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

December 23, 1999

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COASTAL GEORGIA'S 3.1 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN FROM 3.5 PERCENT IN OCTOBER AND 4.1 PERCENT A YEAR AGO

ATLANTA - State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that November's 3.1 percent unemployment rate in the Coastal Georgia Area was down from 3.5 percent in October and 4.1 percent in November 1998.

The rate declined because retailers and other employers in the service industries, such as temporary employment agencies and security firms, hired additional workers for the holiday shopping season.

"Having low unemployment is great news for Coastal area workers and for people who are seeking to enter the workforce," Thurmond said. "For employers, the news is not so good. The tight labor market is making it difficult to fill available positions and keep pace with a strong demand for goods and services."

"Employers should take some comfort in the knowledge that the state and its private sector partners are working to ease the shortage," said Thurmond. "With the impending implementation of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, we have important new tools designed to recruit, train and expand the pool of available skilled workers, and to match those workers with jobs that are now going unfilled."

Georgia's 3.4 percent unemployment rate in November tied the state's all-time monthly record low set in May 1971. The state's jobless rate in November was down from 3.7 percent in October and 3.8 percent in November 1998.

Labor market data are now available on the Georgia Department of Labor's web site at www.dol.

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Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032
LABOR FORCE DATA and GRAPHS November, 1999
Statewide:
Labor Force Data by State, Regional Development Center (RDC), Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Cities over 10,000 population and County.
Bar Graphs by Regional Development Centers (RDC):
Atlanta Regional Commission: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties.
Central Savannah River: Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and Wilkes counties.
Chattahoochee - Flint: Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether and Troup counties.
Coastal Georgia: Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long and McIntosh counties.
Coosa Valley: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Polk and Walker counties.
Georgia Mountains: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties.
Heart of Georgia - Altamaha: Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Evans, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilcox counties.
Lower Chattahoochee: Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart and
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Talbot counties. McIntosh Trail: Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and Upson counties.
Middle Flint: Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor and Webster counties.
Middle Georgia: Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs and Wilkinson counties. North Georgia: Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield counties.
Northeast Georgia: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe and Walton counties. South Georgia: Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift and Turner counties. Southeast Georgia: Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce and Ware counties.
Southwest Georgia: Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas and Worth counties.
Bar Graphs by Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA): Albany MSA: Dougherty and Lee counties.
Athens MSA: Clarke, Madison and Oconee counties.
Atlanta MSA: Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton counties. Augusta - Aiken, GA - SC MSA: Columbia, McDuffie and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Columbus, GA - AL MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell county in Alabama. Macon MSA: Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach and Twiggs counties.
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GEORGIA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

AREA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER 1999

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

REVISED NOVEMBER 1998

CHANGE FROM

REVISED OCT 1999

REVISED NOV 1998

Georgia

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

4,135,964 3,994,364
141,600 3.4

4,115,188 3,962,818
152,370 3.7

4,056,941 3,904,352
152,589 3.8

20,776 31,546 -10,770
--

79,023 90,012 -10,989
--

Albany MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

54,014 50,856
3,158 5.8

54,921 51,305
3,616 6.6

57,037 52,554
4,483 7.9

-907 -449 -458
--

-3,023 -1,698 -1,325
--

Athens MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

71,987 70,469
1,518 2.1

72,013 70,318
1,695 2.4

72,861 71,114
1,747 2.4

-26 151 -177
--

-874 -645 -229
--

Atlanta MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

2,131,070 2,070,894
60,176 2.8

2,132,059 2,067,430
64,629 3.0

2,120,066 2,056,914
63,152 3.0

-989 3,464 -4,453
--

11,004 13,980 -2,976
--

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

199,472 190,129
9,343 4.7

200,314 190,175
10,139 5.1

204,091 194,333
9,758 4.8

-842 -46
-796 --

-4,619 -4,204
-415 --

Columbus, GA-AL MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

124,774 118,943
5,831 4.7

124,844 118,703
6,141 4.9

125,017 119,570
5,447 4.4

-70 240 -310
--

-243 -627 384
--

Macon MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

145,784 139,915
5,869 4.0

145,983 139,210
6,773 4.6

151,753 144,531
7,222 4.8

-199 705 -904
--

-5,969 -4,616 -1,353
--

Savannah MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

130,307 125,780
4,527 3.5

130,385 125,397
4,988 3.8

134,201 127,953
6,248 4.7

-78 383 -461
--

-3,894 -2,173 -1,721
--

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

PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER 1999
139,827,000 134,085,000
5,743,000 4.1
139,895,000 134,515,000
5,380,000 3.8

