Georgia labor force estimates, place of residence - persons 16 years old and over, Nov. 2000

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

AREA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

PRELIMINARY NOV 2000

REVISED OCT 2000

REVISED NOV 1999

CHANGE FROM

REVISED OCT 2000

REVISED NOV 1999

Georgia

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

4,207,497 4,086,127
121,370 2.9

4,219,119 4,061,827
157,292 3.7

4,135,524 3,992,909
142,615 3.4

-11,622 24,300 -35,922
--

71,973 93,218 -21,245
--

Albany MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

56,319 53,444
2,875 5.1

56,782 53,171
3,611 6.4

57,206 54,007
3,199 5.6

-463 273 -736
--

-887 -563 -324
--

Athens MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

76,534 75,126
1,408 1.8

76,349 74,647
1,702 2.2

74,875 73,318
1,557 2.1

185 479 -294
--

1,659 1,808 -149
--

Atlanta MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

2,298,028 2,244,653
53,375 2.3

2,306,736 2,238,079
68,657 3.0

2,249,644 2,188,756
60,888 2.7

-8,708 6,574 -15,282
--

48,384 55,897 -7,513
--

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

212,319 205,863
6,456 3.0

213,170 204,925
8,245 3.9

209,082 199,319
9,763 4.7

-851 938 -1,789
--

3,237 6,544 -3,307
--

Columbus, GA-AL MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

131,161 126,388
4,773 3.6

130,816 124,453
6,363 4.9

128,270 122,233
6,037 4.7

345 1,935 -1,590
--

2,891 4,155 -1,264
--

Macon MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

157,835 152,798
5,037 3.2

158,350 151,645
6,705 4.2

152,598 146,587
6,011 3.9

-515 1,153 -1,668
--

5,237 6,211 -974
--

Savannah MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

138,156 134,690
3,466 2.5

137,899 133,224
4,675 3.4

136,002 131,376
4,626 3.4

257 1,466 -1,209
--

2,154 3,314 -1,160
--

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

NOV 2000
141,052,000 135,373,000
5,679,000 4.0
141,025,000 135,731,000
5,295,000 3.8

OCT 2000
140,918,000 135,422,000
5,496,000 3.9
140,893,000 135,771,000
5,122,000 3.6

NOV 1999
139,834,000 134,098,000
5,736,000 4.1
139,895,000 134,515,000
5,380,000 3.8

CHANGE FROM

OCT 2000

NOV 1999

134,000 -49,000 183,000
--

1,218,000 1,275,000
-57,000 --

132,000 -40,000 173,000
--

1,130,000 1,216,000
-85,000 --

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 2000

REVISED OCTOBER 2000

REVISED NOVEMBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

35,358

33,240 2,118 6.0

9,991

9,884 107 1.1

7,908

7,554 354 4.5

48,803

47,850 953 2.0

234,490 225,228 9,262 3.9

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

35,699

33,071

9,994

9,855

7,937

7,483

48,716

47,545

236,540 224,568

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
2,628 7.4 139 1.4 454 5.7
1,171 2.4 11,972 5.1

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

36,020

33,591

9,755

9,638

7,946

7,448

47,650

46,699

229,859 219,619

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
2,429 6.7 117 1.2 498 6.3 951 2.0
10,240 4.5

Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville

82,774 4,723 8,002
10,105 8,605

79,367 3,407 4.1 4,453 270 5.7 7,505 497 6.2 9,708 397 3.9 8,342 263 3.1

83,133 4,745 8,011
10,181 8,686

78,732 4,417 7,417 9,679 8,318

4,401 5.3 328 6.9 594 7.4 502 4.9 368 4.2

81,264 4,644 7,892
10,042 8,403

76,911 4,395 7,386 9,466 8,134

4,353 5.4 249 5.4 506 6.4 576 5.7 269 3.2

College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton

13,741 89,141
4,474 6,330 14,009

13,239 502 3.7 85,917 3,224 3.6
4,252 222 5.0 6,075 255 4.0 13,423 586 4.2

13,847 89,071
4,501 6,375 14,335

13,200 84,601
4,225 6,057 13,257

647 4.7 4,470 5.0
276 6.1 318 5.0 1,078 7.5

13,449 87,321
4,462 6,248 13,667

12,909 82,978
4,206 5,924 13,190

540 4.0 4,343 5.0
256 5.7 324 5.2 477 3.5

Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point

11,106 6,569 8,315 8,176
22,131

10,796 6,258 8,088 7,686
21,324

310 2.8 311 4.7 227 2.7 490 6.0 807 3.6

11,164 6,752 8,347 8,276
22,306

10,765 6,207 8,064 7,603
21,262

399 3.6 545 8.1 283 3.4 673 8.1 1,044 4.7

10,901 6,571 8,133 8,306
21,675

10,527 6,178 7,886 7,566
20,793

374 3.4 393 6.0 247 3.0 740 8.9 882 4.1

Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange

10,834 12,965 11,990
8,795 13,417

10,463 12,683 11,197
8,320 12,927

371 3.4 282 2.2 793 6.6 475 5.4 490 3.7

10,908 12,846 12,056
8,836 13,462

10,433 12,508 11,164
8,217 12,772

475 4.4 338 2.6 892 7.4 619 7.0 690 5.1

10,576 12,723 11,542
8,596 13,487

10,203 12,419 10,918
8,172 12,710

373 3.5 304 2.4 624 5.4 424 4.9 777 5.8

Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie

14,998 51,476 35,613
5,971 7,366

14,631 367 2.4 49,316 2,160 4.2 34,702 911 2.6
5,644 327 5.5 6,643 723 9.8

15,066 51,806 35,752
6,023 7,570

14,588 48,944 34,600
5,573 6,598

478 3.2 2,862 5.5 1,152 3.2
450 7.5 972 12.8

14,701 49,784 34,908
5,987 7,176

14,267 47,311 33,837
5,545 6,568

434 3.0 2,473 5.0 1,071 3.1
442 7.4 608 8.5

Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah

9,304 14,345 15,180 36,370 65,102

9,051 253 2.7 14,069 276 1.9 14,696 484 3.2 35,977 393 1.1 63,080 2,022 3.1

9,347 14,405 15,190 36,380 65,121

9,025 14,028 14,511 35,872 62,394

322 3.4 377 2.6 679 4.5 508 1.4 2,727 4.2

9,119 14,029 15,177 35,510 64,208

8,826 13,719 14,436 35,081 61,529

293 3.2 310 2.2 741 4.9 429 1.2 2,679 4.2

Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

28,959 10,697
9,808 9,553 8,095

28,421 10,509
9,548 9,041 7,759

538 1.9 188 1.8 260 2.7 512 5.4 336 4.2

29,017 10,723
9,767 9,627 8,100

28,337 10,478
9,446 8,956 7,697

680 2.3 245 2.3 321 3.3 671 7.0 403 5.0

28,346 10,469
9,655 9,421 8,051

27,713 10,247
9,400 8,917 7,661

633 2.2 222 2.1 255 2.6 504 5.3 390 4.8

Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross

22,691 5,877
25,897 7,086

21,652 1,039 4.6 5,468 409 7.0
25,194 703 2.7 6,401 685 9.7

22,760 5,911
25,956 6,845

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

21,428 5,417
25,004 6,331

1,332 5.9 494 8.4 952 3.7 514 7.5

22,920 5,842
25,084 6,715

21,324 5,390
24,170 6,302

1,596 7.0 452 7.7 914 3.6 413 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 NOV 2000

