42,550

41,038 1,512 3.6 42,687 41,105 1,582 3.7 42,087 40,094 1,993

4.7

Catoosa

24,671

23,728

943 3.8 24,812 23,992 820 3.3 24,942 23,922 1,020

4.1

Charlton

3,909

3,754

155 4.0

3,901 3,760 141 3.6 3,835 3,672

163

4.3

Chatham 106,836

102,540 4,296 4.0 107,324 103,159 4,165

3.9 107,461 102,123 5,338

5.0

Chattahoochee 2,258

Chattooga 12,022

Cherokee

71,836

Clarke

48,262

Clay

1,615

2,111

147 6.5

2,254 2,120 134

5.9 2,253 2,105

148

6.6

11,638

384 3.2 12,014 11,662 352

2.9 11,909 11,382

527

4.4

70,234 1,602 2.2 71,896 70,349 1,547

2.2 70,413 68,618 1,795

2.5

46,849 1,413 2.9 48,092 46,652 1,440

3.0 47,385 45,976 1,409

3.0

1,518

97 6.0

1,599 1,505

94

5.9 1,628 1,497

131

8.0

Clayton

120,613

116,482 4,131 3.4 120,676 116,673 4,003 3.3 118,610 113,803 4,807

4.1

Clinch

4,081

3,961

120 2.9

4,057 3,955 102 2.5

4,021 3,884

137

3.4

Cobb

337,547

329,257 8,290 2.5 337,541 329,796 7,745 2.3 331,656 321,683 9,973

3.0

Coffee

17,948

17,079

869 4.8 17,808 17,022 786 4.4 17,815 16,775 1,040

5.8

Colquitt

19,019

18,275

744 3.9 18,916 18,200 716 3.8 18,847 17,972

875

4.6

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

40,957 7,581
40,457 5,080 9,888

39,682 1,275 3.1 41,226 40,032 1,194 2.9 41,480 39,736 1,744

4.2

7,269

312 4.1

7,531 7,245

286 3.8 7,491 7,135

356

4.8

39,255 1,202 3.0 40,505 39,320 1,185 2.9 39,701 38,353 1,348

3.4

4,891

189 3.7

5,109 4,888

221 4.3

5,041 4,793

248

4.9

9,281

607 6.1

9,773 9,246

527 5.4 9,785 9,129

656

6.7

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

6,913 10,928 12,334 362,760
9,259

6,643

270 3.9

6,930 6,717

213

3.1 6,978 6,697

281

4.0

10,694 234 2.1 10,897 10,691 206

1.9 10,703 10,435

268

2.5

11,752

582 4.7 12,246 11,720

526

4.3 12,096 11,532

564

4.7

350,031 12,729 3.5 362,660 350,604 12,056

3.3 357,105 341,979 15,126

4.2

8,813

446 4.8

9,380 8,797

583

6.2 9,135 8,608

527

5.8

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,653 46,319 49,342
5,112 1,104

4,356

297 6.4

4,665 4,339 326

7.0 4,595 4,284

311

6.8

42,788 3,531 7.6 46,527 43,199 3,328

7.2 46,564 43,440 3,124

6. 7

48,055 1,287 2.6 49,459 48,134 1,325

2.7 48,413 46,949 1,464

3.0

4,664

448 8.8

4,971 4,630 341

6.9 4,960 4,595

365

7.4

1,081

23 2.1

1,101 1,081

20

1.8 1,099 1,059

40

3.6

C L F E OUNTY AB OR ORCE STIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OLDER

