Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release Georgia Department of Labor Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032 August 26, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTH GEORGIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO 4.5 PERCENT IN JULY ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that the unemployment rate in the South Georgia Area declined to 4.5 percent in July, down from 4.9 percent in June. The area's jobless rate was 5.0 percent in July 1998. The decline in the rate was due largely to fewer people, such as students and other secondary wage earners, in the labor force looking for work. "I am pleased that the South Georgia Area July unemployment rate declined," said Thurmond. "In the South Georgia Area, as in other parts of the state, jobs are available for people with training and skills. However, there are far too many people who don't have the education and training necessary to fill many of the jobs that are available. At the same time, some area employers continue to suffer from a shortage of skilled workers. To address this mismatch, we need to reach the large pool of unskilled and low-skilled individuals who live in the area with education and training designed to meet the workforce needs of local employers." During the past year, employment in the South Georgia Area has increased to 113,065, up 5,874, a growth rate of 5.5 percent. In July, however, some seasonal jobs at state and local schools were temporarily lost, as non-teaching personnel, such as school bus drivers and cafeteria and maintenance workers, were laid off for the summer. The layoffs had no impact on the unemployment rate because most workers either have second jobs or use the annual layoffs for vacations and don't consider themselves to be unemployed. In fact, many of them have already returned to work for the new school year. file:///E|/pressrel%20from%201-98%20to%20present/a00108.htm (1 of 2)9/22/2004 11:59:52 AM Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release Georgia's 4.1 percent unemployment rate in July was the lowest recorded for that month in 28 years. The rate was unchanged from June, but was down from 4.7 percent in July of 1998. Labor market data are now available on the Georgia Department of Labor's 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. FY-00-108 Click here for labor force data and graphs in Adobe .PDF format. Requires Adobe Acrobat to read file. Download from http://www.adobe.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer file:///E|/pressrel%20from%201-98%20to%20present/a00108.htm (2 of 2)9/22/2004 11:59:52 AM Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release Georgia Department of Labor Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032 LABOR FORCE DATA and GRAPHS July, 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 file:///E|/pressrel%20from%201-98%20to%20present/files/A0009x.htm (1 of 3)9/22/2004 11:59:53 