GEORGIA LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER AREA EMPLOYMENT STATUS PRELIMINARY OCT 2000 REVISED SEP 2000 REVISED OCT 1999 CHANGE FROM REVISED SEP 2000 REVISED OCT 1999 Georgia Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 4,221,356 4,064,428 156,928 3.7 4,193,608 4,026,775 166,833 4.0 4,125,061 3,964,068 160,993 3.9 27,748 37,653 -9,905 -- 96,295 100,360 -4,065 -- Albany MSA Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 57,172 53,576 3,596 6.3 57,515 52,919 4,596 8.0 57,424 53,558 3,866 6.7 -343 657 -1,000 -- -252 18 -270 -- Athens MSA Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 76,697 74,999 1,698 2.2 75,195 73,412 1,783 2.4 73,987 72,171 1,816 2.5 1,502 1,587 -85 -- 2,710 2,828 -118 -- Atlanta MSA Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 2,306,423 2,237,737 68,686 3.0 2,294,542 2,220,754 73,788 3.2 2,242,964 2,174,390 68,574 3.1 11,881 16,983 -5,102 -- 63,459 63,347 112 -- Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 212,505 204,368 8,137 3.8 212,753 203,097 9,656 4.5 209,655 198,683 10,972 5.2 -248 1,271 -1,519 -- 2,850 5,685 -2,835 -- Columbus, GA-AL MSA Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 130,868 124,488 6,380 4.9 130,276 124,169 6,107 4.7 127,592 121,001 6,591 5.2 592 3,276 319 3,487 273 -211 -- -- Macon MSA Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 158,079 151,407 6,672 4.2 156,718 149,582 7,136 4.6 152,956 145,660 7,296 4.8 1,361 1,825 -464 -- 5,123 5,747 -624 -- Savannah MSA Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 137,985 133,310 4,675 3.4 137,169 132,007 5,162 3.8 135,604 130,240 5,364 4.0 816 1,303 -487 -- 2,381 3,070 -689 -- 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 OCT 2000 140,918,000 135,422,000 5,496,000 3.9 140,893,000 135,771,000 5,122,000 3.6 SEP 2000 140,639,000 135,161,000 5,477,000 3.9 140,357,000 135,033,000 5,324,000 3.8 OCT 1999 139,662,000 133,896,000 5,766,000 4.1 139,761,000 134,390,000 5,372,000 3.8 CHANGE FROM SEP 2000 OCT 1999 279,000 261,000 19,000 -- 1,256,000 1,526,000 -270,000 -- 536,000 738,000 -202,000 -- 1,132,000 1,381,000 -250,000 -- 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 OCTOBER 2000 REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000 REVISED OCTOBER 1999 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 35,940 33,322 2,618 7.3 9,993 9,854 139 1.4 7,955 7,501 454 5.7 48,940 47,769 1,171 2.4 236,522 224,534 11,988 5.1 LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT 36,370 32,914 9,930 9,779 7,927 7,408 47,957 46,758 235,832 222,829 UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 3,456 9.5 151 1.5 519 6.5 1,199 2.5 13,003 5.5 LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT 36,252 33,311 9,708 9,575 7,891 7,381 47,159 45,968 229,800 218,178 UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 2,941 8.1 133 1.4 510 6.5 1,191 2.5 11,622 5.1 Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville 82,899 4,756 8,027 10,181 8,686 78,480 4,419 5.3 4,428 328 6.9 7,437 590 7.4 9,678 503 4.9 8,317 369 4.2 82,691 4,746 8,081 10,173 8,551 77,808 4,366 7,363 9,605 8,253 4,883 5.9 380 8.0 718 8.9 568 5.6 298 3.5 81,518 4,659 7,926 10,039 8,358 76,579 4,345 7,348 9,404 8,081 4,939 6.1 314 6.7 578 7.3 635 6.3 277 3.3 College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton 13,847 89,069 4,508 6,375 14,344 13,199 648 4.7 84,591 4,478 5.0 4,235 273 6.1 6,056 319 5.0 13,293 1,051 7.3 13,804 88,763 4,468 6,373 13,931 13,098 84,329 4,172 6,010 13,157 706 5.1 4,434 5.0 296 6.6 363 5.7 774 5.6 13,441 87,070 4,435 6,217 13,596 12,825 82,271 4,154 5,885 13,110 616 4.6 4,799 5.5 281 6.3 332 5.3 486 3.6 Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point 11,162 6,711 8,346 8,296 22,303 10,763 399 3.6 6,222 489 7.3 8,063 283 3.4 7,623 673 8.1 21,258 1,045 4.7 11,116 6,643 8,295 8,169 22,230 10,681 6,137 8,001 7,536 21,097 435 3.9 506 7.6 294 3.5 633 7.7 1,133 5.1 10,877 6,542 8,120 8,308 21,660 10,458 6,110 7,834 7,510 20,657 419 3.9 432 6.6 286 3.5 798 9.6 1,003 4.6 Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange 10,904 12,877 12,055 8,858 13,492 10,431 12,541 11,162 8,238 12,805 473 4.3 336 2.6 893 7.4 620 7.0 687 5.1 10,880 12,773 11,999 8,762 13,421 10,352 12,414 11,077 8,154 12,675 528 4.9 359 2.8 922 7.7 608 6.9 746 5.6 10,569 12,691 11,561 8,632 13,459 10,136 12,339 10,846 8,122 12,638 433 4.1 352 2.8 715 6.2 510 5.9 821 6.1 Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie 15,064 51,709 35,746 6,038 7,580 14,586 48,867 34,595 5,588 6,615 478 2,842 1,151 450 965 3.2 5.5 3.2 7.5 12.7 14,991 51,324 35,572 6,012 7,170 14,475 48,278 34,332 5,532 6,515 516 3.4 3,046 5.9 1,240 3.5 480 8.0 655 9.1 14,658 49,993 34,839 6,059 7,267 14,173 47,012 33,615 5,513 6,484 485 3.3 2,981 6.0 1,224 3.5 546 9.0 783 10.8 Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah 9,345 14,405 15,230 36,375 65,157 9,024 321 3.4 14,026 379 2.6 14,550 680 4.5 35,866 509 1.4 62,434 2,723 4.2 9,291 14,336 15,061 36,146 64,856 8,955 13,920 14,405 35,594 61,824 336 3.6 416 2.9 656 4.4 552 1.5 3,032 4.7 9,104 13,974 15,270 35,339 64,100 8,768 13,629 14,353 34,851 60,997 336 3.7 345 2.5 917 6.0 488 1.4 3,103 4.8 Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton 29,013 10,721 9,790 9,648 8,119 28,333 10,476 9,470 8,979 7,716 680 2.3 245 2.3 320 3.3 669 6.9 403 5.0 28,850 10,662 9,720 9,609 8,085 28,118 10,397 9,363 8,869 7,610 732 2.5 265 2.5 357 3.7 740 7.7 475 5.9 28,254 10,428 9,606 9,488 8,014 27,531 10,180 9,330 8,838 7,577 723 2.6 248 2.4 276 2.9 650 6.9 437 5.5 Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross 22,820 5,914 25,915 6,856 21,484 1,336 5.9 5,430 484 8.2 24,965 950 3.7 6,348 508 7.4 22,712 5,980 25,706 6,826 SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 21,231 5,362 24,664 6,278 1,481 6.5 618 10.3 