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- Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce, Vol. 27, no. 11 (Nov. 2001)
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- Georgia. Department of Labor
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- Georgia. Workforce Information and Analysis
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- 2001-11
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- Labor market--Georgia--Statistics
Wages--Georgia--Statistics
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November 2001 Data
Highlights
Prepare for the eventual recovery ... page 2
When the recovery occurs, it would be a good idea to be ready to tackle the challenge of landing that "dream" job. But which jobs are these? In short, what are the really "hot" jobs?
Seasonal trend causes slight decline in unemployment ................... page 10
Adhering to the twenty-six year October-to-November trend, Georgia's unemployment rate declined slightly in November due to seasonal hiring.
In the Southeast, Georgia and North Carolina registered the lowest and highest jobless rates, respectively, for the second straight month.
Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Eleven...................... Page 12
Bucking the trend in southeastern Georgia's SDR Eleven.
New Developments................. Page 18
Over 92,000 separated workers now drawing unemployment benefits.... Page 21
Total number of beneficiaries up 80 percent over the year.
WI&A Customer Satisfaction Team ................. page 23
Volume XXVII, Number 11
Data Tables
4 Georgia Nonagricultural Employment
5 Georgia Hours and Earnings
6 Atlanta Nonagricultural Employment
7 Albany & Athens Nonagricultural Employment
8 Augusta-Aiken & Columbus Nonagricultural Employment
9 Macon & Savannah Nonagricultural Employment
11 Georgia, Metro Areas & U.S. Labor Force Estimates
14 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County
19 Georgia Unemployment Rates by County
20 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County
Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner Georgia Department of Labor
Workforce Information & Analysis 148 Andrew Young International Blvd., N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404) 656-3177
Fax (404) 651-9568 Workforce.Info@dol.state.ga.us
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon
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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Workforce
Prepare for the eventual recovery...
According to a consensus of economic experts, Georgia's economy has been in the throes of a recession for most of the past year. If recent economic forecasts are correct, however, the economy will recover around the middle of this year and continue for many years with robust job growth as in the past. And when the recovery occurs, it would be a good idea to be ready to tackle the challenge of landing that "dream" job-- that golden opportunity that promises plenty of openings, rapid job growth, a good wage, and a low unemployment rate. But which jobs are these? In short, what are the really "hot" jobs?
The Georgia Department of Labor, through its Employment Projections Unit, has examined more than 700 occupations and come up with our list of "hot" jobs for the period 1998-2008. These jobs are projected to have it all in terms of job quality. By publishing this list, we do not mean to suggest that there will not be many other good jobs in Georgia. Indeed, there are now and will continue to be hundreds of other high quality occupations from several perspectives in the state. The 71 occupations on the "hot" list, however, are projected to be "can't miss" opportunities, as they each possess the rare combination of faster than average job growth, above average wages, a low unemployment rate, and at least 100 expected annual openings. Preparing yourself to take advantage of the opportunity to work in any one of them is the best guarantee of future job satis-
faction when the economy rebounds.
Hot occupations that generally require one year or less of on-the-job training
Sales Agents,
Business
850
Sales Agents, Advertising
700 Annual Openings
For more information, please contact
Joe Newsome at (404) 656-3177 or (800) 338-2082
Fax (404) 651-9568 Email: Joe.Newsome@dol.state.ga.us
Hot occupations that generally require a bachelor's or higher degree
General Mgrs & Top Execs Systems Analysts
Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary
Computer Programmers College and University Faculty
Financial Managers Market/Adver/Public Rel Mgrs
Teachers, Special Education Engineer, Math, Nat Sci Mgrs Teachers, Preschool,Educ Servs
Physicians Computer Engineers
Lawyers Personnel/Train/Lab Rel Specs
Education Administrators Social Workers, Exc Med, Psych Electrical & Electronic Engineers Personnel/Training/Lab Rel Mgrs
Artists/Commercial Artists Aircraft Pilots/Flight Engrs Teachers, Knder, Educ Serv Medicine & Health Service Mgrs
Designers, Ex Interior Social Workers, Med & Psyc
Mechanical Engineers Civil Engineers, Incl Traffic
Management Analysts Writers & Editors
Public Relations Specialists Voc.& Educ. Counselors
Securities/Financial, Sales Employment Interviewers
Technical Writers Instructional Coordinators
Physical Therapists Psychologists
Speech Path/Audiologist Architects, Ex Lndscpe & Marine
Physician Assistants Sales Engineers
Interior Designers Operations Research Analysts
Clergy Credit Analysts Vets & Vet Inspectors
2,300 2,060 1,960 1,680 1,260 910 890 880 860 810 790 770 600 550 530 520 480 380 360 310 300 290 280 270 260 250 240 240 220 220 200 180 180 170 170 140 140 130 130 130 120 110 100 100 100
6,480 Annual Openings
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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Workforce
Hot occupations that generally require an associate's degree
Registered Nurses Electrical & Electronic Techns
Paralegals Dental Hygienists Respiratory Therapists Computer Support Specialists Radiologic Techs, Hospitals Civil Engineering Technicians Industrial Engineering Techns
490 290 260 200 170 140 130 110
2,410 Annual Openings
Hot occupations that generally require post-secondary vocational training
Automotive Mechanics Central Off/PBX Instrs/Rprs
Drafters Aircraft Mechanics Data Processing Eqp Reprs
1,090
480
410 130
110
Annual Openings
Hot occupations that generally require work experience in a related occupation
Marketing/Sales Supervisors Clerical Supervisors
Food Service & Lodging Mgrs Instructors, Adult (Non-VocEd)
620 340
2,170 2,150
Annual Openings
Hot occupations that generally require long-term on-the-job training
Electricians Flight Attendants Telephone/Cable TV Instlr/Rprs Producers, Directors, Actors
800
620
550
220
Annual Openings
November Payroll Employment Summary
Employment fell sharply for the fifth month in a row in November to 3,971,300, not seasonally adjusted. Since the recession officially began in March, nonfarm employment in Georgia has fallen 65,200 and over the year contraction is leading the nation with a loss of 80,300 jobs since last November. As was the case in previous months, job losses in November were broad based. Manufacturing, personnel supply services and transportation had particularly large employment declines.
Widespread job losses persisted in manufacturing as factory employment fell by 4,800 over the month. The over-the-year job loss for manufacturing now totals over 26,000. In November, large cutbacks occurred in transportation equipment (-1,600) as factories scaled back production due to a shortage of parts following September 11th. Employment in fabricated metals also dropped significantly over the month. Among the nondurable goods industries, apparel and textile products continued to decline and printing and publishing also posted a significant loss.
Construction employment was up moderately over the month due to unseasonably warm temperatures and dry weather in November. The gains were concentrated entirely in general building construction (+900).
Transportation, communications and public utilities posted a decline of 4,700 in November, the largest over the month drop for the sector in several years. A large portion of course was con-
centrated in air transportation as layoff announcements began to take effect at several large commercial airlines.
The services sector lost 12,300 jobs in November and has contracted by 28,900 over the past year. Much of the decline this month occurred in personnel supply services (-8,600) and amusement and recreation services (-1,000). Wholesale trade employment fell by 2,800 in November and retail added a meager 7,500 seasonal jobs (less than half the average seasonal build-up over the past ten years). Industries that generally hire extensively for the holiday shopping season scaled back seasonal hiring considerably this year.
Finance, insurance and real estate employment fell by 1,300 jobs in November, with the largest decline occurring in the real estate sector. Finally, government employment increased moderately as employment in local and state education continued to grow.
Produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis,
in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
For more information, please contact Lili Stern at
(404) 656-3177 or (800) 338-2082 Fax (404) 651-9568 Email: Lili.Stern@dol.state.ga.us
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Georgia Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Mining
Construction General building contractors Heavy construction Special trade Manufacturing Durable goods Lumber and wood products
Furniture & fixtures Stone, clay, & glass products Primary metal industries Fabricated metal products Industrial machinery Electronic equipment Transportation equipment Other durable goods
Nondurable goods Food and kindred products Meat products Textile mill products Carpets & rugs Apparel & other finished textiles Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing Commercial printing Chemicals and allied products Other nondurable goods Service producing industries Transportation & public utilities Transportation Communications
Electric, gas, & sanitary services Trade Wholesale trade Retail trade
General merchandise Food stores Eating & drinking places
Finance, insurance, and real estate Finance Insurance Real estate Services Hotels and other lodging places Business services Personnel supply
Computer & D.P. services Amusement, recreation Health services Hospitals Educational services Social services Engineering & management
Other services Total government Total federal government
Department of Defense Total state government State education Total local government Local education
3,971.3 767.7 8.0 203.2
45.9 28.4 128.9 556.5 242.5 39.8 11.4 21.5
12.8 24.5 38.8 31.3 44.5 17.9 314.0
70.9 39.1 94.8 43.7 21.0 30.6 43.6 16.3
21.9 31.2 3,203.6 263.4 155.2 83.6 24.6
998.4 260.6 737.8 100.9 102.2 258.3 203.2
89.2
74.1 39.9 1,124.7 44.0 293.4 105.8 76.8
35.4 260.9 108.2
64.0 55.8 90.5 280.7 613.9
94.3 27.7 155.7 71.0 363.9 221.1
3,987.9 771.8 8.0 202.5
45.0 28.5 129.0 561.3 245.3 39.6 11.5 21.8
13.0 24.9 39.0 31.4 46.1 18.0 316.0
71.1 39.1 95.4 43.8 21.7 30.6 44.0 16.5
22.0 31.2 3,216.1 268.1 159.5 84.0 24.6
993.7 263.4 730.3
94.6 101.9 260.9 204.5
89.7
74.0 40.8 1,137.0 44.5 302.8 114.4 76.0
36.4 261.1 108.3
63.8 54.5 91.1 282.8 612.8
94.0 27.7 156.1 69.8 362.7 220.1
4,051.6 799.3 7.7 209.0
45.4 29.4 134.2 582.6 255.2 41.0 12.3 21.5
13.8 25.4 40.7 33.9 48.5 18.1 327.4
72.0 39.2 101.4 44.0 23.9 30.7 44.2 16.2
22.9 32.3 3,252.3 271.6 163.5 84.2 23.9
1,005.9 260.5 745.4 102.9 108.2 258.9 206.8 92.1
72.4 42.3 1,153.6 46.1 336.9 143.5 79.6
36.3 252.6 105.2
63.4 58.0 91.7 268.6 614.4
94.9 27.9 157.4 72.7 362.1 221.5
-16.6 -0.4 -4.1 -0.5 +.0 +0.0 +.7 +0.3
+.9 +2.0 -.1 -0.4 -.1 -0.1 -4.8 -0.9 -2.8 -1.1 +.2 +0.5 -.1 -0.9 -.3 -1.4
-.2 -1.5 -.4 -1.6 -.2 -0.5 -.1 -0.3 -1.6 -3.5 -.1 -0.6 -2.0 -0.6
-.2 -0.3 +.0 +0.0 -.6 -0.6 -.1 -0.2 -.7 -3.2 +.0 +0.0 -.4 -0.9 -.2 -1.2
-.1 -0.5 +.0 +0.0 -12.5 -0.4 -4.7 -1.8 -4.3 -2.7 -.4 -0.5 +.0 +0.0
+4.7 +0.5 -2.8 -1.1 +7.5 +1.0 +6.3 +6.7 +.3 +0.3 -2.6 -1.0 -1.3 -0.6
-.5 -0.6
+.1 +0.1 -.9 -2.2 -12.3 -1.1 -.5 -1.1 -9.4 -3.1 -8.6 -7.5 +.8 +1.1
-1.0 -2.7 -.2 -0.1 -.1 -0.1 +.2 +0.3
+1.3 +2.4 -.6 -0.7
-2.1 -0.7 +1.1 +0.2
+.3 +0.3 +.0 +0.0 -.4 -0.3 +1.2 +1.7 +1.2 +0.3 +1.0 +0.5
-80.3 -31.6
+.3 -5.8
+.5 -1.0 -5.3 -26.1 -12.7 -1.2
-.9 +.0
-1.0 -.9
-1.9 -2.6 -4.0
-.2 -13.4
-1.1 -.1
-6.6 -.3
-2.9 -.1 -.6 +.1
-1.0 -1.1 -48.7 -8.2 -8.3
-.6 +.7
-7.5 +.1 -7.6 -2.0 -6.0 -.6 -3.6 -2.9
+1.7 -2.4 -28.9 -2.1 -43.5 -37.7 -2.8
-.9 +8.3 +3.0
+.6 -2.2 -1.2 +12.1
-.5
-.6 -.2 -1.7 -1.7 +1.8 -.4
-2.0 -4.0 +3.9 -2.8
+1.1 -3.4 -3.9 -4.5 -5.0 -2.9 -7.3 +0.0
-7.2 -3.5 -4.7 -7.7 -8.2 -1.1 -4.1
-1.5 -0.3 -6.5 -0.7 -12.1 -0.3 -1.4 +0.6
-4.4 -3.4 -1.5 -3.0 -5.1 -0.7 +2.9
-0.7 +0.0 -1.0 -1.9 -5.5 -0.2 -1.7 -3.1
+2.3 -5.7 -2.5 -4.6 -12.9 -26.3 -3.5
-2.5 +3.3 +2.9 +0.9 -3.8 -1.3 +4.5 -0.1
-0.6 -0.7 -1.1 -2.3 +0.5 -0.2
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
throughout Georgia. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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Georgia Hours and Earnings (000s)
Average Weekly Earnings
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Average Weekly Hours
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Average Hourly Earnings
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2000 NOV 2000
Total manufacturing
$534.90 $526.16 $547.86
40.4
39.8
41.1 $13.24 $13.22 $13.33
Durable goods
$578.93 $571.93 $571.68
40.4
39.8
39.7 $14.33 $14.37 $14.40
Lumber and wood products
$477.71 $499.38 $380.46
40.9
42.0
34.0
$11.68 $11.89 $11.19
Furniture and fixtures
$409.75 $403.59 $404.17
37.8
37.3
38.9 $10.84 $10.82 $10.39
Stone, clay and glass products
$662.76 $657.36 $608.30
44.6
44.0
43.7 $14.86 $14.94 $13.92
Primary metal industries
$616.21 $592.03 $614.86
44.3
42.5
40.8 $13.91 $13.93 $15.07
Fabricated metal products
$544.96 $516.78 $527.81
40.1
39.6
42.6 $13.59 $13.05 $12.39
Industrial machinery
$547.82 $495.35 $528.02
40.7
37.9
40.9 $13.46 $13.07 $12.91
Electric and electronic equipment
$486.54 $495.56 $539.59
38.1
37.8
39.3 $12.77 $13.11 $13.73
Transportation equipment
$860.28 $846.33 $929.66
40.2
39.2
43.0 $21.40 $21.59 $21.62
Other durable goods
$457.19 $466.00 $399.80
36.9
37.4
33.4 $12.39 $12.46 $11.97
Nondurable goods
$500.53 $491.53 $527.93
40.3
39.8
42.1 $12.42 $12.35 $12.54
Food and kindred products
$484.41 $486.77 $512.05
40.1
40.7
41.8 $12.08 $11.96 $12.25
Meat products
$383.76 $395.75 $373.35
39.0
40.3
39.3
$9.84 $9.82 $9.50
Textile mill products
$444.29 $436.70 $500.72
41.1
39.7
44.0 $10.81 $11.00 $11.38
Carpets and rugs
$421.83 $412.11 $545.46
40.6
39.1
46.7 $10.39 $10.54 $11.68
Apparel and other finished textiles
$281.30 $271.88 $284.20
34.6
33.9
34.2
$8.13 $8.02 $8.31
Paper and allied products
$668.31 $632.30 $691.20
41.9
41.3
43.2 $15.95 $15.31 $16.00
Printing and publishing
$613.43 $595.84 $630.77
38.8
38.0
41.2 $15.81 $15.68 $15.31
Commerical printing
$671.06 $624.48 $737.57
41.5
39.7
46.8 $16.17 $15.73 $15.76
Chemicals and allied products
$586.27 $612.94 $667.25
39.4
40.7
42.5 $14.88 $15.06 $15.70
Other nondurable goods
$523.32 $505.10 $498.90
41.5
41.3
41.3 $12.61 $12.23 $12.08
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data exclude supervisory, sales, clerical and other office
personnel. Average earnings are computed on a "gross" basis, reflecting changes in basic hourly and incentive wage rates, as well as any premium pay for overtime and late shift work.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
Georgia Average Weekly Hours
Manufacturing production workers
42.5
42.0
41.7
*Preliminary Estimate
41.5
41.1
41.0
40.5
40.0
40.6
40.0 39.7
40.5
40.5 40.6
40.4
40.2
39.9
39.8
39.5 38.8
39.0
38.5
38.0
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov*
2000
2001
5
Atlanta Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Mining Construction
General building contractors Heavy construction Special trade Manufacturing Durable goods Lumber and wood products Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metal industries Fabricated metal products Industrial machinery Electronic equipment Transportation equipment Other durable goods Nondurable goods Food and kindred products Textile mill products Apparel and other finished textiles Paper and allied products Printing and publishing
Commercial printing Chemicals and allied products Other nondurable goods Service producing industries Transportation & public utilities Transportation Communications & public utilities Trade Wholesale trade
Wholesale--durable goods Wholesale--nondurable goods Retail trade General merchandise Food stores Eating & drinking places Miscellaneous retail Finance, insurance, and real estate Finance Insurance Real estate Services Hotels and other lodging places Business services Personnel supply Computer & D.P. services Amusement, including movies Health services Hospitals Social services Engineering & management Other services Total government Total federal government Total state government Total local government
2,182.9 327.9 1.9 113.2 26.6 13.6 73.0 212.8 106.5 9.1 9.4 7.8 11.6 15.0 16.7 20.1 16.8 106.3 24.7 9.4 7.2 12.4 27.9 9.5 10.4 14.3
1,855.0 189.4 109.7 79.7 593.6 184.5 128.9 55.6 409.1 49.9 53.7 150.3 51.2 137.8 57.6 53.5 26.7 661.0 25.1 201.1 66.3 61.4 29.6 131.9 57.4 32.0 66.1 175.2 273.2 45.9 54.3 173.0
2,198.1 330.9 2.0 113.3 26.6 13.7 73.0 215.6 108.6 8.9 9.6 7.8 11.8 15.0 16.7 22.0 16.8 107.0 24.8 9.7 7.2 12.4 28.2 9.6 10.5 14.2
1,867.2 193.8 113.8 80.0 589.1 185.4 129.5 55.9 403.7 47.1 53.6 150.4 50.3 138.9 58.4 52.7 27.8 671.8 25.4 208.6 73.1 61.7 30.9 133.6 58.0 31.4 66.3 175.6 273.6 45.8 54.9 172.9
2,231.2 343.8 1.8 119.9 25.1 14.4 80.4 222.1 113.4 9.0 9.9 8.1 11.8 16.3 18.4 22.7 17.2 108.7 24.6 10.3 7.5 12.5 28.2 9.8 10.7 14.9
1,887.4 195.7 118.7 77.0 589.9 179.8 126.5 53.3 410.1 52.5 57.4 146.0 48.7 141.3 60.7 51.2 29.4 689.8 27.8 235.7 93.4 65.2 30.9 128.6 55.0 30.9 67.0 168.9 270.7 46.5 55.6 168.6
-15.2 -0.7 -3.0 -0.9 -.1 -5.0 -.1 -0.1 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -0.7 +.0 +0.0 -2.8 -1.3 -2.1 -1.9 +.2 +2.2 -.2 -2.1 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -1.7 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 -1.9 -8.6 +.0 +0.0 -.7 -0.7 -.1 -0.4 -.3 -3.1 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 -.3 -1.1 -.1 -1.0 -.1 -1.0 +.1 +0.7
-12.2 -0.7 -4.4 -2.3 -4.1 -3.6 -.3 -0.4 +4.5 +0.8 -.9 -0.5 -.6 -0.5 -.3 -0.5 +5.4 +1.3 +2.8 +5.9 +.1 +0.2 -.1 -0.1 +.9 +1.8 -1.1 -0.8 -.8 -1.4 +.8 +1.5 -1.1 -4.0
