County labor force estimates (not seasonally adjusted) [Oct. 2000]

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

AREA

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

PRELIMINARY OCT 2000

REVISED SEP 2000

REVISED OCT 1999

CHANGE FROM

REVISED SEP 2000

REVISED OCT 1999

Georgia

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

4,221,356 4,064,428
156,928 3.7

4,193,608 4,026,775
166,833 4.0

4,125,061 3,964,068
160,993 3.9

27,748 37,653 -9,905
--

96,295 100,360
-4,065 --

Albany MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

57,172 53,576
3,596 6.3

57,515 52,919
4,596 8.0

57,424 53,558
3,866 6.7

-343 657 -1,000
--

-252 18
-270 --

Athens MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

76,697 74,999
1,698 2.2

75,195 73,412
1,783 2.4

73,987 72,171
1,816 2.5

1,502 1,587
-85 --

2,710 2,828 -118
--

Atlanta MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

2,306,423 2,237,737
68,686 3.0

2,294,542 2,220,754
73,788 3.2

2,242,964 2,174,390
68,574 3.1

11,881 16,983 -5,102
--

63,459 63,347
112 --

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

212,505 204,368
8,137 3.8

212,753 203,097
9,656 4.5

209,655 198,683
10,972 5.2

-248 1,271 -1,519
--

2,850 5,685 -2,835
--

Columbus, GA-AL MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

130,868 124,488
6,380 4.9

130,276 124,169
6,107 4.7

127,592 121,001
6,591 5.2

592

3,276

319

3,487

273

-211

--

--

Macon MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

158,079 151,407
6,672 4.2

156,718 149,582
7,136 4.6

152,956 145,660
7,296 4.8

1,361 1,825 -464
--

5,123 5,747 -624
--

Savannah MSA

Civilian labor force Employed
Unemployed Rate

137,985 133,310
4,675 3.4

137,169 132,007
5,162 3.8

135,604 130,240
5,364 4.0

816 1,303
-487 --

2,381 3,070 -689
--

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

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

SEP 2000
140,639,000 135,161,000
5,477,000 3.9
140,357,000 135,033,000
5,324,000 3.8

OCT 1999
139,662,000 133,896,000
5,766,000 4.1
139,761,000 134,390,000
5,372,000 3.8

CHANGE FROM

SEP 2000

OCT 1999

279,000 261,000
19,000 --

1,256,000 1,526,000
-270,000 --

536,000 738,000 -202,000
--

1,132,000 1,381,000 -250,000
--

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 OCTOBER 2000

REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

35,940

33,322 2,618 7.3

9,993

9,854 139 1.4

7,955

7,501 454 5.7

48,940

47,769 1,171 2.4

236,522 224,534 11,988 5.1

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

36,370

32,914

9,930

9,779

7,927

7,408

47,957

46,758

235,832 222,829

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
3,456 9.5 151 1.5 519 6.5
1,199 2.5 13,003 5.5

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT

36,252

33,311

9,708

9,575

7,891

7,381

47,159

45,968

229,800 218,178

UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE
2,941 8.1 133 1.4 510 6.5
1,191 2.5 11,622 5.1

Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Carrollton Cartersville

82,899 4,756 8,027
10,181 8,686

78,480 4,419 5.3 4,428 328 6.9 7,437 590 7.4 9,678 503 4.9 8,317 369 4.2

82,691 4,746 8,081
10,173 8,551

77,808 4,366 7,363 9,605 8,253

4,883 5.9 380 8.0 718 8.9 568 5.6 298 3.5

81,518 4,659 7,926
10,039 8,358

76,579 4,345 7,348 9,404 8,081

4,939 6.1 314 6.7 578 7.3 635 6.3 277 3.3

College Park Columbus Cordele Covington Dalton

13,847 89,069
4,508 6,375 14,344

13,199 648 4.7 84,591 4,478 5.0
4,235 273 6.1 6,056 319 5.0 13,293 1,051 7.3

13,804 88,763
4,468 6,373 13,931

13,098 84,329
4,172 6,010 13,157

706 5.1 4,434 5.0
296 6.6 363 5.7 774 5.6

13,441 87,070
4,435 6,217 13,596

12,825 82,271
4,154 5,885 13,110

616 4.6 4,799 5.5
281 6.3 332 5.3 486 3.6

Decatur Douglas Douglasville Dublin East Point

11,162 6,711 8,346 8,296
22,303

10,763 399 3.6 6,222 489 7.3 8,063 283 3.4 7,623 673 8.1
21,258 1,045 4.7

11,116 6,643 8,295 8,169
22,230

10,681 6,137 8,001 7,536
21,097

435 3.9 506 7.6 294 3.5 633 7.7 1,133 5.1

10,877 6,542 8,120 8,308
21,660

10,458 6,110 7,834 7,510
20,657

419 3.9 432 6.6 286 3.5 798 9.6 1,003 4.6

Forest Park Gainesville Griffin Hinesville LaGrange

10,904 12,877 12,055
8,858 13,492

10,431 12,541 11,162
8,238 12,805

473 4.3 336 2.6 893 7.4 620 7.0 687 5.1

10,880 12,773 11,999
8,762 13,421

10,352 12,414 11,077
8,154 12,675

528 4.9 359 2.8 922 7.7 608 6.9 746 5.6

10,569 12,691 11,561
8,632 13,459

10,136 12,339 10,846
8,122 12,638

433 4.1 352 2.8 715 6.2 510 5.9 821 6.1

Lawrenceville Macon Marietta Milledgeville Moultrie

15,064 51,709 35,746
6,038 7,580

14,586 48,867 34,595
5,588 6,615

478 2,842 1,151
450 965

3.2 5.5 3.2 7.5 12.7

14,991 51,324 35,572
6,012 7,170

14,475 48,278 34,332
5,532 6,515

516 3.4 3,046 5.9 1,240 3.5
480 8.0 655 9.1

14,658 49,993 34,839
6,059 7,267

14,173 47,012 33,615
5,513 6,484

485 3.3 2,981 6.0 1,224 3.5
546 9.0 783 10.8

Newnan Peachtree City Rome Roswell Savannah

9,345 14,405 15,230 36,375 65,157

9,024 321 3.4 14,026 379 2.6 14,550 680 4.5 35,866 509 1.4 62,434 2,723 4.2

9,291 14,336 15,061 36,146 64,856

8,955 13,920 14,405 35,594 61,824

336 3.6 416 2.9 656 4.4 552 1.5 3,032 4.7

9,104 13,974 15,270 35,339 64,100

8,768 13,629 14,353 34,851 60,997

336 3.7 345 2.5 917 6.0 488 1.4 3,103 4.8

Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

29,013 10,721
9,790 9,648 8,119

28,333 10,476
9,470 8,979 7,716

680 2.3 245 2.3 320 3.3 669 6.9 403 5.0

28,850 10,662
9,720 9,609 8,085

28,118 10,397
9,363 8,869 7,610

732 2.5 265 2.5 357 3.7 740 7.7 475 5.9

28,254 10,428
9,606 9,488 8,014

27,531 10,180
9,330 8,838 7,577

723 2.6 248 2.4 276 2.9 650 6.9 437 5.5

Valdosta Vidalia Warner Robins Waycross

22,820 5,914
25,915 6,856

21,484 1,336 5.9 5,430 484 8.2
24,965 950 3.7 6,348 508 7.4

22,712 5,980
25,706 6,826

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

21,231 5,362
24,664 6,278

1,481 6.5 618 10.3
1,042 4.1 548 8.0

22,075 5,793
25,140 6,640

21,151 5,339
24,017 6,258

924 4.2 454 7.8 1,123 4.5 382 5.8

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 OCT 2000

EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED

OCT 2000

OCT 2000

OCT 2000

RATE SEP 2000 OCT 1999

1,951,629 1,893,940

57,689

3.0

3.2

3.1

204,091

193,116

10,975

5.4

5.8

6.6

137,713

132,920

4,793

3.5

3.8

4.1

243,706

234,831

