Area Georgia Albany MSA Athens MSA Atlanta MSA Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Columbus, GA-AL MSA Macon MSA Savannah MSA Georgia Labor .orce Estimates (not Seasonally Adjusted) Place of Residence - Person 16 Years and Older 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 JAN 2002 4,152,838 3,971,816 181,022 4.4 53,722 50,965 2,757 5.1 74,014 71,965 2,049 2.8 2,302,947 2,202,533 100,414 4.4 210,095 200,775 9,320 4.4 126,249 120,344 5,905 4.7 145,303 140,254 5,049 3.5 135,856 131,381 4,475 3.3 Revised DEC 2001 4,135,890 3,957,948 177,942 4.3 53,713 50,889 2,824 5.3 74,777 72,680 2,097 2.8 2,284,410 2,189,220 95,190 4.2 205,931 195,348 10,583 5.1 127,670 121,766 5,904 4.6 146,441 141,283 5,158 3.5 135,609 131,225 4,384 3.2 Revised JAN 2001 4,115,509 3,971,766 143,743 3.5 54,311 51,484 2,827 5.2 72,557 70,570 1,987 2.7 2,267,287 2,202,533 64,754 2.9 206,480 198,039 8,441 4.1 122,115 117,196 4,919 4.0 141,699 136,571 5,128 3.6 133,700 129,720 3,980 3.0 Change From Revised DEC 2001 16,948 13,868 3,080 Revised JAN 2001 37,329 50 37,279 9 -589 76 -519 -67 -70 -763 -715 -48 1,457 1,395 62 18,537 13,313 5,224 35,660 0 35,660 4,164 5,427 -1,263 3,615 2,736 879 -1,421 -1,422 1 4,134 3,148 986 -1,138 -1,029 -109 3,604 3,683 -79 247 2,156 156 1,661 91 495 United States Labor .orce Estimates Place of Residence - Person 16 Years and Older Area United States (Seasonally adjusted) Employment Status Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate JAN 2002 141,390,000 133,468,000 7,922,000 5.6 DEC 2001 142,314,000 134,055,000 8,259,000 5.8 JAN 2001 141,757,000 135,870,000 5,887,000 4.2 Change From DEC 2001 JAN 2001 -924,000 -587,000 -337,000 -367,000 -2,402,000 2,035,000 United States (Not Seasonally adjusted) Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 141,074,000 132,139,000 8,935,000 6.3 141,912,000 134,235,000 7,678,000 5.4 141,049,000 134,462,000 6,587,000 4.7 -838,000 -2,096,000 1,257,000 25,000 -2,323,000 2,348,000 Note: Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employment, 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 in South Carolina Columbus MSA: Includes Chattahoochee, Harris and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama Macon MSA: Includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, and Twiggs counties Savannah MSA: Includes Byran, Chatham, and Effingham counties Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available Upon Request to Individuals With Disabilities January 2002 Dade Catoosa Whitfield Walker Murray Chattooga Gordon Floyd Bartow Fannin Towns Union Rabun Gilmer Pickens Cherokee White Haber- Lumpkin sham Stephens Dawson Forsyth Hall Banks Franklin Jackson Madison Hart Elbert 10% or greater 4.4% to 9.9% Less than 4.4% Polk Haralson Cobb Paulding Douglas Gwinnett Barrow Clarke Oconee Oglethorpe DeKalb Walton Rock- Wilkes Lincoln Carroll Fulton Clayton dale Newton Morgan Greene Taliaferro Columbia Heard Fayette Henry Coweta Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam Hancock McDuffie Warren Glascock Richmond Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Jones Baldwin Jefferson Washington Burke Upson Harris Talbot Bibb Wilkinson Crawford Twiggs Johnson Jenkins Emanuel Screven Muscogee Taylor Peach Marion Chattahoo- Macon Houston Bleckley Laurens Treutlen Candler Bulloch Effingham chee Schley Stewart Webster Sumter Dooly Pulaski Dodge Wilcox Montgomery Wheeler Toombs Evans Tattnall Bryan Chatham Crisp Telfair Quitman Randolph Terrell Lee Turner Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling Liberty Long Clay Calhoun Dougherty Early Miller Baker Mitchell Worth Colquitt Irwin Tift Coffee Berrien Atkinson Cook Lanier Seminole Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Lowndes Clinch Echols Bacon Wayne Pierce Ware Brantley McIntosh Glynn Charlton Camden Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 4.4%