Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce [Vol. 28, no. 1 (Jan. 2002)]

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January 2002 Data
Highlights
In recessions, employment also rises .. page 2
It is generally understood that during recessions, the movement of workers from employed to unemployed rises, but did you know that the movement from unemployed to employed rises as well?
Unemployment up in January ...... page 10
Georgia's unemployment rate was up slightly in January.
In the Southeast, Mississippi and North Carolina registered the highest unemployment rates in the region. Georgia remained the stronghold with the lowest jobless rate.
Spotlight: Service Delivery Region One .........................Page 12
The changing face of northwest Georgia...it ain't your father's Oldsmobile.
Labor surplus areas ................Page 18
Employers located in the labor surplus areas may be given preference in bidding on federal procurement contracts.
Benefit exhaustions up 145 percent over the year .................... Page 21
Separated workers continue to struggle to find employment opportunities.
WI&A Customer Satisfaction Team .................. page 23

Volume XXVIII, Number 1
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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In recessions, employment also rises...

It is generally understood that during recessions, the movement of workers from employed to unemployed rises, but did you know that the movement from unemployed to employed rises as well? The reason for the second movement is that the increase in unemployment helps firms wishing to hire workers, since the pool of available labor has become enlarged. As the availability of labor increases, it becomes easier and cheaper for these firms to find qualified workers, and consequently the number of workers hired goes up. Thus even during a recession, the labor market remains quite active, and it is important to remember that not all firms are laying off workers.

January over-the-month job losses nothing out of the ordinary
Jobs lost (in thousands)

-10.0 -30.0 -50.0 -70.0 -90.0 -110.0 -130.0

-78.0 1996

-83.1 1997

-83.1 1998

-105.8 1999

-103.7 2000

-78.0 2001

-84.2 2002

In fact, economists have found that the rate of job creation does not decline much during recessions, which suggests that some firms or industries continue to add jobs and workers. These industries are referred to as countercyclical, meaning they tend to increase during a recession and fall during an expansion. In other words, variables that are countercyclical do not follow the movement of the business cycle. Most industries exhibit cyclicality throughout the business cycle, losing jobs during a recession and gaining jobs in an expansion, but there are some exceptions.
For instance, employment in the services division has earned a reputation for being resistant to recessions, or noncyclical. This reputation is fairly accurate for the division as a whole, which typically has not shown a net decline in employment over the course of a recession. Yet it has been noted that some industries within services do tend to lose jobs while others gain more jobs than usual during recessions. Furthermore, while the division as a whole may not lose jobs during a recession, job growth does decelerate considerably for the division and all the major component industries.
Unfortunately, the services division in Georgia did lose jobs in this recession, shedding 37,600 jobs since March 2001, after seasonal adjustment. Within the division, job growth decelerated and in fact declined in most industries, yet several proved at least slightly countercyclical, posting gains rather than losses. According to a recent article in the Monthly Labor Review, an economist at the Bureau of Labor

January over-the-year job growth

Jobs growth in thousands

Percent growth

200.0 150.0 100.0

149.8 156.0

96.9

107.9 101.0 120.8 92.8 119.9 82.6

6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0%

50.0

2.0%

0.0 91 92 93 94 95 96
-50.0 -20.4 -12.0

-100.0 -150.0

Job growth

97 98 99 00 Percent growth

1.0% 01 02 0.0%
-1.0% -93.7 -2.0%
-3.0%

Statistics has identified five major groups in services that are countercyclical to some degree. These industries are private educational services, legal services, health services, social services and amusement and recreation services (Goodman 2001).
True to form, most of the industry components within services have lost employment in Georgia since March 2001, but there is some support for the notion that certain industries are in fact countercyclical. The services industry with the greatest gains since March, health services, exhibits significant countercyclicality. Indeed, since March health services employment has increased by 8,800, after seasonal adjustment. This 3.5 percent growth rate suggests that demand for health care is relatively unaffected by recessions. Theo-

retically, healthcare is a necessity for the average consumer, and not an optional commodity whose purchase can be postponed for a later date. Furthermore, the funding for health services, which is funneled down through Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance companies, frees healthcare from competition with other types of purchases. In addition, many health benefits remain available to consumers regardless of their employment status.
Legal services employment has increased by 1,300 since March, a 4.8 percent increase. Recent studies have shown that certain types of lawsuits escalate during recessions. For example, researchers seeking an explanation for higher rates of employment discrimination lawsuits during recessions found that a one percent de-

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crease in the unemployment rate results in a decrease of about 103 employment discrimination lawsuits in any given quarter. The authors of the study concluded that not only were workers more likely to sue during a recession, but employers are more likely to discriminate when the pool of available workers is large (Donohue and Siegelmen 1993). During recessions, demand declines for some discretionary legal services, such as planning estates, drafting wills, and handling real estate transactions. Corporations are less inclined to initiate litigation when falling sales and profits lead to fiscal belt tightening. On the other hand, during recessions, corporations and individuals are more likely to face other legal problems, such as bankruptcies, foreclosures, and divorces, that require legal assistance. These factors contribute to the countercyclical nature of legal services.

Social services payrolls in the state have increased by 3,600 since March, constituting a 6.1 percent expansion. Additionally, employment in amusement and recreation services grew by 3,400 between March and December, a growth of 10.3 percent in just ten months. According to Goodman's analysis, a factor that may explain much of the countercyclicality in these industries is "the availability of more attractive job opportunities in other industries during times of economic expansion." In other words, jobs in child daycare services (a major subset of social services) and amusement and recreation tend to pay much less on average than other industries and therefore suffer from severe labor shortages during economic expansions. But when the economy enters recession, and job opportunities become more limited, a low-paying job may be-

come more attractive (than no job) and employment in these industries goes up.
Private educational services reportedly exhibits countercyclical tendencies because more people tend to go to school when they are unable to find work. Although we have heard reports of larger numbers of applicants to universities and colleges in recent months, private educational services did not appear to be countercyclical in Georgia, as the payrolls in this industry have been cut by 3,200 since March 2001. Still, it is interesting to note that 4 out of the 5 industries considered countercyclical, have lived up to their reputation in Georgia during this recession, and have helped to buoy the services division as a whole in these troubled waters.

January Payroll Employment Summary

Georgia's nonfarm payroll employment fell by 84,200 in January to 3,840,400, a 2.1 percent decline over the month. Since the recession began in March 2001, payroll employment has declined by 106,000, after seasonal adjustment. In January, job losses continued in every major industry division, with the largest declines occurring in trade and services. Still, the monthly decline is nothing out of the ordinary. Over the previous six years, January job losses have averaged 88,600, slightly higher than this year's decline. Yet it is certainly worth noting that over-the-year job growth dropped more sharply this January than ever before, with a year-overyear loss of 93,700 jobs.
Manufacturing employment fell by 6,200 in January, offsetting the December gain of 6,700. Over the year, manufacturing payrolls have contracted by 31,100 jobs (a rate of -5.5%). Within the durable goods component industries, transportation equipment manufacturing dropped by 3,000 in January, as automakers tried to pare down inventories. Employment in the primary metal industry increased by 1,100 over the month while industrial machinery payrolls posted a gain of 800 jobs. Among the nondurable goods components, the largest declines in January occurred in textile mills (-2,500), apparels (-1,400) and food related products (-1,000).
Construction employment fell by 4,100 in January, despite relatively mild weather

conditions. Wholesale trade employment fell again for the fourth consecutive month, losing 200 jobs. Since reaching its peak in December 1999, this industry has lost 15,800 jobs. Following four months of seasonal hiring increases in the last quarter of 2001, retail trade employment shed 34,500 jobs in January, a decrease of 4.7 percent. Declines were spread throughout the retail sector, as general merchandise stores lost 8,800 jobs, eating and drinking places dropped by 7,500 and food stores fell 2,300 over the month.
Employment in the services division fell by 29,700 in January. Since reaching its peak in June 2001, this industry has shed 61,600 jobs (a 5.3% contraction). Employment in personnel supply services fell 13,500 in January. This 12.2 percent drop marked the fifth consecutive month of decline in this industry. Over the year, personnel services employment has fallen off by over 25 percent. Computer and data processing services was essentially unchanged in January, following modest gains over the prior two months. Hotels and other lodging places lost 500 jobs over the month; since peaking in July 2000, employment in this industry has declined by 6,800.
Elsewhere in the services division, amusement and recreation services employment fell by 2,900 in January while engineering and management services fell by

2,500. Adding to these declines were losses of 4,300 in other services, 1,600 in social services and 1,200 in educational services. After twelve months of steady increases totaling 12,500, employment in health services actually posted a loss in January, with a decline of 1,500.
Transportation, communication and utility payrolls were down 1,800 in January, and have contracted by 14,500 over the year. Declines this month were concentrated in transportation employment which fell by 1,600 over the month. Job losses in real estate (-1,800) and insurance (-500) more than offset the gain of 800 jobs in the finance sector. Over the year, the finance, insurance and real estate division has posted a modest gain of 1,200 jobs. Finally, government employment fell by 5,800 over the month, primarily in state and local education.
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 JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs from DEC 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Mining Construction Manufacturing
Durable goods Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures 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 Chemicals and allied products Other nondurable goods Service producing Transportation and public utilities Transportation Communications Electric, gas, and sanitary services Trade Wholesale trade Retail trade
General merchandise Food stores Eating and drinking places Finance, insurance, real estate Finance Insurance Real estate Services Hotels and other lodging Business services Personnel supply Computer and D.P. services Amusement, recreation Health services Hospitals Educational services Social services Engineering and management Other services Total government Total federal governement Department of defence Total state governement State education Total local governement Local education