8,875

3.6

4.0

3.8

254,549

245,356

9,193

3.6

3.4

3.7

232,333

227,009

5,324

2.3

2.4

2.7

114,783

107,382

7,401

6.4

7.3

8.0

115,178

109,330

5,848

5.1

5.2

5.4

67,496

63,640

3,856

5.7

5.8

5.4

45,547

43,025

2,522

5.5

6.2

5.7

207,865

198,880

8,985

4.3

4.7

5.0

95,674

91,063

4,611

4.8

4.1

2.8

210,258

203,994

6,264

3.0

3.1

3.2

111,261

105,261

6,000

5.4

6.0

4.8

66,384

62,186

4,198

6.3

6.5

5.1

162,888

152,493

10,395

6.4

7.1

6.7

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 OCT 2000
212,505 204,368
8,137 3.8
138,243 132,025
6,218 4.5
74,262 72,343
1,919 2.6

REVISED SEP 2000
212,753 203,097
9,656 4.5
137,681 130,895
6,786 4.9
75,072 72,202
2,870 3.8

REVISED OCT 1999
209,655 198,683
10,972 5.2
135,814 128,827
6,987 5.1
73,841 69,856
3,985 5.4

CHANGE FROM

REVISED SEP 2000

REVISED OCT 1999

-248 1,271 -1,519
--

2,850 5,685 -2,835
--

562 1,130 -568
--

2,429 3,198 -769
--

-810 141 -951
--

421 2,487 -2,066
--

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 OCT 2000
130,868 124,488
6,380 4.9
103,837 98,862 4,975 4.8
27,031 25,626
1,405 5.2

REVISED SEP 2000
130,276 124,169
6,107 4.7
103,574 98,556 5,018 4.8
26,702 25,613
1,089 4.1

REVISED OCT 1999
127,592 121,001
6,591 5.2
101,406 96,151 5,255 5.2
26,186 24,850
1,336 5.1

CHANGE FROM

REVISED SEP 2000

REVISED OCT 1999

592

3,276

319

3,487

273

-211

--

--

263

2,431

306

2,711

-43

-280

--

--

329

845

13

776

316

69

--

--

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 OCTOBER 2000

REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

Georgia

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

4,221,356 4,064,428 156,928 3.7 4,193,608 4,026,775 166,833 4.0 4,125,061 3,964,068 160,993 3.9

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,172 3,640 4,349 1,583 17,893

7,668 3,197 4,002 1,514 16,900

504 6.2 443 12.2 347 8.0
69 4.4 993 5.5

8,205 3,457 4,297 1,552 17,787

7,570 3,145 3,946 1,477 16,729

635 7.7 312 9.0 351 8.2
75 4.8 1,058 5.9

8,223 3,370 4,164 1,571 17,877

7,539 3,128 3,931 1,459 16,672

684 8.3 242 7.2 233 5.6 112 7.1 1,205 6.7

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,275 22,103 41,710
9,457 7,094

6,099 21,268 39,770
8,825 6,734

176 2.8 835 3.8 1,940 4.7 632 6.7 360 5.1

6,191 21,760 41,032
9,352 7,072

6,017 21,107 39,468
8,705 6,626

174 2.8 653 3.0 1,564 3.8 647 6.9 446 6.3

6,254 21,250 40,098
9,316 7,102

5,994 20,666 38,644
8,670 6,584

260 4.2 584 2.7 1,454 3.6 646 6.9 518 7.3

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

76,278 5,673 5,837 7,873
11,070

72,826 5,489 5,499 7,376
10,754

3,452 4.5 184 3.2 338 5.8 497 6.3 316 2.9

75,648 5,637 5,816 7,902
10,966

71,948 5,421 5,436 7,289
10,649

3,700 4.9 216 3.8 380 6.5 613 7.8 317 2.9

73,683 5,714 5,809 7,541
10,933

70,062 5,399 5,415 7,262
10,507

3,621 4.9 315 5.5 394 6.8 279 3.7 426 3.9

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

27,379 8,390 8,665 2,308
17,108

26,628 7,809 8,117 2,113
16,450

751 2.7 581 6.9 548 6.3 195 8.4 658 3.8

27,165 8,365 8,645 2,321
16,942

26,326 7,706 8,031 2,069
16,276

839 3.1 659 7.9 614 7.1 252 10.9 666 3.9

26,881 8,373 8,348 2,365
16,810

26,233 7,668 8,003 2,053
16,220

648 2.4 705 8.4 345 4.1 312 13.2 590 3.5

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,028 46,514 26,546
3,812 108,848

