Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce, Vol. 27, no. 6 (June 2001)

June 2001 Data
Highlights
New Census figures highlight diversity of Georgias workforce ............... page 2
Seasonal trends raise Georgias unemployment rate in June ........ page 10
Georgia's unemployment rate was up six-tenths percentage point in June, well below the average May-to-June increase of nearly one percentage point.
Despite an over-the-month increase, Georgia's jobless rate reigns in the Southeast for the third consecutive month.
Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Six .........................Page 12
"Overcoming economic adversity in the Heart of Georgia"
New Developments .................Page 18
Initial claims up 78.3 percent during the first half of calendar year 2001. ... Page 21
47,604 new claims filed during June
WI&A Customer Satisfaction Team .................. page 23

Volume XXVII, Number 6
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 Boulevard, NE
Courtland Building, Suite 300 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751
(404) 656-3177 Fax (404) 651-9568 Workforce.Info@dol.state.ga.us
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Dimensions - Measuring Georgias Workforce

New Census figures highlight diversity of Georgia's workforce

Since the Census 2000 data and results from the 1997 Economic Census were released in March, newspaper headlines have bombarded us with messages about the growing ethnic diversity in our state and throughout the nation. What impact is this diversity having on our economy? A careful examination of the deluge of statistics flowing from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that minority groups, especially Hispanics and Asians, are heavily clustered in selected regions and markets.
The stream of migration (both domestic and international) into Georgia over the past decade has had much to do with the state's hot job market and relatively low cost of living. While it is clear that job opportunities entice people to move, the relationship is akin to that of the chicken and the egg. Do the jobs bring the people or do the people create the jobs? In Georgia's case, it seems to be a bit of both, particularly in the case of international immigrants.

markets for three particular immigrant groups in Atlanta. Nearly 18 percent of the self-employed Chinese immigrants in Atlanta and 6.1 percent of the Koreans are working in specialty restaurants. Another 5 percent of self-employed Chinese and 8.5 percent of Koreans work in the laundry and garment services industry. Koreans are also heavily concentrated in ethnic food stores, with 6.3 percent of self-employment in this industry. Finally, self-employed Mexicans are concentrated in horticultural services, services to buildings, and increasingly in the construction industry.

Immigrant niche markets in selected industries of self-employed workers Atlanta MSA (by country of origin)

C on s tru cti on Se rvice s to buildings Horticultural se rvice s

2.2%

6.2% 7.3%

Me xico Kore a China

Ethnic food store s

6.3%

Laundry se rvice s Spe cialty re staurants

5.0% 6.1%

8.5%

17.9%

Source: Razin & Light, 1998. "Ethnic Entrepreneurs in America's Largest Cities." Urban Affairs Review. 33 (3): 332-360.

Research on immigrant entrepreneurs suggests that immigrants thrive in declining niche markets and create their own economic opportunities. According to the Census Bureau's Survey of MinorityOwned Businesses, the number of Hispanic-owned firms in Georgia went from 1,931 in 1987 to 11,741 in 1997, constituting an astonishing 500% increase. Similarly, the number of Asian/Pacific Islander-owned firms in Georgia shot up from 4,221 in 1987 to 18,158 in 1997, a 330% increase over-the-decade.
A 1998 study published in Urban Affairs Review revealed that the self-employment rates among immigrants is considerably higher than for natives and especially so in sunbelt metropolitan areas characterized by ethnic and economic diversity. In Atlanta, their study found that self-employment rates were highest for immigrants from China, Greece, Korea, North Africa and Poland. The researchers identified concentrated niche
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Asian and Hispanic-owned firms in Georgia -- 1997

Other Services F.I.R.E. Retail trade Wholesale trade T.C.P.U. Manufacturing Construction Agricultural services
0

Asian/Pacif ic Islander Hi s pa ni c
1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census

In some industries, foreign-born workers are taking hard to fill factory jobs. Carpet mills and poultry processing plants have hired many foreign-born workers and throughout the state, immigrant workers harvest labor-intensive crops. Construction has indeed seen an influx of immigrant workers in the entire Southeast region, including many who are in business for themselves as subcontractors. According to the Census Bureau's Survey of Minority-Owned Firms, 1 in 5 Hispanic-owned businesses in Georgia are in the construction industry and 1 in 4 Asian-owned businesses are in retail trade.

Dimensions - Measuring Georgias Workforce

Components of population growth
Georgia -- 1990 to 1999

Natural increase
40.6%

Inte rna tio na l migration
8.1%
Domestic migration
51.3%

Bureau of the Census
Although Georgia attracted 188,674 immigrants between 1990 and 2000, in the same period Georgia gained 1,001,500 jobs. Indeed, one of the most beneficial characteristics of international immigrants is that their mobility leads them to areas where their labor services are most in demand. Even so, immigrants helped to fill less than 19 percent of the new jobs created in Georgia during the period. In fact, the flow of inmigrants from other states has had a much greater impact on Georgia's workforce. From 1990 to 2000, Georgia experienced a 26 percent population increase. Only eight percent of this increase was due to net international migration; the remaining 92 percent was due to domestic migration and natural increase.
Finally, at the same time that Georgia's foreign-born population increased by 109 percent, Georgia's unemployment rate plummeted over the decade, from 5.5 percent in 1990 to 3.7 percent in 2000. In sum, immigration has always been an important element in the U.S. workplace. According to a recent report from the Employment Policy Foundation, without the contribution of immigrant labor, the output of goods and services in our nation would be at least $1 trillion smaller. Moreover, foreignborn workers provide 12 percent of the total hours worked per week in our country. (http://www.epf.org)
Despite the recent slowing of economic growth that has focused attention on layoffs, the reality of the American workplace in the 21st century is that the overall labor market will continue to be tight. Immigrants are helping to fill employment vacancies in industries that are crucial to our state's economy. Through business ownership, immigrants are helping provide an important link in the global marketplace, and by participating fully in the American dream by purchasing homes, goods and services, and paying taxes, immigrant workers will continue to play an essential role in our economic prosperity.
June Payroll Employment Summary
Georgia's nonfarm employment rose a scant 8,400 in June, the smallest June growth since 1981. Albany and Atlanta were the only metro areas to gain jobs over the month, expanding ever-so-slightly at rates of 0.7 and 0.2 percent respectively. The Athens MSA suffered the largest contraction (-2,700) due mostly to seasonal declines in state education. Indeed, total government employment shrank by 7,000 over the month.
Yet seasonal declines in public education only partially account for June's sluggishness. What has been cited as a nationwide recession in the manufacturing sector continued to thwart job growth among Georgia's manufacturers who sustained a loss of 1,400 jobs over the month and 19,500 jobs since last June. Industrial-machinery makers and textile mills combined to account for nearly all of the division's sluggishness.

While the dire straits of the manufacturing sector have certainly dampened Georgia's economy, anemic job growth across all industry divisions continues to be a key factor in the current slowdown. The construction industry added 2,800 jobs in June; a none too stellar accomplishment after an average June increase of 4,800 over the past three years. Services employment improved only slightly over the month, adding 9,200 workers in June compared to 17,100 in 2000 and 15,600 in 1999. Incremental growth occurred in most of the service sector's component industries with amusement and recreation and health services contributing the lion's share.
The trade sector added only 3,100 jobs over the month, the smallest June growth since 1992. Finance and real estate picked up a thousand workers over the month as college graduates quickly clasped hold of jobs in banking and investment firms and realtors bulked up on agents in preparation for the peak home-buying season. Transportation, communications and public utilities contributed a combined 600 jobs over the month, compared to 2,200 last June and 1,100 in 1999.
In conclusion, the job market continued to deteriorate in June. Manufacturing payrolls again fell sharply dampening employment in transportation, wholesale trade, and personnel supply services. Construction employment has slackened as more contractors and builders put projects on the back burner and wait for the economy to get back in gear. Cutbacks in business and vacation travel are beginning to inhibit national employment growth in hotels, amusements and recreation, and air transportation and by "domino effect" will eventually have some impact on Georgia's economy as well.
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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 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

4,062.8 788.4 7.9 210.6 47.3 28.9 134.4 569.9 248.9 40.2 11.8 21.9 13.2 25.1 39.8 31.4 47.2 18.3 321.0 71.1 39.1 97.5 44.0 23.1 30.9 44.2 16.5 22.6 31.6
3,274.4 272.2 161.5 86.1 24.6
1,005.7 264.2 741.5 93.0 103.9 271.4 207.8 93.0 73.1 41.7
1,174.4 49.4
319.5 124.7
79.1 39.9 258.6 106.8 65.0 55.4 94.4 292.2 614.3 94.4 27.7 154.1 66.2 365.8 221.1

4,054.4 786.9 7.8 207.8 47.3 28.6 131.9 571.3 249.8 40.3 11.9 21.8 13.4 24.8 40.8 31.4 47.1 18.3 321.5 71.2 39.0 97.9 44.2 23.2 30.8 44.2 16.5 22.7 31.5
3,267.5 271.6 161.3 86.0 24.3
1,002.6 264.4 738.2 94.0 102.6 269.9 206.8 92.2 73.1 41.5
1,165.2 48.0
319.3 125.2
78.3 38.1 255.3 105.5 65.2 55.5 92.8 291.0 621.3 94.6 27.7 158.2 71.5 368.5 226.0