-10.8 -1.6 -.3 -1.2
-7.5 -3.6 -6.8 -9.3
-.3 -0.5 -1.3 -4.2 -1.7 -1.3
-.6 -1.0 +.6 +1.9 -.2 -0.3 -.4 -0.2 -.4 -0.1 +.1 +0.2 -.6 -1.1 +.1 +0.1
-48.3 -15.9
+.1 -6.7 +1.5
-.8 -7.4 -9.3 -6.9 +.1
-.5 -.3 -.2 -1.3 -1.7 -2.6 -.4 -2.4 +.1 -.9 -.3 -.1 -.3 -.3 -.3 -.6 -32.4 -6.3 -9.0 +2.7 +3.7 +4.7 +2.4 +2.3 -1.0 -2.6 -3.7 +4.3 +2.5 -3.5 -3.1 +2.3 -2.7 -28.8 -2.7 -34.6 -27.1 -3.8 -1.3 +3.3 +2.4 +1.1 -.9 +6.3 +2.5 -.6 -1.3 +4.4
-2.2 -4.6 +5.6 -5.6 +6.0 -5.6 -9.2 -4.2 -6.1 +1.1 -5.1 -3.7 -1.7 -8.0 -9.2 -11.5 -2.3 -2.2 +0.4 -8.7 -4.0 -0.8 -1.1 -3.1 -2.8 -4.0 -1.7 -3.2 -7.6 +3.5 +0.6 +2.6 +1.9 +4.3 -0.2 -5.0 -6.4 +2.9 +5.1 -2.5 -5.1 +4.5 -9.2 -4.2 -9.7 -14.7 -29.0 -5.8 -4.2 +2.6 +4.4 +3.6 -1.3 +3.7 +0.9 -1.3 -2.3 +2.6
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry,
Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are
excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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Albany Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment
59.9
59.4
59.2
+.5 +0.8
+.7 +1.2
Goods producing industries
12.6
12.3
11.8
+.3 +2.4
+.8 +6.8
Mining
.0
.0
.0
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Contract construction
4.5
4.2
3.6
+.3 +7.1
+.9 +25.0
Manufacturing
8.1
8.1
8.2
+.0 +0.0
-.1 -1.2
Durable goods
1.4
1.4
1.4
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Nondurable goods
6.7
6.7
6.8
+.0 +0.0
-.1 -1.5
Food and kindred products
1.6
1.6
1.7
+.0 +0.0
-.1 -5.9
Textile mill products
.9
.9
.9
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Chemicals and allied products
.6
.6
.6
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Other nondurable goods
3.6
3.6
3.6
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Service producing industries
47.3
47.1
47.4
+.2 +0.4
-.1 -0.2
Transportation, communications,
and public utilities
3.3
3.4
3.6
-.1 -2.9
-.3 -8.3
Wholesale and retail trade
14.2
14.0
13.9
+.2 +1.4
+.3 +2.2
Wholesale trade
3.0
3.1
3.0
-.1 -3.2
+.0 +0.0
Retail trade
11.2
10.9
10.9
+.3 +2.8
+.3 +2.8
Finance, insurance, and real estate
1.7
1.7
1.7
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Services
16.6
16.5
16.0
+.1 +0.6
+.6 +3.8
Government
11.5
11.5
12.2
+.0 +0.0
-.7 -5.7
Federal
2.5
2.5
2.8
+.0 +0.0
-.3 -10.7
State and local
9.0
9.0
9.4
+.0 +0.0
-.4 -4.3
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Dougherty and Lee counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Athens Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment
73.3
72.8
75.3
+.5 +0.7
-2.0 -2.7
Goods producing industries
13.5
13.5
14.6
+.0 +0.0
-1.1 -7.5
Construction and mining
3.2
3.2
3.2
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Manufacturing
10.3
10.3
11.4
+.0 +0.0
-1.1 -9.6
Durable goods
5.3
5.3
5.5
+.0 +0.0
-.2 -3.6
Nondurable goods
5.0
5.0
5.9
+.0 +0.0
-.9 -15.3
Food and kindred products
2.8
2.8
3.0
+.0 +0.0
-.2 -6.7
Textiles and apparel
.8
.8
1.3
+.0 +0.0
-.5 -38.5
Other nondurable goods
1.4
1.4
1.6
+.0 +0.0
-.2 -12.5
Service producing industries
59.8
59.3
60.7
+.5 +0.8
-.9 -1.5
Transportation, communications,
and public utilities
2.3
2.4
2.1
-.1 -4.2
+.2 +9.5
Wholesale and retail trade
18.1
17.4
18.3
+.7 +4.0
-.2 -1.1
Wholesale trade
2.9
2.9
2.9
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Retail trade
15.2
14.5
15.4
+.7 +4.8
-.2 -1.3
Finance, insurance, and real estate
2.2
2.2
2.2
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Services
17.1
17.3
17.5
-.2 -1.2
-.4 -2.3
Government
20.1
20.0
20.6
+.1 +0.5
-.5 -2.4
Federal
2.0
2.0
1.9
+.0 +0.0
+.1 +5.3
State and local
18.1
18.0
18.7
+.1 +0.6
-.6 -3.2
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Athens Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Clarke, Madison and Oconee counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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Augusta-Aiken Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment
202.9
202.1
205.0
+.8 +0.4
-2.1 -1.0
Goods producing industries
42.6
43.1
43.4
-.5 -1.2
-.8 -1.8
Mining
.3
.3
.3
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Contract construction
13.3
13.6
13.6
-.3 -2.2
-.3 -2.2
Manufacturing
29.0
29.2
29.5
-.2 -0.7
-.5 -1.7
Durable goods
11.8
11.9
12.0
-.1 -0.8
-.2 -1.7
Lumber and wood products
1.3
1.3
1.3
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Stone, clay, and glass products
2.2
2.3
2.5
-.1 -4.3
-.3 -12.0
Other durable goods
8.3
8.3
8.2
+.0 +0.0
+.1 +1.2
Nondurable goods
17.2
17.3
17.5
-.1 -0.6
-.3 -1.7
Food and kindred products
2.5
2.5
2.3
+.0 +0.0
+.2 +8.7
Textile mill products
4.6
4.6
4.8
+.0 +0.0
-.2 -4.2
Apparel and other finished textiles
1.5
1.5
1.7
+.0 +0.0
-.2 -11.8
Printing and publishing
2.0
2.0
1.8
+.0 +0.0
+.2 +11.1
Other nondurable goods
6.6
6.7
6.9
-.1 -1.5
-.3 -4.3
Service producing industries
160.3
159.0
161.6
+1.3 +0.8
-1.3 -0.8
Transportation, communications,
and public utilities
17.0
17.4
17.3
-.4 -2.3
-.3 -1.7
Wholesale and retail trade
45.1
43.0
44.2
+2.1 +4.9
+.9 +2.0
Wholesale trade
4.7
4.5
4.7
+.2 +4.4
+.0 +0.0
Retail trade
40.4
38.5
39.5
+1.9 +4.9
+.9 +2.3
Finance, insurance, and real estate
6.1
6.4
6.2
-.3 -4.7
-.1 -1.6
Services
50.4
50.7
52.1
-.3 -0.6
-1.7 -3.3
Government
41.7
41.5
41.8
+.2 +0.5
-.1 -0.2
Federal
7.5
7.6
7.5
-.1 -1.3
+.0 +0.0
State and local
34.2
33.9
34.3
+.3 +0.9
-.1 -0.3
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers in
the Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Columbia, McDuffie and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. The estimates include
all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Columbus Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment
121.4
120.9
122.8
+.5 +0.4
-1.4 -1.1
Goods producing industries
24.2
24.4
26.0
-.2 -0.8
-1.8 -6.9
Construction and mining Manufacturing
5.8 18.4
5.8 18.6
5.7 20.3
+.0 +0.0 -.2 -1.1
+.1 +1.8 -1.9 -9.4
Durable goods
7.6
7.6
8.4
+.0 +0.0
-.8 -9.5
Nondurable goods Food and kindred products
10.8 2.4
11.0 2.5
11.9 2.9
-.2 -1.8 -.1 -4.0
-1.1 -9.2 -.5 -17.2
Textile mill products
5.2
5.3
5.7
-.1 -1.9
-.5 -8.8
Printing and publishing Other nondurable goods
1.0
1.0
1.0
+.0 +0.0
2.2
2.2
2.3
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0 -.1 -4.3
Service producing industries
97.2
96.5
96.8
+.7 +0.7
+.4 +0.4
Transportation, communications,
and public utilities
4.6
4.7
4.8
-.1 -2.1
-.2 -4.2
Wholesale and retail trade
27.3
26.6
27.0
+.7 +2.6
+.3 +1.1
Wholesale trade Retail trade
3.0 24.3
3.0 23.6
3.0 24.0
+.0 +0.0 +.7 +3.0
+.0 +0.0 +.3 +1.3
Finance, insurance, and real estate
9.3
9.3
9.0
+.0 +0.0
+.3 +3.3
Services Government
34.7 21.3
34.5 21.4
34.5 21.5
+.2 +0.6 -.1 -0.5
+.2 +0.6 -.2 -0.9
Federal
5.5
5.5
5.8
+.0 +0.0
-.3 -5.2
State and local
15.8
15.9
15.7
-.1 -0.6
+.1 +0.6
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers in the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Chattahoochee, Harris and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. The estimates
include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors,
domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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Macon Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment
151.8
151.1
152.3
+.7 +0.5
-.5 -0.3
Goods producing industries
26.2
26.1
26.7
+.1 +0.4
-.5 -1.9
Mining
.9
.9
.8
+.0 +0.0
+.1 +12.5
Contract construction
6.3
6.3
6.7
+.0 +0.0
-.4 -6.0
Manufacturing
19.0
18.9
19.2
+.1 +0.5
-.2 -1.0
Durable goods
9.4
9.3
9.4
+.1 +1.1
+.0 +0.0
Nondurable goods
9.6
9.6
9.8
+.0 +0.0
-.2 -2.0
Food and kindred products
2.4
2.4
2.5
+.0 +0.0
-.1 -4.0
Textile and apparel products
.8
.8
.9
+.0 +0.0
-.1 -11.1
Paper and allied products
1.6
1.6
1.6
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Other nondurable goods
4.8
4.8
4.8
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Service producing industries
125.6
125.0
125.6
+.6 +0.5
+.0 +0.0
Transportation, communications,
and public utilities
5.9
6.0
6.0
-.1 -1.7
-.1 -1.7
Wholesale and retail trade
35.9
35.3
35.8
+.6 +1.7
+.1 +0.3
Wholesale trade
5.3
5.2
5.1
+.1 +1.9
+.2 +3.9
Retail trade
30.6
30.1
30.7
+.5 +1.7
-.1 -0.3
Finance, insurance, and real estate
8.7
8.8
9.4
-.1 -1.1
-.7 -7.4
Services
41.0
40.6
41.2
+.4 +1.0
-.2 -0.5
Government
34.1
34.3
33.2
-.2 -0.6
+.9 +2.7
Federal
14.6
14.5
13.9
+.1 +0.7
+.7 +5.0
State and local
19.5
19.8
19.3
-.3 -1.5
+.2 +1.0
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach and Twiggs counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who
were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers
and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Savannah Nonagricultural Employment (000s)
Preliminary Revised Revised NOV 2001 OCT 2001 NOV 2000
Change in Jobs from OCT 2001
Net %
Change in Jobs from NOV 2000
Net %
Total nonagricultural employment
136.8
135.9
139.3
+.9 +0.7
-2.5 -1.8
Goods producing industries Construction and mining
24.9
24.5
26.1
8.8
8.4
9.1
+.4 +1.6 +.4 +4.8
-1.2 -4.6 -.3 -3.3
Manufacturing
16.1
16.1
17.0
+.0 +0.0
-.9 -5.3
Durable goods Lumber and wood products
8.7
8.7
.9
.9
9.3
+.0 +0.0
.9
+.0 +0.0
-.6 -6.5 +.0 +0.0
Transportation equipment
5.4
5.4
6.0
+.0 +0.0
-.6 -10.0
Other durable goods Nondurable goods
2.4
2.4
7.4
7.4
2.4
+.0 +0.0
7.7
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0 -.3 -3.9
Food and kindred products
1.5
1.5
1.5
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products
3.0
3.0
1.5
1.5
3.3
+.0 +0.0
1.5
+.0 +0.0
-.3 -9.1 +.0 +0.0
