News release, Mar. 2, 2000F

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

March 2, 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

METRO COLUMBUS' UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP SLIGHTLY IN JANUARY

ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that metro Columbus' January unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent, up slightly from 4.7 percent in December. The area's jobless rate was 5.2 percent in January 1999.

The slight increase in the rate came primarily because of layoffs involving temporary jobs during the holidays and those requiring outdoor work which could not be done because of winter weather.

"We continue to have a tight labor market among skilled workers in the Columbus area," said Thurmond. "There are simply not enough skilled workers to meet increasing demand. Even though our labor force has grown, the increase in available workers is not keeping pace with job growth. Many of the new skilled jobs are being filled by people moving into the state.

"Although skilled labor moving here from other areas will continue to help us meet the demand, I believe development of our own 'indigenous workforce' must be given a higher priority," Thurmond continued. "We cannot overlook the potential of segments of our existing population, such as senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and former welfare recipients. Eliminating barriers to employment that these groups face is critical to meeting the growing need for qualified employees."

Georgia's unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in January, unchanged from December. The state's jobless rate was 3.8 percent in January 1999.

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

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Suite 642 148 International Boulevard N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032
LABOR FORCE DATA and GRAPHS January, 2000
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 JANUARY 2000

REVISED DECEMBER 1999

REVISED JANUARY 1999

CHANGE FROM

REVISED DEC 1999

REVISED JAN 1999

Georgia

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

4,067,847 3,934,786
133,061 3.3

4,133,173 3,996,344
136,829 3.3

4,004,477 3,850,398
154,079 3.8

-65,326 -61,558
-3,768 --

63,370 84,388 -21,018
--

Albany MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

52,708 49,551
3,157 6.0

53,167 50,044
3,123 5.9

57,954 53,423
4,531 7.8

-459 -493
34 --

-5,246 -3,872 -1,374
--

Athens MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

68,218 66,801
1,417 2.1

69,545 68,049
1,496 2.2

73,357 71,564
1,793 2.4

-1,327 -1,248
-79 --

-5,139 -4,763
-376 --

Atlanta MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

2,095,836 2,038,903
56,933 2.7

2,106,078 2,049,084
56,994 2.7

2,145,915 2,082,219
63,696 3.0

-10,242 -10,181
-61 --

-50,079 -43,316
-6,763 --

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

198,478 189,302
9,176 4.6

199,519 190,604
8,915 4.5

204,485 194,557
9,928 4.9

-1,041 -1,302
261 --

-6,007 -5,255
-752 --

Columbus, GA-AL MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

121,340 115,473
5,867 4.8

121,729 115,983
5,746 4.7

126,825 120,243
6,582 5.2

-389 -510 121
--

-5,485 -4,770
-715 --

Macon MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

142,535 137,308
5,227 3.7

142,095 136,656
5,439 3.8

153,144 146,221
6,923 4.5

440 652 -212
--

-10,609 -8,913 -1,696 --

Savannah MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

125,878 121,647
4,231 3.4

126,611 122,457
4,154 3.3

135,153 129,793
5,360 4.0

-733 -810
77 --

-9,275 -8,146 -1,129
--

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

JANUARY 2000
140,910,000 135,221,000
5,689,000 4.0
139,621,000 133,357,000
6,264,000 4.5

DECEMBER 1999
140,108,000 134,420,000
5,688,000 4.1
139,941,000 134,696,000
5,245,000 3.7

JANUARY 1999
139,347,000 133,396,000
5,950,000 4.3
137,943,000 131,339,000
6,604,000 4.8

CHANGE FROM

DEC 1999

JAN 1999

802,000 801,000
1,000 --

1,563,000 1,825,000
-261,000 --

-320,000 -1,339,000 1,019,000
--

1,678,000 2,018,000
-340,000 --

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 JANUARY 2000

REVISED DECEMBER 1999

REVISED JANUARY 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

33,150

30,819 2,331 7.0

9,089

8,978 111 1.2

8,865

8,387 478 5.4

43,523

42,548 975 2.2

214,175 204,582 9,593 4.5

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

33,436

31,126

9,135

9,023

9,240

8,717

44,299

43,343

215,297 205,605

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
2,310 6.9 112 1.2 523 5.7 956 2.2
9,692 4.5