4,008.3 806.1 7.8 208.9 47.8 29.4 131.7 589.4 259.0 42.7 12.2 21.5 14.1 25.8 41.1 33.9 49.6 18.1 330.4 72.2 39.4 103.0 45.1 24.2 31.3 44.9 16.6 22.3 32.5
3,202.2 267.9 162.3 81.4 24.2 985.9 262.9 723.0 89.7 107.6 260.9 207.8 95.1 71.3 41.4
1,143.1 48.6
338.1 143.7
78.7 37.3 250.0 103.7 55.0 55.2 91.1 267.8 597.5 99.9 27.9 145.0 59.5 352.6 212.7

+8.4 +1.5
+.1 +2.8
+.0 +.3 +2.5 -1.4 -.9 -.1 -.1 +.1 -.2 +.3 -1.0 +.0 +.1 +.0 -.5 -.1 +.1 -.4 -.2 -.1 +.1 +.0 +.0 -.1 +.1 +6.9 +.6 +.2 +.1 +.3 +3.1 -.2 +3.3 -1.0 +1.3 +1.5 +1.0 +.8 +.0 +.2 +9.2 +1.4 +.2 -.5 +.8 +1.8 +3.3 +1.3 -.2 -.1 +1.6 +1.2 -7.0 -.2 +.0 -4.1 -5.3 -2.7 -4.9

+0.2 +0.2 +1.3 +1.3 +0.0 +1.0 +1.9 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.8 +0.5 -1.5 +1.2 -2.5 +0.0 +0.2 +0.0 -0.2 -0.1 +0.3 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 +0.3 +0.0 +0.0 -0.4 +0.3 +0.2 +0.2 +0.1 +0.1 +1.2 +0.3 -0.1 +0.4 -1.1 +1.3 +0.6 +0.5 +0.9 +0.0 +0.5 +0.8 +2.9 +0.1 -0.4 +1.0 +4.7 +1.3 +1.2 -0.3 -0.2 +1.7 +0.4 -1.1 -0.2 +0.0 -2.6 -7.4 -0.7 -2.2

+54.5 +1.4 -17.7 -2.2
+.1 +1.3 +1.7 +0.8
-.5 -1.0 -.5 -1.7 +2.7 +2.1 -19.5 -3.3 -10.1 -3.9 -2.5 -5.9 -.4 -3.3 +.4 +1.9 -.9 -6.4 -.7 -2.7 -1.3 -3.2 -2.5 -7.4 -2.4 -4.8 +.2 +1.1 -9.4 -2.8 -1.1 -1.5 -.3 -0.8 -5.5 -5.3 -1.1 -2.4 -1.1 -4.5 -.4 -1.3 -.7 -1.6 -.1 -0.6 +.3 +1.3 -.9 -2.8 +72.2 +2.3 +4.3 +1.6 -.8 -0.5 +4.7 +5.8 +.4 +1.7 +19.8 +2.0 +1.3 +0.5 +18.5 +2.6 +3.3 +3.7 -3.7 -3.4 +10.5 +4.0 +.0 +0.0 -2.1 -2.2 +1.8 +2.5 +.3 +0.7 +31.3 +2.7 +.8 +1.6 -18.6 -5.5 -19.0 -13.2 +.4 +0.5 +2.6 +7.0 +8.6 +3.4 +3.1 +3.0 +10.0 +18.2 +.2 +0.4 +3.3 +3.6 +24.4 +9.1 +16.8 +2.8 -5.5 -5.5 -.2 -0.7 +9.1 +6.3 +6.7 +11.3 +13.2 +3.7 +8.4 +3.9

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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Average Weekly Hours
Preliminary Revised Revised JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Average Hourly Earnings
Preliminary Revised Revised JUN 2001 MAY 2000 JUN 2000

Total manufacturing

$533.68 $521.89 $531.07

40.4

39.9

41.2 $13.21 $13.08 $12.89

Durable goods

$590.81 $568.00 $570.46

41.0

40.0

41.7 $14.41 $14.20 $13.68

Lumber and wood products

$457.41 $461.78 $451.66

38.6

39.3

40.8 $11.85 $11.75 $11.07

Furniture and fixtures

$421.70 $403.48 $420.45

40.2

38.1

40.9 $10.49 $10.59 $10.28

Stone, clay and glass products

$666.43 $671.04 $625.53

46.8

46.6

43.5 $14.24 $14.40 $14.38

Primary metal industries

$641.96 $672.95 $629.49

45.4

46.7

48.2 $14.14 $14.41 $13.06

Fabricated metal products

$536.36 $565.80 $496.17

42.3

44.1

42.7 $12.68 $12.83 $11.62

Industrial machinery

$501.03 $479.17 $526.26

38.9

37.7

42.0 $12.88 $12.71 $12.53

Electric and electronic equipment

$503.40 $422.84 $504.80

39.7

34.1

37.7 $12.68 $12.40 $13.39

Transportation equipment

$962.42 $895.44 $867.83

43.1

41.0

43.5 $22.33 $21.84 $19.95

Other durable goods

$441.00 $452.39 $459.80

36.0

36.9

38.0 $12.25 $12.26 $12.10

Nondurable goods

$490.77 $487.15 $501.43

39.9

39.8

40.9 $12.30 $12.24 $12.26

Food and kindred products

$495.04 $493.49 $500.40

41.6

41.4

41.7 $11.90 $11.92 $12.00

Meat products

$398.62 $393.98 $387.87

40.8

40.7

40.7

$9.77 $9.68 $9.53

Textile mill products

$427.45 $431.21 $456.37

39.8

40.3

41.3 $10.74 $10.70 $11.05

Carpets and rugs

$398.58 $388.74 $450.00

39.0

38.0

40.0 $10.22 $10.23 $11.25

Apparel and other finished textiles

$280.22 $272.41 $302.59

33.6

32.9

36.5

$8.34 $8.28 $8.29

Paper and allied products

$652.86 $656.90 $677.81

40.4

40.7

42.1 $16.16 $16.14 $16.10

Printing and publishing

$585.59 $574.94 $551.32

38.5

38.0

38.5 $15.21 $15.13 $14.32

Commerical printing

$651.29 $627.19 $618.80

42.1

40.7

42.5 $15.47 $15.41 $14.56

Chemicals and allied products

$597.09 $589.20 $684.60

39.7

40.0

42.0 $15.04 $14.73 $16.30

Other nondurable goods

$517.09 $497.24 $484.21

41.4

40.1

41.0 $12.49 $12.40 $11.81

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

41.5

41.2 41.1 41.2

41.3 41.1

40.9

41.0

40.6

40.5 40.0

40.0

39.7

*Preliminary Estimate
40.4 39.9

39.5

39.0

38.8

38.5

38.0

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

2000

2001

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Atlanta Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 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

2,241.9 340.2 1.9 119.4 26.6 14.4 78.4 218.9 110.7 9.5 9.6 7.6 11.8 16.0 17.0 22.0 17.2 108.2 24.7 9.8 7.4 12.5 28.4 10.0 10.8 14.6
1,901.7 197.7 117.3 80.4 596.3 185.2 130.3 54.9 411.1 47.7 54.1 155.9 50.0 140.7 60.0 52.2 28.5 697.6 28.6 223.2 81.6 65.5 33.9 130.8 57.6 31.2 69.2 180.7 269.4 45.9 53.3 170.2

2,236.4 339.1 1.9 118.3 26.9 14.4 77.0 218.9 111.1 9.5 9.6 7.9 11.7 16.0 17.0 22.1 17.3 107.8 24.7 9.7 7.4 12.5 28.2 9.9 10.8 14.5
1,897.3 197.1 117.3 79.8 594.7 184.7 130.4 54.3 410.0 48.2 53.9 154.6 50.9 140.1 59.7 52.1 28.3 690.1 27.6 222.3 82.0 64.5 32.2 129.2 56.6 31.1 68.0 179.7 275.3 46.0 56.7 172.6

2,208.2 345.6 1.8 121.9 27.7 15.5 78.7 221.9 111.8 8.9 9.7 7.9 11.9 16.6 18.2 21.2 17.4 110.1 24.9 10.4 7.8 12.7 28.5 10.2 10.7 15.1
1,862.6 191.5 116.0 75.5 574.6 178.5 126.3 52.2 396.1 45.2 57.0 144.8 47.5 142.1 62.5 51.2 28.4 690.3 28.3 237.0 93.9 65.8 32.1 126.1 54.2 30.7 66.9 169.2 264.1 49.1 50.1 164.9

+5.5 +1.1
+.0 +1.1
-.3 +.0 +1.4 +.0 -.4 +.0 +.0 -.3 +.1 +.0 +.0 -.1 -.1 +.4 +.0 +.1 +.0 +.0 +.2 +.1 +.0 +.1 +4.4 +.6 +.0 +.6 +1.6 +.5 -.1 +.6 +1.1 -.5 +.2 +1.3 -.9 +.6 +.3 +.1 +.2 +7.5 +1.0 +.9 -.4 +1.0 +1.7 +1.6 +1.0 +.1 +1.2 +1.0 -5.9 -.1 -3.4 -2.4