Petroleum and coal products
.4
.4
.3
+.0 +0.0
+.1 +33.3
Other nondurable goods Service producing industries
1.0 111.9
1.0 111.4
1.1 113.2
+.0 +0.0 +.5 +0.4
-.1 -9.1 -1.3 -1.1
Transportation, communications,
and public utilities Wholesale and retail trade
9.0
9.2
9.3
35.2
34.8
36.0
-.2 -2.2 +.4 +1.1
-.3 -3.2 -.8 -2.2
Wholesale trade
5.2
5.3
5.4
-.1 -1.9
-.2 -3.7
Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate
30.0
29.5
30.6
4.6
4.6
4.7
+.5 +1.7 +.0 +0.0
-.6 -2.0 -.1 -2.1
Services
43.3
43.0
43.2
+.3 +0.7
+.1 +0.2
Government Federal
19.8
19.8
20.0
2.6
2.6
2.8
+.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0
-.2 -1.0 -.2 -7.1
State and local
17.2
17.2
17.2
+.0 +0.0
+.0 +0.0
Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were
employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and
personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2000 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force
Seasonal trend causes slight
Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.
decline in unemployment
6.0%
Georgia
U.S.
Georgia's unemployment rate declined
slightly in November to 4.1 percent from 5.0% October's revised rate of 4.2 percent. The
hiring of mostly seasonal/temporary retail
workers for the holiday season caused the state's unemployment numbers to drop 4.0%
this month. In the wake of September 11,
the modest decline this month was good
news for the state. However, the slowing 3.0% economic climate, which began its lull
prior to September 11, was probably con-
cealed this month by the moderate seasonal drop in the unemployment numbers. 2.0%
This month's jobless rate decline was ex-
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
pected as the state's rate has dropped from
2000
2001
October to November every year for the
past twenty-six years. One year ago, Georgia's rate was at a record November low of 3.2 percent and has averaged 3.8 percent for the past twelve months.
at more than 172,000, was at its highest November level in eight years. One year ago, the total number of unemployed was at a 21-year low for the month of November.
wide trend and declined over the month in November. For the fifth straight month, Athens, at 2.7 percent, posted the lowest rate of all metro areas and was one of four
The U.S. unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) rose three-tenths percentage point to 5.3 percent in November, its highest level in more than four and a half years. The nation's rate was 3.8 percent one year ago. In the continuation of a favorable comparison with the nation as a whole, Georgia's jobless rate was more than one percentage point below the U.S. rate in November and has prevailed below the national rate for more than a year now.
Georgia's total count of civilian employed was up marginally in November by nearly 9,500, an increase of only 0.2 percent. Despite reductions in nonagricultural and agricultural employment, the over-themonth increase in the total count of selfemployed, unpaid family and private household workers was a major factor in this month's slight civilian employment increase. One year ago, total civilian employment, at 4.08 million, was at its
areas to post a jobless rate below the statewide rate. Columbus and Augusta, both at 5.0 percent in November, claimed the top spot with the highest rate in the state. Despite an over-the-month decline, this was the second straight month for Columbus.
Most of the counties (97) in Georgia followed the state and registered declining unemployment rates in November. Fiftyone counties had jobless rates to increase over the month and the remaining eleven
The total number of unemployed persons dropped in November by slightly more than 4,500 or 2.6 percent. However, despite the modest decline this month, the total number of unemployed in Georgia,
second highest level ever.
Area data Of Georgia's seven Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), four mirrored the state-
counties were essentially unchanged. November was the third straight month that Taliaferro County, at 15.2 percent, ranked with the highest rate of all counties in Georgia. Taliaferro was also one of only five counties this month with double-digit
unemployment rates. At 1.8 percent,
Southeastern states and U.S. unemployment rates
Percent
Oconee County, for the fourth consecutive month, shared the spotlight with Dawson
8
County in November with the lowest rate
7
November October
in the state.
6.0
6 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.1
5.0 5.0 5.2 5.3
5
4.1 4.2
5.4
5.4
5.0
5.3 5.0
4.6
4.3
4
3
2
1
0
AL
FL
GA KY MS
NC
SC
TN
US
Remaining the virtual trailblazer in this category, Georgia, at 4.1 percent in November had the lowest unemployment rate of all states in the Southeast for the tenth time in twelve months. Georgia was also one of six states to post a jobless rate below the nation's rate of 5.3 percent. North Carolina, at 6.0 percent, increased sixtenths percentage point over the month to register the highest rate in the region
for the second straight month.
10
Georgia
Albany MSA
Athens MSA
Atlanta MSA
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Columbus, GA-AL MSA Macon MSA
Savannah MSA
Georgia Labor Force Estimates (not seasonally adjusted) Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Employment Status
Preliminary NOV 2001
Revised OCT 2001
Revised NOV 2000
Change From
Revised
Revised
OCT 2001
NOV 2000
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
4,218,201 4,045,928
172,273 4.1
4,213,231 4,036,442
176,789 4.2
4,212,243 4,079,496
132,747 3.2
4,970 9,486 -4,516
5,958 -33,568 39,526
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
57,478 54,655
2,823 4.9
56,801 54,042
2,759 4.9
56,096 53,071
3,025 5.4
677
1,382
613
1,584
64
-202
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
74,688 72,685
2,003 2.7
74,237 71,977
2,260 3.0
74,922 73,331
1,591 2.1
451
-234
708
-646
-257
412
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
2,312,736 2,222,299
90,437 3.9
2,303,314 2,213,145
90,169 3.9
2,279,006 2,222,401
56,605 2.5
9,422 9,154
268
33,730 -102
33,832
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
211,173 200,580
10,593 5.0
208,789 199,077
9,712 4.7
207,926 200,730
7,196 3.5
2,384 1,503
881
3,247 -150
3,397
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
129,335 122,921
6,414 5.0
127,556 121,089
6,467 5.1
127,379 122,362
5,017 3.9
1,779 1,832
-53
1,956 559
1,397
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate
154,691 149,482
5,209 3.4
153,371 147,710
5,661 3.7
152,226 146,916
5,310 3.5
1,320 1,772
-452
2,465 2,566
-101
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
136,921
134,809
136,179
2,112
742
132,823
130,625
132,478
2,198
345
4,098
4,184
3,701
-86
397
3.0
3.1
2.7
United States Labor Force Estimates Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
Area
United States
(Seasonally adjusted)
Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
NOV 2001
142,244,000 134,084,000
8,160,000 5.7
OCT 2001
142,303,000 134,562,000
7,741,000 5.4
NOV 2000
141,136,000 135,478,000
5,658,000 4.0
Change From
OCT 2001
NOV 2000
-59,000 -478,000 419,000
1,108,000 -1,394,000 2,502,000
United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
141,911,000 134,359,000
7,551,000
142,004,000 134,898,000
7,106,000
141,025,000 135,731,000
5,295,000
-93,000 -539,000 445,000
886,000 -1,372,000 2,256,000
Rate
5.3
5.0
3.8
Note: Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employment, unpaid family and private household w orkers 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, Ful ton, 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 in South Carolina
Columbus MSA: Includes Chattahoochee, Harris and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama
Macon MSA : Includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, and Twiggs counties
Savannah MSA: Includes Byran, Chatham, and Effingham counties
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Eleven
Nestled amongst the pine thickets, grasslands and swamps of southeastern Georgia, the eighteen counties that comprise Service Delivery Region Eleven are mostly rural in nature. Family farms and orchards are interspersed among the numerous small towns and medium sized cities which dot the countryside. Valdosta is far and away the largest city, but the area contains no designated Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Geographically the largest of the state's twelve SDR's, the region extends from Turner County on its northwest corner southward to the Florida line and then eastward to Brantley and Charlton Counties on the shores of the Okefenokee. The area has enjoyed moderate but steady growth in both population and labor force over the past few years. SDR Eleven has managed to buck the national trend towards a more services oriented economy to a large degree, posting only minimal losses in manufacturing jobs and below average gains in service sector employment. At the same time, area businesses and local officials have managed to keep unemployment rates at a very manageable level. Granted, the region has not seen the spectacular economic growth
enjoyed by some other areas of the state, but it has managed to pretty much maintain the status quo in that regard. Solid economic planning and a spirit of cooperation among the various counties have seen to it that local citizens have a fair chance to earn a livable wage.