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

36,464

33,228

9,297

9,169

7,892

7,196

46,777

45,581

220,073 208,929

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
3,236 8.9 128 1.4 696 8.8
1,196 2.6 11,144 5.1

Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville

75,748 5,179 8,869 9,386 7,838

71,600 4,148 5.5 4,949 230 4.4 8,323 546 6.2 8,818 568 6.1 7,578 260 3.3

76,013 5,407 9,206 9,444 7,858

71,718 5,133 8,676 8,862 7,615

4,295 5.7 274 5.1 530 5.8 582 6.2 243 3.1

80,019 4,588 7,849 9,602 8,071

75,274 4,330 7,197 9,005 7,739

4,745 5.9 258 5.6 652 8.3 597 6.2 332 4.1

College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton

12,535 81,512
5,026 5,859 15,347

12,026 509 4.1 77,360 4,152 5.1
4,729 297 5.9 5,518 341 5.8 14,881 466 3.0

12,598 81,724
5,229 5,874 15,965

12,086 77,483
4,904 5,546 15,496

512 4.1 4,241 5.2
325 6.2 328 5.6 469 2.9

12,870 87,006
4,468 5,969 13,390

12,281 82,046
4,145 5,635 12,924

589 4.6 4,960 5.7
323 7.2 334 5.6 466 3.5

Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point

10,138 7,367 7,579 9,152
20,202

9,807 6,953 7,346 8,527 19,369

331 3.3 414 5.6 233 3.1 625 6.8 833 4.1

10,197 7,605 7,612 9,602
20,305

9,856 7,217 7,383 8,872 19,466

341 3.3 388 5.1 229 3.0 730 7.6 839 4.1

10,408 6,359 7,791 8,190
20,745

10,015 5,976 7,502 7,470
19,781

393 3.8 383 6.0 289 3.7 720 8.8 964 4.6

Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange

9,850 14,363 10,690
9,628 15,138

9,504 14,060 10,170
9,223 14,333

346 3.5 303 2.1 520 4.9 405 4.2 805 5.3

9,899 14,892 10,733 10,000 15,760

9,552 14,592 10,221
9,603 14,931

347 3.5 300 2.0 512 4.8 397 4.0 829 5.3

10,104 12,545 11,040
8,482 13,390

9,706 12,171 10,387
7,943 12,534

398 3.9 374 3.0 653 5.9 539 6.4 856 6.4

Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie

13,690 46,608 32,484
6,597 7,949

13,290 400 2.9 44,316 2,292 4.9 31,521 963 3.0
6,257 340 5.2 7,386 563 7.1

13,751 46,384 32,672
6,931 8,286

13,356 44,106 31,678
6,517 7,657

395 2.9 2,278 4.9
994 3.0 414 6.0 629 7.6

14,011 50,336 33,211
5,849 6,922

13,572 47,193 32,190
5,375 6,444

439 3.1 3,143 6.2 1,021 3.1
474 8.1 478 6.9

Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah

8,694 13,052 16,935 33,085 59,438

8,222 472 5.4 12,780 272 2.1 16,291 644 3.8 32,680 405 1.2 56,972 2,466 4.1

8,592 13,119 17,660 33,252 59,764

8,263 12,844 16,967 32,843 57,351

329 3.8 275 2.1 693 3.9 409 1.2 2,413 4.0

8,709 13,336 15,345 33,844 63,966

8,396 13,051 14,468 33,374 60,787

313 3.6 285 2.1 877 5.7 470 1.4 3,179 5.0

Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

26,385 9,750
10,837 10,652
9,049

25,816 9,545
10,594 10,039
8,622

569 2.2 205 2.1 243 2.2 613 5.8 427 4.7

26,531 9,796
11,253 11,019
9,347

25,944 9,593
11,022 10,436
8,949

587 2.2 203 2.1 231 2.1 583 5.3 398 4.3

26,967 9,973 9,571 9,325 7,987

26,364 9,748 9,281 8,675 7,474

