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APR

MAR

APR

Labor Fo rce

2004

2004

2003

Unem ployment Rate (GA) ... .... .... .... ... 3.5 .. ..... 3.7 ... ..... ...... . 4.6

Civilian Labor Force (OOO's) ..

.. 4, 381.6 ... . .. 4,383.7 .. ... .. . 4,384.6

Employed .... ..... ..... .. ..... .. ............. .. . 4,228.7 ... 4,223.5 ... ... .. 4,181.4

Unemployed . ...................

...... 153.0

160.2 .. .. ....... 203.2

Unemployment Rate (US) .. ..................... 5.4 ............. 6. 0 .. ... ... .. .... . 5.8

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Unemplovment Rates - Georgia and the U.S.

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Employment (OOO's)

APR
2004

MAR 2004

AP R
2003

Natural Resources and Mining ....

12.5

12.5

... 12.2

Con struction. .. .... .. .. ..... ..... ... .. .. ...

199.2 .... .. ... . 197.9 ..... ... .. . 191.2

Manufacturing .. ...... . .. .. ....... .. ... ....... 450.8 ... .. ..... 450.5 ... .. .... .. 455.2

Trade, Transportation and Utilities ......... 815.0 ... ....... 81 3.6 ... .. .. ... . 814.2

Information ... ..........

................... 127.0 .......... 126.4 ..... .... .. 126.1

Financial Activities..........

21 8.8 .. ... .... . 218.2 .... ...... . 214.8

Professional and Business Services ... .. 497.8 ..... ... .. 496.0 ........ .. . 487.7

Educational and Health Services .. ..... .. .. 391 .5 .. ... ..... 389.2 ... ...... .. 386.0

Leisure and Hospitality Services .... ... .... 355 .2 .... .... .. 347.8 .. ..... .... 348.4

Other Services .. ..... .. .... ... .... .. .. .. ..... ..... ... 171 .6 .... ... ... 170.3 .... .... .. . 168.8

Total Governm ent .. .... ...

....... 640.2 .. ... ..... 640.0 ... .... .. .. 638.8

Total Nonfarm Employment .................. 3879.6 .. ...... 3862.4 ......... 3843.4

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

Statewide Emplovment bv Size Classes

Size Classes

Employment

Percentage

0-4 5-9 10-1 9 20-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 1000-over State Totals:

209,060 265 ,188 363, 696 609,923 540,647 659,497 379 ,542 273,368 490,084 3,791,005

5.5% 7.0% 9.6% 16.1% 14.3% 17.4% 10.0% 7.2% 12.9% 100.0%

Size classes based upon 3rd quarter2003 UIcovered employment

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

Georgia Unemplovment Rates bv Countv

APR 2004

MAR 2004

APR 2003

Appling .... .... .. ......... 5.1 ... 5.3 .......... 8.0

Atkinson ............ ..... 9.4 ....... 7.4 .. .. ... ... 6.9

Bacon .................... 3.9 .. ..... 5.6 ... ... .... 5.1

Baker ..................... 3.2 ... 3.5 ...... .... 4.9

Baldwin .................. 2.4 ....... 2.5 .......... 3.3

Banks .................... 2.4 ....... 2.6 ......... 3.9

Barrow ................... 3.6 .... ... 3.9 .......... 5.4

Bartow

.. 4.5 ....... 4. 7 .......... 5.4

Ben Hill .................. 3.4 ..... . 3.9 ........ 9.4

Berrien ..

....... 3.1 .... ... 2.8 ......... 3.3

Bibb ....................... 3.6 ....... 3.8 .......... 4.5

Bleckley ................. 2.5 ....... 3.2 .......... 3.9

Brantley .................. 3.7 ....... 3.6 ....... . 5.8

Brooks .................... 2.4 ....... 2.4 ......... 2.7

Bryan ...................... 2.3 ....... 2.5 ........ . 3.1

Bu ll och ................... 2.4 ....... 2.4 ......... 2.8

Burke

....... .. 7.9 ....... 8.5 .. .... 9.3

Butts

............... 3.4 ....... 3.9 .. ........ 4.5

Calhoun .................. 4.2 ....... 4.3 .......... 7.5

Camden .................. 3.6 ....... 3.6 .......... 6.7

Candler ................... 3.7 ....... 3.2 .......... 3.4

Carroll ..................... 3.9 ...... . 4.2 .......... 5.9

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

Charlton .................. 3.1 ....... 3.1 .......... 5.5

Chatham ................. 3.4 ....... 3.3 ......... 3.7

Chattahoochee ....... 5.6 ....... 6.2 .......... 5.9

Chattooga .............. 2.8 ....... 3.0 .......... 3.1

Cherokee ................ 3.0 ....... 3.2 .......... 3.8

Clarke ..................... 2.5

2.5 .......... 2.8

Clay. .