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

RATE

NOV 2000

NOV 2000 NOV 2000 OCT 2000 NOV 1999

1,944,641 1,899,793

44,848

2.3

3.0

2.7

203,749

195,030

8,719

4.3

5.3

5.6

137,374

133,622

3,752

2.7

3.5

3.8

243,940

237,127

6,813

2.8

3.6

3.3

253,739

246,856

6,883

2.7

3.6

3.2

232,956

228,798

4,158

1.8

2.3

2.3

113,915

108,112

5,803

5.1

6.5

7.3

115,168

110,934

4,234

3.7

5.1

4.8

67,198

64,060

3,138

4.7

5.7

4.7

45,194

43,255

1,939

4.3

5.6

5.1

207,490

200,719

6,771

3.3

4.3

4.1

94,569

91,853

2,716

2.9

4.9

2.6

209,721

204,699

5,022

2.4

3.0

2.8

110,634

105,940

4,694

4.2

5.4

5.6

66,176

62,593

3,583

5.4

6.6

4.7

161,034

152,741

8,293

5.1

6.4

5.5

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 2000
212,319 205,863
6,456 3.0
138,264 133,518
4,746 3.4
74,055 72,345
1,710 2.3

REVISED OCT 2000
213,170 204,925
8,245 3.9
138,629 132,450
6,179 4.5
74,541 72,475
2,066 2.8

REVISED NOV 1999
209,082 199,319
9,763 4.7
135,466 129,387
6,079 4.5
73,616 69,932
3,684 5.0

CHANGE FROM

REVISED OCT 2000

REVISED NOV 1999

-851 938 -1,789
--

3,237 6,544 -3,307
--

-365 1,068 -1,433
--

2,798 4,131 -1,333
--

-486 -130 -356
--

439 2,413 -1,974
--

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 2000
131,161 126,388
4,773 3.6
104,015 100,412
3,603 3.5
27,146 25,976
1,170 4.3

REVISED OCT 2000
130,816 124,453
6,363 4.9
103,839 98,874 4,965 4.8
26,977 25,579
1,398 5.2

REVISED NOV 1999
128,270 122,233
6,037 4.7
101,725 96,977 4,748 4.7
26,545 25,256
1,289 4.9

CHANGE FROM

REVISED OCT 2000

REVISED NOV 1999

345 1,935 -1,590
--

2,891 4,155 -1,264
--

176 1,538 -1,362
--

2,290 3,435 -1,145
--

169 397 -228
--

601 720 -119
--

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 2000

REVISED OCTOBER 2000

REVISED NOVEMBER 1999

Georgia

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

4,207,497 4,086,127 121,370 2.9 4,219,119 4,061,827 157,292 3.7 4,135,524 3,992,909 142,615 3.4

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,332 3,431 4,282 1,572 17,789

7,719 3,206 4,022 1,510 17,068

613 7.4 225 6.6 260 6.1
62 3.9 721 4.1

8,162 3,649 4,345 1,581 17,847

7,650 3,189 3,992 1,512 16,855

512 6.3 460 12.6 353 8.1
69 4.4 992 5.6

8,196 3,379 4,250 1,595 17,744

7,612 3,176 3,974 1,498 16,768

584 7.1 203 6.0 276 6.5
97 6.1 976 5.5

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,241 21,821 41,272
9,402 7,054

6,133 21,334 39,893
8,874 6,761

108 1.7 487 2.2 1,379 3.3 528 5.6 293 4.2

6,262 22,105 41,709
9,433 7,078

6,084 21,271 39,776
8,803 6,719

178 2.8 834 3.8 1,933 4.6 630 6.7 359 5.1

6,254 21,295 40,314
9,574 7,115

6,059 20,803 38,899
8,764 6,682

195 3.1 492 2.3 1,415 3.5 810 8.5 433 6.1

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

76,119 5,679 5,837 7,853
11,097

73,495 5,531 5,544 7,434
10,866

2,624 3.4 148 2.6 293 5.0 419 5.3 231 2.1

76,417 5,658 5,817 7,850
11,061

72,940 5,474 5,483 7,357
10,747

3,477 4.6 184 3.3 334 5.7 493 6.3 314 2.8

73,512 5,748 5,751 7,673
10,963

70,508 5,448 5,456 7,321
10,598

3,004 4.1 300 5.2 295 5.1 352 4.6 365 3.3

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

27,457 8,352 8,625 2,261
17,087

26,846 7,862 8,193 2,109
16,603

611 2.2 490 5.9 432 5.0 152 6.7 484 2.8

27,313 8,365 8,641 2,306
17,061

26,559 7,790 8,096 2,109
16,406

754 2.8 575 6.9 545 6.3 197 8.5 655 3.8

27,029 8,330 8,358 2,349
16,840

26,431 7,749 8,055 2,098
16,324

598 2.2 581 7.0 303 3.6 251 10.7 516 3.1

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,002 46,308 26,324
3,821 108,949