AM Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release 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. file:///E|/pressrel%20from%201-98%20to%20present/files/A0009x.htm (2 of 3)9/22/2004 11:59:53 AM Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (404) 656-3032 E-mail: communications@dol.state.ga.us. An Equal Opportunity Employer file:///E|/pressrel%20from%201-98%20to%20present/files/A0009x.htm (3 of 3)9/22/2004 11:59:53 AM 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 JULY 1999 4,085,535 3,919,027 166,508 4.1 56,351 52,198 4,153 7.4 69,587 67,616 1,971 2.8 2,134,594 2,064,350 70,244 3.3 205,511 194,080 11,431 5.6 126,482 120,336 6,146 4.9 147,461 140,333 7,128 4.8 133,132 127,019 6,113 4.6 (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) REVISED JUNE 1999 4,098,267 3,928,816 169,451 4.1 56,187 51,914 4,273 7.6 71,591 69,574 2,017 2.8 2,126,262 2,056,258 70,004 3.3 206,570 194,797 11,773 5.7 126,596 120,101 6,495 5.1 149,471 141,775 7,696 5.1 133,699 127,242 6,457 4.8 REVISED JULY 1998 4,056,996 3,865,778 191,218 4.7 58,349 53,379 4,970 8.5 72,486 70,093 2,393 3.3 2,145,930 2,062,435 83,495 3.9 209,272 196,411 12,861 6.1 126,466 119,771 6,695 5.3 152,675 144,486 8,189 5.4 133,905 127,601 6,304 4.7 CHANGE FROM REVISED JUN 1999 REVISED JUL 1998 -12,732 -9,789 -2,943 --- 28,539 53,249 -24,710 --- 164 284 -120 --- -2,004 -1,958 -46 --- -1,998 -1,181 -817 --- -2,899 -2,477 -422 --- 8,332 8,092 240 --- -11,336 1,915 -13,251 --- -1,059 -717 -342 --- -3,761 -2,331 -1,430 --- -114 235 -349 --- -2,010 -1,442 -568 --- 16 565 -549 --- -5,214 -4,153 -1,061 --- -567 -223 -344 --- -773 -582 -191 --- UNITED STATES LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER AREA STATUS United States (Seasonally adjusted) United States (Not seasonally adjusted) EMPLOYMENT Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate JUL 1999 139,254,000 133,307,000 5,947,000 4.3 141,119,000 134,800,000 6,319,000 4.5 JUN 1999 139,408,000 133,432,000 5,975,000 4.3 140,666,000 134,395,000 6,271,000 4.5 JUL 1998 137,407,000 131,176,000 6,231,000 4.5 139,336,000 132,769,000 6,567,000 4.7 CHANGE FROM JUN 1999 JUL 1998 -154,000 -125,000 -28,000 --- 1,847,000 2,131,000 -284,000 --- 453,000 405,000 48,000 --- 1,783,000 2,031,000 -248,000 --- 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 Market Information CITIES LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) TOTAL POPULATION OF 10,000 OR MORE Albany Alpharetta Americus Athens Atlanta PRELIMINARYJULY 1999 REVISED JUNE 1999 REVISED JULY 1998 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 35,925 32,771 3,154 8.8 9,314 9,174 140 1.5 8,436 7,871 565 6.7 44,690 43,328 1,362 3.0 221,411 209,246 12,165 5.5 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 35,895 32,592 3,303 9.2 9,278 9,138 140 1.5 8,517 7,963 554 6.5 46,017 44,582 1,435 3.1 220,622 208,425 12,197 5.5 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 37,219 33,513 3,706 10.0 9,324 9,165 159 1.7 8,247 7,445 802 