PRELIMINARY MAY 1998

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

LABOR FORCE
16,037 9,062 8,597 4,875 8,513

EMPLOYMENT
15,561 8,463 7,998 4,708 8,129

UNEMPLOYMENT

NUMBER

RATE

476

3.0

599

6.6

599

7.0

167

3.4

384

4.5

LABOR FORCE
16,059 9,036 8,499 4,889 8,811

EMPLOYMENT
15,655 8,458 7,986 4,699 8,137

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

404

2.5

578

6.4

513

6.0

190

3.9

674

7.6

LABOR FORCE
16,060 9,001 8,640 4,823 8,448

EMPLOYMENT
15,497 8,303 7,819 4,626 7,935

UNEMPLOYMENT

NUMBER

RATE

563

3.5

698

7.8

821

9.5

197

4.1

513

6.1

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

46,110 46,589 40,153 10,065 397,722

45,165 945

2.0 46,178 45,239 939

2.0 45,213 44,126 1,087

2.4

44,665 1,924

4.1 46,543 44,775 1,768

3.8 45,897 43,654 2,243

4.9

39,439 714

1.8 40,112 39,504 608

1.5 39,340 38,532

808

2.1

9,767 298

3.0 10,042 9,761 281

2.8 10,061 9,585

476

4.7

383,186 14,536

3.7 397,583 383,813 13,770

3.5 392,243 374,372 17,871

4.6

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

8,373 1,136 35,009 21,620 9,486

7,950 1,016 33,937 20,782 8,898

423 120 1,072 838 588

5.1 10.6 3.1 3.9 6.2

8,386 1,146 35,054 21,602 9,383

7,954 1,016 34,036 20,800 8,831

432 130 1,018 802 552

5.2 11.3
2.9 3.7 5.9

8,347 1,154 34,416 21,867 9,374

7,811 997
33,233 20,351
8,736

536 157 1,183 1,516 638

6.4 13.6 3.4 6.9
6.8

Greene

5,749

Gwinnett 304,708

Habersham 15,055

Hall

68,494

Hancock

3,786

5,398 297,793
14,607 66,678
3,482

351 6,915
448 1,816
304

6.1 5,728 5,395 333 2.3 304,856 298,281 6,575 3.0 14,989 14,596 393 2.7 68,553 66,696 1,857 8.0 3,864 3,481 383

5.8 5,613 2.2 298,777 2.6 15,202 2.7 66,934 9.9 3,807

5,297 90,943 14,333 65,022
3,408

316 7,834
869 1,912
399

5.6 2.6 5.7 2.9 10.5

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

9,270 10,964
8,519 3,873 51,689

8,797 473

5.1 9,315 8,807 508

5.5 9,211 8,584

627

6.8

10,692 272

2.5 10,987 10,740 247

2.2 10,958 10,662

296

2.7

8,193 326

3.8 8,486 8,187 299

3.5 8,424 8,036

388

4.6

3,689 184

4.8 3,853 3,686 167

4.3 3,888 3,600

288

7.4

50,512 1,177

2.3 51,703 50,595 1,108

2.1 50,731 49,350

1,381

2.7

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

50,421 4,652
21,642 5,002 5,896

48,690 1,731 3.4 50,504 48,962 1,542

3.1 50,392 48,287 2,105

4.2

4,403 249 5.4

4,594 4,392 202

4.4 4,556 4,325

231

5.1

20,912 730 3.4 21,585 20,908 677

3.1 21,314 20,507

807

3.8

4,827 175 3.5

4,998 4,826 172

3.4 4,952 4,715

237

4.8

5,389 507 8.6

5,768 5,380 388

6.7 5,648 5,289

359

6.4

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

7,738 4,692 3,900 11,908 7,574

7,064 674 8.7

7,698 7,052 646

4,469 223 4.8

4,668 4,447 221

3,524 376 9.6

3,897 3,522 375

11,467 441 3.7 12,001 11,531 470

7,287 287 3.8

7,642 7,285 357

8.4 8,020 6,923 4.7 4,563 4,375 9.6 3,690 3,456 3.9 11,803 11,372 4.7 7,513 7,108

1,097 188 234 431 405

13 .7 4.1 6.3 3.7 5.4

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,263 22,864 10,826 17,597
3,705