+0.2 +0.3 +0.0 +0.9 -1.1 +0.0 +1.8 +0.0 -0.4 +0.0 +0.0 -3.8 +0.9 +0.0 +0.0 -0.5 -0.6 +0.4 +0.0 +1.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.7 +1.0 +0.0 +0.7 +0.2 +0.3 +0.0 +0.8 +0.3 +0.3 -0.1 +1.1 +0.3 -1.0 +0.4 +0.8 -1.8 +0.4 +0.5 +0.2 +0.7 +1.1 +3.6 +0.4 -0.5 +1.6 +5.3 +1.2 +1.8 +0.3 +1.8 +0.6 -2.1 -0.2 -6.0 -1.4

+33.7 -5.4 +.1 -2.5 -1.1 -1.1 -.3 -3.0 -1.1 +.6 -.1 -.3 -.1 -.6 -1.2 +.8 -.2 -1.9 -.2 -.6 -.4 -.2 -.1 -.2 +.1 -.5
+39.1 +6.2 +1.3 +4.9
+21.7 +6.7 +4.0 +2.7
+15.0 +2.5 -2.9 +11.1 +2.5 -1.4 -2.5 +1.0 +.1 +7.3 +.3 -13.8 -12.3 -.3 +1.8 +4.7 +3.4 +.5 +2.3 +11.5 +5.3 -3.2 +3.2 +5.3

+1.5 -1.6 +5.6 -2.1 -4.0 -7.1 -0.4 -1.4 -1.0 +6.7 -1.0 -3.8 -0.8 -3.6 -6.6 +3.8 -1.1 -1.7 -0.8 -5.8 -5.1 -1.6 -0.4 -2.0 +0.9 -3.3 +2.1 +3.2 +1.1 +6.5 +3.8 +3.8 +3.2 +5.2 +3.8 +5.5 -5.1 +7.7 +5.3 -1.0 -4.0 +2.0 +0.4 +1.1 +1.1 -5.8 -13.1 -0.5 +5.6 +3.7 +6.3 +1.6 +3.4 +6.8 +2.0 -6.5 +6.4 +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 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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 2000
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

59.3

58.9

59.7

+.4 +0.7

-.4 -0.7

Goods producing industries

12.3

12.2

12.2

+.1 +0.8

+.1 +0.8

Mining

.0

.0

.0

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Contract construction

4.1

4.1

3.8

+.0 +0.0

+.3 +7.9

Manufacturing

8.2

8.1

8.4

+.1 +1.2

-.2 -2.4

Durable goods

1.4

1.4

1.5

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -6.7

Nondurable goods

6.8

6.7

6.9

+.1 +1.5

-.1 -1.4

Food and kindred products

1.7

1.7

1.8

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -5.6

Textile mill products

.9

.8

.9

+.1 +12.5

+.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

47.0

46.7

47.5

+.3 +0.6

-.5 -1.1

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

3.4

3.4

3.6

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -5.6

Wholesale and retail trade

13.5

13.7

13.7

-.2 -1.5

-.2 -1.5

Wholesale trade

2.9

2.9

3.0

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -3.3

Retail trade

10.6

10.8

10.7

-.2 -1.9

-.1 -0.9

Finance, insurance, and real estate

1.8

1.7

1.7

+.1 +5.9

+.1 +5.9

Services

16.5

16.2

16.4

+.3 +1.9

+.1 +0.6

Government

11.8

11.7

12.1

+.1 +0.9

-.3 -2.5

Federal

2.6

2.6

3.0

+.0 +0.0

-.4 -13.3

State and local

9.2

9.1

9.1

+.1 +1.1

+.1 +1.1

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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 2000
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

71.6

74.3

71.2

-2.7 -3.6

+.4 +0.6

Goods producing industries

14.9

14.5

14.9

+.4 +2.8

+.0 +0.0

Construction and mining

3.5

3.3

3.2

+.2 +6.1

+.3 +9.4

Manufacturing

11.4

11.2

11.7

+.2 +1.8

-.3 -2.6

Durable goods

5.7

5.6

5.7

+.1 +1.8

+.0 +0.0

Nondurable goods

5.7

5.6

6.0

+.1 +1.8

-.3 -5.0

Food and kindred products

3.1

3.0

3.1

+.1 +3.3

+.0 +0.0

Textiles and apparel

1.2

1.2

1.3

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -7.7

Other nondurable goods

1.4

1.4

1.6

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -12.5

Service producing industries

56.7

59.8

56.3

-3.1 -5.2

+.4 +0.7

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

2.3

2.3

2.1

+.0 +0.0

+.2 +9.5

Wholesale and retail trade

17.4

17.5

17.2

-.1 -0.6

+.2 +1.2

Wholesale trade

3.0

3.0

2.8

+.0 +0.0

+.2 +7.1

Retail trade

14.4

14.5

14.4

-.1 -0.7

+.0 +0.0

Finance, insurance, and real estate

2.2

2.2

2.3

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -4.3

Services

18.0

17.8

17.8

+.2 +1.1

+.2 +1.1

Government

16.8

20.0

16.9

-3.2 -16.0

-.1 -0.6

Federal

2.0

2.0

2.0

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

State and local

14.8

18.0

14.9

-3.2 -17.8

-.1 -0.7

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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 2000
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

205.0

205.6

204.9

-.6 -0.3

+.1 +0.0

Goods producing industries

43.7

43.6

42.9

+.1 +0.2

+.8 +1.9

Mining

.3

.3

.3

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Contract construction

13.7

13.7

13.2

+.0 +0.0

+.5 +3.8

Manufacturing

29.7

29.6

29.4

+.1 +0.3

+.3 +1.0

Durable goods

12.2

12.2

11.8

+.0 +0.0

+.4 +3.4

Lumber and wood products

1.4

1.4

1.3

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +7.7

Stone, clay, and glass products

2.4

2.4

2.6

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -7.7

Other durable goods

8.4

8.4

7.9

+.0 +0.0

+.5 +6.3

Nondurable goods

17.5

17.4

17.6

+.1 +0.6

-.1 -0.6

Food and kindred products

2.4

2.3

2.4

+.1 +4.3

+.0 +0.0

Textile mill products

4.7

4.7

4.9

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -4.1

Apparel and other finished textiles

1.6

1.6

1.8

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -11.1

Printing and publishing

2.0

2.0

1.9

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +5.3

Other nondurable goods

6.8

6.8

6.6

+.0 +0.0

+.2 +3.0

Service producing industries

161.3

162.0

162.0

-.7 -0.4

-.7 -0.4

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

17.3

17.3

17.2

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +0.6

Wholesale and retail trade

44.4

44.0

43.7

+.4 +0.9

+.7 +1.6

Wholesale trade

4.6

4.7

4.6

-.1 -2.1

+.0 +0.0

Retail trade

39.8

39.3

39.1

+.5 +1.3

+.7 +1.8

Finance, insurance, and real estate

6.3

6.3

6.2

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +1.6

Services

51.1

52.2

52.7

-1.1 -2.1

-1.6 -3.0

Government

42.2

42.2

42.2

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Federal

7.6

7.6

7.7

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -1.3

State and local

34.6

34.6

34.5

+.0 +0.0

+.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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 2000
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries

121.6 24.8

121.8 25.1

121.7 26.2

-.2 -0.2 -.3 -1.2

-.1 -0.1 -1.4 -5.3

Construction and mining

5.8

5.6

5.6

+.2 +3.6

+.2 +3.6

Manufacturing

19.0

19.5

20.6

-.5 -2.6

-1.6 -7.8

Durable goods

8.0

8.2

8.4

-.2 -2.4

-.4 -4.8

Nondurable goods

11.0

11.3

12.2

-.3 -2.7

-1.2 -9.8

Food and kindred products

2.4

2.6

3.2

-.2 -7.7

-.8 -25.0

Textile mill products

5.3

5.5

5.7

-.2 -3.6

-.4 -7.0

Printing and publishing

1.0

1.0

1.2

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -16.7

Other nondurable goods

2.3

2.2

2.1

+.1 +4.5

+.2 +9.5

Service producing industries

96.8

96.7

95.5

+.1 +0.1

+1.3 +1.4

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

4.8

4.8

4.7

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +2.1

Wholesale and retail trade

26.8

27.1

26.5

-.3 -1.1

+.3 +1.1

Wholesale trade

3.0

3.0

3.1

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -3.2

Retail trade

23.8

24.1

23.4

-.3 -1.2

+.4 +1.7

Finance, insurance, and real estate

9.2

9.0

8.6

+.2 +2.2

+.6 +7.0

Services

34.7

34.2

34.7

+.5 +1.5

+.0 +0.0

Government

21.3

21.6

21.0

-.3 -1.4

+.3 +1.4

Federal

5.6

5.7

5.9

-.1 -1.8

-.3 -5.1

State and local

15.7

15.9

15.1

-.2 -1.3

+.6 +4.0

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 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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 2000
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

152.3

152.5

152.1

-.2 -0.1

+.2 +0.1

Goods producing industries

26.3

26.1

26.4

+.2 +0.8

-.1 -0.4

Mining

.9

.8

.8

+.1 +12.5

+.1 +12.5

Contract construction

6.6

6.5

6.5

+.1 +1.5

+.1 +1.5

Manufacturing

18.8

18.8

19.1

+.0 +0.0

-.3 -1.6

Durable goods

9.2

9.3

9.5

-.1 -1.1

-.3 -3.2

Nondurable goods

9.6

9.5

9.6

+.1 +1.1

+.0 +0.0

Food and kindred products

2.3

2.3

2.3

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Textile and apparel products