3,840.4 731.9 7.5 189.8 534.6 236.5 37.5 11.6 21.0 14.5 22.7 38.3 33.6 40.9 16.4 298.1 70.2 88.2 17.4 30.0 42.0 22.5 27.8
3,108.5 253.5 150.2 78.5 24.8 938.2 242.0 696.2 92.3 100.7 250.4 205.4 95.6 71.6 38.2
1,101.7 41.9
283.7 97.0 76.6 33.4
260.6 109.8
59.2 62.9 93.9 266.1 609.7 96.9 27.6 149.6 63.6 363.2 221.8

3,924.6 742.6 7.9 193.9 540.8 238.3 37.1 11.6 21.6 13.4 23.4 37.5 33.4 43.9 16.4 302.5 71.2 90.7 18.8 30.1 42.5 22.9 26.3
3,182.0 255.3 151.8 78.8 24.7 972.9 242.2 730.7 101.1 103.0 257.9 206.9 94.8 72.1 40.0
1,131.4 42.4
298.9 110.5 76.6 36.3 262.1 110.1 60.4 64.5 96.4 270.4 615.5 97.2 27.6 151.4 67.3 366.9 225.1

3,934.1 768.7 7.8 195.2 565.7 245.8 38.7 11.9 21.3 13.7 25.4 39.4 34.0 44.1 17.3 319.9 71.3 97.7 22.2 31.3 43.5 21.9 32.0
3,165.4 268.0 161.9 82.7 23.4 957.2 248.9 708.3 95.0 104.2 247.4 204.2 94.8 70.0 39.4
1,135.3 45.8
322.8 130.1
80.6 30.1 248.1 103.7 61.1 58.0 96.0 273.4 600.7 95.3 27.8 147.7 61.4 357.7 220.4

-84.2 -10.7
-.4 -4.1 -6.2 -1.8 +.4 +.0
-.6 +1.1
-.7 +.8 +.2 -3.0 +.0 -4.4 -1.0 -2.5 -1.4 -.1 -.5 -.4 +1.5 -73.5 -1.8 -1.6 -.3 +.1 -34.7 -.2 -34.5 -8.8 -2.3 -7.5 -1.5 +.8 -.5 -1.8 -29.7 -.5 -15.2 -13.5 +.0 -2.9 -1.5 -.3 -1.2 -1.6 -2.5 -4.3 -5.8 -.3 +.0 -1.8 -3.7 -3.7 -3.3

-2.1 -1.4 -5.1 -2.1 -1.1 -0.8 +1.1 +0.0 -2.8 +8.2 -3.0 +2.1 +0.6 -6.8 +0.0 -1.5 -1.4 -2.8 -7.4 -0.3 -1.2 -1.7 +5.7 -2.3 -0.7 -1.1 -0.4 +0.4 -3.6 -0.1 -4.7 -8.7 -2.2 -2.9 -0.7 +0.8 -0.7 -4.5 -2.6 -1.2 -5.1 -12.2 +0.0 -8.0 -0.6 -0.3 -2.0 -2.5 -2.6 -1.6 -0.9 -0.3 +0.0 -1.2 -5.5 -1.0 -1.5

-93.7 -2.4 -36.8 -4.8
-.3 -3.8 -5.4 -2.8 -31.1 -5.5 -9.3 -3.8 -1.2 -3.1
-.3 -2.5 -.3 -1.4 +.8 +5.8 -2.7 -10.6 -1.1 -2.8 -.4 -1.2 -3.2 -7.3 -.9 -5.2 -21.8 -6.8 -1.1 -1.5 -9.5 -9.7 -4.8 -21.6 -1.3 -4.2 -1.5 -3.4 +.6 +2.7 -4.2 -13.1 -56.9 -1.8 -14.5 -5.4 -11.7 -7.2 -4.2 -5.1 +1.4 +6.0 -19.0 -2.0 -6.9 -2.8 -12.1 -1.7 -2.7 -2.8 -3.5 -3.4 +3.0 +1.2 +1.2 +0.6 +.8 +0.8 +1.6 +2.3 -1.2 -3.0 -33.6 -3.0 -3.9 -8.5 -39.1 -12.1 -33.1 -25.4 -4.0 -5.0 +3.3 +11.0 +12.5 +5.0 +6.1 +5.9 -1.9 -3.1 +4.9 +8.4 -2.1 -2.2 -7.3 -2.7 +9.0 +1.5 +1.6 +1.7 -.2 -0.7 +1.9 +1.3 +2.2 +3.6 +5.5 +1.5 +1.4 +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
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 2001 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Georgia Hours and Earnings (000s)

Average Weekly Earnings

Average Weekly Hours

Average Hourly Earnings

Preliminary Revised Revised Preliminary Revised Revised Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001 JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001 JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Total manufacturing Durable goods Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures 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 Chemicals and allied products Other nondurable goods

$556.62 $605.63 $438.34 $556.33 $659.91 $526.55 $580.98 $592.81 $520.63 $1035.07 $398.43 $519.54 $607.74 $473.03 $282.20 $581.40 $598.19 $529.39 $415.45

$543.02 $582.01 $453.07 $476.01 $685.73 $549.60 $567.31 $551.48 $534.25 $865.98 $418.55 $513.34 $494.43 $488.51 $293.94 $646.57 $642.47 $529.47 $488.11

$532.11 $539.58 $465.94 $407.32 $594.06 $621.20 $492.88 $507.08 $471.37 $787.57 $408.03 $525.39 $495.40 $497.72 $288.99 $702.83 $614.68 $653.02 $506.32

42.2 41.2 40.9 $13.19 $13.18 $13.01

42.5

40.7

39.1 $14.25 $14.30 $13.80

40.4 39.5 40.8 $10.85 $11.47 $11.42

44.4 38.7 36.4 $12.53 $12.30 $11.19

45.7

47.0

42.8 $14.44 $14.59 $13.88

37.8

40.0

40.0 $13.93 $13.74 $15.53

42.5

42.4

40.6 $13.67 $13.38 $12.14

40.3

38.7

39.4 $14.71 $14.25 $12.87

42.5

42.2

35.9 $12.25 $12.66 $13.13

50.1

41.1

39.3 $20.66 $21.07 $20.04

34.2 35.5 33.2 $11.65 $11.79 $12.29

42.0

41.6

42.2 $12.37 $12.34 $12.45

51.2 41.1 41.7 $11.87 $12.03 $11.88

42.5 44.9 44.4 $11.13 $10.88 $11.21

35.1

36.2

34.2

$8.04 $8.12 $8.45

36.0

41.0

43.6 $16.15 $15.77 $16.12

40.5

41.8

40.6 $14.77 $15.37 $15.14

32.8

33.3

41.2 $16.14 $15.90 $15.85

35.0 41.4 41.4 $11.87 $11.79 $12.23

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

*Preliminary Estimate

43.0

42.5

42.2

42.0

41.5 40.9
41.0

40.3

40.5

40.0

40.0

41.3 41.2

41.2

40.6 40.4
40.1

40.7 40.8

39.5 38.9
39.0

38.5

38.0

Jan

Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan*

2001

2002

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Atlanta Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs from DEC 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Mining Construction Manufacturing
Durable goods Electronic equipment Transportation equipment Other durable goods Nondurable goods Food and kindred products Printing and publishing Other nondurable goods Service producing industries Transportation and public utilities Transportation Communications and public utilities Trade Wholesale trade Retail trade
General merchandise Food stores Eating and drinking Miscellaneous retail Finance, insurance, and real estate Finance Insurance Real estate Services Hotels and other lodging places Business services Personnel supply Computer and D.P. services Amusement, including movies Health services Hospitals Social services Engineering and management Other services Total government Total federal governement Total state governement Total local governement

2,123.7 327.3 2.0 113.2 212.1 103.3 16.1 16.7 70.5 108.8 25.9 27.2 55.7
1,796.4 180.2 106.2 74.0 550.4 161.0 389.4 46.0 53.9 143.4 44.2 139.5 61.1 50.9 27.5 648.9 23.4 197.1 66.2 60.2 29.7 130.3 58.2 33.5 68.1 166.8 277.4 48.8 56.7 171.9

2,168.3 327.1 2.1 114.6 210.4 104.0 15.6 19.4 69.0 106.4 26.2 27.7 52.5
1,841.2 182.2 108.0 74.2 570.8 162.3 408.5 50.1 54.9 146.7 47.3 140.5 61.2 51.6 27.7 667.2 23.7 206.3 74.9 60.1 32.2 131.0 58.3 33.8 71.1 169.1 280.5 49.0 56.8 174.7

2,174.5 333.5 2.0 116.7 214.8 106.7 17.7 17.9 71.1 108.1 25.0 28.4 54.7
1,841.0 192.5 117.1 75.4 563.1 169.2 393.9 48.4 55.7 139.1 49.6 140.3 63.0 50.1 27.2 675.1 26.9 226.5 84.2 67.3 26.3 125.4 54.3 31.8 69.6 168.6 270.0 46.8 54.3 168.9