603 2.2 225 2.3 290 3.0 650 7.0 513 6.4

Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross

25,499 6,531
23,405 7,463

24,030 1,469 5.8 6,072 459 7.0
22,640 765 3.3 7,101 362 4.9

26,743 6,912
23,328 7,788

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

24,989 6,308
22,533 7,391

1,754 6.6 604 8.7 795 3.4 397 5.1

21,879 5,729
25,007 6,695

20,923 5,312
24,110 6,140

956 4.4 417 7.3 897 3.6 555 8.3

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 JANUARY2000 JANUARY2000 JANUARY2000

RATE JAN 2000 DEC 1999 JAN 1999

1,772,566 1,725,653

46,913

2.6

2.7

2.9

199,032

188,783

10,249

5.1

5.4

6.1

135,846

129,947

5,899

4.3

4.0

4.1

242,776

235,260

7,516

3.1

3.0

3.9

251,866

244,532

7,334

2.9

2.9

4.2

248,731

243,486

5,245

2.1

2.2

2.9

127,046

120,061

6,985

5.5

5.9

6.7

107,347

102,114

5,233

4.9

4.8

5.7

67,756

65,027

2,729

4.0

4.0

4.1

50,463

48,074

2,389

4.7

4.9

6.6

197,712

190,469

7,243

3.7

3.9

4.6

102,096

99,725

2,371

2.3

2.3

3.1

200,126

194,450

5,676

2.8

2.8

3.5

123,204

117,660

5,544

4.5

4.8

4.3

72,511

69,514

2,997

4.1

4.0

5.7

168,765

160,025

8,740

5.2

5.4

6.7

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 JANUARY 2000
198,478 189,302
9,176 4.6
126,180 120,452
5,728 4.5
72,298 68,850
3,448 4.8

REVISED DECEMBER 1999
199,519 190,604
8,915 4.5
126,514 120,650
5,864 4.6
73,005 69,954
3,051 4.2

REVISED JANUARY 1999
204,485 194,557
9,928 4.9
133,315 126,633
6,682 5.0
71,170 67,924
3,246 4.6

CHANGE FROM

REVISED DEC 1999

REVISED JAN1999

-1,041 -1,302
261 --

-6,007 -5,255
-752 --

-334 -198 -136
--

-7,135 -6,181
-954 --

-707 -1,104
397 --

1,128 926 202 --

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 JANUARY 2000
121,340 115,473
5,867 4.8
95,056 90,412
4,644 4.9
26,284 25,061
1,223 4.7

REVISED DECEMBER 1999
121,729 115,983
5,746 4.7
95,155 90,555
4,600 4.8
26,574 25,428
1,146 4.3

REVISED JANUARY 1999
126,825 120,243
6,582 5.2
101,428 95,888 5,540 5.5
25,397 24,355
1,042 4.1

CHANGE FROM

REVISED DEC 1999

REVISED JAN1999

-389 -510 121
--

-5,485 -4,770
-715 --

-99 -143
44 --

-6,372 -5,476
-896 --

-290

887

-367

706

77

181

--

--

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 JANUARY 2000

REVISED DECEMBER 1999

REVISED JANUARY 1999

Georgia

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

4,067,847 3,934,786 133,061 3.3 4,133,173 3,996,344 136,829 3.3 4,004,477 3,850,398 154,079 3.8

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

9,268 3,792 4,707 1,776 19,673

8,574 3,568 4,471 1,686 18,922

694 7.5 224 5.9 236 5.0
90 5.1 751 3.8

9,520 3,885 4,867 1,834 20,620

8,903 3,693 4,642 1,725 19,707

617 6.5 192 4.9 225 4.6 109 5.9 913 4.4

8,307 3,290 4,271 1,576 17,299

7,329 3,115 3,999 1,471 16,254

978 11.8 175 5.3 272 6.4 105 6.7 1,045 6.0

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,997 19,865 37,603 10,322
7,917