.9

.9

.9

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Paper and allied products

1.5

1.5

1.5

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Other nondurable goods

4.9

4.8

4.9

+.1 +2.1

+.0 +0.0

Service producing industries

126.0

126.4

125.7

-.4 -0.3

+.3 +0.2

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

6.1

6.2

6.0

-.1 -1.6

+.1 +1.7

Wholesale and retail trade

36.0

35.9

35.2

+.1 +0.3

+.8 +2.3

Wholesale trade

5.2

5.1

5.0

+.1 +2.0

+.2 +4.0

Retail trade

30.8

30.8

30.2

+.0 +0.0

+.6 +2.0

Finance, insurance, and real estate

9.0

9.0

9.5

+.0 +0.0

-.5 -5.3

Services

41.6

41.8

42.1

-.2 -0.5

-.5 -1.2

Government

33.3

33.5

32.9

-.2 -0.6

+.4 +1.2

Federal

14.2

14.2

13.9

+.0 +0.0

+.3 +2.2

State and local

19.1

19.3

19.0

-.2 -1.0

+.1 +0.5

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 JUN 2001 MAY 2001 JUN 2000

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JUN 2000
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Construction and mining Manufacturing
Durable goods Lumber and wood products Transportation equipment Other durable goods Nondurable goods Food and kindred products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Other nondurable goods Service producing industries

139.3 25.7 9.2 16.5 9.0 .9 5.7 2.4 7.5 1.5 3.2 1.5 .4 .9
113.6

139.3 25.4 9.2 16.2 8.9 .8 5.7 2.4 7.3 1.4 3.2 1.5 .3 .9
113.9

139.0 26.0 8.6 17.4 9.7 .9 6.4 2.4 7.7 1.4 3.5 1.4 .3 1.1
113.0

+.0 +0.0 +.3 +1.2 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +1.9 +.1 +1.1 +.1 +12.5 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +2.7 +.1 +7.1 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +33.3 +.0 +0.0 -.3 -0.3

+.3 +0.2 -.3 -1.2 +.6 +7.0 -.9 -5.2 -.7 -7.2 +.0 +0.0 -.7 -10.9 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -2.6 +.1 +7.1 -.3 -8.6 +.1 +7.1 +.1 +33.3 -.2 -18.2 +.6 +0.5

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

9.7

9.6

9.4

+.1 +1.0

+.3 +3.2

Wholesale and retail trade

35.8

35.7

35.4

+.1 +0.3

+.4 +1.1

Wholesale trade

5.4

5.4

5.7

+.0 +0.0

-.3 -5.3

Retail trade

30.4

30.3

29.7

+.1 +0.3

+.7 +2.4

Finance, insurance, and real estate

4.7

4.7

4.7

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Services

43.4

43.6

43.1

-.2 -0.5

+.3 +0.7

Government

20.0

20.3

20.4

-.3 -1.5

-.4 -2.0

Federal

2.7

2.7

3.0

+.0 +0.0

-.3 -10.0

State and local

17.3

17.6

17.4

-.3 -1.7

-.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 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 Georgias Labor .orce

Seasonal factors influence unemployment rate in June 6.0%

Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.

Georgia's unemployment rate rose sixtenths percentage point to 4.1 percent in June. As expected, seasonal factors were responsible for the sharp rise in June continuing a well established month-to-month trend. For more than thirty years now, Georgia's unemployment rate has increased from May to June with the increase averaging nearly one percentage point. However, despite the hefty jump in this month's rate, 4.1 percent is the lowest recorded rate for the month of June ever. One year earlier, Georgia's rate was 4.4 percent.

5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.0%

Georgia

U.S.

The U.S. unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, was also up over the month to 4.7 percent in June, a six-tenths percentage point rise, the same as the state. Although Georgia experienced an over-the-month increase in its rate, it continued to maintain a favorable edge over the nation as a whole. At six-tenths percentage point below the U.S. rate in June, the state's rate has prevailed at or below the nation's rate for thirty-one of the past thirty-six months. One year ago, the U.S. rate was only 4.0 percent.

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov 2000
enced and inexperienced job seekers entered the labor market looking for work. Students typically have entered the labor market in June seeking summer employment as well as recent graduates in pursuit of their first post graduate job. However, in spite of the increase, the total number of unemployed persons was at its lowest June level in 17 years.

Georgia's civilian labor force, which includes both employed and unemployed, grew to its highest level ever in June, due primarily to a sharp over-the-month rise in the total number of unemployed. The month-to-month increase in the number of unemployed, which helped elevate the state's civilian labor force level to just shy of 4.3 million, was also more than enough to offset a negligible decline in the number of civilian employed. Over the month, the state's unemployment level grew by nearly 27,000 or 17.8 percent, as experi-

On the heels of four consecutive months of increases, Georgia's total count of civilian employed dipped slightly in June. At nearly 1,700 below last month's number, the state's civilian employment was down by a meager 0.04 percent. Despite a moderate increase in the state's nonagricultural employment, the number of civilian employed was down due to a modest dip in the state's agricultural employment. Total civilian employment is a count of persons by place of residence, inclusive of agricultural workers, and nonagricultural employment is a count of jobs by place of work.

Percent 8
7

Southeastern states and U.S. unemployment rates

May

June

6 5.3

5 4.3
4

4.3

4.1

3.8

3.5

3

4.1 4.2

5.2 5.3

5.0 5.1

4.4 4.7

4.6 3.5

4.7 4.1

2

1

0

AL

FL

GA

KY

MS

NC

SC

TN

US

Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 2001
Area data
All seven of Georgia's Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) took their lead from the state and registered higher over-themonth rates in June. Atlanta, which had the smallest over-the-month change of only one-half of a percentage point, recorded the lowest rate, 3.5 percent, of all metro areas for the fourth time in as many months. Despite an over-the-year decline, Albany, at 5.7 percent, remained at the forefront with the highest metro area rate in the state.
Similar to the state's MSAs, most counties in Georgia were influenced by seasonal trends and had increasing over-the-month unemployment rates in June. Twenty-three counties saw their rates decrease and only six counties remained essentially the same. Telfair County, at 16.6 percent, had the highest rate of all counties in the state and was one of ten counties with double-digit jobless rates. Dawson County, 1.8 percent, had the lowest rate.
In the continuation of a noteworthy trend which began in December 2000, Georgia, at 4.1 percent in June, posted the lowest unemployment rate of all states in the Southeast for the third consecutive month. This was the sixth time in seven months Georgia had achieved this distinction, sharing the spotlight only twice during that period with Florida in February 2001 and Tennessee in May 2001. Along with Georgia, four other states, Florida, at 4.3 percent, Kentucky, at 4.2 percent, South Carolina, at 4.7 percent and Tennessee, at 4.6 percent, registered jobless rates at or below the national rate of 4.7 percent in June. Even though Alabama did not have the largest over-the-month change in the region, its unemployment rate rose one full percentage point to 5.3 percent, matching Mississippi in June with both posting the highest jobless rates of all states in the Southeast.

10

Georgia
Albany MSA
Athens MSA
Atlanta MSA
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Columbus, GA-AL MSA Macon MSA
Savannah MSA

Georgia Labor .orce Estimates (not seasonally adjusted) Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

Preliminary JUN 2001
4,252,871 4,076,730
176,141 4.1

Revised MAY 2001
4,227,955 4,078,396
149,559 3.5

Revised JUN 2000
4,214,311 4,027,049
187,262 4.4

Change From

Revised

Revised

MAY 2001

JUN 2000

24,916 -1,666 26,582

38,560 49,681 -11,121

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

56,065 52,894
3,171 5.7

55,954 53,092
2,862 5.1

57,278 53,157
4,121 7.2

111 -198 309

-1,213 -263 -950

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

72,386 69,568
2,818 3.9

74,805 72,558
2,247 3.0

71,319 69,060
2,259 3.2

-2,419 -2,990
571

1,067 508 559

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

2,310,091 2,229,701
80,390 3.5

2,289,662 2,221,974
67,688 3.0

2,283,486 2,200,748
82,738 3.6

20,429 7,727
12,702

26,605 28,953 -2,348

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

212,376 201,785
10,591 5.0

211,084 202,090
8,994 4.3

212,538 200,545
11,993 5.6

1,292 -305 1,597

-162 1,240 -1,402

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

127,296 120,765
6,531 5.1

126,434 120,969
5,465 4.3

128,156 120,852
7,304 5.7

862 -204 1,066

-860 -87
-773

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

152,550 146,325
6,225 4.1

152,294 146,981
5,313 3.5

153,948 146,617
7,331 4.8

256 -656 912

-1,398 -292
-1,106

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

137,055 131,974
5,081 3.7

136,218 132,193
4,025 3.0

138,806 132,068
6,738 4.9

837 -219 1,056

-1,751 -94
-1,657

United States Labor .orce Estimates Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Area

Employment Status

JUN 2001

MAY 2001

JUN 2000

Change From

MAY 2001

JUN 2000

United States
(Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

141,354,000 134,932,000
6,422,000 4.5

141,272,000 135,103,000
6,169,000 4.4

140,757,000 135,183,000
5,574,000 4.0

82,000 -171,000 253,000

597,000 -251,000 848,000

United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

142,684,000 135,923,000
6,762,000 4.7

141,048,000 135,202,000
5,846,000 4.1

142,132,000 136,192,000
5,940,000 4.2

1,636,000 721,000 916,000

552,000 -269,000 822,000

Note: Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employment, unpaid family and private household workers 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, Fulton, 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 Six

Nestled in the rolling hill country of central Georgia, Service Delivery Region Six is an eclectic mix of farms and factories and small towns and bustling metropolitan areas. Centered about a hundred miles southeast of the Atlanta metro area, it consists of eleven counties bounded roughly by Putnam County on the north, Wilkinson on the east side, Pulaski along its southern border and Monroe County on the west. The Macon MSA sits smack in the middle of the region and dominates it in terms of population and economic activity. The five counties which make up the Macon MSA account for roughly three-quarters of the region's jobs, making it the economic engine that drives the area. Area planners and officials have fought off the loss of manufacturing jobs with a healthy increase in the numbers of people employed in trade and services. The job growth has not been spectacular and somewhat below the statewide average, but has been enough to keep the unemployment rates relatively low for most of the region. A strong military presence in the area has also played a key part in keeping the economy of SDR Six afloat, providing a wealth of opportunities for local citizens to earn a livable wage.