REVISED OCTOBER 1999
139,662,000 133,896,000
5,766,000 4.1
139,761,000 134,390,000
5,372,000 3.8

REVISED NOVEMBER 1998
138,193,000 132,113,000
6,080,000 4.4
138,288,000 132,577,000
5,711,000 4.1

CHANGE FROM

REVISED OCT 1999

REVISED NOV 1998

165,000 189,000 -23,000
--

1,634,000 1,972,000
-337,000 --

134,000 125,000
8,000 --

1,607,000 1,938,000
-331,000 --

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, Workforce Information & Analysis

CITIES LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
TOTAL POPULATION OF 10,000 OR MORE

Albany Alpharetta Americus Athens Atlanta

PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER 1999

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

REVISED NOVEMBER 1998

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

34,316

31,928 2,388 7.0

9,319

9,203 116 1.2

8,875

8,356 519 5.8

46,078

45,156 922 2.0

220,063 209,909 10,154 4.6

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

34,961

32,210

9,313

9,187

8,661

8,168

46,171

45,059

220,511 209,557

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
2,751 7.9 126 1.4 493 5.7
1,112 2.4 10,954 5.0

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

36,438

32,994

9,271

9,141

8,405

7,741

46,705

45,569

219,768 208,491

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
3,444 9.5 130 1.4 664 7.9
1,136 2.4 11,277 5.1

Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville

77,294 5,579 9,160 9,627 7,909

73,002 4,292 5.6 5,320 259 4.6 8,650 510 5.6 9,069 558 5.8 7,644 265 3.4

77,634 5,501 9,036 9,653 7,893

73,064 5,194 8,472 9,054 7,632

4,570 5.9 307 5.6 564 6.2 599 6.2 261 3.3

79,864 5,160 8,554 9,523 7,877

75,091 4,927 8,017 9,008 7,593

4,773 6.0 233 4.5 537 6.3 515 5.4 284 3.6

College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton

12,864 84,066
4,961 5,840 16,313

12,327 537 4.2 79,824 4,242 5.0
4,705 256 5.2 5,518 322 5.5 15,829 484 3.0

12,887 84,364
4,863 5,822 15,969

12,306 79,891
4,592 5,508 15,491

581 4.5 4,473 5.3
271 5.6 314 5.4 478 3.0

12,836 84,915
4,658 5,766 15,175

12,243 80,760
4,359 5,480 14,663

593 4.6 4,155 4.9
299 6.4 286 5.0 512 3.4

Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point

10,549 6,635 7,678 9,785
20,729

10,180 6,259 7,432 9,035
19,854

369 3.5 376 5.7 246 3.2 750 7.7 875 4.2

10,558 6,516 7,689 9,607
20,766

10,163 6,110 7,419 8,837
19,821

395 3.7 406 6.2 270 3.5 770 8.0 945 4.6

10,508 6,112 7,652 9,051
20,696

10,111 5,797 7,382 8,371
19,720

397 3.8 315 5.2 270 3.5 680 7.5 976 4.7

Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange

10,110 14,533 11,166
9,866 15,048

9,740 14,219 10,546
9,434 14,273

370 3.7 314 2.2 620 5.6 432 4.4 775 5.2

10,132 14,259 11,202
9,723 14,761

9,724 13,916 10,529
9,232 13,971

408 4.0 343 2.4 673 6.0 491 5.0 790 5.4

10,064 13,583 11,062
9,267 13,992

9,674 13,226 10,475
8,738 13,224

390 3.9 357 2.6 587 5.3 529 5.7 768 5.5

Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie

13,798 48,036 33,237
6,916 8,267

13,372 426 3.1 45,618 2,418 5.0 32,178 1,059 3.2
6,479 437 6.3 7,644 623 7.5

13,805 48,155 33,277
6,858 8,220

13,349 45,388 32,124
6,341 7,460

456 3.3 2,767 5.7 1,153 3.5
517 7.5 760 9.2

13,711 50,296 33,012
6,510 7,546

13,281 47,123 31,960
6,001 7,081

430 3.1 3,173 6.3 1,052 3.2
509 7.8 465 6.2

Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah

8,470 13,175 17,742 33,923 61,930

8,180 290 3.4 12,866 309 2.3 17,019 723 4.1 33,497 426 1.3 59,312 2,618 4.2

8,484 13,171 17,531 33,901 62,016

8,167 12,844 16,657 33,441 59,131

317 3.7 327 2.5 874 5.0 460 1.4 2,885 4.7

8,465 13,107 16,511 33,746 63,876

8,125 12,779 15,766 33,271 60,336

340 4.0 328 2.5 745 4.5 475 1.4 3,540 5.5

Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

26,979 9,822
10,359 10,542
9,392

26,353 9,604
10,113 10,028
8,993

626 2.3 218 2.2 246 2.4 514 4.9 399 4.2

26,990 9,822
10,152 10,428
9,211

26,309 9,588 9,892 9,804 8,785

681 2.5 234 2.4 260 2.6 624 6.0 426 4.6

26,798 9,759 9,709 9,973 8,874

26,176 9,539 9,370 9,291 8,332

622 2.3 220 2.3 339 3.5 682 6.8 542 6.1

Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross

25,779 6,615
23,717 7,675

24,162 1,617 6.3 6,172 443 6.7
22,824 893 3.8 7,261 414 5.4

24,531 6,463
23,751 7,472

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

23,626 6,031
22,708 7,104

905 3.7 432 6.7 1,043 4.4 368 4.9

23,841 6,126
24,458 7,176

22,384 5,717
23,576 6,728

1,457 6.1 409 6.7 882 3.6 448 6.2

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 EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

RATE

NOVEMBER 1999 NOVEMBER 1999 NOVEMBER 1999 NOV 1999 OCT 1999 NOV 1998

1,810,318 1,759,658

50,660

2.8

3.0

3.0

202,518

191,389

11,129

5.5

6.2

6.3

136,725

131,694

5,031

3.7

3.9

3.8

248,324

240,513

7,811

3.1

3.5

4.1

252,465

244,685

7,780

3.1

3.4

3.5

242,848

237,459

5,389

2.2

2.4

2.7

131,304

122,889

8,415

6.4

6.7

5.9

110,899

105,583

5,316

4.8

5.1

4.9

70,715

67,625

3,090

4.4

4.9

3.5

50,165

47,823

2,342

4.7

5.0

6.2

201,979

193,741

8,238

4.1

4.7

4.8

104,193

101,733

2,460

2.4

2.5

2.8

203,610

197,942

5,668

2.8

3.0

3.1

126,252

119,947

6,305

5.0

4.1

5.2

71,963

68,915

3,048

4.2

4.4

4.6

171,693

162,774

8,919

5.2

6.0

6.4

AUGUSTA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER

AREA Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
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

PRELIMINARY NOV 1999
199,472 190,129
9,343 4.7
127,245 121,253
5,992 4.7
72,227 68,876
3,351 4.6

REVISED OCT 1999
200,314 190,175
10,139 5.1
127,820 121,355
6,465 5.1
72,494 68,820
3,674 5.1

REVISED NOV 1998
204,091 194,333
9,758 4.8
131,523 124,723
6,800 5.2
72,568 69,610
2,958 4.1

CHANGE FROM

REVISED OCT 1999

REVISED NOV 1998

-842 -46
-796 --

-4,619 -4,204
-415 --

-575 -102 -473
--

-4,278 -3,470
-808 --

-267 56
-323 --

-341 -734 393
--

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, Workforce Information & Analysis.

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 NOV 1999
124,774 118,943
5,831 4.7
97,838 93,199
4,639 4.7
26,936 25,744
1,192 4.4

REVISED OCT 1999
124,844 118,703
6,141 4.9
98,175 93,278
4,897 5.0
26,669 25,425
1,244 4.7

REVISED NOV 1998
125,017 119,570
5,447 4.4
98,873 94,292
4,581 4.6
26,144 25,278
866 3.3

CHANGE FROM

REVISED OCT 1999

REVISED NOV 1998

-70 240 -310
--

-243 -627 384
--

-337 -79
-258 --

-1,035 -1,093
58 --

267

792

319

466

-52

326

--

--

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

Produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 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 NOVEMBER 1999

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

REVISED NOVEMBER 1998

Georgia

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

4,135,964 3,994,364 141,600 3.4 4,115,188 3,962,818 152,370 3.7 4,056,941 3,904,352 152,589 3.8

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

9,605 3,555 4,864 1,664 20,558

9,012 3,353 4,585 1,566 19,593

593 6.2 202 5.7 279 5.7
98 5.9 965 4.7

9,463 3,497 4,705 1,627 20,316

8,807 3,268 4,479 1,519 19,176

656 6.9 229 6.5 226 4.8 108 6.6 1,140 5.6

9,152 3,296 4,513 1,588 19,271

8,349 3,104 4,247 1,455 18,149

803 8.8 192 5.8 266 5.9 133 8.4 1,122 5.8

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,776 20,120 37,948 10,803
8,024