9.7 46,598 44,915 1,683 3.6 223,036 209,051 13,985 6.3 Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville 79,713 5,360 8,744 9,654 7,931 73,966 5,747 7.2 5,018 342 6.4 8,125 619 7.1 9,040 614 6.4 7,620 311 3.9 80,144 5,415 8,796 9,568 7,862 74,489 5,074 8,226 9,005 7,590 5,655 7.1 341 6.3 570 6.5 563 5.9 272 3.5 82,397 5,133 8,194 9,738 7,929 75,727 4,773 7,597 9,032 7,613 6,670 8.1 360 7.0 597 7.3 706 7.2 316 4.0 College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton 12,928 85,693 4,690 5,893 15,341 12,287 641 5.0 81,138 4,555 5.3 4,447 243 5.2 5,500 393 6.7 14,863 478 3.1 12,881 85,720 4,764 5,876 15,577 12,239 81,009 4,496 5,479 15,042 642 5.0 4,711 5.5 268 5.6 397 6.8 535 3.4 13,001 86,538 4,566 5,941 14,465 12,276 81,401 4,255 5,495 13,904 725 5.6 5,137 5.9 311 6.8 446 7.5 561 3.9 Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point 10,584 6,306 7,709 9,429 20,842 10,148 436 4.1 5,908 398 6.3 7,408 301 3.9 8,498 931 9.9 19,791 1,051 5.0 10,543 6,464 7,686 9,574 20,768 10,108 5,973 7,379 8,599 19,714 435 4.1 491 7.6 307 4.0 975 10.2 1,054 5.1 10,682 6,060 7,735 8,716 20,967 10,138 5,633 7,402 7,994 19,773 544 5.1 427 7.0 333 4.3 722 8.3 1,194 5.7 Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange 10,140 13,845 11,100 9,403 14,234 9,709 13,403 10,513 8,859 13,405 431 4.3 442 3.2 587 5.3 544 5.8 829 5.8 10,097 13,974 11,115 9,538 14,563 9,671 13,570 10,472 8,965 13,569 426 4.2 404 2.9 643 5.8 573 6.0 994 6.8 10,174 13,236 11,255 8,875 13,573 9,700 12,668 10,503 8,288 12,542 474 4.7 568 4.3 752 6.7 587 6.6 1,031 7.6 Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie 13,813 48,730 33,280 6,500 7,865 13,329 484 3.5 45,755 2,975 6.1 32,076 1,204 3.6 6,082 418 6.4 7,223 642 8.2 13,758 49,428 33,171 6,585 7,812 13,277 46,225 31,950 6,156 7,301 481 3.5 3,203 6.5 1,221 3.7 429 6.5 511 6.5 13,981 50,925 33,307 6,079 7,471 13,317 47,109 32,046 5,684 6,908 664 4.7 3,816 7.5 1,261 3.8 395 6.5 563 7.5 Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah 8,530 13,203 16,986 33,902 63,526 8,155 375 4.4 12,825 378 2.9 15,977 1,009 5.9 33,391 511 1.5 59,896 3,630 5.7 8,445 13,155 17,330 33,773 63,909 8,123 12,775 16,170 33,260 60,001 322 3.8 380 2.9 1,160 6.7 513 1.5 3,908 6.1 8,621 13,267 15,917 33,941 63,915 8,147 12,813 14,932 33,360 60,170 474 5.5 454 3.4 985 6.2 581 1.7 3,745 5.9 Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton 26,981 9,822 9,840 10,162 8,920 26,270 9,574 9,515 9,447 8,485 711 2.6 248 2.5 325 3.3 715 7.0 435 4.9 26,888 9,783 9,940 10,175 9,053 26,167 9,536 9,627 9,557 8,579 721 2.7 247 2.5 313 3.1 618 6.1 474 5.2 26,991 9,906 9,392 9,545 8,636 26,246 9,565 8,957 8,934 8,069 745 2.8 341 3.4 435 4.6 611 6.4 567 6.6 Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross 23,729 6,344 24,008 7,256 22,738 991 4.2 5,815 529 8.3 22,891 1,117 4.7 6,828 428 5.9 24,284 6,466 24,324 7,367 SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information 23,003 5,881 23,127 6,910 1,281 5.3 585 