3,865 45,016 25,766
3,687 106,106

137 3.4 1,292 2.8
558 2.1 134 3.5 2,843 2.6

4,017 46,516 26,609
3,803 108,785

3,842 44,884 25,695
3,644 104,951

175 4.4 1,632 3.5
914 3.4 159 4.2 3,834 3.5

4,053 45,768 25,757
3,751 107,262

3,823 43,895 25,141
3,626 103,496

230 5.7 1,873 4.1
616 2.4 125 3.3 3,766 3.5

Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay

2,490 12,043 82,714 48,803
1,510

2,362 11,677 81,470 47,850
1,433

128 5.1 366 3.0 1,244 1.5 953 2.0
77 5.1

2,478 11,860 82,815 48,716
1,553

2,326 11,537 81,231 47,545
1,430

152 6.1 323 2.7 1,584 1.9 1,171 2.4 123 7.9

2,441 11,835 80,904 47,650
1,556

2,282 11,478 79,441 46,699
1,424

159 6.5 357 3.0 1,463 1.8 951 2.0 132 8.5

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

129,797 3,803
369,670 20,847 19,894

126,019 3,529
362,541 20,095 18,601

3,778 2.9 274 7.2
7,129 1.9 752 3.6
1,293 6.5

130,486 3,872
370,489 21,248 20,213

125,650 3,499
361,479 19,930 18,476

4,836 3.7 373 9.6
9,010 2.4 1,318 6.2 1,737 8.6

126,684 3,604
361,892 20,785 19,479

122,881 3,482
353,512 19,836 18,392

3,803 3.0 122 3.4
8,380 2.3 949 4.6
1,087 5.6

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

45,571 7,909
46,844 5,552 9,760

44,637 7,558
45,842 5,389 9,323

934 2.0 351 4.4 1,002 2.1 163 2.9 437 4.5

45,485 8,008
46,985 5,564 9,807

44,279 7,496
45,708 5,334 9,262

1,206 2.7 512 6.4
1,277 2.7 230 4.1 545 5.6

44,487 7,854
45,861 5,527 9,726

43,255 7,457
44,700 5,305 9,221

1,232 2.8 397 5.1
1,161 2.5 222 4.0 505 5.2

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

7,335 15,038 11,996 379,806
9,703

7,200

135 1.8

14,848

190 1.3

11,418

578 4.8

369,304 10,502 2.8

9,401

302 3.1

7,329 14,872 12,029 381,718
9,694

7,180 14,639 11,325 368,223
9,286

149 2.0 233 1.6 704 5.9 13,495 3.5 408 4.2

7,236 14,809 11,803 372,758
9,846

7,025

211 2.9

14,530

279 1.9

11,270

533 4.5

360,108 12,650 3.4

9,219

627 6.4

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,531 44,611 54,743
4,619 1,209