6,815 19,378 36,236
9,861 7,520

182 2.6 487 2.5 1,367 3.6 461 4.5 397 5.0

7,281 20,016 37,691 10,772
8,199

7,077 19,475 36,417 10,237
7,782

204 2.8 541 2.7 1,274 3.4 535 5.0 417 5.1

6,080 20,572 38,751
9,042 6,779

5,867 19,790 37,006
8,625 6,555

213 3.5 782 3.8 1,745 4.5 417 4.6 224 3.3

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

68,828 6,368 6,494 8,565
10,103

66,044 6,137 6,152 8,250 9,813

2,784 4.0 231 3.6 342 5.3 315 3.7 290 2.9

68,498 6,566 6,776 8,980
10,204

65,731 6,379 6,401 8,579 9,879

2,767 4.0 187 2.8 375 5.5 401 4.5 325 3.2

74,150 5,723 5,735 7,521
10,789

70,332 5,487 5,319 7,183
10,471

3,818 5.1 236 4.1 416 7.3 338 4.5 318 2.9

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

30,360 9,389 9,434 2,507
18,949

29,789 8,730 9,085 2,354
18,412

571 1.9 659 7.0 349 3.7 153 6.1 537 2.8

31,534 9,716 9,763 2,592
19,677

30,991 9,062 9,457 2,424
19,167

543 1.7 654 6.7 306 3.1 168 6.5 510 2.6

26,777 8,658 8,335 2,225
16,994

26,095 7,738 8,022 2,028
16,419

682 2.5 920 10.6 313 3.8 197 8.9 575 3.4

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,489 42,737 23,901
4,218 99,298