1,042 4.1 548 8.0 22,075 5,793 25,140 6,640 21,151 5,339 24,017 6,258 924 4.2 454 7.8 1,123 4.5 382 5.8 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 OCT 2000 EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED OCT 2000 OCT 2000 OCT 2000 RATE SEP 2000 OCT 1999 1,951,629 1,893,940 57,689 3.0 3.2 3.1 204,091 193,116 10,975 5.4 5.8 6.6 137,713 132,920 4,793 3.5 3.8 4.1 243,706 234,831 8,875 3.6 4.0 3.8 254,549 245,356 9,193 3.6 3.4 3.7 232,333 227,009 5,324 2.3 2.4 2.7 114,783 107,382 7,401 6.4 7.3 8.0 115,178 109,330 5,848 5.1 5.2 5.4 67,496 63,640 3,856 5.7 5.8 5.4 45,547 43,025 2,522 5.5 6.2 5.7 207,865 198,880 8,985 4.3 4.7 5.0 95,674 91,063 4,611 4.8 4.1 2.8 210,258 203,994 6,264 3.0 3.1 3.2 111,261 105,261 6,000 5.4 6.0 4.8 66,384 62,186 4,198 6.3 6.5 5.1 162,888 152,493 10,395 6.4 7.1 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 OCT 2000 212,505 204,368 8,137 3.8 138,243 132,025 6,218 4.5 74,262 72,343 1,919 2.6 REVISED SEP 2000 212,753 203,097 9,656 4.5 137,681 130,895 6,786 4.9 75,072 72,202 2,870 3.8 REVISED OCT 1999 209,655 198,683 10,972 5.2 135,814 128,827 6,987 5.1 73,841 69,856 3,985 5.4 CHANGE FROM REVISED SEP 2000 REVISED OCT 1999 -248 1,271 -1,519 -- 2,850 5,685 -2,835 -- 562 1,130 -568 -- 2,429 3,198 -769 -- -810 141 -951 -- 421 2,487 -2,066 -- 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 OCT 2000 130,868 124,488 6,380 4.9 103,837 98,862 4,975 4.8 27,031 25,626 1,405 5.2 REVISED SEP 2000 130,276 124,169 6,107 4.7 103,574 98,556 5,018 4.8 26,702 25,613 1,089 4.1 REVISED OCT 1999 127,592 121,001 6,591 5.2 101,406 96,151 5,255 5.2 26,186 24,850 1,336 5.1 CHANGE FROM REVISED SEP 2000 REVISED OCT 1999 592 3,276 319 3,487 273 -211 -- -- 263 2,431 306 2,711 -43 -280 -- -- 329 845 13 776 316 69 -- -- 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 OCTOBER 2000 REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000 REVISED OCTOBER 1999 Georgia LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 4,221,356 4,064,428 156,928 3.7 4,193,608 4,026,775 166,833 4.0 4,125,061 3,964,068 160,993 3.9 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 8,172 3,640 4,349 1,583 17,893 7,668 3,197 4,002 1,514 16,900 504 6.2 443 12.2 347 8.0 69 4.4 993 5.5 8,205 3,457 4,297 1,552 17,787 7,570 3,145 3,946 1,477 16,729 635 7.7 312 9.0 351 8.2 75 4.8 1,058 5.9 8,223 3,370 4,164 1,571 17,877 7,539 3,128 3,931 1,459 16,672 684 8.3 242 7.2 233 5.6 112 7.1 1,205 6.7 Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 6,275 22,103 41,710 9,457 7,094 6,099 21,268 39,770 8,825 6,734 176 2.8 835 3.8 1,940 4.7 632 6.7 360 5.1 6,191 21,760 41,032 9,352 7,072 6,017 21,107 39,468 8,705 6,626 174 2.8 653 3.0 1,564 3.8 647 6.9 446 6.3 6,254 21,250 40,098 9,316 7,102 5,994 20,666 38,644 8,670 6,584 260 4.2 584 2.7 1,454 3.6 646 6.9 518 7.3 Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 76,278 5,673 5,837 7,873 11,070 72,826 5,489 5,499 