Georgia labor market indicators, 2004 March

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MAR

FEB

MAR

.2Ci> fa0or Force

2004

2004

2003

Unemployment Rate (GA) ........ . ......... 3.6 .............. 3.8 ............... 5.0 Civilian Labor Force (OOO's) ................ 4,383.4 ....... 4,375.4 ........ 4,373.1
Employed ...... ................................. 4,223.5 ....... 4,207.8 ........ 4, 156.5 Unemployed ........................................ 159.9 ........ .. 167.6 ........... 216.6 Unemployment Rate (US) .................. ....... 6.0 .............. 6.0 ...... ......... 6.2 (not seasonally adjusted)

Unemplo11ment Rates - Georgia and the U.S.
j -- - - 7 .0% ~....~~~
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7.0% 6.0%

5.0%

4.0%

2003

2004

3.0o/o +--~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+----~--+- 3.0/o

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

Employment (OOO's)

MAR 2004

FEB 2004

MAR 2003

Natural Resources and Mining ..... ... ... 12.6 ............ 12.5 ..... ........ 11.7

Construction.........

198.3 .......... 196.1 .... ... ... . 191.7

Manufacturing ........................................ 450.4 .......... 449.9 ....... ... . 457.4

Trade, Transportation and Utilities ......... 812.6 .......... 810.9 ..... ...... 818.7

Information ............................................ 126.5 .......... 127.3 .. .. ....... 127.3

Financial Activities ................................. 218.3 .......... 218.1 ........... 214.6

Professional and Business Services ..... 495.5 .......... 494.6 .......... . 491.0

Educational and Health Services ........... 389.8 .......... 388.2 .......... . 385.9

Leisure and Hospitality Services ........... 348.6 .......... 341.1 ..... ..... . 342.7

Other Services ....................................... 170.0 .......... 170.0 ... ........ 167.1

Total Government ..................... ..... .. ...... 639.8 .......... 639.4 ........... 639.5

Total Nonfarm Employment .................. 3862.4 ........ 3848.1 ......... 3847.6

Employment data uses the North American Industrial Classification System (NA/CS) categories as opposed to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) categories.

Emp1011ment b11 Metropolitan Statistical Area
MarchZ003 March 2004

Albany Athens Atlanta Augusta-Aiken Co lu mbus Macon Savannah

-1.5%

1.8%

-2.0%

-1.0%

0.0%

1.0%

Percent Change

2.0%

3.0%

Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available Upon Request to Individuals With Disabilities

Georgia Unemplovment Rates bv Countv

MAR FEB

MAR

2004 2004 2003

Appling ............ 5.2 ....... 5.6 ......... 7.2

*Atkinson
Bacon ..