4,300 40,890 23,362
4,089 95,831

189 4.2 1,847 4.3
539 2.3 129 3.1 3,467 3.5

4,689 42,988 24,135
4,390 99,861

4,450 41,094 23,527
4,257 96,469

239 5.1 1,894 4.4
608 2.5 133 3.0 3,392 3.4

3,881 43,702 25,683
3,881 106,718

3,742 41,759 24,742
3,647 102,249

139 3.6 1,943 4.4
941 3.7 234 6.0 4,469 4.2

Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay

2,271 13,266 75,401 43,523
1,707

2,127 12,947 74,002 42,548
1,598

144 6.3 319 2.4 1,399 1.9 975 2.2 109 6.4

2,261 13,822 75,728 44,299
1,750

2,131 13,483 74,372 43,343
1,650

130 5.7 339 2.5 1,356 1.8 956 2.2 100 5.7

2,409 11,832 77,007 46,777
1,502

2,256 11,413 75,574 45,581
1,372

153 6.4 419 3.5 1,433 1.9 1,196 2.6 130 8.7

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

117,989 4,022
336,843 23,326 21,689

114,468 3,920
329,309 22,325 20,683

3,521 3.0 102 2.5
7,534 2.2 1,001 4.3 1,006 4.6

118,577 4,176
338,729 24,111 22,564

115,040 4,069
330,954 23,172 21,440

3,537 3.0 107 2.6
7,775 2.3 939 3.9
1,124 5.0

120,949 3,500
344,295 20,116 18,899

116,900 3,392
336,305 19,190 18,045

4,049 3.3 108 3.1
7,990 2.3 926 4.6 854 4.5

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

41,439 8,739
43,508 6,224
10,953

40,268 8,397
41,640 5,981
10,368

1,171 2.8 342 3.9
1,868 4.3 243 3.9 585 5.3

41,500 9,081
43,152 6,445
11,393

40,335 8,709
41,848 6,215
10,751

1,165 2.8 372 4.1
1,304 3.0 230 3.6 642 5.6

43,646 7,477
43,765 5,345 9,725

42,335 7,230
42,525 5,184 9,087

1,311 3.0 247 3.3
1,240 2.8 161 3.0 638 6.6

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

6,797 16,731 13,181 346,636 10,876

6,528

269 4.0

16,469

262 1.6

12,688

493 3.7

335,453 11,183 3.2

10,430

446 4.1

6,774 17,347 13,750 348,654 11,197

6,574 17,072 13,162 337,128 10,806

200 3.0 275 1.6 588 4.3 11,526 3.3 391 3.5

7,257 14,312 11,653 355,888
9,624

6,914

343 4.7

14,021

291 2.0

11,101

552 4.7

342,579 13,309 3.7

9,150

474 4.9

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

5,118 41,787 49,864
5,192 1,357

4,834 39,087 48,652
4,845 1,298

284 5.5 2,700 6.5 1,212 2.4
347 6.7 59 4.3

5,215 42,151 50,087
5,326 1,418

5,013 39,476 48,895
5,006 1,350

202 3.9 2,675 6.3 1,192 2.4
320 6.0 68 4.8

4,531 45,890 51,189
4,618 1,191

4,237 42,142 49,686
4,180 1,130

294 6.5 3,748 8.2 1,503 2.9
438 9.5 61 5.1

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

PRELIMINARY JANUARY 2000

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

16,476 9,922 9,608 5,485 9,810

16,002 9,185 8,817 5,303 9,572

474 2.9 737 7.4 791 8.2 182 3.3 238 2.4

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

47,249 49,707 47,528 11,402 388,031

46,515

734 1.6

48,274 1,433 2.9

46,771

757 1.6

11,133

269 2.4

375,398 12,633 3.3

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

9,359 1,082 39,452 24,603 10,755

9,137 1,035 38,342 23,999 10,108

222 2.4 47 4.3
1,110 2.8 604 2.5 647 6.0

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

6,529 316,364
18,226 80,336
4,344

6,210 309,589
17,775 78,903
3,964

319 4.9 6,775 2.1
451 2.5 1,433 1.8
380 8.7

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

10,740 11,272 10,373
5,355 56,362

10,298 10,924 10,068
5,069 55,317

442 4.1 348 3.1 305 2.9 286 5.3 1,045 1.9

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

48,200 5,418
25,523 5,374 5,920

46,739 5,147
24,982 5,221 5,653

1,461 3.0 271 5.0 541 2.1 153 2.8 267 4.5

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

8,085 4,886 3,898 11,233 7,775

7,431 4,728 3,688 10,873 7,383

654 8.1 158 3.2 210 5.4 360 3.2 392 5.0

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

4,051 24,964 10,921 18,829
4,059

3,883 23,708 10,464 18,012
3,736

168 4.1 1,256 5.0
457 4.2 817 4.3 323 8.0

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

4,053 48,985 12,164
8,992 5,256

3,952 46,656 11,973
8,583 5,107

101 2.5 2,329 4.8
191 1.6 409 4.5 149 2.8

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,836 12,371
3,705 10,195
3,570