-44.6 +.2 -.1 -1.4
+1.7 -.7 +.5
-2.7 +1.5 +2.4
-.3 -.5 +3.2 -44.8 -2.0 -1.8 -.2 -20.4 -1.3 -19.1 -4.1 -1.0 -3.3 -3.1 -1.0 -.1 -.7 -.2 -18.3 -.3 -9.2 -8.7 +.1 -2.5 -.7 -.1 -.3 -3.0 -2.3 -3.1 -.2 -.1 -2.8

-2.1 +0.1 -4.8 -1.2 +0.8 -0.7 +3.2 -13.9 +2.2 +2.3 -1.1 -1.8 +6.1 -2.4 -1.1 -1.7 -0.3 -3.6 -0.8 -4.7 -8.2 -1.8 -2.2 -6.6 -0.7 -0.2 -1.4 -0.7 -2.7 -1.3 -4.5 -11.6 +0.2 -7.8 -0.5 -0.2 -0.9 -4.2 -1.4 -1.1 -0.4 -0.2 -1.6

-50.8 -2.3 -6.2 -1.9 +.0 +0.0 -3.5 -3.0 -2.7 -1.3 -3.4 -3.2 -1.6 -9.0 -1.2 -6.7 -.6 -0.8 +.7 +0.6 +.9 +3.6 -1.2 -4.2 +1.0 +1.8
-44.6 -2.4 -12.3 -6.4 -10.9 -9.3
-1.4 -1.9 -12.7 -2.3
-8.2 -4.8 -4.5 -1.1 -2.4 -5.0 -1.8 -3.2 +4.3 +3.1 -5.4 -10.9
-.8 -0.6 -1.9 -3.0 +.8 +1.6 +.3 +1.1 -26.2 -3.9 -3.5 -13.0 -29.4 -13.0 -18.0 -21.4 -7.1 -10.5 +3.4 +12.9 +4.9 +3.9 +3.9 +7.2 +1.7 +5.3 -1.5 -2.2 -1.8 -1.1 +7.4 +2.7 +2.0 +4.3 +2.4 +4.4 +3.0 +1.8

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 2001 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Albany Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs from DEC 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2001
NET %

Total nonagricultural employment

55.1

56.5

56.9

-1.4 -2.5

-1.8 -3.2

Goods producing industries

10.2

10.4

11.5

-.2 -1.9

-1.3 -11.3

Construction and Mining

2.9

3.0

3.4

-.1 -3.3

-.5 -14.7

Manufacturing

7.3

7.4

8.1

-.1 -1.4

-.8 -9.9

Durable goods

1.0

1.0

1.2

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -16.7

Nondurable goods

6.3

6.4

6.9

-.1 -1.6

-.6 -8.7

Service producing industries

44.9

46.1

45.4

-1.2 -2.6

-.5 -1.1

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

3.3

3.3

3.5

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -5.7

Trade

12.6

13.1

13.2

-.5 -3.8

-.6 -4.5

Wholesale trade

2.6

2.6

2.8

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -7.1

Retail trade

10.0

10.5

10.4

-.5 -4.8

-.4 -3.8

Finance, insurance, and real estate

1.7

1.8

1.7

-.1 -5.6

+.0 +0.0

Services

15.5

16.1

15.1

-.6 -3.7

+.4 +2.6

Government

11.8

11.8

11.9

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -0.8

Federal

2.5

2.5

2.7

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -7.4

State and local

9.3

9.3

9.2

+.0 +0.0

+.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 2001 benchmark.

Athens Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs

from DEC 2001

Net

%

Change in Jobs

from JAN 2001

Net

%

Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Construction and mining Manufacturing
Durable goods Nondurable goods Service producing industries

71.8 12.3
3.1 9.2 4.9 4.3 59.5

74.3 13.5
3.2 10.3
4.9 5.4 60.8

71.7 13.8
2.9 10.9
5.1 5.8 57.9

-2.5 -3.4 -1.2 -8.9
-.1 -3.1 -1.1 -10.7 +.0 +0.0 -1.1 -20.4 -1.3 -2.1

+.1 -1.5 +.2 -1.7
-.2 -1.5 +1.6

+0.1 -10.9 +6.9 -15.6
-3.9 -25.9 +2.8

Transportation, communications, and public utilities
Trade Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Government Federal State and local

1.9 16.8
2.7 14.1
2.3 17.9 20.6
1.8 18.8

2.0 17.7
2.8 14.9
2.3 18.2 20.6
1.7 18.9

1.9 17.1
2.6 14.5
2.2 16.9 19.8
1.7 18.1

-.1 -5.0 -.9 -5.1 -.1 -3.6 -.8 -5.4 +.0 +0.0 -.3 -1.6 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +5.9 -.1 -0.5

+.0 -.3 +.1 -.4 +.1 +1.0 +.8 +.1 +.7

+0.0 -1.8 +3.8 -2.8 +4.5 +5.9 +4.0 +5.9 +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 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 2001 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

7

Augusta-Aiken Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs from DEC 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

200.1

200.9

201.3

-.8 -0.4

-1.2 -0.6

Goods producing industries

41.2

40.6

41.8

+.6 +1.5

-.6 -1.4

Construction and Mining

13.9

13.2

12.5

+.7 +5.3

+1.4 +11.2

Manufacturing

27.3

27.4

29.3

-.1 -0.4

-2.0 -6.8

Durable goods

11.9

11.9

12.6

+.0 +0.0

-.7 -5.6

Nondurable goods

15.4

15.5

16.7

-.1 -0.6

-1.3 -7.8

Textile mill products

3.9

3.8

4.6

+.1 +2.6

-.7 -15.2

Other nondurable goods

11.5

11.7

12.1

-.2 -1.7

-.6 -5.0

Service producing industries

158.9

160.3

159.5

-1.4 -0.9

-.6 -0.4

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

17.2

17.3

17.3

-.1 -0.6

-.1 -0.6

Trade

42.7

43.5

42.0

-.8 -1.8

+.7 +1.7

Wholesale trade

4.3

4.2

4.5

+.1 +2.4

-.2 -4.4

Retail trade

38.4

39.3

37.5

-.9 -2.3

+.9 +2.4

Finance, insurance, and real estate

6.4

6.3

6.0

+.1 +1.6

+.4 +6.7

Services

52.5

53.1

53.1

-.6 -1.1

-.6 -1.1

Government

40.1

40.1

41.1

+.0 +0.0

-1.0 -2.4

Federal

6.9

6.9

7.4

+.0 +0.0

-.5 -6.8

State and local

33.2

33.2

33.7

+.0 +0.0

-.5 -1.5

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 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 2001 benchmark.

Columbus Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs from DEC 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

117.1

121.2

116.6

-4.1 -3.4

+.5 +0.4

Goods producing industries

24.0

25.4

25.2

-1.4 -5.5

-1.2 -4.8

Construction and mining

5.6

5.8

5.4

-.2 -3.4

+.2 +3.7

Manufacturing

18.4

19.6

19.8

-1.2 -6.1

-1.4 -7.1

Durable goods

7.8

8.0

8.4

-.2 -2.5

-.6 -7.1

Nondurable goods

10.6

11.6

11.4

-1.0 -8.6

-.8 -7.0

Textile mill products

4.2

4.8

5.3

-.6 -12.5

-1.1 -20.8

Other nondurable goods

6.4

6.8

6.1

-.4 -5.9

+.3 +4.9

Service producing industries

93.1

95.8

91.4

-2.7 -2.8

+1.7 +1.9

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

3.7

3.7

4.1

+.0 +0.0

-.4 -9.8

Trade Wholesale trade

24.2 2.7

25.6 2.7

24.5 2.8

-1.4 -5.5 +.0 +0.0

-.3 -1.2 -.1 -3.6

Retail trade

21.5

22.9

21.7

-1.4 -6.1

-.2 -0.9

Finance, insurance, and real estate

8.7

8.7

8.3

+.0 +0.0

+.4 +4.8

Services

35.2

36.3

33.6

-1.1 -3.0

+1.6 +4.8

Government

21.3

21.5

20.9

-.2 -0.9

+.4 +1.9

Federal

5.4

5.5

5.6

-.1 -1.8

-.2 -3.6

State and local

15.9

16.0

15.3

-.1 -0.6

+.6 +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 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 2001 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Macon Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs from DEC 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Mining Construction Manufacturing
Durable goods Nondurable goods Food and kindred products Other nondurable goods Service producing industries Transportation, communications,
and public utilities Trade Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Government Federal State and local

146.3 26.0 .7 6.3 19.0 9.0 10.0 3.0 7.0
120.3
5.5 32.1
4.6 27.5
8.5 40.4 33.8 14.6 19.2

150.9 26.3 .7 6.0 19.6 8.9 10.7 3.2 7.5
124.6
5.6 33.9
4.8 29.1
8.6 42.4 34.1 14.6 19.5

145.1 24.1 .8 5.4 17.9 9.0 8.9 2.5 6.4
121.0
5.7 33.2
4.6 28.6
8.6 40.2 33.3 14.1 19.2

-4.6 -3.0 -.3 -1.1 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +5.0 -.6 -3.1 +.1 +1.1 -.7 -6.5 -.2 -6.3 -.5 -6.7
-4.3 -3.5
-.1 -1.8 -1.8 -5.3
-.2 -4.2 -1.6 -5.5
-.1 -1.2 -2.0 -4.7
-.3 -0.9 +.0 +0.0 -.3 -1.5

+1.2 +1.9
-.1 +.9 +1.1 +.0 +1.1 +.5 +.6 -.7

+0.8 +7.9 -12.5 +16.7 +6.1 +0.0 +12.4 +20.0 +9.4 -0.6

-.2 -3.5 -1.1 -3.3 +.0 +0.0 -1.1 -3.8
-.1 -1.2 +.2 +0.5 +.5 +1.5 +.5 +3.5 +.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 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 2001 benchmark.