3,852 44,877 25,651
3,653 105,019

176 4.4 1,637 3.5
895 3.4 159 4.2 3,829 3.5

4,011 46,383 26,271
3,785 108,256

3,789 44,537 25,472
3,615 103,993

222 5.5 1,846 4.0
799 3.0 170 4.5 4,263 3.9

4,097 45,673 25,864
3,739 106,963

3,767 43,607 25,126
3,602 102,601

330 8.1 2,066 4.5
738 2.9 137 3.7 4,362 4.1

Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay

2,479 11,892 82,793 48,940
1,561

2,326 11,567 81,219 47,769
1,434

153 6.2 325 2.7 1,574 1.9 1,171 2.4 127 8.1

2,517 11,813 82,301 47,957
1,522

2,319 11,448 80,602 46,758
1,408

198 7.9 365 3.1 1,699 2.1 1,199 2.5 114 7.5

2,431 11,800 80,574 47,159
1,537

2,262 11,406 78,920 45,968
1,398

169 7.0 394 3.3 1,654 2.1 1,191 2.5 139 9.0

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

130,452 3,876
370,426 21,163 20,247

125,631 3,507
361,424 19,980 18,522

4,821 3.7 369 9.5
9,002 2.4 1,183 5.6 1,725 8.5

130,058 3,857
368,380 20,928 19,415

124,678 3,459
358,681 19,706 18,244

5,380 4.1 398 10.3
9,699 2.6 1,222 5.8 1,171 6.0

126,484 3,613
360,765 20,662 19,556

122,075 3,443
351,192 19,618 18,157

4,409 3.5 170 4.7
9,573 2.7 1,044 5.1 1,399 7.2

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

45,358 8,028
46,973 5,581 9,824

44,137 7,516
45,701 5,350 9,285

1,221 2.7 512 6.4
1,272 2.7 231 4.1 539 5.5

45,051 7,945
46,687 5,541 9,731

43,760 7,409
45,354 5,283 9,147

1,291 2.9 536 6.7
1,333 2.9 258 4.7 584 6.0

44,477 7,841
45,739 5,482 9,663

43,068 7,372
44,407 5,258 9,108

1,409 3.2 469 6.0
1,332 2.9 224 4.1 555 5.7

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

7,317 14,912 12,057 381,666
9,712

7,168

149 2.0

14,678

234 1.6

11,353

704 5.8

368,166 13,500 3.5

9,310

402 4.1

7,273 14,811 12,010 380,069
9,683

7,118 14,538 11,195 365,372
9,201

155 2.1 273 1.8 815 6.8 14,697 3.9 482 5.0

7,286 14,808 11,812 371,932
9,763

7,021

265 3.6

14,457

351 2.4

11,140

672 5.7

357,744 14,188 3.8

9,139

624 6.4

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,578 45,294 54,867
4,656 1,199