9.0 1,197 4.9 457 6.2 22,654 6,000 24,682 6,809 21,432 5,504 23,569 6,415 1,222 5.4 496 8.3 1,113 4.5 394 5.8 1,805,745 204,930 190,535 1,746,370 14,395 59,375 7.0 GEORGIA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERS (RDCs) 3.3 2.8 5.5 8.6 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 JULY 1999 EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED RATE JULY 1999 JULY 1999 JUL 1999 JUN 1999 JUL 1998 1,813,394 1,754,097 59,297 3.3 3.3 3.8 203,315 189,009 14,306 7.0 7.0 8.2 134,171 128,557 5,614 4.2 4.1 5.2 245,059 234,834 10,225 4.2 4.3 4.5 249,056 238,697 10,359 4.2 4.2 4.4 232,998 226,183 6,815 2.9 2.7 4.0 124,771 115,888 8,883 7.1 7.5 7.3 112,164 106,433 5,731 5.1 5.3 6.1 68,139 65,210 2,929 4.3 4.5 4.7 47,861 45,161 2,700 5.6 5.8 7.3 200,617 190,979 9,638 4.8 5.1 5.2 98,873 96,203 2,670 2.7 3.0 3.4 198,581 191,712 6,869 3.5 3.4 4.5 118,405 113,065 5,340 4.5 4.9 5.0 68,402 64,952 3,450 5.0 5.6 5.6 169,727 158,045 11,682 6.9 6.6 7.7 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 JUL 1999 205,511 194,080 11,431 5.6 130,684 122,854 7,830 6.0 74,827 71,226 3,601 4.8 REVISED JUN 1999 206,570 194,797 11,773 5.7 131,601 123,722 7,879 6.0 74,969 71,075 3,894 5.2 REVISED JUL 1998 209,272 196,411 12,861 6.1 134,818 125,779 9,039 6.7 74,454 70,632 3,822 5.1 CHANGE FROM REVISED JUN 1999 REVISED JUL 1998 -1,059 -717 -342 --- -3,761 -2,331 -1,430 --- -917 -868 -49 --- -4,134 -2,925 -1,209 --- -142 151 -293 --- 373 594 -221 --- 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. 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 JUL 1999 126,482 120,336 6,146 4.9 99,770 94,734 5,036 5.0 26,712 25,602 1,110 4.2 REVISED JUN 1999 126,596 120,101 6,495 5.1 99,819 94,583 5,236 5.2 26,777 25,518 1,259 4.7 REVISED JUL 1998 126,466 119,771 6,695 5.3 100,798 95,041 5,757 5.7 25,668 24,730 938 3.7 CHANGE FROM REVISED JUN 1999 REVISED JUL 1998 -114 235 -349 --- 16 565 -549 --- -49 151 -200 --- -1,028 -307 -721 --- -65 84 -149 --- 1,044 872 172 --- 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. Produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information 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 JULY 1999 REVISED JUNE 1999 REVISED JULY 1998 Georgia LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 4,085,535 3,919,027 166,508 4.1 4,098,267 3,928,816 169,451 4.1 4,056,996 3,865,778 191,218 4.7 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 9,359 3,373 4,677 1,600 19,315 8,492 3,177 4,325 1,505 18,392 867 9.3 196 5.8 352 7.5 95 5.9 923 4.8 9,615 3,457 4,762 1,649 19,562 8,589 3,209 4,376 1,517 18,616 1,026 10.7 248 7.2 386 8.1 132 8.0 946 4.8 8,941 3,271 4,540 1,692 18,059 8,046 3,065 4,116 1,520 17,188 895 10.0 206 6.3 424 9.3 172 10.2 871 4.8 Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 6,473 20,164 38,075 10,181 7,710 6,207 19,570 36,440 9,427 7,181 266 4.1 594 2.9 1,635 4.3 754 7.4 529 6.9 6,531 20,002 37,726 10,050 7,777 6,277 19,493 36,297 9,533 7,253 254 3.9 509 2.5 1,429 