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%