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Georma Labor Market Indicators
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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% ~....~~~
::r- - -'
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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