3.8 517 5.1 524 6.7 6,194 20,596 38,065 9,496 7,287 5,907 19,552 36,406 8,963 6,903 287 4.6 1,044 5.1 1,659 4.4 533 5.6 384 5.3 Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 71,806 6,032 6,446 8,644 10,479 68,192 5,775 5,987 8,253 10,128 3,614 5.0 257 4.3 459 7.1 391 4.5 351 3.3 72,784 6,129 6,546 8,715 10,488 68,893 5,842 6,058 8,350 10,146 3,891 5.3 287 4.7 488 7.5 365 4.2 342 3.3 74,846 5,707 6,083 8,145 10,573 70,210 5,456 5,626 7,779 10,175 4,636 6.2 251 4.4 457 7.5 366 4.5 398 3.8 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 27,516 8,838 9,411 2,441 18,657 26,753 7,801 9,042 2,217 17,962 763 2.8 1,037 11.7 369 3.9 224 9.2 695 3.7 27,805 8,833 9,541 2,448 18,919 27,069 7,887 9,149 2,236 18,178 736 2.6 946 10.7 392 4.1 212 8.7 741 3.9 26,206 8,576 9,047 2,385 17,513 25,184 7,411 8,475 2,179 16,834 1,022 3.9 1,165 13.6 572 6.3 206 8.6 679 3.9 Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 4,372 43,917 24,059 4,299 105,852 4,095 41,920 23,211 4,116 100,749 277 6.3 1,997 4.5 848 3.5 183 4.3 5,103 4.8 4,394 43,586 24,196 4,371 106,421 4,137 41,755 23,212 4,166 100,926 257 5.8 1,831 4.2 984 4.1 205 4.7 5,495 5.2 4,172 44,176 25,228 4,090 106,476 3,939 41,881 24,063 3,858 101,211 233 5.6 2,295 5.2 1,165 4.6 232 5.7 5,265 4.9 Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay 2,365 13,125 74,619 44,690 1,684 2,183 12,373 72,968 43,328 1,620 182 7.7 752 5.7 1,651 2.2 1,362 3.0 64 3.8 2,357 12,988 74,460 46,017 1,717 2,180 12,521 72,682 44,582 1,636 177 7.5 467 3.6 1,778 2.4 1,435 3.1 81 4.7 2,414 12,034 74,918 46,598 1,705 2,190 11,583 72,901 44,915 1,575 224 9.3 451 3.7 2,017 2.7 1,683 3.6 130 7.6 Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 121,324 4,525 344,528 19,933 21,373 116,935 4,402 335,108 18,971 20,226 4,389 3.6 123 2.7 9,420 2.7 962 4.8 1,147 5.4 120,820 4,620 343,344 20,367 21,357 116,477 4,452 333,794 19,179 20,444 4,343 3.6 168 3.6 9,550 2.8 1,188 5.8 913 4.3 121,652 4,360 344,664 19,118 20,351 116,827 4,172 334,797 18,086 19,344 4,825 4.0 188 4.3 9,867 2.9 1,032 5.4 1,007 4.9 Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 41,587 8,352 42,786 5,679 10,230 40,175 7,952 41,300 5,436 9,750 1,412 3.4 400 4.8 1,486 3.5 243 4.3 480 4.7 41,920 8,503 42,412 5,774 10,384 40,459 8,039 41,138 5,499 9,856 1,461 3.5 464 5.5 1,274 3.0 275 4.8 528 5.1 42,554 7,961 43,138 5,358 9,943 41,132 7,577 41,262 5,140 9,329 1,422 3.3 384 4.8 1,876 4.3 218 4.1 614 6.2 Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge 6,844 14,456 13,600 361,871 10,317 6,441 403 5.9 14,098 358 2.5 12,867 733 5.4 347,127 14,744 4.1 9,856 461 4.5 6,663 14,637 13,740 360,489 10,514 6,442 221 3.3 14,290 347 2.4 13,010 730 5.3 345,766 14,723 4.1 9,975 539 5.1 7,050 13,971 13,009 365,193 10,022 6,678 372 5.3 13,417 554 4.0 12,238 771 5.9 346,805 18,388 5.0 9,393 629 6.3 Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 4,881 45,215 50,628 5,173 1,298 See note on page 14 4,571 41,562 49,063 4,754 1,257 310 6.4 3,653 8.1 