Savannah Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2002 DEC 2001 JAN 2001

Change in Jobs from DEC 2001
Net %

Change in Jobs

from JAN 2001

Net

%

Total nonagricultural employment Goods producing industries Construction and mining Manufacturing
Durable goods Transportation equipment Other durable goods Nondurable goods Paper and allied products Other nondurable goods Service producing industries Transportation, communications,
and public utilities Trade Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Government Federal
State and local

133.0 23.9 7.6 16.3 9.3 5.8 3.5 7.0 2.8 4.2
109.1
9.0 33.5
5.5 28.0
4.6 42.2 19.8
2.7 17.1

136.5 23.6 7.6 16.0 9.1 5.8 3.3 6.9 2.8 4.1
112.9
9.1 35.4
5.5 29.9
4.6 43.8 20.0
2.7 17.3

134.6 24.3 7.6 16.7 9.3 6.0 3.3 7.4 3.5 3.9
110.3
9.4 34.2
5.6 28.6
4.4 42.2 20.1
2.7 17.4

-3.5 -2.6 +.3 +1.3 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +1.9 +.2 +2.2 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +6.1 +.1 +1.4 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +2.4 -3.8 -3.4
-.1 -1.1 -1.9 -5.4 +.0 +0.0 -1.9 -6.4 +.0 +0.0 -1.6 -3.7
-.2 -1.0 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -1.2

-1.6 -1.2 -.4 -1.6 +.0 +0.0 -.4 -2.4 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -3.3 +.2 +6.1 -.4 -5.4 -.7 -20.0 +.3 +7.7
-1.2 -1.1
-.4 -4.3 -.7 -2.0 -.1 -1.8 -.6 -2.1 +.2 +4.5 +.0 +0.0 -.3 -1.5 +.0 +0.0 -.3 -1.7

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 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 2001 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

9

Dimensions - Measuring Georgias Labor .orce

Unemployment up in January

Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.

Georgia's unemployment rate was up slightly in January to 4.4 percent, an increase of only one-tenth percentage point over the month. At 4.4 percent, this is the highest unemployment rate for the month of January in five years. Monthly and annual average data for 2001 have been re-estimated and the revised rate for December was 4.3 percent. Georgia's annual average unemployment rate for 2001 was 4.0 percent. One year ago, the state's rate was 3.5 percent.

6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0%

Georgia

U.S.

As expected, Georgia's jobless rate peaked in June at 4.5 percent, as did the

2.0% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

total count of unemployed persons in 2001.

2002

At 186,000 in June, that total was the high-

est total count of unemployed persons in 3 years. Traditionally, June and July are peak months for record levels of unemployment. However, Georgia saw record high levels for several months after July through the remainder of the year.

prevailed at or below the nation's rate for more than twelve months. In fact, the state's rate has exceeded the nation's rate only eight times in a span of eleven years. The total number of unemployed Georgians increased in January by nearly 3,100 or

that had been in place for more than twenty-five years. However, despite the atypical December-to-January increase, the state's total count of civilian employed was nearly unchanged over the year.

1.7 percent to 181,000, the highest January

The U.S. unemployment rate, not season- level in eight years. Helping to fuel the

Area data

ally adjusted, increased by nearly one percentage point in January to 6.3 percent, its highest level in six years. One year earlier, at 4.7 percent in January 2001, the

over-the-month increase was an over-themonth rise in the number of persons receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits during the reference week in January.

Of Georgia's seven Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), only three, Atlanta, at 4.4 percent, Columbus, at 4.7 percent, and

nation's rate was lower by more than one There was also a 17.7-percent increase in Savannah, at 3.3 percent, followed the

and one-half percentage point. While the number of new entrants. One year earlier, statewide trend and increased over the month

Georgia has registered rates at or below 4.5 percent for the past eight months, the state continued to score favorably when compared to the nation as a whole. At nearly two percentage points below the U.S. rate in January, Georgia's rate has

total unemployment was lower by more than 37,000 or 25.9 percent.
Georgia's total count of civilian employed, at 3.9 million, increased slightly in January, bucking a long-term downward trend

in January. Two metro areas, Albany, at 5.1 percent, and Augusta, at 4.4 percent, saw declines. The two remaining areas, Athens, at 2.8 percent, and Macon, at 3.5 percent, were essentially unchanged over the month. Athens posted the lowest rate

in the state and was one of five areas to

Southeastern states and U.S. unemployment rates
Percent
9

8 7 6 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.5

6.9

6.4

5.8

5.9

Jan u a ry
6.9 6.2 5.9 5.8 6.0

De ce m be r
6.3 5.4

post a jobless rate at or below the state rate in January. Despite over-the-month and over-the-year declines, Albany had the highest rate in the state.
Sixty-six counties in Georgia followed the state and registered increasing unemploy-

5

4.4 4.3

4

4.5

ment rates in January. Seventy-nine coun-

ties had jobless rates to decrease and the

remaining fourteen counties were essen-

3

tially unchanged over the month.

2

Taliaferro County, at 14.4 percent, had the

highest rate in the state and was one of six

1

counties with double-digit unemployment

0

rates. At 2.1 percent, Oconee County had

AL

FL

GA

KY MS

NC

SC

TN

US

the lowest rate.

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

Preliminary JAN 2002

Revised DEC 2001

Revised JAN 2001

Change From

Revised

Revised

DEC 2001

JAN 2001

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

4,152,838 3,971,816
181,022 4.4

4,135,890 3,957,948
177,942 4.3

4,115,509 3,971,766
143,743 3.5

16,948 13,868
3,080

37,329 50
37,279

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

53,722 50,965
2,757 5.1

53,713 50,889
2,824 5.3

54,311 51,484
2,827 5.2

9

-589

76

-519

-67

-70

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

74,014 71,965
2,049 2.8

74,777 72,680
2,097 2.8

72,557 70,570
1,987 2.7

-763 -715
-48

1,457 1,395
62

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

2,302,947 2,202,533
100,414 4.4

2,284,410 2,189,220
95,190 4.2

2,267,287 2,202,533
64,754 2.9

18,537 13,313
5,224

35,660 0
35,660

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

210,095 200,775
9,320 4.4

205,931 195,348
10,583 5.1

206,480 198,039
8,441 4.1

4,164 5,427 -1,263

3,615 2,736
879

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

126,249 120,344
5,905 4.7

127,670 121,766
5,904 4.6

122,115 117,196
4,919 4.0

-1,421 -1,422
1

4,134 3,148
986

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

145,303 140,254
5,049 3.5

146,441 141,283
5,158 3.5

141,699 136,571
5,128 3.6

-1,138 -1,029
-109

3,604 3,683
-79

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

135,856 131,381
4,475 3.3

135,609 131,225
4,384 3.2

133,700 129,720
3,980 3.0

247

2,156

156

1,661

91

495

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

Area

Employment Status

JAN 2002

DEC 2001

JAN 2001

Change From

DEC 2001

JAN 2001

United States
(Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

141,390,000 133,468,000
7,922,000 5.6

142,314,000 134,055,000
8,259,000 5.8

141,757,000 135,870,000
5,887,000 4.2

-924,000 -587,000 -337,000

-367,000 -2,402,000 2,035,000

United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

141,074,000 132,139,000
8,935,000 6.3

141,912,000 134,235,000
7,678,000 5.4

141,049,000 134,462,000
6,587,000 4.7

-838,000 -2,096,000 1,257,000

25,000 -2,323,000 2,348,000

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

11

Spotlight: Service Delivery Region One

Note: In contrast to the SDR feature articles found in the 2001 issues of Dimensions, this year the focus will be on long-term demographic changes rather than industry and economic trends. It is hoped that this different approach will be both educational and enlightening to our readers.