5,534 12,072
3,563 9,605 3,424

302 5.2 299 2.4 142 3.8 590 5.8 146 4.1

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

12,900 8,332 4,218 7,849
21,038

12,239 7,973 3,923 7,634
20,483

661 5.1 359 4.3 295 7.0 215 2.7 555 2.6

REVISED DECEMBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

16,546 10,130 10,184
5,671 10,171

16,109 9,549 9,138 5,507 9,936

437 2.6 581 5.7 1,046 10.3 164 2.9 235 2.3

47,489 51,818 47,790 11,858 390,003

46,747

742 1.6

50,277 1,541 3.0

47,005

785 1.6

11,571

287 2.4

377,273 12,730 3.3

9,772 1,131 41,043 25,685 11,484

9,509 1,074 39,966 24,969 10,424

263 2.7 57 5.0
1,077 2.6 716 2.8
1,060 9.2

6,768 317,831
18,957 83,303
4,520

6,455 311,135
18,476 81,885
4,119

313 4.6 6,696 2.1
481 2.5 1,418 1.7
401 8.9

11,126 11,171 10,766
5,601 56,613

10,694 10,942 10,467
5,260 55,593

432 3.9 229 2.0 299 2.8 341 6.1 1,020 1.8

48,034 5,591
26,593 5,581 6,133

46,517 5,344
25,981 5,415 5,870

1,517 3.2 247 4.4 612 2.3 166 3.0 263 4.3

8,306 5,077 4,105 11,221 8,032

7,713 4,883 3,835 10,821 7,657

593 7.1 194 3.8 270 6.6 400 3.6 375 4.7

4,214 26,135 11,016 19,553
4,242

4,038 24,667 10,568 18,753
3,889

176 4.2 1,468 5.6
448 4.1 800 4.1 353 8.3

4,204 51,299 12,612
9,001 5,493

4,115 48,518 12,410
8,597 5,310

89 2.1 2,781 5.4
202 1.6 404 4.5 183 3.3

6,120 12,655
3,864 10,529
3,687

5,719 12,298
3,698 9,965 3,538

401 6.6 357 2.8 166 4.3 564 5.4 149 4.0

13,373 8,655 4,479 8,130
21,835

12,674 8,276 4,076 7,917
21,275

699 5.2 379 4.4 403 9.0 213 2.6 560 2.6

REVISED JANUARY 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

17,647 8,819 8,371 4,715 8,847

17,074 8,040 7,792 4,546 8,453

573 3.2 779 8.8 579 6.9 169 3.6 394 4.5

48,271 44,823 48,568 10,097 398,003

47,503

768 1.6

42,872 1,951 4.4

47,765

803 1.7

9,798

299 3.0

383,373 14,630 3.7

8,263 987
34,479 22,159
9,297

7,947 907
33,154 20,879
8,635

316 3.8 80 8.1
1,325 3.8 1,280 5.8
662 7.1

5,873 323,602
15,667 70,073
3,959

5,510 316,166
15,143 68,302
3,457

363 6.2 7,436 2.3
524 3.3 1,771 2.5
502 12.7

3,193 12,013
9,163 5,213 57,579

2,772 11,586
8,772 4,939 56,492

421 13.2 427 3.6 391 4.3 274 5.3 1,087 1.9

51,486 4,689
22,449 4,695 5,371

49,773 4,502
21,526 4,504 4,947

1,713 3.3 187 4.0 923 4.1 191 4.1 424 7.9

7,362 4,345 3,522 12,104 6,979

6,558 4,148 3,198 11,579 6,718

804 10.9 197 4.5 324 9.2 525 4.3 261 3.7

3,470 22,216 12,064 16,597
3,573

3,381 20,769 11,281 15,511
3,304

89 2.6 1,447 6.5
783 6.5 1,086 6.5
269 7.5

3,498 42,140 10,390
9,650 4,575

3,403 40,624 10,152
9,024 4,314

95 2.7 1,516 3.6
238 2.3 626 6.5 261 5.7

5,226 13,365
3,340 8,980 3,070

4,796 12,933
3,179 8,470 2,943

430 8.2 432 3.2 161 4.8 510 5.7 127 4.1

11,527 7,340 3,768 6,956
18,509

10,646 7,027 3,432 6,671
17,816

881 7.6 313 4.3 336 8.9 285 4.1 693 3.7

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

PRELIMINARY JANUARY 2000

REVISED DECEMBER 1999

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

81,512 28,221 12,324
6,832 38,421

77,360 27,286 12,181
6,683 37,696

4,152 5.1 935 3.3 143 1.2 149 2.2 725 1.9

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

81,724 28,322 12,591
7,109 38,619

77,483 27,422 12,408
6,943 37,884

4,241 5.2 900 3.2 183 1.5 166 2.3 735 1.9

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,322 10,026
8,275 7,528 17,842