1,565 3.1 419 8.1 41 3.2 5,016 45,162 50,466 5,275 1,331 4,620 41,336 48,871 4,799 1,272 396 7.9 3,826 8.5 1,595 3.2 476 9.0 59 4.4 4,646 46,796 50,749 5,082 1,242 4,373 42,503 49,018 4,607 1,185 273 5.9 4,293 9.2 1,731 3.4 475 9.3 57 4.6 COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER PRELIMINARY JULY 1999 Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 16,800 9,245 9,600 5,226 9,252 16,141 8,666 8,535 5,036 8,916 659 3.9 579 6.3 1,065 11.1 190 3.6 336 3.6 Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 47,698 49,585 43,901 10,870 399,512 46,680 1,018 2.1 47,342 2,243 4.5 43,009 892 2.0 10,515 355 3.3 383,574 15,938 4.0 Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 8,777 1,042 38,686 23,367 10,973 8,511 983 37,428 22,450 9,703 266 3.0 59 5.7 1,258 3.3 917 3.9 1,270 11.6 Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock 6,119 318,712 17,400 77,305 4,266 5,809 310,506 16,751 75,216 3,877 310 5.1 8,206 2.6 649 3.7 2,089 2.7 389 9.1 Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 10,172 11,711 9,392 5,464 55,488 9,739 11,412 9,000 5,142 54,212 433 4.3 299 2.6 392 4.2 322 5.9 1,276 2.3 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 49,391 5,176 23,954 5,242 6,176 47,258 4,957 23,073 5,052 5,768 2,133 4.3 219 4.2 881 3.7 190 3.6 408 6.6 Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar 8,627 5,009 3,743 11,537 7,918 7,514 4,729 3,452 11,046 7,582 1,113 12.9 280 5.6 291 7.8 491 4.3 336 4.2 Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 3,757 25,498 11,136 18,397 4,039 3,639 23,627 10,636 17,300 3,589 118 3.1 1,871 7.3 500 4.5 1,097 6.0 450 11.1 Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 3,750 45,719 10,628 9,384 4,922 3,636 44,148 10,284 8,713 4,737 114 3.0 1,571 3.4 344 3.2 671 7.2 185 3.8 Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 5,741 12,715 3,576 10,034 3,249 5,263 12,290 3,389 9,573 3,087 478 8.3 425 3.3 187 5.2 461 4.6 162 5.0 Mitchell 12,393 Monroe 8,186 Montgomery 4,169 Morgan 8,135 Murray 19,015 See note on page 14 11,417 7,781 3,791 7,867 18,433 976 7.9 405 4.9 378 9.1 268 3.3 582 3.1 REVISED JUNE 1999 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 16,789 9,308 9,272 5,323 9,425 16,169 8,766 8,608 5,093 8,994 620 3.7 542 5.8 664 7.2 230 4.3 431 4.6 47,522 50,494 43,761 11,026 398,059 46,497 1,025 2.2 47,915 2,579 5.1 42,841 920 2.1 10,637 389 3.5 382,070 15,989 4.0 8,913 1,059 39,054 23,966 10,741 8,614 993 37,896 22,715 9,769 299 3.4 66 6.2 1,158 3.0 1,251 5.2 972 9.0 6,233 317,443 17,503 78,065 4,392 5,877 309,288 16,946 76,153 3,922 356 5.7 8,155 2.6 557 3.2 1,912 2.4 470 10.7 10,276 11,742 9,502 5,551 55,337 9,830 11,394 9,104 5,204 53,999 446 4.3 348 3.0 398 4.2 347 6.3 1,338 2.4 50,029 5,259 24,111 5,323 6,239 47,744 5,013 23,342 5,099 5,832 2,285 4.6 246 4.7 769 3.2 224 4.2 407 6.5 8,865 5,063 3,799 11,701 8,050 7,596 4,782 3,494 11,159 7,676 1,269 14.3 281 5.6 305 8.0 542 4.6 374 4.6 3,844 25,866 11,025 18,663 4,034 3,682 23,906 