4,329 42,262 53,396
4,345 1,160

249 5.4 3,032 6.7 1,471 2.7
311 6.7 39 3.3

4,576 45,747 54,517
4,635 1,203

4,265 41,744 52,991
4,267 1,147

311 6.8 4,003 8.8 1,526 2.8
368 7.9 56 4.7

4,475 45,654 53,373
4,680 1,183

4,246 42,248 51,885
4,238 1,142

229 5.1 3,406 7.5 1,488 2.8
442 9.4 41 3.5

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

PRELIMINARY OCTOBER 2000

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

18,066 8,988 8,701 4,940 8,816

17,536 8,218 7,876 4,747 8,544

530 2.9 770 8.6 825 9.5 193 3.9 272 3.1

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

52,073 44,628 52,036 10,371 427,862

51,051 1,022 2.0

43,115 1,513 3.4

51,332

704 1.4

9,958

413 4.0

412,007 15,855 3.7

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

8,452 978
35,461 22,374
9,552

8,174 926
34,261 21,450
9,048

278 3.3 52 5.3
1,200 3.4 924 4.1 504 5.3

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

5,807 347,886
16,389 71,969
3,957

5,554 339,780
15,899 70,379
3,544

253 4.4 8,106 2.3
490 3.0 1,590 2.2
413 10.4

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

9,563 12,289
9,441 4,729 62,022

9,192 11,945
9,004 4,523 60,712

371 3.9 344 2.8 437 4.6 206 4.4 1,310 2.1

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

53,351 4,913
22,957 4,840 5,318

51,538 4,607
22,341 4,661 5,059

1,813 3.4 306 6.2 616 2.7 179 3.7 259 4.9

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

7,465 4,378 3,627 12,455 6,976

6,648 4,224 3,300 11,989 6,588

817 10.9 154 3.5 327 9.0 466 3.7 388 5.6

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,723 22,548 11,878 17,339
3,567

3,472 21,194 11,314 16,088
3,341

251 6.7 1,354 6.0
564 4.7 1,251 7.2
226 6.3

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

3,644 43,830 10,836
9,986 4,791

3,530 41,712 10,679
9,408 4,565

114 3.1 2,118 4.8
157 1.4 578 5.8 226 4.7

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,483 13,901
3,345 9,128 3,203