.. .... 7.2 10.1 ....... .. . 7.9 ........... 5.5 ....... 4 .5 5.5

BBaaldkweir~

.... .... 3.5 ....... 4 .0 ...... ... 6.1
.. .... 2.5 .. .... 2.7 ......... 3.6

Banks ................... 2.6 ....... 3.1 .......... 4.1

BaJTOw .................... 3.8 ....... 4.1 .......... 5.7

Bartow .................... 4.7 ....... 5.0

6.4

Ben Hill .................. 3.8 ....... 4.1 ........ 12.8

Berrien .................... 2.7 ....... 3.2 .......... 3.6

Bibb ........................ 3.8 3.9 ... ...... 4.7

Bleckley .................. 3.2 ....... 3.1 .......... 5.2

Brantley .................. 3.6 ....... 4.0 .......... 6.0

Brooks .................... 2.3 2.5 .. ....... 3.5

Bryan

.. 2.5 ....... 2.5 .......... 3.3

Bul loch ................... 2.4 2.6 ......... . 3.1

Bur1<e

.. .. 8.5 ....... 9.2 .......... 8.7

Butts ....................... 3.9 3.8 .. ....... 4.8

Calhoun .................. 4.2 4.5 .......... 7.4

Camden .................. 3.6 ....... 3.6 ......... 7.3

Candler ................... 3.2 ....... 3.2 .......... 4.0

Carroll

.......... 4.2 4.4 .......... 6.1

Catoosa .................. 2.0 ....... 2.2 .......... 2.8

Charlton .................. 3.1 ....... 3.5 .......... 5.8

Chatham ................. 3.3 .. 3.4 .......... 3.8

* Chattahoochee ....... 6.2 ....... 6.9 .......... 8.0

Chattooga ......... 3.0 ....... 3.0 ........ 3.1

Cherokee

....... 3.2 ....... 3.3 ......... 4.4

Clar1<e ... ................. 2.5 ....... 2.6 .......... 3.0

Clay

....... 2.8 ....... 3.7 .......... 2.9

Clayton

4.8 ....... 5.0 ......... 6.1

Clinch ................... 3.1 ....... 3.3 ......... 4.6

Cobb ....................... 3.3 ....... 3.4 ......... 4.4

Coffee ..................... 5.2 ....... 5.9 .......... 6.0

Colquitt

..... 3.5 ....... 4.2 .......... 6.6

Columbia ................ 2.5 ....... 2.5 .......... 3.0

Cook ....................... 3.3 .... 3.8 .......... 5.0

Coweta ........... 3.1 ....... 3.3 ......... 4.5

Crawford ......... 3.7 ....... 4.0 .......... 3.7

Crisp

......... 4.8 ....... 5.7 .......... 7.1

Dade ....................... 2.3 ..... 2.7 .. ... ... . 3.9

Dawson .................. 2.3 ....... 2.4 .. ... 3.3

*Decatur ................... 6.5 ....... 6.2 .......... 6.6

DeKalb ................... Dodge ..................... Dooly ......................

4.3 2.7 5.1

...
..... .. .......

4.4 5.6

2.9 5.1

...........

5 .2 7.5

Dougherty ... ... .. ..... 4.8 ... .... 4.5 ...... ... 6 .7

Douglas .................. Early .......................

4.0 4.3

.......

4.3 5.0

.. ...... . 5 .0
......... 8.2

Echols .................... Effingham ...............

2.2 2.7

... .. .......

2.6 2.7

.

.........

2.6 3.8

Elbert

..... 4.4 ....... 5.1 .......... 8.0

Emanuel ................. 4.8 ....... 4.4 ......... 6.0

Evans ..................... 2.6 ....... 2.6 ......... 3.4

Fannin .................... 3.4 ....... 3.9 ......... 7.6

FFaloyyedtt.e...................... Forsyth ....................

2.3 3. 1 2.6

.......
...
.......

2.6 .. ... ....

4.2. 2.7

.........

3. 1 4.9 3.7

Franklin

...... ... ... 3.0 ... .... 3.3 .... .... . 4.9

Fulton ....... ............. 4.4 ....... 4.5 ......... 5.9

Gi lmer .... ............... 3. 1 ....... 3 .5 ......... 5.7

Glascock ................ 2.8 ..... 4.2 .. ... 5.9

Glynn ... ................... 2.8 3.0 .. ....... 3.6

Gordon .... ... ... ......... . 3.6 .... ... 4 .1 .......... 6.8

Grady ...................... 3.6 ....... 3.7 ... 5.5

Greene ... .............. 5.3 .. ..... 5.9 .......... 8.4

Gwinnett

......... 3.1

3.2 .. ........ 4.3

Habersham ............. 2.3 ....... 2.5 .......... 4.0

Hall ......................... 2.7 ....... 2.8 .......... 3.9

Hancock ............... 4.8 .. ..... 5.2 .. ........ 8.5

Haralson ................. 4.7 ....... 4.6 .......... 5.6

Harris ... ................. 3.3 ....... 3.6 .......... 3.2

Hart .. ... .................. 3.5 ....... 3.7 ......... 7.6

Heard

... 3.9 ....... 4.2 ......... 6.4

Henry

... 3.4 ....... 3.6 ......... 4.3

Houston .................. 2.6 2.7 ...... 3.3

Irwin ........................ 3.0 ....... 3.5 ......... 9.2

Jackson .................. 2.9 ....... 3.1 .......... 4.2

Jasper .................... 4.7 ....... 4.7 ......... 5.3

.. Current month higher than national rate

MAR FEB MAR

2004 2004 2003

Jeff Davis ............... 6.5 ....... 7.1 .. ...... 9.3

*Jefferson ................ 7.0 ....... 7.9 .......... 9.9

Jenkins .. .. ........ .. 5.3 .. ..... 5.1

.. 5.6

Johnson .... ........ 5.0 ....... 4.5 ..

8.9

Jones

....... ..... 2.7 ....... 2.7 ... ....... 3.2

Lamar .. ................ 4.5 ....... 5.2 .......... 6.7

Lanier ..................... 2.2 ....... 2.6 .......... 2.7

Laurens

... 4.3 ....... 4.6 ......... 5.1

Lee .........................

Liberty

...

2.0 3.8

....... .......

2.2 4.0

3.3
5 .8

Lincoln ................... 6.0 ....... 9.0 ....... 13.3

Long ....................... 3.3 ....... 3.1 .... 3.5

Lowndes ................. 2.2 Lumpkin .................. 2.4

....... ...

2.4 2.4

.........