10,578 17,508 3,630 162 4.2 1,960 7.6 447 4.1 1,155 6.2 404 10.0 3,824 46,694 10,643 9,536 5,031 3,680 44,663 10,416 8,774 4,792 144 3.8 2,031 4.3 227 2.1 762 8.0 239 4.8 5,741 13,077 3,599 10,172 3,275 5,313 12,646 3,425 9,690 3,116 428 7.5 431 3.3 174 4.8 482 4.7 159 4.9 12,521 8,325 4,210 8,246 19,305 11,534 7,876 3,834 7,953 18,662 987 7.9 449 5.4 376 8.9 293 3.6 643 3.3 REVISED JULY 1998 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 16,856 9,310 9,013 5,001 8,755 16,215 8,203 8,078 4,786 8,374 641 3.8 1,107 11.9 935 10.4 215 4.3 381 4.4 47,861 46,435 44,248 10,578 401,333 46,637 1,224 2.6 44,245 2,190 4.7 42,970 1,278 2.9 9,949 629 5.9 383,218 18,115 4.5 8,461 1,073 36,210 22,038 11,245 8,037 931 34,997 21,112 9,372 424 5.0 142 13.2 1,213 3.3 926 4.2 1,873 16.7 5,878 321,476 16,528 73,778 4,054 5,494 384 6.5 310,217 11,259 3.5 15,844 684 4.1 71,092 2,686 3.6 3,655 399 9.8 9,719 11,845 9,044 5,220 55,594 9,135 11,449 8,509 4,866 54,162 584 6.0 396 3.3 535 5.9 354 6.8 1,432 2.6 50,781 4,946 22,807 4,955 5,951 48,657 4,714 21,778 4,764 5,473 2,124 4.2 232 4.7 1,029 4.5 191 3.9 478 8.0 8,231 4,844 4,003 11,873 7,531 7,121 4,560 3,268 11,373 7,183 1,110 13.5 284 5.9 735 18.4 500 4.2 348 4.6 3,540 23,677 11,553 17,369 3,648 3,430 22,225 10,876 16,186 3,379 110 3.1 1,452 6.1 677 5.9 1,183 6.8 269 7.4 3,556 43,550 10,300 9,867 4,667 3,402 41,612 9,792 8,920 4,467 154 4.3 1,938 4.5 508 4.9 947 9.6 200 4.3 5,750 13,196 3,371 9,684 3,130 5,088 12,740 3,220 9,052 2,994 662 11.5 456 3.5 151 4.5 632 6.5 136 4.3 11,965 7,883 3,917 7,825 18,061 10,961 7,351 3,588 7,498 17,356 1,004 8.4 532 6.7 329 8.4 327 4.2 705 3.9 COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER PRELIMINARY JULY 1999 REVISED JUNE 1999 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 85,693 28,273 12,182 6,115 37,866 81,138 27,197 11,998 5,911 36,963 4,555 5.3 1,076 3.8 184 1.5 204 3.3 903 2.4 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 85,720 28,178 12,497 6,163 37,747 81,009 27,091 12,346 5,977 36,819 4,711 5.5 1,087 3.9 151 1.2 186 3.0 928 2.5 Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 10,660 9,996 8,005 6,775 17,011 10,051 9,696 7,616 6,537 15,934 609 5.7 300 3.0 389 4.9 238 3.5 1,077 6.3 10,781 9,964 8,065 6,912 17,119 10,155 9,658 7,700 6,616 16,135 626 5.8 306 3.1 365 4.5 296 4.3 984 5.7 Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 5,149 9,664 1,423 7,635 3,561 4,911 9,340 1,373 7,442 3,270 238 4.6 324 3.4 50 3.5 193 2.5 291 8.2 5,257 9,728 1,442 7,730 3,653 4,970 9,450 1,385 7,538 3,306 287 5.5 278 2.9 57 4.0 192 2.5 347 9.5 Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole 79,713 39,014 1,953 6,761 4,827 73,966 37,924 1,880 6,291 4,609 5,747 7.2 1,090 2.8 73 3.7 470 7.0 218 4.5 80,144 38,761 2,010 6,894 4,866 74,489 37,776 1,902 6,361 4,654 5,655 7.1 985 2.5 108 5.4 533 7.7 212 4.4 Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot 29,234 13,687 2,756 16,399 2,971 28,154 13,083 2,611 15,515 2,826 1,080 3.7 