The total population of SDR Eleven grew about 8.5 percent between 1995 and 2000, totaling nearly 365,000 residents according to the latest Census Bureau figures. This was about two-thirds of the statewide rate of growth, but still higher than most of rural Georgia. The population increases were pretty much across the board with all but two counties reporting net gains. Bacon and Ware Counties posted very small declines, while Lowndes and Coffee Counties netted the biggest gains over the cited time frame. The area's labor force grew at a significantly higher rate, increasing by 14.6 percent. This is not all that extraordinary in today's economy, as it often takes additional labor force participants in a given household to help make ends meet. This trend is not one specific to the area, but rather one that is pretty much universal.
In the period between 1997 and 2000, SDR Eleven lost only about 740 jobs in the manufacturing sector, a remarkable feat in light of statewide and national trends. Significant gains in employment among construction, government and service establishments were major factors in the region's positive job growth. Service jobs did increase by about 7.1 percent, but not nearly as much as was experienced in other areas of the state. The area's ability to keep jobs at home was instrumental in keeping the jobless rate between 5.2 and 5.5 percent between 1995 and 2000. The gap between the local rate of joblessness and the state rate increased from 0.3 to 1.8 over that time period, but that was more a function of tremendous economic growth in other parts of the state than it was a failing within SDR Eleven. Many parts of Georgia and the nation would dearly love to have an unemployment rate with that much stability. The key to maintaining the solid growth that the region has enjoyed in recent years will be the ability to keep manufacturing job losses at a minimum while seeking out alternative sources of employment. Given the region's recent track record, it would be unwise to bet against SDR Eleven's chances of doing
just that.
Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia
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Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Eleven
SDR #11
Turner
Ben Hill
Irwin Tift
Coffee
Berrien Atkinson
Cook
Lanier
Bacon
Pierce
Ware
Brantley
Brooks Lowndes
Clinch
Charlton
Echols
450,000 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000
50,000 0
Population/labor force growth -- SDR 11
Population
Labor Force
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Career Centers
Douglas ...................(912) 389-4254 Tifton .......................(229) 386-3322 Valdosta .................. (229) 333-5211 Waycross.................(912) 285-6105
Unemployment rates -- Georgia vs SDR 11
9.0
SDR 11
Georgia
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Employment 50,000
Key industry employment 1997 vs 2000
45,000
1997 2000
40,000
35,000
30,000 25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0 Construction Manufacturing
Trade
Services
All Other
Industry mix 2000
Agriculture 4%
Construction 5%
Government 21%
Services 16%
Manufacturing 22%
Trade 25%
Mining 0%
TCPU 4%
FIRE 3%
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
County
Georgia
Preliminary November 2001
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
4,218,201 4,045,928 172,273
4.1
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin
8,599 3,432 4,255 1,641 17,347
7,679 3,231 4,014 1,567 16,792
920 10.7 201 5.9 241 5.7
74 4.5 555 3.2
Revised October 2001
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
4,213,231 4,036,442 176,789
4.2
8,439 3,507 4,282 1,767 17,264
7,784 3,346 4,090 1,699 16,690
655 7.8 161 4.6 192 4.5
68 3.8 574 3.3
Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien
6,351 6,114 237 3.7 22,234 21,297 937 4.2 41,649 39,782 1,867 4.5
9,231 8,779 452 4.9 7,125 6,809 316 4.4
Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan
73,888 71,129 2,759 3.7 5,750 5,487 263 4.6 5,801 5,480 321 5.5 7,765 7,390 375 4.8 11,290 11,016 274 2.4
Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden
27,385 26,541 844 3.1 8,542 7,829 713 8.3 8,426 8,079 347 4.1 2,304 2,163 141 6.1
16,855 16,336 519 3.1
Candler
4,049 3,893 156 3.9
Carroll
46,226 44,189 2,037 4.4
Catoosa
28,001 27,250 751 2.7
Charlton
3,788 3,668 120 3.2
Chatham 106,986 103,618 3,368 3.1
Chattahoochee 2,451 2,309 142 5.8
Chattooga
11,853 11,501 352 3.0
Cherokee
84,744 82,514 2,230 2.6
Clarke
47,027 45,715 1,312 2.8
Clay
1,518 1,460
58 3.8
Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt
129,834 123,900 5,934 4.6 3,650 3,519 131 3.6
372,272 359,231 13,041 3.5 20,709 20,044 665 3.2 19,481 18,644 837 4.3
Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp
45,865 44,769 1,096 2.4 7,892 7,552 340 4.3
47,860 46,341 1,519 3.2 5,591 5,354 237 4.2 9,818 9,298 520 5.3
6,427 6,227
200 3.1
22,157 21,210
947 4.3
41,568 39,618 1,950 4.7
9,394 8,940
454 4.8
7,301 7,035
266 3.6
73,163 70,285 2,878 3.9
5,880 5,534
346 5.9
5,834 5,490
344 5.9
7,860 7,434
426 5.4
11,097 10,834
263 2.4
27,541 8,683 8,435 2,430
16,901
26,630 7,946 8,067 2,299
16,305
911 3.3 737 8.5 368 4.4 131 5.4 596 3.5
4,174 4,024
150 3.6
46,252 44,007 2,245 4.9
27,640 26,903
737 2.7
3,803 3,661
142 3.7
105,370 101,904 3,466 3.3
2,428 2,273
155 6.4
11,889 11,458
431 3.6
84,454 82,174 2,280 2.7
46,806 45,270 1,536 3.3
1,588 1,538
50 3.1
129,367 123,390 5,977 4.6
3,736 3,581
155 4.1
370,570 357,751 12,819 3.5
21,187 20,417
770 3.6
20,025 19,150
875 4.4
45,369 44,210 1,159 2.6
8,048 7,709
339 4.2
47,591 46,150 1,441 3.0
5,657 5,405
252 4.5
10,101 9,544
557 5.5
Revised November 2000
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
4,212,243 4,079,496 132,747
3.2
8,347 3,546 4,529 1,668 18,791
7,638 3,251 4,219 1,602 18,033
709 8.5 295 8.3 310 6.8
66 4.0 758 4.0
6,539 6,410
129 2.0
21,807 21,298
509 2.3
41,433 39,784 1,649 4.0
9,640 9,086
554 5.7
6,652 6,342
310 4.7
72,644 69,908 2,736 3.8
5,980 5,800
180 3.0
6,487 6,172
315 4.9
8,093 7,576
517 6.4
11,226 10,988
238 2.1
27,362 9,056 9,275 2,536
17,267
26,708 8,517 8,821 2,372
16,761
654 2.4 539 6.0 454 4.9 164 6.5 506 2.9
3,942 3,802
140 3.6
45,605 44,191 1,414 3.1
27,414 26,769
645 2.4
3,917 3,763
154 3.9
106,384 103,349 3,035 2.9
2,425 2,290
135 5.6
12,150 11,744
406 3.3
83,840 82,518 1,322 1.6
47,218 46,121 1,097 2.3
1,629 1,529
100 6.1
127,808 123,906 3,902 3.1
3,683 3,384
299 8.1
366,709 359,247 7,462 2.0
21,236 20,336
900 4.2
20,522 18,968 1,554 7.6
45,355 44,378
977 2.2
8,551 8,152
399 4.7
47,447 46,343 1,104 2.3
6,201 6,019
182 2.9
9,852 9,323
529 5.4
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
County
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge
Preliminary November 2001
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
7,813 7,529 284 3.6 14,889 14,628 261 1.8 12,079 11,405 674 5.6 374,282 356,857 17,425 4.7
9,748 9,330 418 4.3
Revised October 2001
Revised November 2000
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
7,730 7,433
297 3.8
7,536 7,396
140 1.9
14,896 14,613
283 1.9 17,698 17,485
213 1.2
12,246 11,635
611 5.0 11,987 11,386
601 5.0
372,965 355,387 17,578 4.7 367,935 356,873 11,062 3.0
9,916 9,416
500 5.0 10,007 9,688
319 3.2
Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols
4,557 4,373 184 4.0
45,198 42,765 2,433 5.4
53,988 52,259 1,729 3.2
4,660 4,412 248 5.3
1,260 1,218
42 3.3
4,727 4,489
238 5.0
4,580 4,384
196 4.3
44,637 42,285 2,352 5.3 44,101 41,525 2,576 5.8
53,625 52,044 1,581 2.9 53,533 52,262 1,271 2.4
4,802 4,615
187 3.9
4,826 4,527
299 6.2
1,274 1,225
49 3.8
1,291 1,248
43 3.3
Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin
18,644 18,188 456 2.4 8,827 8,213 614 7.0 8,519 7,866 653 7.7 4,907 4,756 151 3.1 8,785 8,474 311 3.5
18,342 8,943 8,700 4,992 8,779
17,887 8,308 7,950 4,840 8,470
455 2.5 635 7.1 750 8.6 152 3.0 309 3.5
18,569 9,197 8,791 5,051 9,614
18,141 8,543 8,111 4,887 9,235
428 2.3 654 7.1 680 7.7 164 3.2 379 3.9
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton
52,473 51,328 1,145 2.2 44,650 42,843 1,807 4.0 57,286 55,573 1,713 3.0 10,523 9,952 571 5.4 420,877 400,275 20,602 4.9
52,216 51,117 1,099 2.1 52,119 51,330
789 1.5
44,503 42,588 1,915 4.3 45,442 44,148 1,294 2.8
56,972 55,344 1,628 2.9 56,129 55,576
553 1.0
10,550 10,063
487 4.6 10,757 10,396
361 3.4
419,041 398,626 20,415 4.9 413,236 400,293 12,943 3.1