... 3.4 ....... 3.0 ......... . 3.9

Clayton ... . ............ 4.7 ....... 4.8 ... .... ... 5.7

Clinch .. .................. 3.3 ..... . 3.1 .......... 4.5

Cobb ....................... 3.3 ..... 3.3 .......... 4.1

Coffee ........... ..... ... 5.2 ....... 5.3 ......... 5.7

Colquitt .......... ...... ... 3. 1 .... ... 3.6 ......... 5.5

Columbia .. .......... ... . 2.5 ....... 2.5 ......... 3. 1

Cook ................ .... .. 3.2 ....... 3.3 ......... . 5.1

Coweta .......... .... ..... 2.8 ..... . 3.1 .......... 5.6

Crawford ................. 3.8 ...... . 3. 7 ......... 3.4

Crisp ...................... 4.9 ....... 4.8 ......... 6.4

Dade ...................... . 2.0 ....... 2.3 ....... ... 3.4

Dawson ................ 2.3 ....... 2.3 ......... 2.9

Decatur ........... ........ 6.0 ..... .. 6.5 ...... ... 5.9

DeKalb ................... 4. 1 ..... 4.3 ......... 5.3

Dodge ..................... 2.4 ...... 2.7 ......... 3.9

Dooly ...................... 4.9

5.1 ......... . 6.8

Dougherty ............... 4.6 ....... 4.8 ........ 6.0

Douglas .................. 4.0 ....... 4.0 ..

4.9

Early ....................... 4.1 ...... 4.3 ......... 7.7

Echols .................... 1.8 ....... 2.2 .......... 2.2

Effingham ............... 2.3 ...... 2.7 ........ 3.4

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

Emanuel ................. 4.9 ....... 4.9 .......... 5.2

Evans

.. 2.3 ....... 2.6 .......... 3.0

Fannin .................. .. 3.5 ....... 3.4 .. ... 6.4

Fayette ...... ............. 2.2 ....... 2.3 .......... 3.1

Floyd ...................... 2.8 ....... 3.1 .......... 4.0

Forsyth ................... 2.3

2.6 .......... 3.5

Franklin .. ... ............ 2.8 ....... 3.0 .......... 3.8

Fulton .................. .. 4.2 ....... 4.4 .......... 5.6

Gi lm er

.......... 3.3 ....... 3.1 ... 5.0

Glascock ................ 2.9 ...... 2.8 .......... 7.2

Glynn .. ................. 2.6 ....... 2.8 .......... 3.4

Gordon .................... 3.2 .. . 3.6 .......... 5.0

Grady ...................... 3.3 ....... 3.6 ......... . 4.8

Greene ......... ......... .. 5.5 ...... . 5.3 ... .... ... 8.2

Gwinnett .......... ....... 2.9 ....... 3.1 ......... . 4.1

Habersham ........ 2.2 ...... 2.3 ..... ..... 3.2

Hall ......................... 2.5 ...... . 2.7 ... ...... . 3.6

Hancock ................. 4.6 ... .... 4.8 ....... ... 7.6

Haralson

.... 4.3 ....... 4.7 .. .... 5.7

Harris ...................... 2.9 ....... 3 .3 ........ 3.4

Hart ........................ 3.3 ....... 3.5 .......... 4.6

Heard ...................... 3.7

3.9 ........ .. 7.5

Henry ...................... 3.3

3.4 ........ .. 4.1

Houston ... ............... 2.4

2.6 .......... 2.9

Irwin ......... ... ....... .... 3.9 ....... 3.0 ......... 6.6

Jackson ..... .... ... .... 2.8 ....... 2.9 .......... 3.8

Jasper .............. .... 4.2 ....... 4.6 .......... 5.2

"Current month higher than national rate

APR 2004

MAR 2004

APR 2003

Jeff Davis ........... .... 5.9 ..... 6.6 ....... 10.8

*Jefferson .... ...... ...... 7.0 ..... 7.1 ..... .. 9.2

Jenkins ..... ............ 4.2 .. ..... 5.4 .......... 5.3

Johnson .. .. .... ... 4.6 ..... .. 5.0 ... ....... 8.5

Jones ............... 2.9 ..... 2.7 ........ 3.1

Lamar ... ....... ........... 5.6 ....... 4.5 .......... 7.2

Lanier ...... ..... ......... 2.4

2.2 .......... 2.8

Laurens .................. 3.9 ..... .. 4.3 .... 5 .0

Lee

........ 2.1 .... 2.0 ..... ... 3.2

Liberty

....... 4.0 ... ... . 3.8

5.3

Lincoln ........ ...... 6.2 ..... .. 6.0 .. ...... 12.5

Long ....................... 2.9 ... .... 3.3 .. .. 2.6 .