The total population of the area increased a sluggish 6.4 percent between 1995 and 2000, totaling roughly 440,100 people in the recently released Census Bureau figures. This was only about half as rapid an increase as was enjoyed by the state as a whole. The labor force grew at a slightly higher rate (8.8 percent), indicating an increase in labor force participation among the citizens. The population shifts were somewhat of a mixed bag, with Houston County leading the way with a net gain of 11,600 over the 1995-2000 time frame, largely at the expense of neighboring Bibb County which posted a small net loss in residents during that period. Baldwin, Monroe and Putnam posted gains of about 3,000 each, with the other counties showing smaller increases. Wilkinson County joined Bibb in the loss column, losing about 400 people since 1995.
Service Delivery Region Six has pretty much mirrored the statewide and national trends in regard to the shift away from a goods producing economy toward one that is service oriented. With only a couple of minor exceptions, every county in the region has seen an erosion in manufacturing jobs since 1997. Some 2,450 manufacturing jobs were lost between

1997 and 2000, far more than the 800 or so jobs gained in the other goods producing industries. Jobs in the business and personal services industry climbed nearly 3,000 over the same time, and were augmented by an increase of over 1,800 in wholesale and retail trade. The only real departure from the statewide trend occurred in the finance, insurance and real estate sector, which posted a surprising gain of more than 1,200 jobs. The big three of trade, services and government now account for roughly 130,000 of the 186,000 total jobs located in SDR Six. Less than one out of every five people employed in the area now earn their living in a goods-producing industry, a stark departure from the economic past. The overall impact of this on joblessness has been slightly negative, but certainly not devastating. In 1995, the region's unemployment rate matched that of the state, but has gradually worsened since that time. By 1998 and 1999, the area's jobless rate exceeded the state rate by about one full percentage point. In 2000, the gap shrunk to six-tenths of a point with the rate standing at a respectable 4.3 percent. Barring a widespread economic slowdown across the country, the region should continue to rest on solid economic footing.

Hay House, Macon, Georgia
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Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Six

SDR #6

P u tn a m

M on ro e

Jones

B a ld w in

B ib b Craw ford
Peach

W ilkinson Tw ig g s

H o u s to n

P u la s k i

Career Centers
Houston ................ (478) 988-7130 Macon .................. (478) 751-6164 Milledgeville ........ (487) 445-5465

Population/labor force growth -- SDR 6

500,000 450,000 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000
50,000

1995

P o pula tio n

Labor Force

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Unemployment rates -- Georgia vs SDR 6

6.0

SDR 6

Georgia

5.0

4.0 3.0

2.0 1.0

0.0 1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Employment 70,000

Key industry employment 1997 vs 2000

1997 2000

60,000

50,000

40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

0 Construction Manufacturing

Trade

Services

All Other

Industry mix 2000

Agriculture 1%

Construction 5%

Government 24%
Services 23%

Manufacturing 14%

Mining 1%

Trade 23%

TP U 4%

FIRE 4%

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Georgia Labor .orce Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Georgia

Preliminary June 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,252,871 4,076,730 176,141

4.1

Revised May 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,227,955 4,078,396 149,559 3.5

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,497 3,491 4,469 1,663 18,655

7,618 3,231 4,205 1,577 18,044

879 10.3 260 7.4 264 5.9
86 5.2 611 3.3

8,305 3,557 4,588 1,738 18,539

7,680 3,302 4,249 1,660 17,963

625 7.5 255 7.2 339 7.4
78 4.5 576 3.1

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,593 6,392 201 3.0 22,345 21,368 977 4.4 41,721 39,914 1,807 4.3
9,663 9,058 605 6.3 6,681 6,302 379 5.7

6,804 22,165 41,439
9,538 6,745

6,455 21,294 39,776
9,153 6,447

349 5.1 871 3.9 1,663 4.0 385 4.0 298 4.4

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

72,833 69,626 3,207 4.4 6,117 5,791 326 5.3 6,584 6,168 416 6.3 7,909 7,566 343 4.3
11,283 10,946 337 3.0

72,740 69,938 2,802 3.9

6,206 5,816

390 6.3

6,515 6,166

349 5.4

8,067 7,588

479 5.9

11,239 10,964

275 2.4

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

28,583 26,685 1,898 6.6 9,418 8,496 922 9.8 9,342 8,819 523 5.6 2,496 2,350 146 5.8
17,402 16,761 641 3.7

27,759 9,318 9,271 2,562
17,237

26,722 8,563 8,802 2,435
16,729

1,037 3.7 755 8.1 469 5.1 127 5.0 508 2.9

Candler

4,117 3,779 338 8.2

Carroll

47,123 44,336 2,787 5.9

Catoosa

27,132 26,456 676 2.5

Charlton

3,934 3,763 171 4.3

Chatham 107,172 102,956 4,216 3.9

4,058 3,862

196 4.8

46,745 44,183 2,562 5.5

27,056 26,478

578 2.1

3,901 3,756

145 3.7

106,354 103,127 3,227 3.0

Chattahoochee 2,420 2,257 163 6.7

Chattooga 12,257 11,745 512 4.2

Cherokee

84,540 82,789 1,751 2.1

Clarke

45,708 43,755 1,953 4.3

Clay

1,595 1,515

80 5.0

2,382 12,294 84,021 47,139
1,644

2,264 11,710 82,502 45,635 1,564

118 5.0 584 4.8 1,519 1.8 1,504 3.2
80 4.9

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

129,543 124,313 5,230 4.0 3,590 3,373 217 6.0
371,388 360,427 10,961 3.0 21,372 20,271 1,101 5.2 20,047 18,881 1,166 5.8

128,173 123,882 4,291 3.3

3,647 3,412

235 6.4

368,245 359,178 9,067 2.5

21,460 20,494

966 4.5

20,566 19,188 1,378 6.7

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

45,457 44,148 1,309 2.9 8,583 8,122 461 5.4
48,024 46,496 1,528 3.2 6,267 6,009 258 4.1 9,982 9,282 700 7.0

45,508 8,583
47,696 6,237 9,959

44,371 8,216
46,334 6,035 9,429

1,137 2.5 367 4.3
1,362 2.9 202 3.2 530 5.3

Revised June 2000

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,214,311 4,027,049 187,262

4.4

8,392 3,366 4,403 1,637 18,539

7,464 3,151 4,118 1,521 17,757

928 11.1 215 6.4 285 6.5 116 7.1 782 4.2

6,514 6,262

252 3.9

21,868 21,091

777 3.6

41,470 39,396 2,074 5.0

9,529 8,873

656 6.9

6,521 6,140

381 5.8

73,637 69,765 3,872 5.3

5,938 5,680

258 4.3

6,481 6,060

421 6.5

7,983 7,429

554 6.9

11,316 10,954

362 3.2

27,130 9,243 9,169 2,561
17,235

26,216 8,325 8,672 2,279
16,483

914 3.4 918 9.9 497 5.4 282 11.0 752 4.4

3,924 3,685

239 6.1

46,179 43,761 2,418 5.2

27,304 26,508

796 2.9

3,876 3,700

176 4.5

108,801 103,029 5,772 5.3

2,544 2,264

280 11.0

11,982 11,555

427 3.6

83,978 81,714 2,264 2.7

45,007 43,435 1,572 3.5

1,605 1,476

129 8.0

128,196 122,699 5,497 4.3

3,439 3,300

139 4.0

366,969 355,747 11,222 3.1

21,179 19,847 1,332 6.3

19,524 18,454 1,070 5.5

45,767 44,169 1,598 3.5

8,385 7,948

437 5.2

47,703 45,892 1,811 3.8

6,187 5,895

292 4.7

9,735 9,073

662 6.8

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Georgia Labor .orce Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

Preliminary June 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,512 7,309 203 2.7 17,731 17,419 312 1.8 12,135 11,344 791 6.5 373,870 358,045 15,825 4.2 10,183 9,644 539 5.3