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady
8,467 8,146 321 3.8
967
926
41 4.2
35,047 33,985 1,062 3.0
22,466 21,378 1,088 4.8
9,572 9,141 431 4.5
8,576 8,213
363 4.2
8,349 8,087
262 3.1
985
939
46 4.7
1,035
988
47 4.5
34,930 33,809 1,121 3.2 36,186 35,129 1,057 2.9
22,665 21,432 1,233 5.4 23,358 22,285 1,073 4.6
10,018 9,498
520 5.2
9,445 8,969
476 5.0
Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock
6,320 354,490
16,516 72,375
3,890
5,548 342,457
15,889 70,218
3,541
772 12,033
627 2,157
349
12.2 3.4 3.8 3.0 9.0
6,353 5,605
748 11.8
5,797 5,558
239 4.1
352,960 341,047 11,913 3.4 349,046 342,473 6,573 1.9
16,678 16,058
620 3.7 16,158 15,657
501 3.1
72,331 70,142 2,189 3.0 75,810 74,349 1,461 1.9
3,978 3,567
411 10.3
4,078 3,715
363 8.9
Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry
9,613 9,133 480 5.0 12,417 12,046 371 3.0
9,734 8,995 739 7.6 4,776 4,518 258 5.4 65,348 63,460 1,888 2.9
9,657 9,118
539 5.6 10,056 9,717
339 3.4
12,220 11,856
364 3.0 12,241 11,947
294 2.4
9,772 9,076
696 7.1 10,089 9,752
337 3.3
4,800 4,526
274 5.7
4,743 4,541
202 4.3
65,015 63,199 1,816 2.8 64,540 63,463 1,077 1.7
Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis
52,891 4,937
23,349 4,815 5,845
51,422 4,689
22,297 4,647 5,070
1,469 248
1,052 168 775
2.8 5.0 4.5 3.5 13.3
52,424 50,813 1,611 3.1 51,955 50,539 1,416 2.7
5,049 4,776
273 5.4
5,111 4,854
257 5.0
23,462 22,464
998 4.3 23,626 23,032
594 2.5
4,856 4,673
183 3.8
4,925 4,763
162 3.3
5,720 5,156
564 9.9
5,349 5,039
310 5.8
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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
County
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar
Preliminary November 2001
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
7,375 6,665 710 9.6 4,470 4,269 201 4.5 3,572 3,299 273 7.6 12,220 11,905 315 2.6 7,276 6,583 693 9.5
Revised October 2001
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
7,515 4,614 3,585 12,099 7,041
6,762 4,385 3,335 11,764 6,602
753 10.0 229 5.0 250 7.0 335 2.8 439 6.2
Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln
3,562 3,438 124 3.5 22,130 21,126 1,004 4.5 12,280 11,890 390 3.2 16,806 15,986 820 4.9
3,632 3,329 303 8.3
3,554 22,347 12,164 16,816
3,714
3,459 21,201 11,757 15,914
3,346
95 2.7 1,146 5.1
407 3.3 902 5.4 368 9.9
Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh
3,629 3,526 103 2.8 42,827 41,566 1,261 2.9 10,942 10,670 272 2.5
9,953 9,337 616 6.2 4,701 4,558 143 3.0
3,619 43,135 11,023 10,037
4,757
3,511 41,814 10,710
9,220 4,587
108 3.0 1,321 3.1
313 2.8 817 8.1 170 3.6
Macon
5,349 5,031 318 5.9
Madison
13,897 13,448 449 3.2
Marion
3,332 3,196 136 4.1
Meriwether
9,073 8,556 517 5.7
Miller
3,242 3,113 129 4.0
6,003 13,804
3,870 9,097 3,356
5,237 13,317
3,254 8,562 3,245
766 12.8 487 3.5 616 15.9 535 5.9 111 3.3
Mitchell
11,618 11,061 557 4.8
Monroe
7,504 7,098 406 5.4
Montgomery 3,845 3,544 301 7.8
Morgan
7,107 6,871 236 3.3
Murray
19,177 18,194 983 5.1
11,995 7,450 3,870 7,287 19,214
11,403 7,093 3,586 7,033 18,098
592 4.9 357 4.8 284 7.3 254 3.5 1,116 5.8
Muscogee 87,932 83,778 4,154 4.7
Newton
31,317 30,246 1,071 3.4
Oconee
13,764 13,522 242 1.8
Oglethorpe
6,187 5,976
211 3.4
Paulding
44,479 43,184 1,295 2.9
86,822 31,209 13,627
6,274 44,283
82,463 30,122 13,390
6,033 43,006
4,359 5.0 1,087 3.5
237 1.7 241 3.8 1,277 2.9
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk
11,369 10,933 436 3.8 11,461 11,110 351 3.1 7,485 7,186 299 4.0 6,787 6,514 273 4.0 16,047 15,284 763 4.8
11,352 11,481 7,645 6,782 16,088
10,803 11,065 7,360 6,523 15,224
549 4.8 416 3.6 285 3.7 259 3.8 864 5.4
Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph
4,653 4,381 272 5.8 9,530 9,217 313 3.3 1,342 1,241 101 7.5 7,161 7,008 153 2.1 3,062 2,859 203 6.6
4,809 9,569 1,339 7,137 3,129
4,470 9,275 1,252 7,009 2,937
339 7.0 294 3.1
87 6.5 128 1.8 192 6.1
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Revised November 2000
Labor Employ-
Force
ment
Unemployment Number Rate
7,542 4,781 3,742 12,099 6,761
6,846 4,493 3,467 11,700 6,413
696 9.2 288 6.0 275 7.3 399 3.3 348 5.1
3,708 22,668 11,995 18,374
3,114
3,525 21,617 11,546 17,343
2,879
183 4.9 1,051 4.6
449 3.7 1,031 5.6
235 7.5
3,959 44,345 11,446
9,768 4,594
3,826 42,608 11,306
9,255 4,426
133 3.4 1,737 3.9
140 1.2 513 5.3 168 3.7
5,749 13,922
3,540 9,524 3,207
5,357 13,567
3,387 8,983 3,081
392 6.8 355 2.5 153 4.3 541 5.7 126 3.9
12,378 8,787 3,828 7,685
20,795
11,738 8,470 3,557 7,304 19,780
640 5.2 317 3.6 271 7.1 381 5.0 1,015 4.9
86,485 30,978 13,781
6,325 43,978
83,096 30,248 13,642
6,185 43,186
3,389 3.9 730 2.4 139 1.0 140 2.2 792 1.8
11,327 11,360 7,957 6,746 17,598
10,745 11,111 7,520 6,482 16,922
582 5.1 249 2.2 437 5.5 264 3.9 676 3.8
4,684 9,796 1,572 7,515 3,365
4,524 9,486 1,488 7,413 3,177
160 3.4 310 3.2
84 5.3 102 1.4 188 5.6
Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)
Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older
County
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole
Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot
Preliminary November 2001
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number
Rate
81,274 77,317 3,957 4.9
40,751 39,490 1,261 3.1
1,804 1,711
93 5.2
6,168 5,675 493 8.0
4,597 4,411 186 4.0
30,214 28,927 1,287 4.3 12,204 11,640 564 4.6
2,297 2,187 110 4.8 15,859 14,779 1,080 6.8
2,914 2,764 150 5.1
Revised October 2001
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
80,398 40,460
1,859 6,238 4,764
76,350 39,327
1,729 5,803 4,607
4,048 5.0 1,133 2.8
130 7.0 435 7.0 157 3.3
Revised November 2000
Labor Employ- Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
80,259 76,642 3,617 4.5
40,327 39,492
835 2.1
1,878 1,807
71 3.8
6,093 5,761
332 5.4
4,965 4,735
230 4.6
30,274 28,808 1,466 4.8 30,546 28,929 1,617 5.3
12,269 11,621
648 5.3 11,879 11,531
348 2.9
2,565 2,226
339 13.2
2,502 2,347
155 6.2
16,251 14,933 1,318 8.1 15,490 14,821
669 4.3
3,001 2,779
222 7.4
3,088 2,915
173 5.6
Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell
791 7,373 3,985 5,569 3,935
671 7,103 3,755 4,833 3,610
120 15.2 270 3.7 230 5.8 736 13.2 325 8.3
817 7,726 4,108 5,771 4,135
691 7,450 3,834 4,931 3,745
126 15.4 276 3.6 274 6.7 840 14.6 390 9.4
863 7,501 3,854 5,064 4,240
825 7,104 3,686 4,641 3,921
38 4.4 397 5.3 168 4.4 423 8.4 319 7.5
Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen
22,099 21,219 880 4.0
20,765 20,015 750 3.6
12,566 11,641 925 7.4
3,688 3,604
84 2.3
2,773 2,614 159 5.7
22,429 21,299 12,639
3,702 2,824
21,437 20,396 11,780
3,622 2,646
992 4.4 22,028 21,082
946 4.3
903 4.2 21,092 20,252
840 4.0
859 6.8 12,781 11,683 1,098 8.6
80 2.2
4,393 4,267
126 2.9
178 6.3
2,791 2,624
167 6.0
Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson
30,447 29,061 1,386 4.6 4,349 3,950 399 9.2 4,325 4,094 231 5.3 7,713 7,510 203 2.6
14,048 12,446 1,602 11.4
30,426 28,933 1,493 4.9 31,153 30,153 1,000 3.2
4,429 4,114
315 7.1
4,352 3,975
377 8.7
4,332 4,045
287 6.6
4,201 4,023
178 4.2
7,829 7,648
181 2.3
7,972 7,715
257 3.2
14,151 12,417 1,734 12.3 12,669 11,911
758 6.0
Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington
Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield
Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
32,638 31,615 1,023 3.1 30,949 29,877 1,072 3.5 15,863 15,134 729 4.6
2,780 2,550 230 8.3 9,527 9,142 385 4.0
11,402 10,891 511 4.5
1,082 1,046
36 3.3
2,204 2,019 185 8.4
9,329 9,035 294 3.2
47,232 45,033 2,199 4.7
3,408 3,228 180 5.3 5,999 5,425 574 9.6 4,435 4,229 206 4.6 9,461 8,944 517 5.5
32,346 31,212 1,134 3.5 32,157 31,056 1,101 3.4
30,855 29,754 1,101 3.6 30,630 29,878
752 2.5
15,862 15,151
711 4.5 17,060 15,566 1,494 8.8
2,858 2,577
281 9.8
2,692 2,541
151 5.6
9,616 9,207
409 4.3
9,936 9,506
430 4.3
11,521 10,918
603 5.2 11,950 11,278
672 5.6
1,248 1,085
163 13.1
1,171 1,127
44 3.8
2,278 2,061
217 9.5
2,077 1,939
138 6.6
9,373 9,103
270 2.9
9,293 9,058
235 2.5
46,910 44,828 2,082 4.4 49,025 47,152 1,873 3.8
3,528 6,098 4,475 9,771
3,313 5,484 4,220 9,251
215 6.1 614 10.1 255 5.7 520 5.3
3,364 5,656 4,709 9,703
3,236 5,301 4,525 9,080
128 3.8 355 6.3 184 3.9 623 6.4
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New Developments
EMotion Mobility has plans to build a new car plant at