4,347 42,158 53,561
4,350 1,169

184 4.1 2,453 5.5 1,182 2.2
269 5.8 40 3.3

4,566 44,987 54,875
4,644 1,200

4,318 41,943 53,405
4,334 1,157

248 5.4 3,044 6.8 1,470 2.7
310 6.7 43 3.6

4,461 45,415 53,514
4,655 1,238

4,300 42,602 52,228
4,314 1,152

161 3.6 2,813 6.2 1,286 2.4
341 7.3 86 6.9

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

PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER 2000

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

18,110 8,859 8,561 4,920 8,788

17,718 8,272 7,910 4,772 8,585

392 2.2 587 6.6 651 7.6 148 3.0 203 2.3

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

51,952 44,624 52,023 10,327 425,521

51,209

743 1.4

43,547 1,077 2.4

51,491

532 1.0

10,025

302 2.9

413,280 12,241 2.9

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

8,422 972
35,585 22,405
9,479

8,228 932
34,575 21,631
9,038

194 2.3 40 4.1
1,010 2.8 774 3.5 441 4.7

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

5,795 347,059
16,425 72,509
3,912

5,592 340,831
16,008 71,174
3,572

203 3.5 6,228 1.8
417 2.5 1,335 1.8
340 8.7

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

9,549 12,384
9,361 4,751 61,915

9,253 12,133
9,068 4,572 60,899

296 3.1 251 2.0 293 3.1 179 3.8 1,016 1.6

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

53,353 4,865
22,943 4,840 5,345

52,012 4,632
22,506 4,688 5,089

1,341 2.5 233 4.8 437 1.9 152 3.1 256 4.8

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

7,343 4,513 3,568 12,481 6,959

6,692 4,255 3,323 12,100 6,657

651 8.9 258 5.7 245 6.9 381 3.1 302 4.3

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,673 22,354 11,708 17,205
3,544

3,499 21,368 11,286 16,247
3,367

174 4.7 986 4.4 422 3.6 958 5.6 177 5.0

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

3,688 43,688 10,908
9,919 4,762

3,565 42,040 10,795
9,514 4,601

123 3.3 1,648 3.8
113 1.0 405 4.1 161 3.4

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,338 13,904
3,342 9,145 3,197