For decades, the picturesque mill towns nestled among the rolling hills and mountains of northwest Georgia have been the mainstay of Service Delivery Region One. That still remains the norm for most of the region, but some areas are undergoing rapid change. Stretching from the Tennessee border southward to Haralson and Paulding Counties and eastward from the Alabama line to Fannin and Pickens Counties, the area spatially connects the Chattanooga and Atlanta metropolitan areas. SDR One remains mostly rural, but suburban sprawl has begun to impact it on both the northern and southern fringes, subtly altering the business patterns and lifestyles of the inhabitants.
The total population of the area increased by about 26.3 percent between the 1990 and 2000 Censuses, almost exactly matching the statewide growth rate. However, there were some fairly significant shifts in the ethnic makeup of the region. Historically, the area has been one of the least diverse areas of the state in terms of ethnicity, with over ninety-two percent of its citizens in 1990 being Caucasian. This

percentage declined over the decade, as whites accounted for only 88.9 percent of the populace by 2000. The percentage of African-Americans remained constant at 6.0 percent of the population. The largest ethnic shifts occurred among persons of Asian descent and those of mixed race. These combined categories posted a phenomenal numerical increase of 269.4 percent between 1990 and 2000, as their share of the population rose from 1.7 to 5.0 percent. An even larger growth explosion occurred among persons of Hispanic descent (who may belong to any racial group), as their numbers increased more than sixfold over the cited time period. Gilmer, Gordon and Whitfield Counties accounted for the lion's share of the gains in Hispanic population. The boom in service sector and construction jobs helped lure these ethnic groups to the area, but many of them also have found a niche in the manufacturing facilities of SDR One. Overall, the region saw its population density rise, going from 110.2 people per square mile in 1990 up to 139.2 per square mile in 2000.

Fueled by the population gains, total personal income in SDR One increased by nearly 78 percent over the decade. This did not compare favorably to the statewide increase of 84.4 percent. However, SDR One did manage to outperform Georgia in terms of gains in median household and per capita income. Median household income posted a net gain of roughly $10,500 between the two census periods, while per capita income rose by nearly $9,600. Ironically, the sources of personal income for SDR One changed very little between 1990 and 2000. Wage and salary earnings still accounted for about half of all personal income, falling from 51 percent of the total to 48 percent. Income from proprietorships was up a couple of percentage points, but was offset by a twopoint decline in income from other labor such as commissions and bonuses. Income from dividends and royalties held steady. Transfer payments, which include all types of pensions or public assistance, posted an increase also, accounting for 15 percent of all income in 2000.

Euharlee Covered Bridge, Bartow County, Georgia
12

Spotlight: Service Delivery Region One

SDR #1

Dade

Catoosa

Walker

W hitfield Murray

F a n n in G ilm er

Chattooga

G o rd o n

Pickens

Floyd

Bartow

Polk H a r a ls o n

Paulding

Career Centers
Blue Ridge ........... (706) 632-2033 Cartersville .......... (770) 387-3760 Cedartown ........... (770) 749-2213 Dalton ................... (706) 272-2301 LaFayette ............. (706) 638-5525 Northwest GA ..... (706) 861-1990 Rome .................... (706) 295-6051

Demographic changes -- 1990 to 2000

SDR 1

1990

2000* Net change % change

Total Population White Pct of Total African-American Pct of Total Other Races Pct of Total Hispanic Pct of Total
Persons per Square Mile Total Personal Income (1000s) Median Household Income Per Capita Income Persons in Poverty
Pct of Total

552,220 509,534
92.3 33,195
6.0 9,491
1.7 5,613
1.0 110.2 $8,039,901 $25,653 $14,612 67,744 12.3

697,410 620,267
88.9 42,086
6.0 35,057
5.0 39,934
5.7 139.2 $14,305,131 $38,338 $21,240 90,003
12.9

145,190 110,733
-3.4 8,891
0.0 25,566
3.3 34,321
4.7 29.0 $6,265,230 $12,685 $6,628 22,259
0.6

26.3 21.7
26.8
269.4
611.5
26.3 77.9 49.4 45.4 32.9


State of Georgia

Total Population White Pct of Total African-American Pct of Total Other Races Pct of Total Hispanic Pct of Total
Persons per Square Mile Total Personal Income (000s) Median Household Income Per Capita Income Persons in Poverty
Pct of Total

6,478,149 4,600,148
71.0 1,746,565
27.0 131,436
2.0 108,922
1.7 111.9 $115,414,190 $29,021 $17,738 923,085 14.2

8,186,453 5,327,281
65.1 2,349,542
28.7 509,630
6.2 435,227
5.3 141.4 $212,806,472 $39,525 $27,324 1,203,409
14.7

1,708,304 727,133 -5.9 602,977 1.7 378,194 4.2 326,305 3.6 29.5
$97,392,282 $10,504 $9,586 280,324 0.5

* Or latest available estimate

26.4 15.8
34.5
287.7
299.6
26.4 84.4 36.2 54.0 30.4


Personal income by source 1990

Proprietor 6%
Other Labor 7%

Other 7%

Dividends 15%

Transfers 14%

Wage & Salary 51%

Personal income by source 1999

Proprietor 8%
Other Labor 5%

Other 9%

Dividends 15%

Transfers 15%

Wage & Salary 48%

13

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

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Georgia

Preliminary January 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,152,838 3,971,816 181,022

4.4

Revised December 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,135,890 3,957,948 177,942 4.3

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,055 7,273 782 9.7

2,670 2,477 193 7.2

4,143 3,909 234 5.6

1,592 1,512

80 5.0

16,177 15,692 485 3.0

8,138 2,686 4,162 1,642 16,148

7,285 2,505 3,924 1,550 15,625

853 10.5 181 6.7 238 5.7
92 5.6 523 3.2

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,306 6,061 245 3.9 22,239 21,108 1,131 5.1 41,904 39,428 2,476 5.9
8,541 8,159 382 4.5 5,981 5,719 262 4.4

6,326 21,986 41,269
8,734 6,073

6,079 20,980 39,190
8,187 5,774

247 3.9 1,006 4.6 2,079 5.0
547 6.3 299 4.9

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

69,482 66,738 2,744 3.9 5,547 5,341 206 3.7 6,334 5,987 347 5.5 7,509 7,209 300 4.0 11,174 10,897 277 2.5

69,978 67,227 2,751 3.9

5,576 5,341

235 4.2

6,331 5,975

356 5.6

7,573 7,204

369 4.9

11,172 10,884

288 2.6

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

25,690 24,902 788 3.1 8,731 8,111 620 7.1 8,469 8,103 366 4.3 2,281 2,148 133 5.8
16,826 16,302 524 3.1

25,695 8,815 8,433 2,344
16,781

24,866 8,124 8,079 2,183
16,251

829 3.2 691 7.8 354 4.2 161 6.9 530 3.2

Candler

4,192 4,057 135 3.2

Carroll

45,888 43,796 2,092 4.6

Catoosa

28,189 27,446 743 2.6

Charlton

3,795 3,660 135 3.6

Chatham 106,159 102,493 3,666 3.5

4,252 4,086

166 3.9

45,559 43,532 2,027 4.4

28,022 27,258

764 2.7

3,778 3,648

130 3.4

105,984 102,372 3,612 3.4

Chattahoochee 2,398 2,266 132 5.5

Chattooga 10,624 10,264 360 3.4

Cherokee

84,456 81,780 2,676 3.2

Clarke

46,575 45,262 1,313 2.8

Clay

1,448 1,354

94 6.5

2,429 10,600 83,675 47,104
1,465

2,286 10,230 81,286 45,712
1,372

143 5.9 370 3.5 2,389 2.9 1,392 3.0
93 6.3

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

129,154 122,798 6,356 4.9 2,715 2,586 129 4.8
369,619 356,036 13,583 3.7 18,759 18,057 702 3.7 17,669 16,977 692 3.9

128,380 122,056 6,324 4.9

2,725 2,599

126 4.6

367,538 353,884 13,654 3.7

18,831 18,124

707 3.8

17,795 17,085

710 4.0

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

45,863 44,778 1,085 2.4 7,658 7,369 289 3.8
47,628 45,929 1,699 3.6 5,847 5,621 226 3.9 8,972 8,457 515 5.7

44,980 43,858 1,122 2.5

7,823 7,396

427 5.5

47,237 45,651 1,586 3.4

5,880 5,623

257 4.4

9,119 8,509

610 6.7

Revised January 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,115,509 3,971,766 143,743

3.5

8,293 2,951 4,306 1,518 16,658

7,628 2,590 3,963 1,449 15,987

665 8.0 361 12.2 343 8.0
69 4.5 671 4.0

6,243 6,100

143 2.3

22,128 21,108 1,020 4.6

41,356 39,428 1,928 4.7

8,781 8,302

479 5.5

6,399 6,079

320 5.0

67,867 64,985 2,882 4.2

5,720 5,534

186 3.3

6,277 5,898

379 6.0

7,508 7,208

300 4.0

11,023 10,759

264 2.4

26,201 8,840 8,726 2,426
16,592

25,544 8,318 8,285 2,253
15,970

657 2.5 522 5.9 441 5.1 173 7.1 622 3.7

3,625 3,476

149 4.1

45,540 43,796 1,744 3.8

27,259 26,625

634 2.3

3,748 3,585

163 4.3

104,452 101,198 3,254 3.1

2,324 2,200

124 5.3

10,995 10,544

451 4.1

83,276 81,780 1,496 1.8

45,817 44,385 1,432 3.1

1,471 1,353

118 8.0

127,170 122,798 4,372 3.4

3,078 2,833

245 8.0

363,726 356,036 7,690 2.1

19,874 18,524 1,350 6.8

18,777 17,563 1,214 6.5

44,887 43,975 912 2.0

7,589 7,148

441 5.8

47,065 45,929 1,136 2.4

5,770 5,586

184 3.2

9,557 8,910

647 6.8

14

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

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

Preliminary January 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,831 7,583 248 3.2 9,668 9,319 349 3.6 10,750 10,061 689 6.4 373,156 353,683 19,473 5.2 9,407 9,080 327 3.5