6,577 19,632 36,555
9,991 7,591

199 2.9 488 2.4 1,393 3.7 812 7.5 433 5.4

6,670 20,150 37,864 10,383
7,894

6,424 19,599 36,494
9,760 7,399

246 3.7 551 2.7 1,370 3.6 623 6.0 495 6.3

6,302 20,255 37,797
9,883 7,320

6,095 19,499 36,308
9,256 7,028

207 3.3 756 3.7 1,489 3.9 627 6.3 292 4.0

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

70,926 6,434 6,666 9,124
10,389

67,989 6,134 6,368 8,770
10,030

2,937 4.1 300 4.7 298 4.5 354 3.9 359 3.5

71,007 6,298 6,603 8,849
10,396

67,646 5,995 6,227 8,576 9,999

3,361 4.7 303 4.8 376 5.7 273 3.1 397 3.8

74,086 5,952 6,263 8,535
10,589

70,232 5,683 5,897 8,125
10,203

3,854 5.2 269 4.5 366 5.8 410 4.8 386 3.6

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

29,016 8,852 9,937 2,574
19,664

28,437 8,273 9,623 2,327
19,117

579 2.0 579 6.5 314 3.2 247 9.6 547 2.8

28,424 8,750 9,749 2,556
19,292

27,813 8,079 9,415 2,262
18,706

611 2.1 671 7.7 334 3.4 294 11.5 586 3.0

27,143 8,571 9,204 2,352
18,295

26,346 7,662 8,915 2,154
17,710

797 2.9 909 10.6 289 3.1 198 8.4 585 3.2

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,559 43,869 23,346
4,515 103,448