3,161 102 3.1

3,255 3,161 94

2.9 3,195 3,097

98

3.1

21,630 1,234 5.4 22,755 21,648 1,107

4.9 22,084 21,186

898

4.1

10,280 546 5.0 10,951 10,378 573

5.2 10,940 10,436

504

4.6

16,416 1,181 6.7 17,519 16,448 1,071

6.1 17,217 16,042 1,175

6.8

3,471 234 6.3

3,636 3,475 161

4.4 3,606 3,404

202

5.6

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

3,540 40,937
9,636 9,506 4,398

3,426 39,556
9,413 8,821 4,200

114 1,381
223 685 198

3.2

3,536 3,433 103

3.4 40,864 39,559 1,305

2.3

9,632 9,405 227

7.2

9,643 8,899 744

4.5

4,376 4,199 177

2.9 3,501 3,348

153

4.4

3.2 40,296 38,758 1,538 3.8

2.4 9,481 9,187

294

3.1

7.7 9,805 8,833

972

9.9

4.0 4,358 4,116

242

5.6

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,538 13,570
3,452 9,177 3,050

5,098 440 7.9

5,539 5,060 479

13,231 339 2.5 13,574 13,175 399

3,313 139 4.0

3,448 3,307 141

8,801 376 4.1

9,154 8,802 352

2,939 111 3.6

3,010 2,916 94

8.6 5,796 5,015 2.9 13,367 12,984 4.1 3,428 3,251 3.8 8,995 8,585 3.1 3,076 2,896

781 13.5

383

2.9

177

5.2

410

4.6

180

5.9

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

11,231 7,900 3,827 7,202
18,246

10,254 977 8.7 11,042 10,196 846

7,402 498 6.3

7,947 7,405 542

3,566 261 6.8

3,816 3,562 254

6,907 295 4.1

7,126 6,884 242

17,497 749 4.1 18,189 17,517 672

7.7 11,145 10,085

1,060

9.5

6.8 7,654 7,218

436

5.7

6.7 3,866 3,497

369

9.5

3.4 7,055 6,787

268

3.8

3.7 18,374 17,052 1,322

7.2

C L F E OUNTY AB OR ORCE STIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE - PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OLDER

PRELIMINARY MAY 1998

REVISED APR 1998

REVISED MAY 1997

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

LABOR FORCE
83,428 27,208 12,855 5,309 35,246

EMPLOYMENT
79,589 26,120 12,666
5,070 34,509

UNEMPLOYMENT

NUMBER

RATE

3,839 4.6

1,088 4.0

189 1.5

239 4.5

737 2.1

LABOR FORCE
83,657 27,246 12,822
5,327 35,323

EMPLOYMENT
79,942 26,163 12,613
5,06 34,565

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
3,715 4.4 1,083 4.0
209 1.6 266 5.0 758 2.1

LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

83,732

79,361

26,964 25,519

12,639

12,430

5,174

4,969

34,722

33,715

UNEMPLOYMENT

NUMBER

RATE

4,371 5.2

1,445 5.4

209 1.7

205 4.0

1,007 2.9

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,863 9,495 7,472 6,249
15,743

10,346 9,217 7,104 6,060
14,910

517

4.8 10,986

10,404

278 2.9 9,504

9,232

368

4.9 7,403

7,077

189

3.0 6,231

6,057

833

5.3 15,595

14,923

582 5.3 10,793 272 2.9 9,358 326 4.4 7,382 174 2.8 6,167 672 4.3 15,870

10,261 532 4.9 9,005 353 3.8 6,980 402 5.4 5,908 259 4.2 14,533 1,337 8.4

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,493 8,843 1,307 6,995 3,673