Revised December 2001

Revised January 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,832 7,531

301 3.8

9,614 9,348

266 2.8

10,860 10,105

755 7.0

369,976 351,545 18,431 5.0

9,493 9,096

397 4.2

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,534 7,356 178 2.4

9,520 9,292

228 2.4

11,179 10,563

616 5.5

366,934 353,683 13,251 3.6

9,552 9,222 330 3.5

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,198 3,977 221 5.3

42,154 39,877 2,277 5.4

53,704 51,794 1,910 3.6

4,669 4,397 272 5.8

1,234 1,188

46 3.7

4,227 4,002

225 5.3

42,263 39,818 2,445 5.8

53,290 51,481 1,809 3.4

4,747 4,446

301 6.3

1,230 1,187

43 3.5

4,435 4,190

245 5.5

42,718 40,284 2,434 5.7

53,177 51,794 1,383 2.6

4,750 4,440

310 6.5

1,226 1,188

38 3.1

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

18,523 17,991 532 2.9 8,768 8,109 659 7.5 7,818 7,286 532 6.8 4,921 4,758 163 3.3 8,879 8,576 303 3.4

18,453 8,736 7,879 4,917 8,858

17,970 8,116 7,292 4,770 8,552

483 2.6 620 7.1 587 7.5 147 3.0 306 3.5

18,226 8,984 8,217 5,162 9,275

17,764 8,237 7,709 4,936 9,006

462 2.5 747 8.3 508 6.2 226 4.4 269 2.9

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

52,108 50,871 1,237 2.4 45,082 42,689 2,393 5.3 57,019 55,079 1,940 3.4 10,527 9,835 692 6.6 418,484 396,715 21,769 5.2

51,804 50,564 1,240 2.4 51,644 50,871

773 1.5

44,359 42,504 1,855 4.2 44,486 42,534 1,952 4.4

56,540 54,746 1,794 3.2 55,988 55,079

909 1.6

10,324 9,842

482 4.7 10,120 9,604

516 5.1

415,583 394,317 21,266 5.1 410,176 396,715 13,461 3.3

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

8,231 7,853 378 4.6

980

919

61 6.2

35,292 34,276 1,016 2.9

20,808 19,621 1,187 5.7

8,806 8,446 360 4.1

8,229 7,852

377 4.6

963

920

43 4.5

35,182 34,133 1,049 3.0

20,797 19,591 1,206 5.8

8,944 8,531

413 4.6

8,206 7,961

245 3.0

993

942

51 5.1

34,708 33,549 1,159 3.3

21,844 20,175 1,669 7.6

9,033 8,623

410 4.5

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

6,146 5,271 875 14.2 353,671 339,411 14,260 4.0
15,419 14,844 575 3.7 75,183 72,746 2,437 3.2
3,478 3,117 361 10.4

6,071 5,275

796 13.1

350,162 337,360 12,802 3.7

15,434 14,857

577 3.7

74,867 72,628 2,239 3.0

3,468 3,116

352 10.1

6,244 5,389 348,285 339,411
15,503 15,077 74,948 73,135
3,732 3,375

855 13.7 8,874 2.5
426 2.7 1,813 2.4
357 9.6

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

9,676 9,141 535 5.5 12,282 11,823 459 3.7
9,633 8,796 837 8.7 5,043 4,817 226 4.5 64,962 62,896 2,066 3.2

9,695 9,113

582 6.0

12,327 11,925

402 3.3

9,524 8,798

726 7.6

5,031 4,812

219 4.4

64,544 62,515 2,029 3.1

9,852 9,428

424 4.3

11,796 11,474

322 2.7

9,823 9,358

465 4.7

4,951 4,721

230 4.6

64,084 62,896 1,188 1.9

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

49,583 48,248 1,335 2.7 4,559 4,359 200 4.4
22,318 21,233 1,085 4.9 4,872 4,660 212 4.4 4,984 4,491 493 9.9

50,056 4,615
22,322 4,855 5,029

48,602 4,374
21,230 4,656 4,507

1,454 2.9 241 5.2
1,092 4.9 199 4.1 522 10.4

48,253 46,981 1,272 2.6

4,677 4,434

243 5.2

22,891 22,144

747 3.3

4,996 4,800

196 3.9

4,982 4,660

322 6.5

15

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

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Preliminary January 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

6,896 6,287 609 8.8 4,042 3,887 155 3.8 3,127 2,915 212 6.8 11,493 11,170 323 2.8 6,307 5,861 446 7.1

Revised December 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

6,945 4,113 3,158 11,554 6,232

6,302 3,918 2,918 11,252 5,861

643 9.3 195 4.7 240 7.6 302 2.6 371 6.0

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,448 3,354

94 2.7

22,019 21,146 873 4.0

11,568 11,088 480 4.1

18,631 17,822 809 4.3

2,711 2,454 257 9.5

3,465 22,088 11,450 18,610
2,764

3,352 21,114 11,071 17,752 2,453

113 3.3 974 4.4 379 3.3 858 4.6 311 11.3

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

4,081 3,932 149 3.7 41,909 40,547 1,362 3.2 10,722 10,446 276 2.6 10,008 9,339 669 6.7
4,501 4,306 195 4.3

4,029 41,848 10,713
9,743 4,469

3,916 40,517 10,449
9,147 4,305

113 2.8 1,331 3.2
264 2.5 596 6.1 164 3.7

Macon

5,234 4,895 339 6.5

Madison

13,766 13,315 451 3.3

Marion

3,076 2,941 135 4.4

Meriwether

8,735 8,167 568 6.5

Miller

3,001 2,871 130 4.3

5,269 13,903
3,082 8,770 3,070

4,944 13,447
2,949 8,159 2,904

325 6.2 456 3.3 133 4.3 611 7.0 166 5.4

Mitchell

11,364 10,843 521 4.6

Monroe

7,838 7,434 404 5.2

Montgomery 3,595 3,296 299 8.3

Morgan

7,329 7,062 267 3.6

Murray

19,544 18,748 796 4.1

11,540 7,777 3,588 7,359 19,735

10,915 7,421 3,301 7,090
18,692

625 5.4 356 4.6 287 8.0 269 3.7 1,043 5.3

Muscogee 86,190 82,227 3,963 4.6

Newton

31,421 29,977 1,444 4.6

Oconee

13,673 13,388 285 2.1

Oglethorpe

6,168 5,948 220 3.6

Paulding

44,270 42,800 1,470 3.3

86,758 31,005 13,770
6,167 43,878

82,938 29,796 13,521
5,949 42,541

3,820 4.4 1,209 3.9
249 1.8 218 3.5 1,337 3.0

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,662 10,258 404 3.8 11,416 11,012 404 3.5 7,544 7,274 270 3.6 6,880 6,566 314 4.6 17,851 16,827 1,024 5.7

10,736 11,345 7,603 6,872 17,701

10,333 10,945
7,306 6,561 16,784

403 3.8 400 3.5 297 3.9 311 4.5 917 5.2

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,416 4,169 247 5.6

9,813 9,450 363 3.7

1,273 1,190

83 6.5

7,332 7,144 188 2.6

3,013 2,832 181 6.0

4,454 9,775 1,257 7,293 3,094

4,193 9,454 1,193 7,125 2,847

261 5.9 321 3.3
64 5.1 168 2.3 247 8.0

16

Revised January 2001

Labor Employ-

Force

ment

Unemployment Number Rate

6,871 4,216 3,234 11,231 6,392

6,233 4,045 3,001 10,877 6,082

638 9.3 171 4.1 233 7.2 354 3.2 310 4.8

3,487 22,285 11,593 18,584
3,124

3,353 21,420 11,200 17,642
2,771

134 3.8 865 3.9 393 3.4 942 5.1 353 11.3

4,007 42,293 10,534
9,959 4,502

3,892 40,538 10,346
9,171 4,276

115 2.9 1,755 4.1
188 1.8 788 7.9 226 5.0

5,533 13,420
3,512 8,872 2,978

5,154 13,056
3,369 8,338 2,870

379 6.8 364 2.7 143 4.1 534 6.0 108 3.6

12,043 7,620 3,636 7,345
19,534

11,447 7,300 3,320 7,125 18,716

596 4.9 320 4.2 316 8.7 220 3.0 818 4.2

83,176 30,907 13,320
6,310 43,651

79,803 29,977 13,129
6,145 42,800

3,373 4.1 930 3.0 191 1.4 165 2.6 851 1.9

10,402 11,318 7,710 6,460 16,849

9,989 11,012 7,359 6,223 16,007

413 4.0 306 2.7 351 4.6 237 3.7 842 5.0

4,384 9,724 1,273 7,292 2,984

4,235 9,459 1,200 7,139 2,731

149 3.4 265 2.7
73 5.7 153 2.1 253 8.5

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

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

Preliminary January 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

81,076 77,332 3,744 4.6

40,686 39,139 1,547 3.8

1,835 1,744

91 5.0

5,295 4,898 397 7.5

4,626 4,387 239 5.2

Revised December 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

79,725 40,250
1,830 5,397 4,674

75,743 38,902
1,747 4,925 4,432

3,982 5.0 1,348 3.3
83 4.5 472 8.7 242 5.2

Revised January 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

79,645 40,186
1,840 5,636 4,599

75,944 39,139
1,750 5,297 4,409

3,701 4.6 1,047 2.6
90 4.9 339 6.0 190 4.1

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

30,234 28,670 1,564 11,521 10,813 708
2,196 2,086 110 14,514 13,512 1,002
2,660 2,505 155