4,328 42,053 22,754
4,381 99,767

231 5.1 1,816 4.1
592 2.5 134 3.0 3,681 3.6

4,530 43,929 23,707
4,425 103,519

4,219 41,982 23,024
4,287 99,463

311 6.9 1,947 4.4
683 2.9 138 3.1 4,056 3.9

4,245 43,445 24,586
4,229 106,467

4,009 41,769 23,718
4,058 101,490

236 5.6 1,676 3.9
868 3.5 171 4.0 4,977 4.7

Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay

2,304 13,524 74,636 46,078
1,835

2,148 13,173 73,200 45,156
1,707

156 6.8 351 2.6 1,436 1.9 922 2.0 128 7.0

2,307 13,276 74,638 46,171
1,796

2,150 12,891 73,077 45,059
1,663

157 6.8 385 2.9 1,561 2.1 1,112 2.4 133 7.4

2,297 12,613 74,126 46,705
1,698

2,173 12,203 72,706 45,569
1,580

124 5.4 410 3.3 1,420 1.9 1,136 2.4 118 6.9

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

121,076 4,807
344,457 21,005 22,517

117,306 4,671
336,170 20,096 21,403

3,770 3.1 136 2.8
8,287 2.4 909 4.3
1,114 4.9

121,266 4,737
344,630 20,600 22,248

117,110 4,564
335,608 19,618 20,890

4,156 3.4 173 3.7
9,022 2.6 982 4.8
1,358 6.1

120,485 4,459
342,133 19,375 20,659

116,514 4,326
333,901 18,614 19,827

3,971 3.3 133 3.0
8,232 2.4 761 3.9 832 4.0

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

40,869 8,830
42,580 6,001
10,819

39,652 8,426
41,431 5,775
10,315

1,217 3.0 404 4.6
1,149 2.7 226 3.8 504 4.7

40,987 8,676
42,617 5,856
10,602

39,685 8,226
41,362 5,641
10,068

1,302 3.2 450 5.2
1,255 2.9 215 3.7 534 5.0

42,111 8,114
42,496 5,529
10,146

40,787 7,804
41,151 5,346 9,556

1,324 3.1 310 3.8
1,345 3.2 183 3.3 590 5.8

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

6,518 15,189 14,196 360,719 11,056

6,314

204 3.1

14,907

282 1.9

13,640

556 3.9

348,227 12,492 3.5

10,431

625 5.7

6,634 14,945 13,977 361,004 10,791

6,389 14,611 13,318 347,645 10,200

245 3.7 334 2.2 659 4.7 13,359 3.7 591 5.5

6,906 14,257 13,132 359,312 10,142

6,582

324 4.7

13,923

334 2.3

12,633

499 3.8

345,876 13,436 3.7

9,705

437 4.3

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

5,002 43,260 50,499
5,357 1,423

See note on page 14

4,836 40,494 49,219
5,011 1,336

166 3.3 2,766 6.4 1,280 2.5
346 6.5 87 6.1

4,942 44,037 50,541
5,305 1,346

4,720 40,851 49,136
4,881 1,306

222 4.5 3,186 7.2 1,405 2.8
424 8.0 40 3.0

4,795 45,835 50,287
5,028 1,300

4,480 41,846 48,886
4,641 1,238

315 6.6 3,989 8.7 1,401 2.8
387 7.7 62 4.8

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

PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER 1999

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

16,470 9,804
10,102 5,487 9,712

15,984 9,195 9,039 5,338 9,457

486 3.0 609 6.2 1,063 10.5 149 2.7 255 2.6

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

47,662 52,038 43,970 11,454 398,067

46,828

834 1.7

50,430 1,608 3.1

43,146

824 1.9

11,159

295 2.6

384,790 13,277 3.3

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

9,274 1,091 40,886 24,645 10,837

9,035 1,043 39,849 23,871 10,215

239 2.6 48 4.4
1,037 2.5 774 3.1 622 5.7

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

6,523 318,706
18,214 81,276
4,599

6,167 311,490
17,781 79,793
4,121

356 5.5 7,216 2.3
433 2.4 1,483 1.8
478 10.4

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

10,731 11,469
9,878 5,724 55,530

10,340 11,227
9,554 5,450 54,384

391 3.6 242 2.1 324 3.3 274 4.8 1,146 2.1

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

48,823 5,505
25,152 5,520 6,416

47,118 5,254
24,503 5,358 6,116

1,705 3.5 251 4.6 649 2.6 162 2.9 300 4.7

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

8,639 5,147 3,915 11,385 8,368

7,972 4,988 3,665 11,013 8,038

667 7.7 159 3.1 250 6.4 372 3.3 330 3.9

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

4,054 26,626 10,754 19,295
4,189

3,867 25,119 10,362 18,424
3,812

187 4.6 1,507 5.7
392 3.6 871 4.5 377 9.0

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

3,970 49,478 11,048
9,083 5,186

3,873 46,913 10,881
8,599 5,032

97 2.4 2,565 5.2
167 1.5 484 5.3 154 3.0

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,903 13,234
3,764 10,687
3,381