7,376 10,754 3,452 4.5 184 3.2 338 5.8 497 6.3 316 2.9 75,648 5,637 5,816 7,902 10,966 71,948 5,421 5,436 7,289 10,649 3,700 4.9 216 3.8 380 6.5 613 7.8 317 2.9 73,683 5,714 5,809 7,541 10,933 70,062 5,399 5,415 7,262 10,507 3,621 4.9 315 5.5 394 6.8 279 3.7 426 3.9 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 27,379 8,390 8,665 2,308 17,108 26,628 7,809 8,117 2,113 16,450 751 2.7 581 6.9 548 6.3 195 8.4 658 3.8 27,165 8,365 8,645 2,321 16,942 26,326 7,706 8,031 2,069 16,276 839 3.1 659 7.9 614 7.1 252 10.9 666 3.9 26,881 8,373 8,348 2,365 16,810 26,233 7,668 8,003 2,053 16,220 648 2.4 705 8.4 345 4.1 312 13.2 590 3.5 Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 4,028 46,514 26,546 3,812 108,848 3,852 44,877 25,651 3,653 105,019 176 4.4 1,637 3.5 895 3.4 159 4.2 3,829 3.5 4,011 46,383 26,271 3,785 108,256 3,789 44,537 25,472 3,615 103,993 222 5.5 1,846 4.0 799 3.0 170 4.5 4,263 3.9 4,097 45,673 25,864 3,739 106,963 3,767 43,607 25,126 3,602 102,601 330 8.1 2,066 4.5 738 2.9 137 3.7 4,362 4.1 Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay 2,479 11,892 82,793 48,940 1,561 2,326 11,567 81,219 47,769 1,434 153 6.2 325 2.7 1,574 1.9 1,171 2.4 127 8.1 2,517 11,813 82,301 47,957 1,522 2,319 11,448 80,602 46,758 1,408 198 7.9 365 3.1 1,699 2.1 1,199 2.5 114 7.5 2,431 11,800 80,574 47,159 1,537 2,262 11,406 78,920 45,968 1,398 169 7.0 394 3.3 1,654 2.1 1,191 2.5 139 9.0 Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 130,452 3,876 370,426 21,163 20,247 125,631 3,507 361,424 19,980 18,522 4,821 3.7 369 9.5 9,002 2.4 1,183 5.6 1,725 8.5 130,058 3,857 368,380 20,928 19,415 124,678 3,459 358,681 19,706 18,244 5,380 4.1 398 10.3 9,699 2.6 1,222 5.8 1,171 6.0 126,484 3,613 360,765 20,662 19,556 122,075 3,443 351,192 19,618 18,157 4,409 3.5 170 4.7 9,573 2.7 1,044 5.1 1,399 7.2 Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 45,358 8,028 46,973 5,581 9,824 44,137 7,516 45,701 5,350 9,285 1,221 2.7 512 6.4 1,272 2.7 231 4.1 539 5.5 45,051 7,945 46,687 5,541 9,731 43,760 7,409 45,354 5,283 9,147 1,291 2.9 536 6.7 1,333 2.9 258 4.7 584 6.0 44,477 7,841 45,739 5,482 9,663 43,068 7,372 44,407 5,258 9,108 1,409 3.2 469 6.0 1,332 2.9 224 4.1 555 5.7 Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge 7,317 14,912 12,057 381,666 9,712 7,168 149 2.0 14,678 234 1.6 11,353 704 5.8 368,166 13,500 3.5 9,310 402 4.1 7,273 14,811 12,010 380,069 9,683 7,118 14,538 11,195 365,372 9,201 155 2.1 273 1.8 815 6.8 14,697 3.9 482 5.0 7,286 14,808 11,812 371,932 9,763 7,021 265 3.6 14,457 351 2.4 11,140 672 5.7 357,744 14,188 3.8 9,139 624 6.4 Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 4,578 45,294 54,867 4,656 1,199 4,329 42,262 53,396 4,345 1,160 249 5.4 3,032 6.7 1,471 2.7 311 6.7 39 3.3 4,576 45,747 54,517 4,635 1,203 4,265 41,744 52,991 4,267 1,147 311 6.8 4,003 8.8 1,526 2.8 368 7.9 56 4.7 4,475 45,654 53,373 4,680 1,183 4,246 42,248 51,885 