Revised May 2001

Revised June 2000

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,489 7,315

174 2.3

17,605 17,331

274 1.6

12,237 11,484

753 6.2

369,946 356,804 13,142 3.6

10,037 9,680

357 3.6

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,515 7,323 192 2.6

17,543 17,162

381 2.2

12,040 11,099

941 7.8

369,759 353,396 16,363 4.4

10,048 9,465 583 5.8

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,743 4,365 378 8.0

44,138 41,387 2,751 6.2

53,898 52,433 1,465 2.7

4,782 4,491 291 6.1

1,329 1,247

82 6.2

4,724 4,435

289 6.1

44,036 41,542 2,494 5.7

53,527 52,252 1,275 2.4

4,919 4,619

300 6.1

1,330 1,250

80 6.0

4,663 4,267

396 8.5

45,261 41,593 3,668 8.1

53,407 51,752 1,655 3.1

4,813 4,372

441 9.2

1,272 1,224

48 3.8

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

18,600 9,115 9,099 5,181 9,740

18,072 8,527 8,119 4,874 9,269

528 2.8 588 6.5 980 10.8 307 5.9 471 4.8

18,625 9,172 8,731 5,098 9,498

18,102 8,578 8,149 4,922 9,226

523 2.8 594 6.5 582 6.7 176 3.5 272 2.9

18,688 9,173 8,912 5,126 9,494

18,085 8,365 7,965 4,775 9,123

603 3.2 808 8.8 947 10.6 351 6.8 371 3.9

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

52,517 51,499 1,018 1.9 46,182 44,169 2,013 4.4 56,857 55,758 1,099 1.9 10,951 10,377 574 5.2 419,381 401,608 17,773 4.2

52,192 51,321

871 1.7 52,106 50,830 1,276 2.4

45,791 43,978 1,813 4.0 45,648 43,468 2,180 4.8

56,516 55,565

951 1.7 56,066 55,034 1,032 1.8

10,925 10,435

490 4.5 10,565 10,181

384 3.6

415,021 400,216 14,805 3.6 414,772 396,393 18,379 4.4

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

8,377 8,078 299 3.6

1,024

987

37 3.6

36,409 35,155 1,254 3.4

23,748 22,270 1,478 6.2

9,444 8,940 504 5.3

8,375 8,108

267 3.2

1,029

992

37 3.6

36,109 34,996 1,113 3.1

23,783 22,285 1,498 6.3

9,546 9,140

406 4.3

8,292 7,934

358 4.3

1,001 968

33 3.3

36,161 34,624 1,537 4.3

22,906 21,882 1,024 4.5

9,524 8,709

815 8.6

Greene

5,887 5,547 340 5.8

Gwinnett

353,450 343,598 9,852 2.8

Habersham

16,152 15,625 527 3.3

Hall

76,375 74,164 2,211 2.9

Hancock

4,092 3,709 383 9.4

5,917 5,578

339 5.7

5,849 5,442

407 7.0

350,804 342,407 8,397 2.4 348,451 339,136 9,315 2.7

16,778 15,721 1,057 6.3 15,907 15,327

580 3.6

75,969 73,960 2,009 2.6 74,960 72,936 2,024 2.7

4,081 3,722

359 8.8

3,984 3,639

345 8.7

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

10,315 9,743 572 5.5 12,128 11,774 354 2.9 10,474 9,736 738 7.0
4,824 4,527 297 6.2 65,310 63,671 1,639 2.5

10,312 9,706

606 5.9

12,181 11,813

368 3.0

10,338 9,777

561 5.4

4,784 4,523

261 5.5

64,905 63,451 1,454 2.2

10,160 9,584

576 5.7

12,234 11,813

421 3.4

10,217 9,558

659 6.5

4,766 4,448

318 6.7

64,528 62,845 1,683 2.6

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

52,088 50,336 1,752 3.4 5,176 4,838 338 6.5
23,784 23,001 783 3.3 4,993 4,772 221 4.4 5,778 5,024 754 13.0

51,987 50,562 1,425 2.7

5,151 4,889

262 5.1

23,974 23,084

890 3.7

4,928 4,775

153 3.1

5,386 5,074

312 5.8

52,553 50,437 2,116 4.0

5,104 4,740

364 7.1

23,334 22,582

752 3.2

4,929 4,684

245 5.0

5,355 4,921

434 8.1

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Georgia Labor .orce Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Preliminary June 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,601 4,839 3,700 12,030 6,687

6,826 4,462 3,460 11,653 6,392

775 10.2 377 7.8 240 6.5 377 3.1 295 4.4

Revised May 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,523 4,848 3,677 12,083 6,790

6,886 4,528 3,479 11,706 6,394

637 8.5 320 6.6 198 5.4 377 3.1 396 5.8

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,684 3,520 164 4.5 22,677 21,597 1,080 4.8 11,927 11,507 420 3.5 18,331 17,348 983 5.4
3,294 2,876 418 12.7

3,688 22,447 11,918 18,150
3,281

3,530 21,628 11,550 17,287
2,885

158 4.3 819 3.6 368 3.1 863 4.8 396 12.1

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

3,955 3,827 128 3.2 44,450 42,553 1,897 4.3 11,485 11,262 223 1.9
9,805 9,207 598 6.1 4,644 4,419 225 4.8

3,904 44,476 11,498
9,831 4,639

3,814 42,676 11,255
9,254 4,435

90 2.3 1,800 4.0
243 2.1 577 5.9 204 4.4

Macon

5,705 5,322 383 6.7

Madison

13,488 12,871 617 4.6

Marion

3,520 3,377 143 4.1

Meriwether

9,556 8,958 598 6.3

Miller

3,228 3,060 168 5.2

5,848 13,961
3,545 9,547 3,286

5,452 13,424
3,410 8,945 3,141

396 6.8 537 3.8 135 3.8 602 6.3 145 4.4

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

12,318 8,835 3,945 7,507
20,623

11,679 8,450 3,548 7,277 19,748

639 5.2 385 4.4 397 10.1 230 3.1 875 4.2

12,440 8,863 3,811 7,561
20,392

11,889 8,426 3,573 7,373 19,647

551 4.4 437 4.9 238 6.2 188 2.5 745 3.7

Muscogee 86,478 81,890 4,588 5.3

Newton

31,509 30,347 1,162 3.7

Oconee

13,191 12,942 249 1.9

Oglethorpe

6,473 6,172 301 4.7

Paulding

44,359 43,328 1,031 2.3

85,903 31,259 13,705
6,434 44,055

82,160 30,242 13,499
6,207 43,178

3,743 4.4 1,017 3.3
206 1.5 227 3.5 877 2.0

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

11,272 10,702 570 5.1 11,478 11,148 330 2.9 7,829 7,489 340 4.3 6,735 6,464 271 4.0 17,861 16,887 974 5.5

11,177 11,384 7,892 6,712 17,634

10,750 11,109 7,596 6,461 16,809

427 3.8 275 2.4 296 3.8 251 3.7 825 4.7

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,985 4,493 492 9.9

9,784 9,452 332 3.4

1,590 1,494

96 6.0

7,575 7,413 162 2.1

3,353 3,164 189 5.6

5,017 9,767 1,575 7,595 3,409

4,541 9,475 1,495 7,397 3,209

476 9.5 292 3.0
80 5.1 198 2.6 200 5.9

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Revised June 2000

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,425 4,632 3,697 12,153 6,890

6,686 4,360 3,396 11,677 6,280

739 10.0 272 5.9 301 8.1 476 3.9 610 8.9

3,648 22,954 12,017 18,310
3,119

3,456 21,218 11,564 17,065
2,824

192 5.3 1,736 7.6
453 3.8 1,245 6.8
295 9.5

3,940 45,072 11,288
9,961 4,660

3,764 41,781 11,073
9,212 4,339

176 4.5 3,291 7.3
215 1.9 749 7.5 321 6.9

5,957 13,239
3,500 9,442 3,212

5,185 12,777
3,308 8,806 2,977

772 13.0 462 3.5 192 5.5 636 6.7 235 7.3

12,404 8,804 3,946 7,440
20,127

11,404 8,310 3,479 7,119 19,435

1,000 8.1 494 5.6 467 11.8 321 4.3 692 3.4

87,444 31,239 13,074
6,264 44,002

82,159 29,953 12,848
6,055 42,765

5,285 6.0 1,286 4.1
226 1.7 209 3.3 1,237 2.8

11,330 11,584 7,700 6,684 17,624

10,723 11,003 7,326 6,353 16,620

607 5.4 581 5.0 374 4.9 331 5.0 1,004 5.7

4,611 9,662 1,600 7,431 3,382

4,399 9,278 1,467 7,302 3,097

212 4.6 384 4.0 133 8.3 129 1.7 285 8.4

Georgia Labor .orce Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

County
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

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Preliminary June 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

81,617 76,244 5,373 6.6

40,715 39,622 1,093 2.7

1,880 1,798

82 4.4

6,748 5,740 1,008 14.9

4,920 4,703 217 4.4

Revised May 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

80,881 40,390
1,892 6,486 5,058

76,630 39,484
1,804 5,814 4,825

4,251 5.3 906 2.2 88 4.7 672 10.4 233 4.6

Revised June 2000

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

82,320 76,280 6,040 7.3 40,416 39,107 1,309 3.2
1,889 1,763 126 6.7 6,193 5,617 576 9.3 4,906 4,581 325 6.6

30,547 29,024 1,523 5.0 12,395 11,530 865 7.0
2,501 2,339 162 6.5 15,629 14,793 836 5.3
3,126 2,907 219 7.0