5,552 12,809
3,591 10,155
3,253

351 5.9 425 3.2 173 4.6 532 5.0 128 3.8

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

12,768 8,606 4,344 8,596
20,122

12,069 8,255 4,023 8,333
19,577

699 5.5 351 4.1 321 7.4 263 3.1 545 2.7

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

16,470 9,647
10,158 5,412 9,559

15,935 8,988 8,842 5,214 9,265

535 3.2 659 6.8 1,316 13.0 198 3.7 294 3.1

47,631 51,302 43,911 11,215 398,485

46,750

881 1.8

49,358 1,944 3.8

43,074

837 1.9

10,909

306 2.7

384,146 14,339 3.6

9,111 1,078 40,173 24,089 10,666

8,839 1,019 39,027 23,348 9,964

272 3.0 59 5.5
1,146 2.9 741 3.1 702 6.6

6,405 318,706
17,862 79,719
4,586

6,029 310,969
17,381 78,095
4,029

376 5.9 7,737 2.4
481 2.7 1,624 2.0
557 12.1

10,559 11,504
9,639 5,629 55,568

10,126 11,237
9,339 5,335 54,293

433 4.1 267 2.3 300 3.1 294 5.2 1,275 2.3

48,870 5,361
24,677 5,422 6,375

46,880 5,132
23,961 5,244 5,976

1,990 4.1 229 4.3 716 2.9 178 3.3 399 6.3

8,580 5,107 3,839 11,371 8,226

7,788 4,869 3,582 10,957 7,864

792 9.2 238 4.7 257 6.7 414 3.6 362 4.4

3,883 26,118 10,884 19,018
4,141

3,781 24,570 10,454 18,028
3,728

102 2.6 1,548 5.9
430 4.0 990 5.2 413 10.0

3,884 47,307 10,857
9,199 5,109

3,790 45,872 10,650
8,606 4,922

94 2.4 1,435 3.0
207 1.9 593 6.4 187 3.7

5,801 13,188
3,682 10,492
3,327

5,408 12,781
3,507 9,935 3,169

393 6.8 407 3.1 175 4.8 557 5.3 158 4.7

12,530 8,502 4,286 8,414
19,718

11,769 8,078 3,932 8,137
19,166

761 6.1 424 5.0 354 8.3 277 3.3 552 2.8

REVISED NOVEMBER 1998

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

17,145 9,184 9,062 5,120 9,165

16,260 8,520 8,392 4,946 8,787

885 5.2 664 7.2 670 7.4 174 3.4 378 4.1

47,397 48,373 43,636 10,654 397,001

46,512

885 1.9

46,717 1,656 3.4

42,855

781 1.8

10,341

313 2.9

382,192 14,809 3.7

8,682 1,043 38,026 23,145 9,979

8,375 966
36,934 22,115
9,483

307 3.5 77 7.4
1,092 2.9 1,030 4.5
496 5.0

6,074 316,673
17,172 75,910
4,331

5,714 309,387
16,473 74,222
3,817

360 5.9 7,286 2.3
699 4.1 1,688 2.2
514 11.9

10,016 11,661
9,172 5,304 55,177

9,600 11,359
8,850 5,071 54,017

416 4.2 302 2.6 322 3.5 233 4.4 1,160 2.1

50,356 5,094
23,456 5,133 5,991

48,672 4,868
22,703 4,974 5,666

1,684 3.3 226 4.4 753 3.2 159 3.1 325 5.4

8,237 4,869 3,759 11,887 7,788

7,384 4,642 3,396 11,376 7,478

853 10.4 227 4.7 363 9.7 511 4.3 310 4.0

3,755 24,640 11,202 18,131
3,794

3,582 23,273 10,708 17,065
3,531

173 4.6 1,367 5.5
494 4.4 1,066 5.9
263 6.9

3,672 45,771 10,345
9,548 4,858

3,587 43,460 10,141
8,845 4,663

85 2.3 2,311 5.0
204 2.0 703 7.4 195 4.0

5,654 13,347
3,472 9,920 3,134

5,140 12,926
3,327 9,442 3,013

514 9.1 421 3.2 145 4.2 478 4.8 121 3.9

11,947 8,110 4,076 8,028
18,780

11,177 7,676 3,727 7,718
18,202

770 6.4 434 5.4 349 8.6 310 3.9 578 3.1

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

PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER 1999

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

84,066 28,165 12,675
6,430 37,937

79,824 27,284 12,504
6,273 37,081

4,242 5.0 881 3.1 171 1.3 157 2.4 856 2.3

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

84,364 28,098 12,654
6,327 37,952

79,891 27,238 12,478
6,132 37,019

4,473 5.3 860 3.1 176 1.4 195 3.1 933 2.5

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,619 9,949 8,391 7,212
17,586