Lowndes ................. 2.0 ....... 2.2 .. . 2.9

Lumpkin ................. 2.1

2.4 ..... ... .. 2.9

McDuffie ................. 4.2 ....... 4.6 ........ . 7.8

Mcintosh .............. 3. 1 .. .. 3.3

4.3

Macon

............. 6.9 ....... 7.2 ... .... 12.1

Madison ................ 2.9 .... ... 2.7 ..... .. .. 3.6

*Marion ............ .... . 5.3 ..... 6 .0 .......... 5.1

Meriwether .. ......... 5.6 ....... 5.4 ...... ... 7.6

Miller ................ 3.5 ....... 3.9 ......... 6.0

Mitchell .................. 3.8 ....... 4.2 .......... 4.1

Monroe ................... 4.5 ..... 4.1 ...... 5.7

Montgomery ........... 3.8 ....... 4.5 ......... . 6.5

Morgan ................... 3.0 .... 3.1 ......... 4.3

Murray .................. .. 2.6 ....... 3.1 .......... 4.1

Muscogee .............. 3.7 ....... 3.8 ......... 4.1

Newton ............. ...... 4.3 ....... 5.0 ......... 5.4

Oconee ................... 1.3 ....... 1.4 ......... 1.9

Oglethorpe .............. 3.0 ....... 3.0 ......... 3.4

Paulding ................. 3.6 ....... 3.5

.. 4.0

Peach

... 4.1 ....... 4.6 ......... 4.6

Pickens .................. 2.7 ....... 3.1 .......... 4.2

Pierce ..................... 2.5 ....... 2.7 ......... 3.3

Pike

... 3.3 ....... 3.3

.. 4.8

Polk ... ..................... 3.4 ....... 3.7 ......... 4.3

Pulaski

2.3 ....... 2.4 ......... 3.5

Putnam ................... 2.3 ... .. .. 2.8 ......... 3.3

Quitman ............. 3.1 ....... 2.8 .......... 2.8

Rabun ................ .... 1.8

1.9 ... 2.8

Randolph

5.7 ....... 3.9 .......... 7.1

Richmond ............. 4.3 ....... 4.6 ... ...... . 5.2

Rockdale ................ 3.4 ....... 3.7 ......... 4.5

Schley ...... ... ... ....... . 3.7 ....... 4.1 ......... 5.5

Screven .......... ...... .. 4.1 ....... 4.2 ....... ... 5.6

Seminole .... ......... 3.0 ....... 3.4 ......... 4.3

Spaldin g ................. 5.2 ....... 5.4 ......... 7.2

Stephens ............ .... 4.9 ..... .. 5.6 .......... 6.2

stewart ................... 7.7 ..... .. 7.5 ..... ..... 5.1

Sumter .................... 4.6 ... .... 4.6 ... ...... . 6.3

Talbot .. ... ........... ..... 4.8 ....... 4.1 ........ .. 5.3

* Taliaferro ................ 5.4 ....... 5.0 ......... 8.7

Tattnall .............. .... . 3.5 .... ... 4.0 .. .. ..... 4.7

Taylor ......... ............ 4.3 ..... .. 4.8 .. .... ... 3.9

Telfair ................... 4.9 ...... . 6.3 ......... 8.3

Terrell

............ 4.9 ...... . 4.7 .. .. .... . 8.0

Thomas .................. 3.0 ...... 3.4 ..

3.7

Tift .......................... 2.6 ...... 2.7 ......... 3.9

Toombs .......... ........ 4.8 ..... 5. 1 ..... ..... 7.0

Towns ..................... 1.8 ....... 2.2 ......... 3.1

Treutlen .................. 2.9 ....... 3.2 ......... 6.5

Troup ...................... 4. 1 ....... 4.1 .......... 6.2

Turner ....... ........... .. 6.4 ....... 6.0 ......... 9.9

Twiggs .. ............ 4.1 ....... 3.8 ......... 5.5

Union ... ...... .... ......... 2.6 ....... 2.6 ......... 3.6

Upson ... .. .. .... .... ...... 5.0

5.1 ..... 7.2

Walker .... ....... .... .... . 2.3 ..... .. 2.6 ....... . 3.2

Walton .................... 2.9 ...... 3.4 ........ 4.1

Ware ............. .... . 3.1 ....... 3.3

4.5

'*Warren .......... ... .. .. ... 5.8 .... ... 7 .1 ........ 13.7

Washington ........... . 3.6 ....... 4.0 ..... ... 6.2

Wayne .................. . 4.0 ....... 4.0 ... ...... 4.4

Webster ..

... .... 6.3 ...... . 5.6 ......... 4.0

Wheeler .............. .... 4.2 .... ... 3.5 ... ...... 5.1

White ...................... 2.5 ....... 2.7 ......... 2.9

Whittield ................. 2.2 ....... 2.4 ......... 3.2

Wil cox .................... 3.5 ....... 3.1 .......... 7.0

Wilkes .................... 6.0 ....... 6.4 ......... 7.4

Wi lkinson ............... 3.6 ....... 3.9 .. ....... 5.4

Worth ...................... 4.1 ....... 4.2

5.1

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