4,238 1,142 229 5.1 3,406 7.5 1,488 2.8 442 9.4 41 3.5 COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER PRELIMINARY OCTOBER 2000 Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 18,066 8,988 8,701 4,940 8,816 17,536 8,218 7,876 4,747 8,544 530 2.9 770 8.6 825 9.5 193 3.9 272 3.1 Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 52,073 44,628 52,036 10,371 427,862 51,051 1,022 2.0 43,115 1,513 3.4 51,332 704 1.4 9,958 413 4.0 412,007 15,855 3.7 Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 8,452 978 35,461 22,374 9,552 8,174 926 34,261 21,450 9,048 278 3.3 52 5.3 1,200 3.4 924 4.1 504 5.3 Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock 5,807 347,886 16,389 71,969 3,957 5,554 339,780 15,899 70,379 3,544 253 4.4 8,106 2.3 490 3.0 1,590 2.2 413 10.4 Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 9,563 12,289 9,441 4,729 62,022 9,192 11,945 9,004 4,523 60,712 371 3.9 344 2.8 437 4.6 206 4.4 1,310 2.1 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 53,351 4,913 22,957 4,840 5,318 51,538 4,607 22,341 4,661 5,059 1,813 3.4 306 6.2 616 2.7 179 3.7 259 4.9 Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar 7,465 4,378 3,627 12,455 6,976 6,648 4,224 3,300 11,989 6,588 817 10.9 154 3.5 327 9.0 466 3.7 388 5.6 Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 3,723 22,548 11,878 17,339 3,567 3,472 21,194 11,314 16,088 3,341 251 6.7 1,354 6.0 564 4.7 1,251 7.2 226 6.3 Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 3,644 43,830 10,836 9,986 4,791 3,530 41,712 10,679 9,408 4,565 114 3.1 2,118 4.8 157 1.4 578 5.8 226 4.7 Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 5,483 13,901 3,345 9,128 3,203 4,957 13,554 3,188 8,567 3,068 526 9.6 347 2.5 157 4.7 561 6.1 135 4.2 Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 11,715 7,505 3,894 7,050 19,468 10,961 7,112 3,509 6,835 18,266 754 6.4 393 5.2 385 9.9 215 3.0 1,202 6.2 REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 17,946 8,851 8,571 4,904 8,698 17,365 8,114 7,771 4,682 8,446 581 3.2 737 8.3 800 9.3 222 4.5 252 2.9 51,786 44,143 51,775 10,179 426,071 50,664 1,122 2.2 42,684 1,459 3.3 50,943 832 1.6 9,834 345 3.4 408,880 17,191 4.0 8,371 967 35,380 22,053 9,515 8,077 913 33,921 21,208 8,886 294 3.5 54 5.6 1,459 4.1 845 3.8 629 6.6 5,775 345,957 16,162 71,361 3,984 5,484 337,202 15,701 69,665 3,502 291 5.0 8,755 2.5 461 2.9 1,696 2.4 482 12.1 9,498 12,294 9,307 4,702 61,714 9,088 11,908 8,894 4,477 60,251 410 4.3 386 3.1 413 4.4 225 4.8 1,463 2.4 52,905 4,844 22,742 4,820 5,278 50,917 4,544 22,074 4,604 4,990 1,988 3.8 300 6.2 668 2.9 216 4.5 288 5.5 7,244 4,333 3,544 12,324 6,918 6,558 4,165 3,259 11,845 6,517 686 9.5 168 3.9 285 8.0 479 3.9 401 5.8 3,732 22,225 11,768 17,149 3,563 3,431 20,952 11,175 15,923 3,302 301 8.1 1,273 5.7 593 5.0 1,226 7.1 261 7.3 3,613 43,570 10,755 9,939 4,751 3,494 41,221 10,566 9,327 4,511 119 3.3 2,349 5.4 189 1.8 612 