4,972 13,577
3,207 8,662 3,076

366 6.9 327 2.4 135 4.0 483 5.3 121 3.8

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

11,587 7,485 3,780 7,240
19,135

11,005 7,192 3,533 6,867
18,484

582 5.0 293 3.9 247 6.5 373 5.2 651 3.4

REVISED OCTOBER 2000

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

18,052 8,961 8,682 4,930 8,796

17,525 8,197 7,857 4,735 8,522

527 2.9 764 8.5 825 9.5 195 4.0 274 3.1

52,075 44,510 52,044 10,350 427,903

51,059 1,016 2.0

43,000 1,510 3.4

51,340

704 1.4

9,933

417 4.0

412,070 15,833 3.7

8,431 976
35,377 22,328
9,528

8,154 924
34,169 21,394
9,027

277 3.3 52 5.3
1,208 3.4 934 4.2 501 5.3

5,792 347,943
16,349 71,793
3,942

5,540 339,832
15,859 70,193
3,534

252 4.4 8,111 2.3
490 3.0 1,600 2.2
408 10.4

9,539 12,290
9,418 4,720 62,020

9,169 11,947
8,980 4,512 60,721

370 3.9 343 2.8 438 4.7 208 4.4 1,299 2.1

53,437 4,905
22,899 4,828 5,319

51,619 4,595
22,282 4,650 5,045

1,818 3.4 310 6.3 617 2.7 178 3.7 274 5.2

7,443 4,367 3,618 12,471 6,962

6,629 4,214 3,292 12,008 6,570

814 10.9 153 3.5 326 9.0 463 3.7 392 5.6

3,721 22,492 11,795 17,295
3,557

3,463 21,138 11,228 16,046
3,332

258 6.9 1,354 6.0
567 4.8 1,249 7.2
225 6.3

3,634 43,717 10,808 10,010
4,778

3,521 41,604 10,652
9,438 4,553

113 3.1 2,113 4.8
156 1.4 572 5.7 225 4.7

5,474 13,839
3,336 9,101 3,197

4,948 13,490
3,180 8,545 3,060

526 9.6 349 2.5 156 4.7 556 6.1 137 4.3

11,687 7,488 3,884 7,028
19,448

10,936 7,093 3,500 6,817
18,218

751 6.4 395 5.3 384 9.9 211 3.0 1,230 6.3

REVISED NOVEMBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

17,777 8,785 8,875 4,862 8,718

17,282 8,160 7,804 4,713 8,464

495 2.8 625 7.1 1,071 12.1 149 3.1 254 2.9

50,769 44,423 51,043 10,187 416,371

49,934

835 1.6

42,776 1,647 3.7

50,209

834 1.6

9,887

300 2.9

402,989 13,382 3.2

8,359 968
35,054 22,060
9,582

8,124 919
34,026 21,289
8,965

235 2.8 49 5.1
1,028 2.9 771 3.5 617 6.4

5,877 339,696
16,216 71,131
3,991

5,515 332,343
15,786 69,692
3,515

362 6.2 7,353 2.2
430 2.7 1,439 2.0
476 11.9

9,503 11,964
9,262 4,751 60,532

9,106 11,718
8,938 4,478 59,383

397 4.2 246 2.1 324 3.5 273 5.7 1,149 1.9

51,643 4,832
22,820 4,775 5,313

49,898 4,574
22,182 4,618 5,021

1,745 3.4 258 5.3 638 2.8 157 3.3 292 5.5

7,260 4,334 3,522 11,987 6,847

6,595 4,185 3,276 11,608 6,523

665 9.2 149 3.4 246 7.0 379 3.2 324 4.7

3,634 22,523 11,791 16,813
3,697

3,446 21,036 11,405 15,959
3,318

188 5.2 1,487 6.6
386 3.3 854 5.1 379 10.3

3,600 43,933 10,743
9,714 4,687

3,502 41,402 10,575
9,220 4,533

98 2.7 2,531 5.8
168 1.6 494 5.1 154 3.3

5,266 13,682
3,336 9,003 3,174

4,923 13,250
3,166 8,484 3,047

343 6.5 432 3.2 170 5.1 519 5.8 127 4.0

11,563 7,386 3,810 7,032
18,631

10,879 7,043 3,483 6,786
18,088

684 5.9 343 4.6 327 8.6 246 3.5 543 2.9

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

PRELIMINARY NOVEMBER 2000

REVISED OCTOBER 2000

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

89,141 30,739 13,826
6,136 42,245

85,917 30,039 13,699
6,019 41,500

3,224 3.6 700 2.3 127 0.9 117 1.9 745 1.8

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

89,071 30,823 13,795
6,105 42,352

84,601 29,951 13,612
5,960 41,379

4,470 5.0 872 2.8 183 1.3 145 2.4 973 2.3

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

11,537 11,033
7,556 6,825 16,068

11,009 10,817
7,177 6,591 15,519

528 4.6 216 2.0 379 5.0 234 3.4 549 3.4

11,661 11,037
7,546 6,817 16,134

10,926 10,785
7,124 6,505 15,298

735 6.3 252 2.3 422 5.6 312 4.6 836 5.2

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,511 9,521 1,327 7,192 3,026