the Hinesville Industrial Park near U.S. 84 and Ga. 119 in Hinesville. Atlanta-based EMotion, a unit of Daimler Chrysler Corp., will buy semi-assembled cars called glides minus the drive train, from Micro Compact Car, which is also a subsidiary of Daimler Chrysler. The partially assembled cars or "smart" cars will be shipped to the Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City terminal then taken to Hinesville where EMotion will install electric batteries, motors and other parts. The company's new $2 million, 30,000-square-foot facility is expected to produce more than 6,000 cars annually. Each new electric car will be equipped with a cell phone, a GPS system and a touch-screen computer and will be available for rent by the latter part of 2002 in the Atlanta metro area. The plant is expected to be completed by spring of 2002 and will employ about 150 workers in Liberty County.
Standard Textile Co. and 1888 Mills are expanding
into the old facilities of Thomaston Mills inThomaston. The news of both expansions was welcomed relief for the local area as it was dealt an economic blow this summer when the 102-year-old bed linen maker, Thomaston Mills, filed for bankruptcy protection and laid off 1,400 workers. Since the closing of the facility, Thomaston and its local development authority have received $1 million in grants and loans from the One Georgia Authority created last year from the state's $1.6 billion tobacco settlement. The grants and loans were issued to bring economic development to rural and depressed areas of Georgia. Cincinnati-based Standard Textile purchased the 700,000-square-foot former Thomaston Mills warehouse and manufacturing facility. The company plans to spend about $5 million on the purchase and capital investments. Standard makes health-care, hospitality and institutional textile products and plans to start operations in February. Griffin-based 1881 Mills, a towel maker, plans to take over Thomaston Mills' Finishing Division, which it purchased for $240,000. Production operations are expected to begin in about a year. Both companies combined are expected to create about 500 new jobs and give an economic shot in the arm to a county that has posted double-digit unemployment rates for the past six months, Upson County.
BI-LO recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to kick
off the grand opening of its store in Chatsworth. The
new store features a deli/bakery, a pharmacy and fullservice floral and seafood departments. The store's hours of operation are 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays. The new 42,000-square-foot store will eventually employ about 110 people in Murray County. Also, in a different part of the state, BI-LO held another recent grand opening at 158 Carolina Square to replace its 19-yearold store in Apple Square. The new 35,000-squarefoot facility is located in Augusta and is expected to give an economic boost to Richmond County.
Discover Mills' recent grand opening day was attended
by more than 70,000 people who spent an estimated $4 million in Duluth. Discover Mills, the 1.2 million-squarefoot retail mall, was the result of an alliance between The Mills Corporation and Discover Financial Services to create the first-ever naming rights in the shopping center industry. Located at I-85 and Sugarloaf Parkway on a 230-acre site, the new mall is expected to attract an anticipated 15 million visitors during its first full year of operation. With 200 retailers, including manufacturer and retail outlets, off-price retailers, and category-dominant stores, as well as dining and entertainment venues, the mall also has the state's only annexes for the Maconbased Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. The Halls of Fame feature photographs and videos of musicians and athletes, memorabilia and other educational elements. Retail outlets such asLast Call from Neiman Marcus, Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue Outlet, Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, OshKosh B'Gosh Outlet, The Athlete's Foot Outlet, Easy Spirit Outlet, Stone Mountain Outlet, Remington Factory Outlet, Carter's Outlet, Jewelry Box Outlet, West Point Stevens Outlet, Zales Outlet, Kenneth Cole New York Outlet and Burlington Coat Factory are only a few of the retailers that have set up shop at Discover Mills. Some of the interactive retailers and entertainment venues include Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, Sun & Ski Sports, ESPN X Games Skatepark and Jillian's. The Mills Music Caf, an acoustical performance venue features nationally known singer/ songwriters on various Saturdays throughout the year. When fully operational, Discover Mills and its outparcels is expected to create more than 5,000 jobs with an annual payroll of more than $63.2 million in Gwinnett County.
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Georgia Unemployment Rates by County
November 2001
Dade Catoosa
Fannin
Towns
Union
Rabun
Whitfield
Walker
Murray Gilmer
Chattooga
Gordon
Pickens
Floyd
Bartow Cherokee
White Lumpkin
Dawson Hall
Forsyth
Habersham
Stephens
Banks Franklin
Jackson Madison
Hart Elbert
10% or greater 4.1% to 9.9% Less than 4.1%
Polk Haralson
Cobb Paulding
Douglas
Gwinnett Barrow Clarke
Oconee Oglethorpe
DeKalb
Walton
Rock-
Wilkes
Lincoln
Carroll
Fulton Clayton
dale Newton
Morgan Greene Taliaferro
Columbia
Heard
Fayette
Henry
Coweta
Spalding Butts Jasper
Putnam
Hancock
McDuffie Warren
Glascock
Richmond
Troup
Meriwether
Pike
Lamar Monroe
Jones Baldwin
Jefferson Washington
Burke
Harris
Upson Bibb
Talbot
Crawford
Wilkinson Twiggs
Johnson
Jenkins Emanuel
Screven
Muscogee
Taylor
Peach
Marion Chattahoo-
Houston Bleckley Macon
Laurens Treutlen
Candler Bulloch Effingham
chee
Schley Stewart Webster Sumter
Dooly
Pulaski Dodge Wilcox
Montgomery Wheeler Toombs
Evans
Tattnall
Bryan Chatham
Crisp
Telfair
Quitman Randolph Terrell Lee
Turner
Ben Hill
Jeff Davis Appling
Liberty Long
Clay Calhoun Dougherty
Early Miller
Baker Mitchell
Worth Colquitt
Irwin Tift
Coffee
Berrien Atkinson
Cook
Lanier
Seminole Decatur
Grady Thomas Brooks
Lowndes
Clinch
Echols
Bacon
Wayne
Pierce
Ware
Brantley
McIntosh Glynn
Charlton
Camden
Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 4.1%
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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County
County
November Average Initial Weekly Average
Claims Benefit Duration
County
November Average Initial Weekly Average
Claims Benefit Duration
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel
420 ...... $196 .... 10.4 74 ...... $167 .... 10.5
126 ...... $200 ...... 8.7 30 ...... $169 .... 11.9
341 ...... $164 .... 11.1 130 ...... $201 ...... 7.3 303 ...... $213 .... 10.9 1342 ...... $191 ...... 8.9 366 ...... $140 .... 10.6 375 ...... $158 .... 11.8 513 ...... $176 .... 11.1 192 ...... $185 ...... 7.6
99 ...... $210 .... 13.4 74 ...... $152 .... 10.8 51 ...... $204 ...... 9.9 186 ...... $194 .... 10.9 270 ...... $171 ...... 9.6 143 ...... $204 .... 10.8 42 ...... $172 ...... 8.1 70 ...... $195 .... 12.2 54 ...... $179 ...... 8.6 655 ...... $200 .... 11.4 551 ...... $209 ...... 6.9 13 ...... $175 .... 15.4 972 ...... $187 .... 10.9 17 ...... $214 .... 13.3 335 ...... $168 .... 13.1 605 ...... $237 ...... 9.4 360 ...... $189 .... 11.9 22 ...... $205 ...... 9.1 1850 ...... $218 .... 11.3 32 ...... $187 .... 17.6 2595 ...... $242 .... 12.2 135 ...... $180 .... 10.2 272 ...... $157 ...... 9.5 342 ...... $219 .... 10.3 196 ...... $161 ...... 9.9 448 ...... $221 ...... 9.1 71 ...... $190 .... 10.3 340 ...... $174 .... 10.5 294 ...... $161 ...... 5.1 51 ...... $225 ...... 9.9 172 ...... $181 ...... 9.2 3782 ...... $226 .... 12.0 164 ...... $176 ...... 9.8 112 ...... $174 .... 10.5 496 ...... $168 .... 13.4 423 ...... $228 .... 11.3 74 ...... $160 ...... 9.8
8 ...... $221 .... 17.5 110 ...... $208 .... 10.2 415 ...... $171 ...... 6.9 175 ...... $162 .... 11.1
Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Morgan Montgomery Murray Muscogee
33 ...... $174 ...... 8.9 255 ...... $197 ...... 8.7 296 ...... $237 ...... 9.9 971 ...... $199 ...... 8.0 287 ...... $247 .... 10.7 384 ...... $205 ...... 8.1 4359 ...... $224 .... 12.2 289 ...... $194 ...... 6.7
18 ...... $198 ...... 9.4 238 ...... $193 .... 12.9 956 ...... $187 ...... 8.0 384 .......$211 ...... 8.3 283 ...... $190 .... 10.0 2297 ...... $240 .... 11.2 564 ...... $185 ...... 7.2 689 ...... $215 ...... 7.9 115 ...... $158 .... 11.9 165 ...... $197 .... 10.8 184 ...... $206 ...... 9.6 830 ...... $176 ...... 7.6 103 ...... $194 ...... 8.7 556 ...... $225 .... 11.3 244 ...... $197 .... 10.6 157 ...... $167 .... 10.6 279 ...... $198 .... 10.3