6.2 240 5.1 5,460 13,632 3,316 9,008 3,170 4,873 13,267 3,145 8,478 3,014 587 10.8 365 2.7 171 5.2 530 5.9 156 4.9 11,584 7,452 3,827 7,008 19,235 10,790 7,039 3,464 6,735 18,091 794 6.9 413 5.5 363 9.5 273 3.9 1,144 5.9 REVISED OCTOBER 1999 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 17,709 8,782 9,124 4,871 8,729 17,133 8,086 7,738 4,665 8,420 576 3.3 696 7.9 1,386 15.2 206 4.2 309 3.5 50,536 44,571 50,766 10,125 415,556 49,606 930 1.8 42,531 2,040 4.6 49,879 887 1.7 9,801 324 3.2 400,344 15,212 3.7 8,347 973 35,025 21,901 9,571 8,062 909 33,850 21,132 8,832 285 3.4 64 6.6 1,175 3.4 769 3.5 739 7.7 5,863 338,377 16,148 70,908 4,074 5,466 330,162 15,645 69,243 3,484 397 6.8 8,215 2.4 503 3.1 1,665 2.3 590 14.5 9,508 11,904 9,181 4,750 60,346 9,054 11,618 8,863 4,447 58,993 454 4.8 286 2.4 318 3.5 303 6.4 1,353 2.2 51,725 4,760 22,744 4,764 5,387 49,582 4,525 21,999 4,585 4,969 2,143 4.1 235 4.9 745 3.3 179 3.8 418 7.8 7,352 4,373 3,519 11,981 6,847 6,526 4,131 3,247 11,534 6,475 826 11.2 242 5.5 272 7.7 447 3.7 372 5.4 3,522 22,483 11,770 16,890 3,730 3,418 20,879 11,310 15,861 3,294 104 3.0 1,604 7.1 460 3.9 1,029 6.1 436 11.7 3,577 42,531 10,720 9,819 4,682 3,480 41,066 10,502 9,180 4,494 97 2.7 1,465 3.4 218 2.0 639 6.5 188 4.0 5,251 13,479 3,313 8,997 3,161 4,839 13,043 3,131 8,425 2,995 412 7.8 436 3.2 182 5.5 572 6.4 166 5.3 11,518 7,437 3,821 6,984 18,558 10,728 6,995 3,450 6,705 17,986 790 6.9 442 5.9 371 9.7 279 4.0 572 3.1 COUNTY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) PLACE OF RESIDENCE PERSONS 16 YEARS OLD AND OVER PRELIMINARY OCTOBER 2000 REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 89,069 30,820 13,856 6,120 42,350 84,591 29,947 13,676 5,977 41,372 4,478 5.0 873 2.8 180 1.3 143 2.3 978 2.3 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 88,763 30,715 13,606 6,105 42,091 84,329 29,719 13,386 5,901 41,058 4,434 5.0 996 3.2 220 1.6 204 3.3 1,033 2.5 Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 11,648 11,036 7,567 6,836 16,170 10,909 10,783 7,143 6,522 15,339 739 6.3 253 2.3 424 5.6 314 4.6 831 5.1 11,531 10,973 7,449 6,774 15,878 10,778 10,701 7,039 6,453 15,189 753 6.5 272 2.5 410 5.5 321 4.7 689 4.3 Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 4,560 9,485 1,337 7,167 3,186 4,348 9,207 1,243 7,068 2,845 212 4.6 278 2.9 94 7.0 99 1.4 341 10.7 4,513 9,402 1,297 7,092 3,161 4,291 9,102 1,225 6,993 2,804 222 4.9 300 3.2 72 5.6 99 1.4 357 11.3 Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole 82,899 41,582 1,794 6,005 4,569 78,480 40,554 1,706 5,653 4,346 4,419 5.3 1,028 2.5 88 4.9 352 5.9 223 4.9 82,691 41,403 1,777 5,971 4,512 77,808 40,246 1,687 5,573 4,269 4,883 5.9 1,157 2.8 90 5.1 398 6.7 243 5.4 Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot 31,535 12,090 2,315 15,496 2,942 29,892 11,699 2,183 14,786 2,763 1,643 5.2 391 3.2 132 5.7 710 4.6 179 6.1 31,361 11,994 2,295 15,414 