!Q M L '2- 0 0J:. ~I> Pl I L-'35 2,QO"/ 'I Georgia labor Market Indicators 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 -1 (not seasonally adjusted) Unemplovment Rates - Georgia and the U.S. 7 .0% r=:= Georgia -- ---::-u. 5.1 ~~[- 7 . 0 o/o 6.0% _,"'" ..... - - - ........ _ ,'!! . . .,__ __ 6 .0 /o "' .. - - .. -- - - - .. ...... ....... ! .......... .. 5 .0% 5 .0% j~ 4.0 % I . 3 .0 % May Jun 2003 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec J an 4.0% 2 00 4 -~-+ 3 .0 % Feb Mar A pr 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 For fu rther information , contact Workforce Informat ion & Analysis 404-2323875