Georgia labor force estimates, place of residence - persons 16 years old and over, Feb. 2002

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%