604 4.4 145 5.3 884 5.4 145 4.9 29,226 13,765 2,781 16,563 3,005 28,043 13,241 2,640 15,695 2,858 1,183 4.0 524 3.8 141 5.1 868 5.2 147 4.9 Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell 745 7,633 3,870 5,559 4,159 706 7,191 3,649 5,051 3,784 39 5.2 442 5.8 221 5.7 508 9.1 375 9.0 749 7,730 3,944 5,415 4,204 713 7,257 3,690 5,107 3,821 36 4.8 473 6.1 254 6.4 308 5.7 383 9.1 Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen 23,583 22,878 13,766 4,043 3,277 22,344 21,936 12,442 3,926 2,848 1,239 5.3 942 4.1 1,324 9.6 117 2.9 429 13.1 23,675 23,205 14,047 4,082 3,176 22,604 22,179 12,583 3,977 2,880 1,071 4.5 1,026 4.4 1,464 10.4 105 2.6 296 9.3 Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson 31,970 4,690 4,066 7,549 14,801 30,622 4,315 3,785 7,376 13,895 1,348 4.2 375 8.0 281 6.9 173 2.3 906 6.1 32,613 4,839 4,175 7,681 14,939 30,997 4,360 3,824 7,463 14,065 1,616 5.0 479 9.9 351 8.4 218 2.8 874 5.9 Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington 28,952 26,989 17,144 3,233 10,611 27,804 26,003 16,358 2,990 9,825 1,148 4.0 986 3.7 786 4.6 243 7.5 786 7.4 28,997 26,957 17,395 3,319 10,853 27,805 25,901 16,554 3,023 9,937 1,192 4.1 1,056 3.9 841 4.8 296 8.9 916 8.4 Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield 12,311 1,211 2,361 9,659 51,833 11,536 1,144 2,139 9,276 50,647 775 6.3 67 5.5 222 9.4 383 4.0 1,186 2.3 12,714 1,224 2,449 9,753 52,583 11,673 1,155 2,162 9,388 51,257 1,041 8.2 69 5.6 287 11.7 365 3.7 1,326 2.5 Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 3,566 6,117 5,071 10,005 3,330 5,863 4,646 9,334 236 6.6 254 4.2 425 8.4 671 6.7 3,600 6,200 5,178 10,127 SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information 3,366 5,937 4,699 9,427 234 6.5 263 4.2 479 9.3 700 6.9 REVISED JULY 1998 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 86,538 28,393 12,692 5,820 38,049 81,401 27,172 12,438 5,590 36,929 5,137 5.9 1,221 4.3 254 2.0 230 4.0 1,120 2.9 11,061 9,987 7,652 6,419 15,999 10,349 9,687 7,274 6,189 15,034 712 6.4 300 3.0 378 4.9 230 3.6 965 6.0 4,983 9,148 1,371 7,191 3,723 4,720 8,870 1,298 6,985 3,124 263 5.3 278 3.0 73 5.3 206 2.9 599 16.1 82,397 39,161 1,905 6,722 4,663 75,727 37,889 1,793 5,996 4,466 6,670 8.1 1,272 3.2 112 5.9 726 10.8 197 4.2 29,511 13,072 2,642 15,930 2,820 28,128 12,264 2,476 14,675 2,687 1,383 4.7 808 6.2 166 6.3 1,255 7.9 133 4.7 725 7,444 3,745 5,459 4,061 677 6,999 3,485 4,813 3,650 48 6.6 445 6.0 260 6.9 646 11.8 411 10.1 22,188 22,088 13,018 3,841 2,916 21,129 20,860 11,777 3,696 2,696 1,059 4.8 1,228 5.6 1,241 9.5 145 3.8 220 7.5 30,327 4,622 4,115 7,245 13,561 28,651 4,168 3,897 7,024 13,016 1,676 5.5 454 9.8 218 5.3 221 3.1 545 4.0 30,183 27,166 16,087 3,509 10,198 28,825 25,979 15,364 2,825 9,266 1,358 4.5 1,187 4.4 723 4.5 684 19.5 932 9.1 11,756 1,164 2,260 9,109 48,768 10,848 1,103 2,038 8,758 47,376 908 7.7 61 5.2 222 9.8 351 3.9 1,392 2.9 3,425 5,898 4,690 9,703 3,186 5,605 4,354 8,983 239 7.0 293 5.0 336 7.2 720 7.4