4,957 13,554
3,188 8,567 3,068

526 9.6 347 2.5 157 4.7 561 6.1 135 4.2

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

11,715 7,505 3,894 7,050
19,468

10,961 7,112 3,509 6,835
18,266

754 6.4 393 5.2 385 9.9 215 3.0 1,202 6.2

REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

17,946 8,851 8,571 4,904 8,698

17,365 8,114 7,771 4,682 8,446

581 3.2 737 8.3 800 9.3 222 4.5 252 2.9

51,786 44,143 51,775 10,179 426,071

50,664 1,122 2.2

42,684 1,459 3.3

50,943

832 1.6

9,834

345 3.4

408,880 17,191 4.0

8,371 967
35,380 22,053
9,515

8,077 913
33,921 21,208
8,886

294 3.5 54 5.6
1,459 4.1 845 3.8 629 6.6

5,775 345,957
16,162 71,361
3,984

5,484 337,202
15,701 69,665
3,502

291 5.0 8,755 2.5
461 2.9 1,696 2.4
482 12.1

9,498 12,294
9,307 4,702 61,714

9,088 11,908
8,894 4,477 60,251

410 4.3 386 3.1 413 4.4 225 4.8 1,463 2.4

52,905 4,844
22,742 4,820 5,278

50,917 4,544
22,074 4,604 4,990

1,988 3.8 300 6.2 668 2.9 216 4.5 288 5.5

7,244 4,333 3,544 12,324 6,918

6,558 4,165 3,259 11,845 6,517

686 9.5 168 3.9 285 8.0 479 3.9 401 5.8

3,732 22,225 11,768 17,149
3,563

3,431 20,952 11,175 15,923
3,302

301 8.1 1,273 5.7
593 5.0 1,226 7.1
261 7.3

3,613 43,570 10,755
9,939 4,751

3,494 41,221 10,566
9,327 4,511

119 3.3 2,349 5.4
189 1.8 612 6.2 240 5.1

5,460 13,632
3,316 9,008 3,170

4,873 13,267
3,145 8,478 3,014

587 10.8 365 2.7 171 5.2 530 5.9 156 4.9

11,584 7,452 3,827 7,008
19,235

10,790 7,039 3,464 6,735
18,091

794 6.9 413 5.5 363 9.5 273 3.9 1,144 5.9

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

17,709 8,782 9,124 4,871 8,729

17,133 8,086 7,738 4,665 8,420

576 3.3 696 7.9 1,386 15.2 206 4.2 309 3.5

50,536 44,571 50,766 10,125 415,556

49,606

930 1.8

42,531 2,040 4.6

49,879

887 1.7

9,801

324 3.2

400,344 15,212 3.7

8,347 973
35,025 21,901
9,571

8,062 909
33,850 21,132
8,832

285 3.4 64 6.6
1,175 3.4 769 3.5 739 7.7

5,863 338,377
16,148 70,908
4,074

5,466 330,162
15,645 69,243
3,484

397 6.8 8,215 2.4
503 3.1 1,665 2.3
590 14.5

9,508 11,904
9,181 4,750 60,346

9,054 11,618
8,863 4,447 58,993

454 4.8 286 2.4 318 3.5 303 6.4 1,353 2.2

51,725 4,760
22,744 4,764 5,387

49,582 4,525
21,999 4,585 4,969

2,143 4.1 235 4.9 745 3.3 179 3.8 418 7.8

7,352 4,373 3,519 11,981 6,847

6,526 4,131 3,247 11,534 6,475

826 11.2 242 5.5 272 7.7 447 3.7 372 5.4

3,522 22,483 11,770 16,890
3,730

3,418 20,879 11,310 15,861
3,294

104 3.0 1,604 7.1
460 3.9 1,029 6.1
436 11.7

3,577 42,531 10,720
9,819 4,682

3,480 41,066 10,502
9,180 4,494

97 2.7 1,465 3.4
218 2.0 639 6.5 188 4.0

5,251 13,479
3,313 8,997 3,161

4,839 13,043
3,131 8,425 2,995

412 7.8 436 3.2 182 5.5 572 6.4 166 5.3

11,518 7,437 3,821 6,984
18,558

10,728 6,995 3,450 6,705
17,986

790 6.9 442 5.9 371 9.7 279 4.0 572 3.1

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

PRELIMINARY OCTOBER 2000

REVISED SEPTEMBER 2000

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

89,069 30,820 13,856
6,120 42,350

84,591 29,947 13,676
5,977 41,372

4,478 5.0 873 2.8 180 1.3 143 2.3 978 2.3

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

88,763 30,715 13,606
6,105 42,091

84,329 29,719 13,386
5,901 41,058

4,434 5.0 996 3.2 220 1.6 204 3.3
1,033 2.5

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

11,648 11,036
7,567 6,836 16,170

10,909 10,783
7,143 6,522 15,339

739 6.3 253 2.3 424 5.6 314 4.6 831 5.1

11,531 10,973
7,449 6,774 15,878

10,778 10,701
7,039 6,453 15,189

753 6.5 272 2.5 410 5.5 321 4.7 689 4.3

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,560 9,485 1,337 7,167 3,186