3.0 2.9

McDuffie ........... 4.6 ....... 4.9 ......... 7.2

Mcintosh ................. 3.3 ....... 3.5 ......... 4.6

*Macon

..... 7.2 ....... 9.3 ......... 6.8

Madison .................. 2.7 ....... 3.1 .......... 4.0

*Marion. ................... 6.0 ....... 6.3 ......... 5.9

Meriwether .............. 5.4 ....... 6.1 .... 7.3

Miller ...................... 3.9 ....... 3.8 ......... 6.6

Mitche ll

.. 4.2 ....... 4.5 ......... 4.8

Monroe .................. 4.1 ....... 4.2 ......... 5.5

Montgomery ............ 4.5 ....... 5.5 ......... 7.1

Morgan .................... 3.1 ....... 3.5 ......... 4.6

Munay ..................... 3.1 ....... 3.2 .......... 6.0

Muscogee ............... 3.8 ....... 3.9 .......... 4.5

Newton

.. 5.0 ....... 5.0 .......... 6.3

Oconee .. ................. 1.4 ....... 1.6 .. ... 2.0

Oglethorpe .............. 3.0 ....... 3.2 .......... 3.7

Paulding ................. 3.5 ....... 3.7 .......... 4.3

Peach .. ... ........ 4.6 ....... 5.1 .......... 4.6

Pickens .................. 3.1 .... 3.3 ......... 5.3

Pierce ..................... 2.7 ....... 2.8 .......... 3.3

Pike

.. ...... . 3.3 ....... 4.0 .......... 5.2

Polk ........................ 3.7 ....... 3.9 .......... 5.1

Pulaski ... ........ 2.2 ....... 2.5 .......... 4.0

Putnam ............. .... .. 2.8 ....... 2.9 .......... 3.6

Quitman .................. 2.8 ....... 3.0 .......... 2.9

Rabun ..................... 1.9 ....... 2.2 .......... 3.0

Randolph ................ 3.9 ....... 4.4 .......... 7.4

Richmond ............... 4.7 ....... 4.5 .. .. .. 5.2

Rockdale ................ 3.7 ....... 3.7 ......... 4.9

Schley .................... 4.1 ....... 4.8 ......... 4.9

Screven .................. Seminole ................

4.2 3.4

.......

4.9 3.5

.. ..

...

... .. .

5.6 5 .0

Spalding ................. 5.4 ....... 5.8 .......... 7.3

Stephens ................ 5.5 ....... 6.1 .. ..... 7.0

*Stewart ................... 7.5 ....... 8.7 ......... 5.1

Sumter ................... 4.6 ....... 5.3 ......... 6.7

Talbot ..................... 4.1 ....... 4.6 ......... 5.5

Taliaferro ....... ........ 5.0 ....... 4.8 .......... 8.0

Tattnall .. ... .. ........ 4.0 ....... 4.1 .......... 5.5

Taylor ..................... 4.7 ....... 5.6 ......... 3.6

*Telfair

.. ......... 6.3 ....... 6.6 .. 8.4

Terrell ..................... 4.7 ....... 5.4 .... 8.2

Thomas

..... 3.4 ....... 3.3 ......... 4.2

Tift ......................... 2.7 ....... 3.0 ......... 4.6

Toombs

... 5.1

5.6 ......... 7.2

Towns .................... 2.2 .. .... 2.6 ......... 3.0

Treutlen .................. 3.1 ....... 4.1 ..... 7.2

Troup

............. 4.1 ....... 4.4 .. .... 5.7

Turner .................... 5.4 ....... 8 .2 ....... 10.7

Twiggs ................... 3.8 ... 4.0 ...... .... 6.7

Union ......................
Upson ........ ... .. .......

2.6 5.1

.... ...

2.8 5.3

... . .

......
...

3.7 7.3

Walker .. .... ...... 2 .6 .... ... 2.8 .......... 4.0

Walton .. ... .... ... 3 .4 ....... 3.9 .......... 4.2

Ware ....................... 3.3 ....... 3.8

4.9

*Warren ............. ....... 7 .1 ....... 7.4 ........ 13.5

Washington .. ....... 4 .0 ....... 4. 1 .......... 5.9

Wayne .................. .. 4.0 ... 4. 1 .......... 4.2

Webster ....... ....... ... 5.6 .. .. 6.6 ........ 4.6

Wheeler .................. 3.5 ....... 5.0 ......... 6.8

White ...................... 2.6 ....... 2.7 ......... 3.4

Whitfield ................. 2.4 ....... 2.6 ......... 4.0

Wilcox ... ... .. ....... 2.9 ....... 3.7 ......... 8.9

*Wilkes .................... 6.4 ..... 7.1 .......... 7.8

Wilkinson ............... 3.8 ... 4.2 ......... 5.3

Worth .. ........ .......... 4. 1 ....... 4.8 ......... 5.8

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