2,949 29,665 11,575 2,154 14,602 2,733 1,696 5.4 419 3.5 141 6.1 812 5.3 216 7.3 Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell 718 7,438 3,972 5,347 3,929 666 6,981 3,741 4,830 3,566 52 7.2 457 6.1 231 5.8 517 9.7 363 9.2 710 7,447 3,886 5,488 3,951 656 6,851 3,688 4,763 3,508 54 7.6 596 8.0 198 5.1 725 13.2 443 11.2 Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen 22,395 20,821 12,831 3,742 2,964 21,237 19,949 11,619 3,629 2,657 1,158 5.2 872 4.2 1,212 9.4 113 3.0 307 10.4 22,257 20,702 13,018 3,721 2,976 20,975 19,674 11,472 3,589 2,623 1,282 5.8 1,028 5.0 1,546 11.9 132 3.5 353 11.9 Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson 30,369 4,323 4,346 7,780 13,484 29,252 3,910 4,144 7,513 12,521 1,117 3.7 413 9.6 202 4.6 267 3.4 963 7.1 30,167 4,237 4,310 7,647 13,268 28,954 3,845 4,094 7,413 12,390 1,213 4.0 392 9.3 216 5.0 234 3.1 878 6.6 Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington 31,999 29,716 16,140 2,700 9,651 30,732 28,855 15,205 2,546 9,147 1,267 4.0 861 2.9 935 5.8 154 5.7 504 5.2 31,808 29,509 16,049 2,691 9,596 30,518 28,636 15,039 2,514 9,039 1,290 4.1 873 3.0 1,010 6.3 177 6.6 557 5.8 Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield 11,809 1,055 2,183 9,325 47,902 10,937 1,033 1,996 9,072 45,296 872 7.4 22 2.1 187 8.6 253 2.7 2,606 5.4 11,620 1,051 2,176 9,287 46,753 10,814 1,015 1,969 8,966 44,833 806 6.9 36 3.4 207 9.5 321 3.5 1,920 4.1 Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 3,366 5,711 4,483 9,502 3,186 5,411 4,244 8,844 180 5.3 300 5.3 239 5.3 658 6.9 3,350 5,652 4,458 9,392 SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis 3,138 5,346 4,197 8,703 212 6.3 306 5.4 261 5.9 689 7.3 REVISED OCTOBER 1999 LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE 87,070 30,009 13,349 6,083 41,191 82,271 29,099 13,160 5,874 40,201 4,799 5.5 910 3.0 189 1.4 209 3.4 990 2.4 11,234 10,716 7,333 6,738 16,007 10,495 10,478 7,003 6,411 15,102 739 6.6 238 2.2 330 4.5 327 4.9 905 5.7 4,484 9,444 1,264 7,180 3,018 4,260 9,041 1,219 6,992 2,794 224 5.0 403 4.3 45 3.6 188 2.6 224 7.4 81,518 40,373 1,754 6,041 4,440 76,579 39,406 1,675 5,551 4,243 4,939 6.1 967 2.4 79 4.5 490 8.1 197 4.4 30,361 11,998 2,281 15,347 2,966 29,046 11,535 2,145 14,548 2,715 1,315 4.3 463 3.9 136 6.0 799 5.2 251 8.5 701 7,132 3,939 5,977 3,804 653 6,802 3,673 4,742 3,489 48 6.8 330 4.6 266 6.8 1,235 20.7 315 8.3 22,029 20,533 12,559 3,739 3,069 20,903 19,588 11,424 3,588 2,612 1,126 5.1 945 4.6 1,135 9.0 151 4.0 457 14.9 30,204 4,354 4,333 7,728 13,581 28,869 3,830 3,987 7,401 12,355 1,335 4.4 524 12.0 346 8.0 327 4.2 1,226 9.0 31,236 28,848 15,694 2,719 9,728 30,102 28,038 14,992 2,501 8,998 1,134 3.6 810 2.8 702 4.5 218 8.0 730 7.5 11,437 1,053 2,272 9,406 45,876 10,783 1,011 1,960 8,949 44,671 654 5.7 42 4.0 312 13.7 457 4.9 1,205 2.6 3,343 5,600 4,572 9,294 3,125 5,312 4,178 8,649 218 6.5 288 5.1 394 8.6 645 6.9