4,256 8,581 1,237 6,828 3,147

237

5.3 4,431

262

3.0 8,873

70 5.4 1,302

167

2.4 7,052

526 14.3 3,573

4,236 8,568 1,234 6,846 3,138

195 4.4 305 3.4
68 5.2 206 2.9 435 12.2

4,384 8,761 1,288 6,956 3,389

4,162 222 5.1

8,376 385 4.4

1,208

80 6.2

6,708 248 3.6

3,098 291 8.6

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

80,540 38,068
1,809 6,120 4,613

75,562 37,068
1,725 5,699 4,426

4,978 1,000
84 421 187

6.2 80,906 2.6 38,163 4.6 1,803 6.9 6,107 4.1 4,554

76,228 37,128
1,722 5,685 4,393

4,678 5.8 81,314 1,035 2.7 37,496
81 4.5 1,802 422 6.9 6,339 161 3.5 4,583

75,665 36,215
1,685 5,604 4,361

5,649 1,281
117 735 222

6.9 3.4 6.5 11.6 4.8

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

29,714 13,071
2,577 15,636
2,606

28,658 1,056

3.6 29,806

28,705 1,101 3.7 29,509

27,999 1,510

5.1

12,528

543

4.2 13,136

12,550

586 4.5 12,982 12,255 727 5.6

2,424

153

5.9 2,576

2,420

156 6.1 2,537

2,380 157 6.2

14,525 1,111

7.1 15,592

14,514 1,078 6.9 15,657

14,246 1,411

9.0

2,495

111

4.3 2,600

2,493

107 4.1 2,580

2,438 142 5.5

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

660 7,259 3,483 5,058 4,220

604 6,942 3,296 4,770 3,660

56

8.5

644

317

4.4 7,153

187

5.4 3,453

288

5.7 5,007

560 13.3 4,154

600 6,877 3,281 4,756 3,638

44 6.8 276 3.9 172 5.0 251 5.0 516 12.4

644 7,167 3,490 4,970 4,003

596 6,839 3,239 4,686 3,604

48 7.5 328 4.6 251 7.2 284 5.7 399 10.0

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

21,418 20,487 12,847
3,404 2,888

20,471 19,565 11,705
3,259 2,670

947 922 1,142 145 218

4.4 21,147 4.5 20,523 8.9 12,665 4.3 3,466 7.5 2,894

20,459 19,515 11,693
3,265 2,667

688 3.3 20,896 1,008 4.9 20,253
972 7.7 12,782 201 5.8 3,621 227 7.8 2,880

20,084 19,213 11,478
3,205 2,618

812 1,040 1,304
416 262

3.9 5.1 10.2 11.5 9.1

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

28,911 4,619 4,251 6,930
13,174

27,647 1,264

4.4 28,923

27,712 1,211 4.2 28,474

27,049 1,425

5.0

4,095

524 11.3 4,536

4,072

464 10.2 4,411

4,043 368 8.3

3,984

267

6.3 4,225

4,006

219 5.2 4,173

3,951 222 5.3

6,721

209

3.0 6,950

6,708

242 3.5 7,007

6,622 385 5.5

12,698

476

3.6 13,104

12,726

378 2.9 12,941 12,431 510 3.9

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

29,999 25,730 15,927
2,999 10,034

28,703 24,997 15,264
2,528 9,321

1,296 733 663 471 713

4.3 2.8 4.2 15.7 7.1

30,360 25,732 15,906
2,981 9,992

29,022 25,038 15,286
2,523 9,320

1,338 4.4 694 2.7 620 3.9 458 15.4 672 6.7

30,720 25,323 15,766
2,784 9,641

28,937 1,783 5.8

24,422

901 3.6

14,951 815 5.2

2,473 311 11.2

9,125 516 5.4

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,193 1,148 2,140 9,396
46,767

10,352 1,103 1,977 9,123
45,494

841 45
163 273 1,273

7.5 11,091 3.9 1,140 7.6 2,119 2.9 9,422 2.7 46,861

10,362 1,096 1,972 9,130
45,595

729 6.6 10,864 44 3.9 1,156
147 6.9 2,175 292 3.1 9,377 1,266 2.7 46,512

10,143 1,085 1,943 8,964
44,477

721 71
232 413 2,035

6.6 6.1 10.7 4.4 4.4

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,328 5,802 4,626 9,101

3,177 5,457 4,336 8,499

151 4.5 3,347

345 5.9 5,691

290

6.3 4,619

602 6.6 8,947

3,165 5,444 4,343 8,444

182 5.4 247 4.3 276 6.0 503 5.6

3,524 5,666 4,507 9,007

3,125 399 1.3 5,330 336 5.9 4,236 271 6.0 8,360 647 7.2