5.2 6.1
5.0 6.9 5.8

29,862 28,497 11,399 10,782
2,206 2,092 14,608 13,527
2,673 2,507

1,365 617 114 1,081 166

4.6 5.4
5.2 7.4 6.2

29,987 11,462 2,289 14,515 2,799

28,670 10,870 2,071 13,624 2,642

1,317 4.4 592 5.2
218 9.5 891 6.1 157 5.6

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

751 6,658 3,684 4,006 3,884

643 6,331 3,486 3,574 3,568

108 14.4 327 4.9 198 5.4 432 10.8 316 8.1

763 6,697 3,744 4,190 3,933

649 6,419 3,500 3,598 3,600

114 14.9 278 4.2 244 6.5 592 14.1 333 8.5

725 7,000 3,801 4,313 3,930

613 6,508 3,638 3,998 3,642

112 15.4 492 7.0 163 4.3 315 7.3 288 7.3

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

21,405 20,592 813 3.8 19,491 18,772 719 3.7 11,742 10,827 915 7.8
4,016 3,881 135 3.4 2,597 2,432 165 6.4

21,479 19,583 11,844
3,997 2,606

20,603 18,838 10,843
3,874 2,435

876 4.1 745 3.8 1,001 8.5 123 3.1 171 6.6

21,314 20,435 879 4.1 20,163 19,227 936 4.6 11,914 10,907 1,007 8.5
3,987 3,814 173 4.3 2,622 2,449 173 6.6

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

31,550 30,157 1,393 4.4 4,360 4,118 242 5.6 4,083 3,841 242 5.9 8,097 7,819 278 3.4
12,066 10,628 1,438 11.9

31,570 4,518 4,117 8,079
12,293

30,040 4,154 3,869 7,837
10,595

1,530 4.8 364 8.1 248 6.0 242 3.0
1,698 13.8

31,957 30,809 1,148 3.6 4,513 4,095 418 9.3 3,947 3,740 207 5.2 7,933 7,652 281 3.5 11,598 11,019 579 5.0

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

32,935 31,842 1,093 3.3 30,927 29,611 1,316 4.3 14,597 13,933 664 4.5
2,769 2,424 345 12.5 9,136 8,743 393 4.3

32,682 30,526 14,669
2,670 9,146

31,624 29,432 13,904
2,425 8,740

1,058 3.2 1,094 3.6
765 5.2 245 9.2 406 4.4

31,950 30,889 1,061 3.3 30,690 29,611 1,079 3.5 14,847 13,913 934 6.3
2,667 2,367 300 11.2 9,209 8,705 504 5.5

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

10,896 10,365 531 4.9

1,056 1,014

42 4.0

1,636 1,493 143 8.7

9,093 8,763 330 3.6

46,066 44,315 1,751 3.8

10,873 1,061 1,680 9,061
46,405

10,348 1,025 1,503 8,762
44,144

525 4.8 36 3.4
177 10.5 299 3.3 2,261 4.9

11,418 10,808 610 5.3

1,082 1,025

57 5.3

1,833 1,671 162 8.8

9,209 8,866 343 3.7

46,569 44,833 1,736 3.7

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,078 2,936 142 4.6 4,796 4,339 457 9.5 4,493 4,290 203 4.5 9,378 8,915 463 4.9

3,117 4,880 4,491 9,472

2,954 4,357 4,277 8,985

163 5.2 523 10.7 214 4.8 487 5.1

3,245 4,836 4,628 9,168

3,093 4,577 4,459 8,607

152 4.7 259 5.4 169 3.7 561 6.1

17

Labor Surplus Areas

Employers located in the labor surplus areas, as classified by the U.S. Department of Labor, can be given preference in bidding on federal procurement contracts. The purpose of providing such preference is to help direct the government's procurement dollars into areas with the highest rates of unemployment for the two previous calendar years. The following list of eligible cities and counties in Georgia will remain in effect from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002.

Eligible labor surplus Albany City Appling Co. Atkinson Co. Bacon Co. Baker Co. Ben Hill Co. Berrien Co. Brantley Co. Burke Co. Calhoun Co. Chattahoochee Co. Clay Co. Colquitt Co. Crisp Co. Dooly Co. Early Co. Elbert Co. Emanuel Co. Grady Co. Greene Co. Hancock Co. Heard Co. Jeff Davis Co. Jefferson Co. Johnson Co. LaGrange City Lamar Co. Laurens Co.

Civil jurisdictions included Albany City in Dougherty Co. Appling Co. Atkinson Co. Bacon Co. Baker Co. Ben Hill Co. Berrien Co. Brantley Co. Burke Co. Calhoun Co. Chattahoochee Co. Clay Co. Colquitt Co. Crisp Co. Dooly Co. Early Co. Elbert Co. Emanuel Co. Grady Co. Greene Co. Hancock Co. Heard Co. Jeff Davis Co. Jefferson Co. Johnson Co. LaGrange City in Troup Co. Lamar Co. Laurens Co.

18

Eligible labor surplus Liberty Co., Balance of Lincoln Co. Macon City Macon Co. McDuffie Co. Mitchell Co. Montgomery Co. Randolph Co. Richmond Co. Screven Co. Stewart Co. Talbot Co. Tattnall Co. Telfair Co. Terrell Co. Toombs Co. Treutlen Co. Turner Co. Twiggs Co. Upson Co. Valdosta City Warren Co. Washington Co. Wayne Co. Wheeler Co. Wilkinson Co. Worth Co.

Civil jurisdictions included Liberty Co. less Hinesville City Lincoln Co. Macon City in Bibb Co., Jones Co. Macon Co. McDuffie Co. Mitchell Co. Montgomery Co. Randolph Co. Richmond Co. Screven Co. Stewart Co. Talbot Co. Tattnall Co. Telfair Co. Terrell Co. Toombs Co. Treutlen Co. Turner Co. Twiggs Co. Upson Co. Valdosta City in Lowndes Co. Warren Co. Washington Co. Wayne Co. Wheeler Co. Wilkinson Co. Worth Co.


Georgia Unemployment Rates by County

January 2002

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 4.4% to 9.9% Less than 4.4%

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: 4.4%
19

Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

January Average Initial Weekly Average
Claims Benefit Duration

County

January 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

388 ..... $194 .... 12.2 273 ..... $149 .... 10.2 124 ..... $200 .... 10.4
60 ..... $168 .... 12.8 347 ..... $171 .... 12.5 167 ..... $189 ...... 8.5 650 ..... $217 .... 12.0 1183 ..... $217 .... 10.1 327 ..... $164 .... 10.1 135 ..... $172 .... 10.2 1033 ..... $167 .... 11.6 209 ..... $146 ...... 7.6
94 ...... $211 .... 13.9 102 ..... $161 .... 11.1
88 ..... $216 .... 11.6 327 ..... $186 .... 11.1 514 ..... $172 ...... 9.8 238 ..... $196 .... 11.0 164 ..... $155 ...... 9.1 103 ..... $196 .... 13.7
57 ..... $188 ...... 9.3 1291 ..... $199 .... 12.4
404 ..... $198 ...... 7.7 16 ..... $184 .... 15.5
1144 ..... $179 .... 12.2 15 ..... $194 .... 15.1
767 ..... $162 .... 14.3 1126 ..... $238 .... 10.3 659 ..... $187 .... 13.2
75 ..... $180 ...... 8.9 1896 ..... $217 .... 12.2
101 ..... $164 .... 13.8 3004 ..... $241 .... 13.2
449 ..... $180 .... 11.0 910 ..... $162 ...... 8.7 424 ..... $218 ...... 9.9 222 ..... $173 ...... 8.8 765 ..... $217 ...... 9.6 155 ..... $176 ...... 9.9 327 ..... $161 .... 11.5
87 ..... $168 ...... 5.2 140 ..... $225 ...... 9.9 367 ..... $182 .... 10.9 5773 ..... $227 .... 12.7 333 ..... $155 .... 10.5 183 ..... $143 .... 11.7 903 ..... $159 .... 13.5 578 ..... $229 .... 12.0 147 ..... $165 .... 11.3
15 ..... $200 .... 15.4 158 ..... $210 .... 11.7 1065 ..... $173 ...... 7.6 412 ..... $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