9,893 9,825 7,978 7,311 17,202

429 4.2 201 2.0 297 3.6 217 2.9 640 3.6

10,356 10,134
8,585 7,837 18,516

9,846 9,874 8,272 7,583 17,857

510 4.9 260 2.6 313 3.6 254 3.2 659 3.6

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

5,066 10,589
1,449 8,077 3,319

4,870 10,315
1,390 7,902 3,177

196 3.9 274 2.6
59 4.1 175 2.2 142 4.3

5,203 11,014
1,488 8,582 3,462

5,035 10,694
1,443 8,241 3,296

168 3.2 320 2.9
45 3.0 341 4.0 166 4.8

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

75,748 37,827
1,973 6,675 5,010

71,600 36,950
1,912 6,314 4,849

4,148 5.5 877 2.3 61 3.1 361 5.4 161 3.2

76,013 38,023
2,046 6,915 5,172

71,718 37,135
1,980 6,552 5,011

4,295 5.7 888 2.3 66 3.2 363 5.2 161 3.1

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

28,192 13,420
2,530 17,279
3,287

27,236 13,092
2,440 16,531
3,098

956 3.4 328 2.4
90 3.6 748 4.3 189 5.7

28,315 14,015
2,637 18,000
3,395

27,372 13,631
2,533 17,182
3,210

943 3.3 384 2.7 104 3.9 818 4.5 185 5.4

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

768 8,117 4,402 5,935 4,286

744 7,784 4,180 5,396 3,981

24 3.1 333 4.1 222 5.0 539 9.1 305 7.1

817 8,395 4,554 6,306 4,411

772 8,035 4,336 5,600 4,119

45 5.5 360 4.3 218 4.8 706 11.2 292 6.6

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

24,806 23,213 14,139
4,263 3,261

23,744 22,290 12,992
4,055 2,971

1,062 4.3 923 4.0
1,147 8.1 208 4.9 290 8.9

25,693 23,996 15,006
4,422 3,421

24,683 23,135 13,496
4,228 3,086

1,010 3.9 861 3.6
1,510 10.1 194 4.4 335 9.8

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

34,051 4,637 3,951 8,705
14,827

32,743 4,358 3,758 8,389
14,012

1,308 3.8 279 6.0 193 4.9 316 3.6 815 5.5

35,455 4,807 3,985 9,069
15,500

34,108 4,515 3,740 8,720
14,594

1,347 3.8 292 6.1 245 6.1 349 3.8 906 5.8

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

28,986 27,167 17,677
2,984 10,744

27,990 26,291 17,011
2,849 10,234

996 3.4 876 3.2 666 3.8 135 4.5 510 4.7

29,124 27,319 18,437
3,099 11,183

28,187 26,422 17,707
2,957 10,635

937 3.2 897 3.3 730 4.0 142 4.6 548 4.9

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

12,840 1,197 2,406
10,509 51,863

12,233 1,152 2,230
10,141 50,708

607 4.7 45 3.8
176 7.3 368 3.5 1,155 2.2

13,313 1,236 2,519
10,901 53,966

12,734 1,193 2,314
10,555 52,804

579 4.3 43 3.5
205 8.1 346 3.2 1,162 2.2

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,694 6,331 4,986 10,385

3,557 6,062 4,750 9,873

137 3.7 269 4.2 236 4.7 512 4.9

3,839 6,575 5,210 10,781

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

3,689 6,276 4,944 10,219

150 3.9 299 4.5 266 5.1 562 5.2

REVISED JANUARY 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

87,006 28,781 13,214
5,842 39,229

82,046 27,865 13,049
5,637 38,497

4,960 5.7 916 3.2 165 1.2 205 3.5 732 1.9

11,139 10,312
7,407 6,529 15,897

10,535 10,034
6,916 6,324 14,883

604 5.4 278 2.7 491 6.6 205 3.1 1,014 6.4

4,407 9,366 1,266 6,779 3,107

4,238 9,056 1,224 6,602 2,774

169 3.8 310 3.3
42 3.3 177 2.6 333 10.7

80,019 38,661
1,733 5,919 4,370

75,274 37,735
1,647 5,531 4,157

4,745 5.9 926 2.4 86 5.0 388 6.6 213 4.9

29,016 12,191
2,269 15,274
2,875

27,815 11,384
2,108 14,185
2,670

1,201 4.1 807 6.6 161 7.1
1,089 7.1 205 7.1

648 7,211 3,777 4,910 3,784

606 6,812 3,597 4,630 3,374

42 6.5 399 5.5 180 4.8 280 5.7 410 10.8

21,642 20,434 12,407
3,759 2,881

20,517 19,323 11,365
3,546 2,599

1,125 5.2 1,111 5.4 1,042 8.4
213 5.7 282 9.8

30,023 4,220 4,265 7,583
13,164

28,632 3,796 4,002 7,275
12,551

1,391 4.6 424 10.0 263 6.2 308 4.1 613 4.7

30,857 27,773 15,727
2,846 9,561

29,643 26,849 14,707
2,494 8,962

1,214 3.9 924 3.3
1,020 6.5 352 12.4 599 6.3

11,438 1,083 2,116 8,722
45,195

10,673 1,022 1,914 8,315
44,039

765 6.7 61 5.6
202 9.5 407 4.7 1,156 2.6

3,242 5,667 4,630 9,231

3,118 5,273 4,203 8,596

124 3.8 394 7.0 427 9.2 635 6.9

UNEMPLOYMENT
Atlanta Regional Commission compared to Georgia
8%

Atlanta Regional Georgia

ARC: 2.6%
Georgia: 3.3%

7% 6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

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

12%

Central Savannah River Georgia

CSR: 5.1% Georgia: 3.3%

11% 10% 9%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

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

2% 1%

1999

2000

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

0%

UNEMPLOYMENT
Chattahoochee-Flint Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Chattahoochee-Flint Georgia

9%

8%
Chattahoochee-Flint: 4.3%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