4,348 9,207 1,243 7,068 2,845

212 4.6 278 2.9
94 7.0 99 1.4 341 10.7

4,513 9,402 1,297 7,092 3,161

4,291 9,102 1,225 6,993 2,804

222 4.9 300 3.2
72 5.6 99 1.4 357 11.3

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

82,899 41,582
1,794 6,005 4,569

78,480 40,554
1,706 5,653 4,346

4,419 5.3 1,028 2.5
88 4.9 352 5.9 223 4.9

82,691 41,403
1,777 5,971 4,512

77,808 40,246
1,687 5,573 4,269

4,883 5.9 1,157 2.8
90 5.1 398 6.7 243 5.4

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

31,535 12,090
2,315 15,496
2,942

29,892 11,699
2,183 14,786
2,763

1,643 5.2 391 3.2 132 5.7 710 4.6 179 6.1

31,361 11,994
2,295 15,414
2,949

29,665 11,575
2,154 14,602
2,733

1,696 5.4 419 3.5 141 6.1 812 5.3 216 7.3

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

718 7,438 3,972 5,347 3,929

666 6,981 3,741 4,830 3,566

52 7.2 457 6.1 231 5.8 517 9.7 363 9.2

710 7,447 3,886 5,488 3,951

656 6,851 3,688 4,763 3,508

54 7.6 596 8.0 198 5.1 725 13.2 443 11.2

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

22,395 20,821 12,831
3,742 2,964

21,237 19,949 11,619
3,629 2,657

1,158 5.2 872 4.2
1,212 9.4 113 3.0 307 10.4

22,257 20,702 13,018
3,721 2,976

20,975 19,674 11,472
3,589 2,623

1,282 5.8 1,028 5.0 1,546 11.9
132 3.5 353 11.9

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

30,369 4,323 4,346 7,780
13,484

29,252 3,910 4,144 7,513
12,521

1,117 3.7 413 9.6 202 4.6 267 3.4 963 7.1

30,167 4,237 4,310 7,647
13,268

28,954 3,845 4,094 7,413
12,390

1,213 4.0 392 9.3 216 5.0 234 3.1 878 6.6

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

31,999 29,716 16,140
2,700 9,651

30,732 28,855 15,205
2,546 9,147

1,267 4.0 861 2.9 935 5.8 154 5.7 504 5.2

31,808 29,509 16,049
2,691 9,596

30,518 28,636 15,039
2,514 9,039

1,290 4.1 873 3.0
1,010 6.3 177 6.6 557 5.8

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

11,809 1,055 2,183 9,325
47,902

10,937 1,033 1,996 9,072
45,296

872 7.4 22 2.1
187 8.6 253 2.7 2,606 5.4

11,620 1,051 2,176 9,287
46,753

10,814 1,015 1,969 8,966
44,833

806 6.9 36 3.4
207 9.5 321 3.5 1,920 4.1

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,366 5,711 4,483 9,502

3,186 5,411 4,244 8,844

180 5.3 300 5.3 239 5.3 658 6.9

3,350 5,652 4,458 9,392

SOURCE: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

3,138 5,346 4,197 8,703

212 6.3 306 5.4 261 5.9 689 7.3

REVISED OCTOBER 1999

LABOR

UNEMPLOYMENT

FORCE EMPLOYMENT NUMBER RATE

87,070 30,009 13,349
6,083 41,191

82,271 29,099 13,160
5,874 40,201

4,799 5.5 910 3.0 189 1.4 209 3.4 990 2.4

11,234 10,716
7,333 6,738 16,007

10,495 10,478
7,003 6,411 15,102

739 6.6 238 2.2 330 4.5 327 4.9 905 5.7

4,484 9,444 1,264 7,180 3,018

4,260 9,041 1,219 6,992 2,794

224 5.0 403 4.3
45 3.6 188 2.6 224 7.4

81,518 40,373
1,754 6,041 4,440

76,579 39,406
1,675 5,551 4,243

4,939 6.1 967 2.4 79 4.5 490 8.1 197 4.4

30,361 11,998
2,281 15,347
2,966

29,046 11,535
2,145 14,548
2,715

1,315 4.3 463 3.9 136 6.0 799 5.2 251 8.5

701 7,132 3,939 5,977 3,804

653 6,802 3,673 4,742 3,489

48 6.8 330 4.6 266 6.8 1,235 20.7 315 8.3

22,029 20,533 12,559
3,739 3,069

20,903 19,588 11,424
3,588 2,612

1,126 5.1 945 4.6
1,135 9.0 151 4.0 457 14.9

30,204 4,354 4,333 7,728
13,581

28,869 3,830 3,987 7,401
12,355

1,335 4.4 524 12.0 346 8.0 327 4.2
1,226 9.0

31,236 28,848 15,694
2,719 9,728

30,102 28,038 14,992
2,501 8,998

1,134 3.6 810 2.8 702 4.5 218 8.0 730 7.5

11,437 1,053 2,272 9,406
45,876

10,783 1,011 1,960 8,949
44,671

654 5.7 42 4.0
312 13.7 457 4.9 1,205 2.6

3,343 5,600 4,572 9,294

3,125 5,312 4,178 8,649

218 6.5 288 5.1 394 8.6 645 6.9