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 FEB 2002
4,161,641 3,977,629
184,012 4.4
53,461 50,834
2,627 4.9
74,428 72,317
2,111 2.8
2,304,735 2,200,082
104,653 4.5
208,438 198,858
9,580 4.6
126,190 120,739
5,451 4.3
145,473 140,391
5,082 3.5
138,442 133,883
4,559 3.3
Revised JAN 2002
4,152,686 3,970,456
182,230 4.4
53,799 51,036
2,763 5.1
74,419 72,353
2,066 2.8
2,294,577 2,193,625
100,952 4.4
208,931 199,516
9,415 4.5
125,639 119,711
5,928 4.7
146,175 141,086
5,089 3.5
138,771 134,279
4,492 3.2
Revised FEB 2001
4,137,332 3,983,689
153,643 3.7
54,208 51,076
3,132 5.8
72,932 70,757
2,175 3.0
2,288,993 2,217,170
71,823 3.1
207,110 198,504
8,606 4.2
123,111 117,849
5,262 4.3
142,115 136,845
5,270 3.7
134,432 130,348
4,084 3.0
Change From
Revised JAN 2002
8,955 7,173 1,782
Revised FEB 2001
24,309 -6,060 30,369
-338 -202 -136
-747 -242 -505
9
1,496
-36
1,560
45
-64
10,158 6,457 3,701
15,742 -17,088 32,830
-493 -658 165
1,328 354 974
551 1,028 -477
3,079 2,890
189
-702 -695
-7
3,358 3,546
-188
-329 -396
67
4,010 3,535
475
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
FEB 2002
142,211,000 134,319,000
7,891,000 5.5
JAN 2002
141,390,000 133,468,000
7,922,000 5.6
FEB 2001
141,622,000 135,734,000
5,888,000 4.2
Change From
JAN 2002
FEB 2001
821,000 851,000 -31,000
589,000 -1,415,000 2,003,000
United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
142,057,000 133,349,000
8,707,000 6.1
141,074,000 132,139,000
8,935,000 6.3
141,238,000 134,774,000
6,464,000 4.6
983,000 1,210,000 -228,000
819,000 -1,425,000 2,243,000
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
February 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%