45 ...... $204 ...... 8.7 708 ...... $199 ...... 9.9 245 ...... $161 .... 11.5
82 ...... $188 ...... 8.5 221 ...... $129 ...... 8.8
77 ...... $193 ...... 8.7 386 ...... $195 ...... 7.7
73 ...... $165 .... 11.2 1121 ...... $163 ...... 7.2
112 ...... $207 ...... 9.8 113 ...... $172 .... 13.0 76 ...... $168 .... 11.9 23 ...... $183 .... 13.8 490 ...... $164 .... 12.2 242 ...... $232 ...... 6.7 207 ...... $183 ...... 8.9 41 .......$211 .... 16.0 254 ...... $166 ...... 6.7 152 ...... $196 .... 10.0 89 ...... $175 ...... 5.4 213 ...... $189 ...... 9.5 37 ...... $193 ...... 6.5 180 ...... $153 .... 11.2 237 ...... $188 ...... 9.7 135 ...... $191 .... 10.4 76 ...... $193 ...... 8.8 973 ...... $202 ...... 5.5 1356 ...... $190 .... 11.8
Initial claims include intrastate initial and additional claims, as well as agent state initial and additional claims for regular UI only. Average duration of benefits is represented in weeks.
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County
November Average
Initial Weekly Average Claims BenefitDuration
Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
345 ...... $222 ...... 9.4 72 ...... $213 ...... 9.2 78 .......$211 .... 10.2
313 ...... $229 .... 10.7 117 ...... $160 ...... 9.8 170 ...... $194 ...... 8.2 72 ...... $195 .... 11.7 158 ...... $186 ...... 8.5 588 ...... $197 ...... 7.7 68 ...... $182 .... 12.4 86 ...... $181 ...... 9.5
0 ...... $195 .... 14.5 133 ...... $163 ...... 5.6 150 ...... $185 ...... 7.9 1083 ...... $184 .... 10.3 327 ...... $229 .... 11.1
72 ...... $172 ...... 7.7 227 ...... $180 ...... 9.4
70 ...... $187 ...... 9.2 747 ...... $181 ...... 8.7 465 ...... $198 ...... 7.1
54 ...... $128 ...... 7.6 368 ...... $174 ...... 9.4
95 ...... $180 .... 13.3 22 ...... $192 ...... 8.7 68 ...... $189 ...... 9.5 47 ...... $184 .... 11.5 255 ...... $180 .... 15.4 103 ...... $150 ...... 8.5 145 ...... $184 .... 10.5 514 ...... $166 .... 10.8 387 ...... $186 .... 10.6 43 ...... $175 ...... 9.2 99 ...... $171 ...... 8.9 855 ...... $189 ...... 7.6 268 ...... $134 ...... 9.0 98 ...... $195 .... 10.5 77 ...... $195 ...... 8.3 231 ...... $193 .... 14.6 712 ...... $173 ...... 5.7 373 ...... $212 ...... 9.0 203 ...... $177 .... 12.4 81 ...... $172 .... 10.5 159 ...... $146 .... 12.0 137 ...... $203 .... 10.9 26 ...... $169 ...... 8.1 91 ...... $184 .... 12.4 149 ...... $210 ...... 7.9 2203 ...... $206 ...... 5.6 91 ...... $172 ...... 8.1 220 ...... $166 .... 12.0 84 ...... $187 .... 11.0 250 ...... $172 .... 11.8
Unemployment Insurance Statistics
Weeks 10.0
Average duration of benefits
Last 12 months
9.7 9.8
9.5
9.4
9.2
9.0 8.7
8.9 8.7
8.5
8.5 8.5 8.5
8.5
8.4
8.0
7.5
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct. Nov.
00
01
Unemployment insurance initial claims
Thousands 90
80
2000 -- 2001
2001
2000
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Over 92,000 separated workers now drawing unemployment benefits...
Unemployment insurance initial claims were down 5.5 percent from October to November, dropping from 65,226 (a 20 year high for the month of October) to 61,649. Though this month'snew claims total declined over the month, the figure is the highest ever recorded for the month of November (the previous high took place in 1981, when 54,488 new claims were filed).
The Atlanta metropolitan area accounted for 22,945 new claims over the month (37.2 percent of the state total), down 5,034 from October. Over the year, Georgia's initial claims were up 47.1 percent from November's 2000 figure of 41,901. Atlanta experienced an over-the-year jump of 129.8 percent from last November's total of 9,985.
Like initial claims, continued weeks claimed decreased over the month, falling from 340,314 in October (the highest total since 370,997 continued weeks claimed were recorded during January 1992) to 313,016 in November, a dip of 8.0 percent. Over the year, continued claims were up 94.8 percent from last November's total of 160,668.
An increasing number of separated workers are drawing unemployment benefits, drawing benefits for a longer duration, as well as exhausting benefits. There were 92,298 separated workers drawing unemployment insurance benefits in November, a rise of 4.1 percent over the month and an increase of 79.7 percent from November's 2000 total of 51,368 beneficiaries.
The average duration of benefits was 9.8 weeks in November. The average duration has risen steadily since May, when the duration was 8.5 weeks. The average weekly benefit amount fell $3.11 over the month, to $226.01.
Final payments fell slightly over the month, from 8,230 in October to 8,095 in November. However, over the year, benefit exhaustions escalated by an astounding 164.7 percent over last November's figure of 3,058. For the year, 64,076 claimants have exhausted benefits.
Georgia continues to feel the effects of continuing job cuts throughout the state, evidenced by job losses in the service industry, particularly business services, and manufacturing, particularly textile and apparel manufacturing.
For the month, there were $10.5 million in benefit payouts in the service industry, followed by $8.9 million in manufacturing, $2.9 million in retail trade, $2.8 million in construction and $2.5 million in wholesale trade. For the year, the largest net increases in benefit payouts took place in services at $5.9 million ($3.9 million in business services), manufacturing at $3.3 million ($962,000 in textiles), wholesale trade at $1.6 million and transportation, communications & utilities at $1.5 million.
After hitting an all-time high for Georgia at over $66 million in October, benefits paid fell 7.5 percent in November to a total of $61,418,321. Still, even with the over-the-month drop, this month's figure is the second highest benefits paid total for the year and represents an advance of 122.2 percent from last November's total of $28,942,998.
The balance of Georgia's trust fund dropped for the seventh consecutive month. This month's fund balance of $1,577,240,429 is down $49.8 million over the month, $229.9 million since May and $325.9 million since last November's balance of $1,903,159,160.
Statistical Trends
November 2001
November 2000
Net Change
Percent Change
Initial Claims ........................................................... 61,649 ............................... 41,901 ................................. 19,748 .............................. 47.1%
Continued Weeks Claimed ................................... 313,016 ............................. 160,668 ............................... 152,348 .............................. 94.8%
Beneficiaries .......................................................... 92,298 ............................... 51,368 ................................. 40,930 .............................. 79.7%
Benefits Paid ................................................. $61,418,321 ...................... $28,942,998 ........................ $32,475,323 ............................ 112.2%
Weeks Paid .......................................................... 271,755 ............................. 139,550 ............................... 132,205 .............................. 94.7%
First Payments ....................................................... 24,852 ............................... 16,229 ................................... 8,623 .............................. 53.1%
Final Payments ........................................................ 8,095 ................................. 3,058 ................................... 5,037 ............................ 164.7%
Average Weekly Benefit ....................................... $226.01 ............................. $207.40 ................................. $18.61 ................................ 9.0%
AverageDuration ......................................................... 9.8 ..................................... 8.8 ....................................... 1.0 .............................. 11.4%
Trust Fund Balance ...................................$1,577,240,429 ..................$1,903,159,160 ..................... -$325,918,731 ............................. -17.1%
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