30,416 12,172
2,489 15,637
3,055

28,923 11,511 2,360 14,878 2,908

1,493 4.9 661 5.4 129 5.2 759 4.9 147 4.8

30,215 28,647 1,568 5.2

11,808 11,338 470 4.0

2,498 2,293 205 8.2

15,389 14,511

878 5.7

3,071 2,852 219 7.1

897 7,466 3,896 5,543 4,188

821 7,044 3,673 4,624 3,899

76 8.5 422 5.7 223 5.7 919 16.6 289 6.9

902 7,581 3,867 5,068 4,244

831 7,265 3,720 4,685 3,981

71 7.9 316 4.2 147 3.8 383 7.6 263 6.2

852 7,736 3,871 5,125 4,262

802 6,845 3,593 4,524 3,802

50 5.9 891 11.5 278 7.2 601 11.7 460 10.8

21,963 21,041 922 4.2

21,232 20,185 1,047 4.9

12,725 11,655 1,070 8.4

4,351 4,267

84 1.9

2,849 2,617 232 8.1

21,958 21,324 12,486
4,347 2,802

21,162 20,412 11,737
4,267 2,636

796 3.6 912 4.3 749 6.0
80 1.8 166 5.9

21,980 20,808 13,101
4,366 2,884

20,645 19,761 11,427
4,200 2,566

1,335 6.1 1,047 5.0 1,674 12.8
166 3.8 318 11.0

31,732 30,164 1,568 4.9 4,361 3,949 412 9.4 4,326 4,007 319 7.4 7,883 7,696 187 2.4
13,342 11,913 1,429 10.7

31,524 30,052 1,472 4.7

4,431 4,047

384 8.7

4,308 4,025

283 6.6

7,941 7,768

173 2.2

12,638 11,885

753 6.0

31,145 29,687 1,458 4.7

4,235 3,851 384 9.1

4,275 4,015

260 6.1

7,889 7,548 341 4.3

12,625 11,721 904 7.2

31,988 30,694 1,294 4.0 31,517 29,977 1,540 4.9 16,333 15,560 773 4.7
2,809 2,536 273 9.7 9,978 9,492 486 4.9

31,801 30,761 16,310
2,774 9,944

30,718 29,873 15,555
2,551 9,526

1,083 3.4 888 2.9 755 4.6 223 8.0 418 4.2

32,092 30,754 1,338 4.2 30,576 29,587 989 3.2 16,049 15,297 752 4.7
2,703 2,484 219 8.1 9,854 9,314 540 5.5

11,918 11,270 648 5.4

1,156 1,121

35 3.0

2,175 1,932 243 11.2

9,312 9,048 264 2.8

49,152 47,166 1,986 4.0

11,848 11,274

574 4.8

1,182 1,145

37 3.1

2,091 1,958

133 6.4

9,531 9,076

455 4.8

48,729 47,000 1,729 3.5

11,963 11,078 885 7.4

1,123 1,093

30 2.7

2,141 1,891 250 11.7

9,282 8,888 394 4.2

47,900 46,406 1,494 3.1

3,425 3,222 203 5.9 5,752 5,274 478 8.3 4,764 4,524 240 5.0 9,680 9,028 652 6.7

3,430 5,936 4,715 9,722

3,273 5,299 4,515 9,218

157 4.6 637 10.7 200 4.2 504 5.2

3,373 5,478 4,730 9,413

3,149 5,173 4,445 8,803

224 6.6 305 5.6 285 6.0 610 6.5

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New Developments

Marine Products Corporation recently acquired the operating and intangible assets of the Robalo Marine line from the U.S. Marine division of Brunswick Corporation and will soon begin operations in the Azalea City Industrial Park in Valdosta. Marine Products' principal subsidiary is Chaparral Boats Inc., the third largest U.S. manufacturer of sterndrive fiberglass boats, deck boats and cruisers. Robalo is a leading manufacturer of off shore boats and sport fishing boats and was purchased to complement Chaparral's other pleasure boat product lines. The decision to locate the Robalo facility in Valdosta was due to both the immediate availability of the building and the desire to remain close to the Chaparral production facility in Nashville, GA some 30 miles north of the city. Robalo Marine was founded in 1969 and had been a part of Brunswick Corporation's boating products since April 1991. The company offers eight models of outboard motor fishing boats ranging from 18 to 26 feet in length. The company is expected to begin production this summer with plans to hire 200 people by 2003 in Lowndes County.
Janus International Corporation is coming to the Carroll County Business Park in Temple. In an agreement with the Carroll County Development Authority, the company will purchase a 12-acre tract of land in the business park. Janus manufactures steel roll-up doors and metal building components. A 60,000-square-foot production facility and a separate two-story, 8,000square-foot office building will be constructed on the site both of which will be prefabricated metal buildings with brick and stucco fronts. Janus expects to begin operating by January 2002 and will initially hire about 100 people. The company plans to have an additional 300 employees by 2006, giving an economic boost to Carroll County.
Kellogg has plans to expand its presence in an area south of Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport in metro Atlanta with a new regional distribution center. Kellogg, which is based in Battle Creek, Michigan, makes cereal and other convenience foods. The company has agreed to lease a 903,000-square-foot area at Majestic Realty's industrial park at South Fulton Parkway and Hunter Road. Kellogg will join GE Appliances, GE Energy Services, Lucent Technologies, Ryder System and other companies that recently set up distribution, warehouse and light-assembly operations in the south metro area. Caterpillar and Genco Distribution have also committed to space in the Majestic Airport Center II. Kellogg is

expected to begin construction on the build-to-suit facility as soon as a deal is reached in south Fulton County.
Quebecor World Inc. has announced plans to establish it's Southeastern headquarters just northwest of Spaghetti Junction in the Perimeter McCall Business Park in Doraville. Considered the world's largest commercial printing company, Canadian-based Quebecor was lured to the area by a joint effort by Team DeKalb, a coalition between the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade &Tourism, Georgia Power Co. and DeKalb County's Economic Development Department. On the heels of Quebecor's announcement, another longtime company, Des Moines, Iowa-based EFCO will soon have an expansion project underway to triple it's plant size on Henrico Road in Conley. Plans for the construction services company will include expanding it's 36,000-square-foot facility to 90,000 square feet and increasing the number of workers. The selection of the site by Quebecor, which is expected to pump an estimated $45 million into the economy, and the expansion project by EFCO, which is slated to begin during the next two months, were good news for the local officials in DeKalb County.
Columbus Park Crossing, a shopping center currently under construction, is part of a $50 million retail project being developed by Atlanta-based Ben Carter Properties in Columbus. Phase one of the shopping center project is expected to encompass 450,000 square feet of retail space and will ultimately cover 750,000 square feet of space when completed. The current list of tenants which have committed to the 85-acre shopping center include Barnes & Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond, Chili's, Circuit City, La-Z-Boy, Marshalls, The Olive Garden, Regions Bank, Ross Dress for Less, Staples and Toys R Us. Columbus Park Crossing is actually part of a much larger development that will be called Columbus Park and cover more than 380 acres. As the project continues to develop during the next few years, it is expected to spur additional retailers, hotels, office space and apartments. Although commitments from some of the larger retailers have yet to develop, Ben Carter Properties is currently in negotiations with at least three other retailers to fill the shopping center's dozen or so anchor stores. Columbus local officials are hopeful that the new shopping center will generate more than $6 million in tax revenues, draw customers from a 16-county region and produce about 500 jobs when it opens in the summer of 2002 in Muscogee County.

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Georgia Unemployment Rates by County

June 2001

Dade Catoosa

Whitfield

Walker

Murray

Chattooga

Gordon

Floyd

Bartow

Fannin

Towns

Union

Rabun

Gilmer Pickens Cherokee

White Haber-

Lumpkin

sham Stephens

Dawson Forsyth

Hall 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

Upson

Harris

Talbot

Bibb

Wilkinson

Crawford

Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Emanuel

Screven

Muscogee

Taylor

Peach

Marion Chattahoo-

Macon

Houston Bleckley

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

June Average Initial Weekly Average Claims Benefit Duration

County

June 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

220 ..... $201 ...... 9.2 98 ..... $164 ...... 8.2
130 ..... $192 ...... 7.7 14 ..... $161 ...... 9.5
142 ..... $178 .... 10.7 79 ..... $201 ...... 5.6
214 ..... $208 ...... 9.7 504 ..... $204 ...... 7.7 301 ..... $178 ...... 8.9 148 ..... $175 ...... 6.8 750 ..... $177 ...... 9.7 147 ..... $165 ...... 6.8 100 ..... $193 .... 11.1 151 ..... $156 ...... 9.2
57 ..... $220 ...... 8.2 710 ..... $193 ...... 7.7 211 ..... $183 ...... 7.7 168 ..... $191 .... 10.5
47 ..... $186 ...... 7.3 63 ..... $183 .... 10.6 119 ..... $186 ...... 7.3 842 ..... $196 ...... 9.7 362 ..... $205 ...... 6.0 18 ..... $187 ...... 7.9 857 ..... $174 .... 10.2 16 ..... $198 .... 12.7 250 ..... $202 ...... 8.3 254 ..... $228 ...... 8.7 503 ..... $184 .... 10.4 21 ..... $184 ...... 7.8 1043 ..... $207 .... 10.4 57 ..... $182 .... 13.0 1625 ..... $231 .... 11.4 514 ..... $181 ...... 7.8 518 ..... $186 ...... 7.9 188 ..... $208 ...... 9.8 120 ..... $183 ...... 8.1 343 ..... $208 ...... 7.9 85 ..... $194 ...... 7.8 159 ..... $165 ...... 9.1 46 ..... $219 ...... 4.4 38 ..... $215 ...... 8.8 144 ..... $168 ...... 7.8 2578 ..... $215 .... 10.9 167 ..... $168 ...... 8.6 94 ..... $170 ...... 9.9 431 ..... $163 .... 12.1 281 ..... $219 .... 10.6 50 ..... $168 ...... 8.3 10 ..... $192 ...... 7.8 87 ..... $207 ...... 9.0 163 ..... $169 ...... 7.0 242 ..... $151 ...... 8.9