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

2% 1%

1999

0% 2000

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: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

Note: Coastal Region includes Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh counties. Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Coosa Valley Region Compared to Georgia
10%

Coosa Valley Region Georgia

9%

Coosa Valley: 2.9%

8%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0%
2000

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: 2.1% Georgia: 3.3%

9% 8% 7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

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: 5.5% Georgia: 3.3%

12% 11% 10% 9% 8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

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

2% 1%

1999

0% 2000

Note: Heart of Georgia - Altamaha Region includes Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Evans, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Tr eutlen, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilcox counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner

UNEMPLOYMENT
Lower Chattahoochee Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Lower Chattahoochee Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee: 4.9% Georgia: 3.3%

9% 8% 7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

2% 1%

1999

0% 2000

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: 4.0%

8%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

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

2% 1%

1999

0%
2000

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

12%

Middle Flint Region Georgia

Middle-Flint: 4.7% Georgia: 3.3%

11% 10%

9%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

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

2% 1%

1999

0% 2000

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

UNEMPLOYMENT
Middle Georgia Region Compared to Georgia

10%

Middle Georgia Region Georgia

9%

Middle Georgia: 3.7%

Georgia: 3.3%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

2% 1%

1999

0%
2000

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: 2.3%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

2% 1%

1999

0%
2000

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%

7%

Georgia: 3.3%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

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: 4.5%

8%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0%
2000

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

UNEMPLOYMENT
Southeast Georgia Region Compared to Georgia
10%

Southeast Georgia Georgia

9%

SE Georgia: 4.1% Georgia: 3.3%

8% 7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

2000

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: 3.3%

12% 11% 10% 9%

8% 7%

6%

5% 4% 3%

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

2% 1%

1999

0% 2000

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

13%

Albany Area Georgia

Albany Area: 6.0% Georgia: 3.3%

12% 11%

10%

9%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

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

2% 1%

1999

0%
2000

Note: Albany Area includes Dougherty and Lee counties.

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

UNEMPLOYMENT
Athens Area Compared to Georgia
8%

Athens Area Georgia

Athens Area: 2.1%

7%

Georgia: 3.3%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

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

UNEMPLOYMENT
Atlanta Area Compared to Georgia
8%

Atlanta Area Georgia

Atlanta Area: 2.7%

7%

Georgia: 3.3%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1%

1999

0%
2000

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

UNEMPLOYMENT

Augusta - Aiken Area Compared to Georgia

12%

Augusta Area Georgia

Augusta Area: 4.6% Georgia: 3.3%

11% 10% 9%

8%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

2% 1%

1999

0% 2000

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: 4.8%

8%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

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: 3.7%

8%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

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

10%

Savannah Area Georgia

9%

8%
Savannah Area: 3.4%

Georgia: 3.3%

7%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

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

1999

0% 2000

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