4,385 9,298 1,245 7,121 2,856

126 2.8 223 2.3
82 6.2 71 1.0 170 5.6

4,550 9,460 1,333 7,148 3,184

4,339 9,183 1,237 7,049 2,839

211 4.6 277 2.9
96 7.2 99 1.4 345 10.8

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

82,774 41,464
1,793 5,991 4,570

79,367 40,679
1,722 5,680 4,354

3,407 4.1 785 1.9 71 4.0 311 5.2 216 4.7

83,133 41,586
1,789 5,990 4,560

78,732 40,560
1,701 5,639 4,335

4,401 5.3 1,026 2.5
88 4.9 351 5.9 225 4.9

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

31,445 12,102
2,332 15,443
2,958

29,985 11,806
2,195 14,889
2,793

1,460 4.6 296 2.4 137 5.9 554 3.6 165 5.6

31,539 12,063
2,309 15,459
2,933

29,897 11,668
2,177 14,749
2,755

1,642 5.2 395 3.3 132 5.7 710 4.6 178 6.1

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

703 7,363 3,918 5,263 3,873

670 6,988 3,759 4,855 3,577

33 4.7 375 5.1 159 4.1 408 7.8 296 7.6

716 7,428 3,961 5,341 3,921

664 6,965 3,731 4,819 3,559

52 7.3 463 6.2 230 5.8 522 9.8 362 9.2

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

22,271 20,788 12,722
3,738 2,837

21,384 20,060 11,700
3,652 2,675

887 4.0 728 3.5 1,022 8.0
86 2.3 162 5.7

22,345 20,769 12,827
3,731 2,953

21,183 19,898 11,590
3,619 2,650

1,162 5.2 871 4.2
1,237 9.6 112 3.0 303 10.3

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

30,326 4,193 4,346 7,751
13,344

29,530 3,913 4,182 7,546
12,634

796 2.6 280 6.7 164 3.8 205 2.6 710 5.3

30,296 4,334 4,363 7,761
13,453

29,175 3,901 4,151 7,495
12,488

1,121 3.7 433 10.0 212 4.9 266 3.4 965 7.2

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

31,874 29,655 16,599
2,702 9,630

30,870 28,944 15,333
2,565 9,222

1,004 3.1 711 2.4
1,266 7.6 137 5.1 408 4.2

32,057 29,716 16,110
2,696 9,625

30,785 28,859 15,165
2,540 9,124

1,272 4.0 857 2.9 945 5.9 156 5.8 501 5.2

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,649 1,069 2,142 9,341
47,191

11,025 1,036 2,007 9,131
45,739

624 5.4 33 3.1
135 6.3 210 2.2 1,452 3.1

11,782 1,054 2,176 9,300
47,846

10,908 1,032 1,991 9,048
45,174

874 7.4 22 2.1
185 8.5 252 2.7 2,672 5.6

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,313 5,694 4,467 9,396

3,199 5,462 4,286 8,875

114 3.4 232 4.1 181 4.1 521 5.5

3,358 5,695 4,470 9,484

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

3,178 5,396 4,232 8,824

180 5.4 299 5.3 238 5.3 660 7.0

REVISED NOVEMBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

87,321 30,178 13,543
6,090 41,337

82,978 29,291 13,369
5,930 40,467

4,343 5.0 887 2.9 174 1.3 160 2.6 870 2.1

11,178 10,769
7,410 6,734 15,896

10,562 10,547
7,091 6,458 15,190

616 5.5 222 2.1 319 4.3 276 4.1 706 4.4

4,662 9,450 1,275 7,205 3,032

4,308 9,117 1,232 7,029 2,829

354 7.6 333 3.5
43 3.4 176 2.4 203 6.7

81,264 40,589
1,760 5,977 4,479

76,911 39,666
1,690 5,615 4,317

4,353 5.4 923 2.3 70 4.0 362 6.1 162 3.6

30,386 11,995
2,279 15,459
2,908

29,238 11,611
2,168 14,680
2,735

1,148 3.8 384 3.2 111 4.9 779 5.0 173 5.9

707 7,231 3,929 5,967 3,858

661 6,928 3,715 4,795 3,542

46 6.5 303 4.2 214 5.4 1,172 19.6 316 8.2

21,962 20,649 12,664
3,742 3,066

21,089 19,805 11,533
3,610 2,637

873 4.0\ 844 4.1 1,131 8.9 132 3.5 429 14.0

30,298 4,242 4,279 7,793
13,455

29,035 3,888 4,012 7,471
12,430

1,263 4.2 354 8.3 267 6.2 322 4.1
1,025 7.6

31,095 28,986 15,857
2,736 9,703

30,121 28,223 15,097
2,525 9,076

974 3.1 763 2.6 760 4.8 211 7.7 627 6.5

11,418 1,077 2,249 9,412
46,125

10,858 1,026 1,982 9,017
44,943

560 4.9 51 4.7
267 11.9 395 4.2 1,182 2.6

3,377 5,596 4,538 9,360

3,164 5,358 4,208 8,781

213 6.3 238 4.3 330 7.3 579 6.2