10,022 9,727 8,064 6,933
16,911

597 5.6 222 2.2 327 3.9 279 3.9 675 3.8

10,657 9,936 8,191 7,095
17,418

9,971 9,711 7,871 6,784 16,555

686 6.4 225 2.3 320 3.9 311 4.4 863 5.0

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

5,546 10,232
1,501 8,077 3,670

5,184 9,897 1,456 7,910 3,460

362 6.5 335 3.3
45 3.0 167 2.1 210 5.7

5,286 10,061
1,468 7,926 3,600

5,065 9,676 1,423 7,751 3,379

221 4.2 385 3.8
45 3.1 175 2.2 221 6.1

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

77,294 38,966
2,053 7,035 5,024

73,002 38,044
1,987 6,663 4,859

4,292 5.6 922 2.4 66 3.2 372 5.3 165 3.3

77,634 38,895
2,023 6,985 4,923

73,064 37,981
1,944 6,507 4,733

4,570 5.9 914 2.3 79 3.9 478 6.8 190 3.9

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

29,384 14,304
2,889 17,283
3,165

28,243 13,924
2,769 16,470
2,992

1,141 3.9 380 2.7 120 4.2 813 4.7 173 5.5

29,435 14,070
2,843 16,871
3,161

28,196 13,626
2,704 16,099
2,926

1,239 4.2 444 3.2 139 4.9 772 4.6 235 7.4

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

795 7,877 4,078 6,509 4,317

747 7,574 3,865 5,350 3,995

48 6.0 303 3.8 213 5.2 1,159 17.8 322 7.5

776 7,676 4,025 6,383 4,197

728 7,368 3,773 5,224 3,894

48 6.2 308 4.0 252 6.3 1,159 18.2 303 7.2

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

24,607 24,114 14,314
4,297 3,434

23,717 23,250 13,205
4,169 3,022

890 3.6 864 3.6 1,109 7.7 128 3.0 412 12.0

24,269 23,633 13,985
4,224 3,386

23,188 22,711 12,905
4,083 2,954

1,081 4.5 922 3.9
1,080 7.7 141 3.3 432 12.8

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

33,865 4,897 4,032 8,125
15,814

32,605 4,549 3,774 7,811
14,788

1,260 3.7 348 7.1 258 6.4 314 3.9
1,026 6.5

33,200 4,939 4,077 7,942
15,639

31,916 4,438 3,755 7,636
14,476

1,284 3.9 501 10.1 322 7.9 306 3.9
1,163 7.4

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

28,192 26,833 18,160
3,391 11,077

27,256 26,086 17,397
3,176 10,439

936 3.3 747 2.8 763 4.2 215 6.3 638 5.8

28,631 26,807 17,699
3,316 10,905

27,580 26,042 17,023
3,104 10,203

1,051 3.7 765 2.9 676 3.8 212 6.4 702 6.4

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

12,834 1,263 2,528
10,240 55,136

12,265 1,207 2,265 9,847
53,937

569 4.4 56 4.4
263 10.4 393 3.8 1,199 2.2

12,624 1,221 2,507
10,066 53,969

11,999 1,179 2,212 9,636
52,784

625 5.0 42 3.4
295 11.8 430 4.3 1,185 2.2

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,735 6,440 5,277 10,437

3,523 6,198 4,947 9,863

212 5.7 242 3.8 330 6.3 574 5.5

3,648 6,339 5,220 10,234

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

3,439 6,062 4,838 9,614

209 5.7 277 4.4 382 7.3 620 6.1

REVISED NOVEMBER 1998

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

84,915 27,884 12,809
6,002 37,599

80,760 27,099 12,619
5,810 36,830

4,155 4.9 785 2.8 190 1.5 192 3.2 769 2.0

11,171 9,895 7,804 6,639
16,497

10,352 9,661 7,468 6,447
15,733

819 7.3 234 2.4 336 4.3 192 2.9 764 4.6

5,037 9,475 1,390 7,462 3,628

4,827 9,198 1,349 7,338 3,206

210 4.2 277 2.9
41 2.9 124 1.7 422 11.6

79,864 38,690
1,937 6,610 4,689

75,091 37,788
1,851 6,173 4,500

4,773 6.0 902 2.3 86 4.4 437 6.6 189 4.0

29,132 13,586
2,718 16,298
2,905

28,052 12,901
2,565 15,259
2,784

1,080 3.7 685 5.0 153 5.6
1,039 6.4 121 4.2

729 7,300 3,780 5,396 4,354

691 7,011 3,579 4,956 3,699

38 5.2 289 4.0 201 5.3 440 8.2 655 15.0

23,156 22,711 13,254
3,985 3,005

21,975 21,539 12,232
3,867 2,800

1,181 5.1 1,172 5.2 1,022 7.7
118 3.0 205 6.8

31,457 4,759 4,253 7,518
14,142

30,209 4,216 3,899 7,241
13,702

1,248 4.0 543 11.4 354 8.3 277 3.7 440 3.1

29,429 26,646 16,946
3,409 10,320

28,411 25,910 16,120
2,940 9,668

1,018 3.5 736 2.8 826 4.9 469 13.8 652 6.3

12,044 1,152 2,246 9,519
51,233

11,365 1,117 2,099 9,129
49,964

679 5.6 35 3.0
147 6.5 390 4.1 1,269 2.5

3,410 6,173 4,993 9,848

3,264 5,775 4,580 9,134

146 4.3 398 6.4 413 8.3 714 7.3

UNEMPLOYMENT
Atlanta Regional Commission compared to Georgia
8%

Atlanta Regional Georgia

ARC: 2.8%
Georgia: 3.4%

7% 6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Atlanta Regional Commission includes Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Central Savannah River Region Compared to Georgia

Central Savannah River Georgia

CSR: 5.5% Georgia: 3.4%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

1998

1999

Note: Central Savannah River Region includes Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, and Wilkes. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

12% 11% 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0%

UNEMPLOYMENT
Chattahoochee-Flint Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Chattahoochee-Flint Georgia

9%

8%
Chattahoochee-Flint: 3.7%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

2% 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Chattahoochee-Flint Region includes Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, and Troup counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Coastal Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Coastal Region Georgia

9%

Coastal: 3.1%

8%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

1999

Note: Coastal Region includes Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham,

Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

0%

UNEMPLOYMENT
Coosa Valley Region Compared to Georgia
10%

Coosa Valley Region Georgia

9%

Coosa Valley: 3.1%

8%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

0%

1998

1999

Note: Coosa Valley Region includes Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd,

Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Polk, and Walker counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Georgia Mountains Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Georgia Mountains Georgia

Georgia Mountains: 2.2% Georgia: 3.4%

9% 8% 7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Georgia Mountains Region includes Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Heart of Georgia - Altamaha Region Compared to Georgia

Heart of Georgia Georgia

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha: 6.4% Georgia: 3.4%

12% 11% 10% 9% 8%

7% 6%

5%

4%

3%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 2% 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Heart of Georgia - Altamaha Region includes Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Evans, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, WS oauynrcee, :WGheeeolregr iaandDeWpialcrotmx econut notifesL. a b o r - Mic h ae l L . Th u rmon d , Co mmis s io n er

UNEMPLOYMENT
Lower Chattahoochee Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Lower Chattahoochee Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee: 4.8% Georgia: 3.4%

9% 8% 7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov

2% 1%

0%

1998

1999

Note: Lower Chattahoochee Region includes Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, and Talbot counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
McIntosh Trail Region Compared to Georgia
10%

McIntosh Trail Region Georgia

9%

McIntosh Trail: 4.4%

8%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov

2% 1%

0%

1998

1999

Note: McIntosh Trail Region includes Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding, and Upson counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT

Middle Flint Region Compared to Georgia

Middle Flint Region Georgia

Middle-Flint: 4.7% Georgia: 3.4%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

1998

1999

Note: Middle Flint Region includes Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, and Webster counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

12% 11% 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0%

UNEMPLOYMENT
Middle Georgia Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Middle Georgia Region Georgia

9%

Middle Georgia: 4.1%

Georgia: 3.4%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

2% 1%

1998

0%
1999

Note: Middle Georgia Region includes Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs, and Wilkinson counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
North Georgia Region Compared to Georgia
10%

North Georgia Region Georgia

9%

8%

North Georgia: 2.4%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep

Oct Nov

2% 1%

1998

1999

0%

Note: North Georgia Region includes Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, and Whitfield counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Northeast Georgia Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Northeast Georgia Georgia

9%

8%

NE Georgia: 2.8% Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Northeast Georgia Region includes Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
South Georgia Region Compared to Georgia
10%

South Georgia Region Georgia

9%

South Georgia: 5.0%

8%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

1999

Note: South Georgia Region includes Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook,

Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, and Turner counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

0%

UNEMPLOYMENT
Southeast Georgia Region Compared to Georgia
10%

Southeast Georgia Georgia

9%

SE Georgia: 4.2% Georgia: 3.4%

8% 7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

1999

Note: Southeast Georgia Region includes Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

0%

UNEMPLOYMENT

Southwest Georgia Region Compared to Georgia

Southwest Georgia Georgia

SW Georgia: 5.2% Georgia: 3.4%

12% 11% 10% 9%

8% 7%

6%

5% 4% 3%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug Sep

Oct Nov

2% 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Southwest Georgia Region includes Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Albany Area Compared to Georgia

Albany Area Georgia

Albany Area: 5.8% Georgia: 3.4%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

1998

1999

Note: Albany Area includes Dougherty and Lee counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

13% 12% 11% 10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0%

UNEMPLOYMENT
Athens Area Compared to Georgia
8%

Athens Area Georgia

Athens Area: 2.1%

7%

Georgia: 3.4%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

1999

Note: Athens Area includes Clarke, Madison, and Oconee counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

0%

UNEMPLOYMENT
Atlanta Area Compared to Georgia
8%

Atlanta Area Georgia

Atlanta Area: 2.8%

7%

Georgia: 3.4%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

1998

1999

Note: Atlanta Area includes Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

1% 0%

UNEMPLOYMENT

Augusta - Aiken Area Compared to Georgia

12%

Augusta Area Georgia

Augusta Area: 4.7% Georgia: 3.4%

11% 10% 9%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2% Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Augusta - Aiken Area includes Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond, and Aiken

and Edgefield (South Carolina) counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Columbus Area Compared to Georgia

10%

Columbus Area Georgia

9%

Columbus Area: 4.7%

8%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

0%

1998

1999

Note: Columbus Area includes Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, and Russell (Alabama) counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Macon Area Compared to Georgia

10%

Macon Area Georgia

9%

Macon Area: 4.0%

8%

Georgia: 3.4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 1%

1998

0% 1999

Note: Macon Area includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, and Twiggs counties.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Savannah Area Compared to Georgia

Savannah Area Georgia

Savannah Area: 3.5% Georgia: 3.4%

Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

1998

1999

Note: Savannah Area includes Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

10% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0%