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

84 ..... $187 ...... 9.1 469 ..... $189 ...... 5.8 167 ..... $226 ...... 9.6 806 ..... $199 ...... 7.0 160 ..... $235 ...... 9.6 298 ..... $191 ...... 6.1 3025 ..... $213 .... 11.3 182 ..... $192 ...... 5.7
9 ..... $192 ...... 7.8 224 ..... $190 .... 12.1 456 ..... $212 ...... 7.1 122 ..... $157 ...... 7.8 156 ..... $168 ...... 7.1 1647 ..... $229 .... 10.2 293 ..... $171 ...... 5.7 557 ..... $204 ...... 6.4
84 ..... $160 ...... 9.9 163 ..... $203 .... 10.0
90 ..... $206 ...... 9.0 452 ..... $184 ...... 5.2 113 ..... $206 ...... 7.5 318 ..... $212 .... 10.0 347 ..... $185 ...... 9.2 151 ..... $167 ...... 8.6 197 ..... $208 ...... 7.6
53 ..... $191 ...... 8.1 363 ..... $204 ...... 6.6 125 ..... $159 .... 10.2 108 ..... $175 ...... 8.6
79 ..... $144 ...... 9.5 73 ..... $208 ...... 8.1 158 ..... $192 ...... 7.5 28 ..... $164 ...... 8.5 1018 ..... $150 ...... 6.9 62 ..... $189 ...... 9.3 125 ..... $163 .... 11.8 114 ..... $179 ...... 8.4 23 ..... $173 .... 13.6 412 ..... $175 ...... 9.8 50 ..... $187 ...... 6.0 168 ..... $180 ...... 7.2 32 ..... $181 .... 15.0 76 ..... $177 ...... 7.9 173 ..... $199 ...... 8.2 22 ..... $197 ...... 7.5 165 ..... $184 ...... 8.4 28 ..... $169 ...... 5.2 184 ..... $157 .... 10.4 127 ..... $202 ...... 8.5 110 ..... $188 ...... 9.4 71 ...... $211 ...... 9.1 386 ..... $200 ...... 5.0 846 ..... $178 ...... 9.8

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

June Average Initial Weekly Average Claims Benefit Duration

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

260 ..... $205 ...... 8.9 64 ...... $211 ...... 8.3 113 ..... $190 ...... 8.2
217 ..... $221 ...... 9.8 173 ..... $162 ...... 8.4
62 ..... $194 ...... 7.6 70 ..... $214 ...... 8.7 108 ..... $191 ...... 8.0 439 ..... $202 ...... 6.1 47 ..... $169 ...... 9.5 50 ..... $178 ...... 8.2
1 ..... $163 .... 13.4 86 ..... $175 ...... 5.0 176 ..... $168 ...... 8.8 998 ..... $179 ...... 9.7 184 ..... $216 .... 10.9
7 ..... $154 ...... 9.3 334 ..... $203 ...... 7.2
57 ..... $164 ...... 8.6 503 ..... $184 ...... 8.9 582 ..... $189 ...... 5.7
32 ..... $156 .... 10.3 152 ..... $151 ...... 9.0
93 ..... $181 .... 11.2 36 ..... $161 ...... 5.8 105 ..... $190 .... 12.5 113 ..... $174 ...... 8.7 181 ..... $170 ...... 9.5 76 ..... $157 ...... 9.0 365 ..... $156 ...... 9.6 432 ..... $181 ...... 8.9 299 ..... $174 .... 11.5 19 ..... $176 ...... 8.8 105 ..... $151 ...... 9.8 605 ..... $195 ...... 7.2 179 ..... $163 ...... 8.4 82 ..... $189 ...... 9.4 77 ..... $169 ...... 8.4 1028 ..... $189 ...... 7.3 887 ..... $192 ...... 5.3 715 ...... $211 ...... 7.8 214 ..... $161 ...... 9.6 66 ..... $157 ...... 7.9 105 ..... $157 .... 11.3 158 ..... $185 .... 10.0 12 ..... $198 .... 10.8 66 ..... $172 ...... 8.6 74 ..... $189 ...... 7.1 919 ..... $202 ...... 5.4 86 ..... $182 ...... 7.0 364 ..... $179 ...... 7.5 36 ..... $163 .... 10.5 219 ..... $176 ...... 9.4

Unemployment Insurance Statistics

Average duration of benefits

Weeks

Last 12 months

1 0 .0

9.5 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.0

9.0

8.8

8.7

8.7

8.5

8.5 8.5 8.5

8.5

8.4

8.0

7.5

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

00

01

Unemployment insurance initial claims

Thousands 90

2000 -- 2001

80

2001

2000

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

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

Initial claims up 78.3 percent during the first half of calendar year 2001...

Unemployment insurance initial claims were down 8.8 percent from May to June, decreasing from 52,185 to 47,604. This month's figure represents the first time since 1994 that new claims have experienced a decline from May to June. Over the year, initial claims were up 72.9 percent from June 2000's total of 27,538. During the first half of calendar year 2001, new claims filings rose 78.3 percent when compared to the first half of calendar year 2000. Continued weeks claimed increased over the month, with June's total of 232,371 representing a jump of 4.1 percent. Continued weeks claimed grew 82.1 percent over the year.
Benefits paid totaled $45,544,588 during June, falling 8.5 percent over the month, while advancing 102.8 percent over the year. Similarly, the total number of weeks paid dropped 7.6 percent over the month, from 225,142 to 207,962, while climbing 89.0 percent over the year. While over the year increases in both benefits paid and the total number of weeks paid have occurred in all industries, substantial increases can be attributed to two particular industry groups, textiles manufacturing and business services. Comparisons between the first six months of calendar year 2001 and the first half of calendar year 2000 reveal that in textiles manufacturing, benefits paid escalated 202.4 percent while weeks paid jumped 177.5 percent. Not as dramatic, but nonetheless noteworthy, in business services benefits paid surged 83.1 percent while weeks paid grew 71.6 percent.
The total number of beneficiaries, 71,862 for June, went virtually unchanged from May, bumping up one-tenth of a percentage point. Beneficiaries expanded 92.3 percent from June 2000. During the first half of calendar year 2001, there were 176,360 more beneficiaries drawing unemployment compensation than during the first half of calendar year 2000. First payments decreased from 22,040

to 18,748 over the month, a drop of 14.9 percent. Benefit exhaustions fell 2.8 percent over the month, from 5,082 in May to 4,941 in June. Over the year, first payments and final payments climbed 57.1 percent and 61.8 percent respectively. There were 54,234 more first payments and 5,850 more final payments made during the first-half of calendar year 2001 than there were during the same time one year ago.
The average weekly benefit amount, $219.00 for June, dropped $2.19 from May's figure. The average weekly benefit is expected to increase in the upcoming months as, effective July 1, 2001, the maximum weekly benefit increases from $274 to $284. Over the year, the average weekly benefit amount has risen 7.3 percent. After holding at 8.5 weeks over the previous three months, the average duration of benefits moved up to 8.7 weeks during June. The average duration was down from last June's duration of 9.0 weeks.

Key Trends

June 2001

June 2000

Initial claims filed ............................... 47,604 ................... 27,538

Persons receiving benefits ................ 71,862 ................... 37,368

Average weekly benefit amount ...... $219.00 ................. $204.16

Benefits paid ............................ $45,544,588 .......... $22,459,533

Employer taxes received* ........ ($3,200,337) ............ $1,004,448

Trust fund balance .............. $1,762,324,897 ..... $1,959,370,645

*Minus refunds to employers

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the South

July 2001

Volume 4, Issue 5

Metro Atlanta Index of Economic Indicators

- Leading Index

- Coincident Index

Seasonally Adjusted Economic Indicators

- Nonagricultural Employment

- Wholesale Employment

- Retail Employment

- Services Employment

- Manufacturing Employment

- Government Employment

Georgia Department of Labor
Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

- Construction Employment - Transp. & Pub. Utilities Employment

- Finance, Insurance & Realty Employment

- Business Services Employment

- Health Services Employment

Hotel Occupancy

71.4

1999-2000

2000-2001

- Social Services Employment - Manufacturing Workweek

68.5

- Manufacturing Earnings

- Deflated Manufacturing Earnings
65.5
- Initial Unemployment Claims

62.6

- Continued Unemployment Claims

- Total Unemployment Rate
59.7
- Insured Unemployment Rate

56.7

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Marta Passengers

7.5

1999-2000

2000-2001

- Cobb County Transit Passengers - Residential Construction (household units) - Nonresidential Construction (value)

7.1

- Deflated Nonresidential Construction

6.7

- Hotel Occupancy

- Average Hotel Room Rates

6.3

- Deflated Average Hotel Room Rate

5.9

- Average 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate

- Average 15-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate

5.5

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