80 ..... $156 ...... 9.9 320 ..... $189 ...... 9.6 335 ..... $238 .... 10.6 1695 ..... $203 ...... 9.8 548 ..... $246 .... 11.8 649 ..... $191 ...... 9.6 5498 ..... $222 .... 13.0 294 ..... $206 ...... 7.9
52 ..... $192 .... 10.3 394 ..... $187 .... 12.9 1204 ..... $187 ...... 9.5 220 ..... $170 .... 12.2 219 ..... $181 .... 13.8 4586 ..... $242 .... 12.0 752 ..... $175 ...... 8.0 1313 ...... $211 ...... 9.1 139 ..... $154 .... 13.2 347 ..... $197 .... 11.2 269 ..... $209 ...... 9.4 1051 ..... $160 ...... 9.4 195 ..... $178 ...... 9.1 581 ..... $228 .... 12.0 543 ..... $184 .... 10.8 117 ..... $182 .... 11.3 508 ..... $198 .... 11.5 153 ..... $193 ...... 8.7 433 ..... $193 .... 11.3 440 ..... $164 .... 12.2 508 ..... $145 ...... 7.1 215 ..... $139 ...... 9.6 135 ..... $194 ...... 8.8 594 ..... $191 ...... 8.8
44 ..... $166 ...... 9.7 1153 ..... $160 ...... 8.0 341 ..... $213 ...... 8.3 201 ..... $174 .... 13.1 217 ..... $177 .... 13.4
40 ..... $179 .... 13.9 520 ..... $166 .... 11.5 210 ..... $206 ...... 8.7 697 ..... $184 ...... 9.8
43 ..... $195 .... 15.8 547 ..... $176 ...... 7.3 349 ..... $204 .... 11.0 167 ..... $170 ...... 5.7 380 ..... $184 ...... 9.5 102 ..... $174 ...... 7.7 272 ..... $161 .... 12.2 261 ..... $186 ...... 9.7 197 ..... $179 .... 10.7 169 ..... $190 ...... 9.7 897 ..... $196 ...... 6.2 2149 ..... $183 .... 11.3

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

January 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

754 ..... $205 .... 10.4 129 ..... $209 .... 10.0 160 ..... $203 .... 11.6 499 ..... $233 .... 11.5 270 ..... $162 ...... 9.8 343 ...... $211 ...... 9.5 111 ..... $193 .... 12.6 255 ..... $176 ...... 9.4 787 ..... $202 ...... 8.6
72 ..... $159 .... 12.9 163 ..... $171 .... 10.0
2 ..... $260 .... 14.5 257 ..... $201 ...... 6.3 318 ..... $141 ...... 8.3 1505 ..... $180 .... 10.7 500 ..... $225 .... 11.6
47 ..... $184 ...... 8.0 353 ..... $169 ...... 8.4 159 ..... $177 .... 10.6 1621 ..... $170 ...... 9.8 964 ..... $189 ...... 8.1
95 ..... $139 ...... 6.7 265 ..... $180 .... 12.0 127 ..... $179 .... 12.1
15 ..... $184 .... 10.1 154 ..... $189 ...... 9.6 167 ..... $156 .... 10.7 372 ..... $180 .... 15.5 326 ..... $148 ...... 9.0 500 ..... $175 .... 10.8 350 ..... $171 .... 10.5 491 ..... $181 .... 11.0 127 ..... $164 ...... 9.4 135 ..... $180 ...... 9.7 1634 ..... $181 ...... 7.7 384 ..... $136 ...... 8.4 123 ..... $171 .... 10.7 149 ..... $184 ...... 9.5 627 ..... $171 .... 15.5 1157 ..... $167 ...... 6.9 727 ..... $204 ...... 9.7 302 ..... $169 .... 13.1 346 ..... $163 .... 10.6 205 ..... $159 .... 11.4 255 ..... $194 .... 11.5
20 ..... $185 ...... 7.4 116 ..... $177 .... 12.9 235 ..... $200 ...... 9.3 1973 ..... $197 ...... 6.1 115 ..... $177 ...... 8.3 263 ..... $164 .... 14.3 104 ..... $184 .... 11.5 281 ..... $167 .... 11.3

Unemployment Insurance Statistics

Average duration of benefits

Weeks 1 1 .5

Last 12 months

1 1 .0

1 0 .7

1 0 .5

1 0 .2

1 0 .0

9.7 9.8

9.4

9.5

9.2

8.9

9.0

8.7

8.4 8.5 8.5 8.5

8.5

8.0

7.5

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

01

02

Unemployment insurance initial claims

Thousands 100

2001 -- 2002

90

2002

2001

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

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

Benefit exhaustions up 145 percent over the year...

Unemployment insurance initial claims for Georgia totaled 92,067 during January, up 10.8 percent from last January's figure of 83,100. This month's total is the highest for January in 11 years. The five highest totals for new claims filings for the month of January are; 148,931 (1982), 111,178 (1975), 100,736 (1991), 94,684 (1981) and 92,067 (2002).
The majority of over-the-year growth in new claims took place in the metro Atlanta area, where totals rose 10,264 (44.5%), from 23,056 last January to 33,320 this month. Yearly initial claims totals were up in other metro areas as well. Macon (12.5%), Athens (11.4%), Augusta (9.2%) and Albany (4.8%) experienced increases while Savannah (down 20.1%) and Columbus (down 11.0%) experienced declines.
Continued weeks claimed broke the 400 thousand barrier for the first time since May 1975, when continued claims totaled 412,935. This month's figure of 400,012 represents an advance of 133,983 (50.4%) over January's 2001 total of 266,029.
Sharp upturns continue to take place in other areas of unemployment insurance statistics as well. In particular, the total number of beneficiaries, the total amount of benefits paid, the average duration of benefits and benefit exhaustions have all experienced extensive over-the-year increases.
The total number of beneficiaries drawing unemployment insurance benefits has risen 40.0 percent over the year, from 92,359 beneficiaries in January 2001 to 129,815 beneficiaries during January

2002. The total amount of benefits paid has also advanced during this time, from $47.8 million last January to this January's amount of $89.1 million, the highest monthly benefits paid total ever for Georgia.
For the month, there were $14.6 million in benefit payouts in the services industry, followed by $12.6 million in manufacturing, $4.9 million in construction, $4.7 million in retail trade and $3.7 million in transportation, communications & utilities. For the year, the largest net increases in benefit payouts took place in services at $7.6 million ($4.8 million in business services), manufacturing at $3.6 million ($1.1 million in textiles) and transportation, communications & utilities at $2.5 million.
The average length of time recipients draw unemployment benefits climbed to it's highest level in over seven years. During the past year, the average duration of benefits increased 25.9 percent, from 8.5 weeks in January 2001 to this month's average of 10.7 weeks.
In 2001, 72,221 separated workers exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits. This month, benefit exhaustions reached it's highest total in ten years. January's 2002 figure of 16,792 final payments escalated 145.3 percent over January's 2001 total of 6,845, an over-the-year surge of 9,947 benefit exhaustions.
The substantial growth in both the average duration of benefits along with benefit exhaustions further reveals that separated workers in Georgia continue to struggle to find employment opportunities during this time of economic downturn.

Statistical Trends

January 2002

January 2001

Net Change

Percent Change

Initial Claims ............................................................ 92,067 ................................ 83,100 .................................... 8,967 ............................... 10.8%

Continued Weeks Claimed .................................... 400,012 .............................. 266,029 ................................ 133,983 ............................... 50.4%

Beneficiaries .......................................................... 129,815 ................................ 92,359 .................................. 37,456 ............................... 40.6%

Benefits Paid .................................................. $89,086,286 ....................... $47,816,446 ......................... $41,269,840 ............................... 86.3%

Weeks Paid ........................................................... 399,487 .............................. 234,566 ................................ 164,921 ............................... 70.3%

First Payments ........................................................ 43,645 ................................ 39,538 .................................... 4,107 ............................... 10.4%

Final Payments ........................................................ 16,792 .................................. 6,845 .................................... 9,947 ............................. 145.3%

Average Weekly Benefit ........................................ $223.00 .............................. $203.85 .................................. $19.15 ................................. 9.4%

Average Duration (weeks) ........................................... 10.7 ...................................... 8.5 ........................................ 2.2 ............................... 25.9%

Trust Fund Balance ................................... $1,458,103,328 .................. $1,864,187,138 ...................... -$406,083,810 .............................. -21.8%

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Inflation remains in check

Contrary to most economic reports the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) posted a low percentage increase for the year. The CPI-U increased a mere 1.6 percent, before seasonal adjustment, for the 12-month period ending in December. This compares with an increase of 3.4 percent for 2000 and was the smallest 12 month advance (for the month of December) since a 1.6 percent rise in 1998. After a 12-month low of 1.1 percent in December 1986, the (CPI-U) increase in December 2001 and 1998 ranks second as the smallest yearly increase in December since 1965.
Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.6 percent seasonally

adjusted annual rate (SAAR) in the fourth quarter, following increases at rates of 3.5, 2.6, and 2.4 percent, respectively, in the first three quarters of 2001. The 2.7 percent rise in 2001 compares with a 2.6 percent rise in 2000.
Advances were recorded in the medical care index, up 4.7 percent in 2001 compared with 4.2 percent in 2000. The food and beverage index increased 2.8 percent in 2001 matching the previous year's increase. The yearly percentage increase for housing slowed to 2.9 percent in 2001, after surging 4.3 percent in 2000.
Partially offsetting the acceleration in these components were downturns in

transportation, apparel and energy. The transportation sector, decreased 3.8 percent in 2001 versus a gain of 4.1 percent in 2000. The apparel sector continued its three year slide by slipping 3.2 percent in 2001. The energy sector had the largest decrease over the year; this special index posted a 13.0 percent drop in 2001 after increasing 14.2 percent the previous year.
As the nation slid into a recession, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates 11 times last year. With inflationary pressures contained in 2001, the Federal Reserve was able to cut rates aggressively to pave the way for an economic expansion.

CPI YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVG RATE 1985 105.5 106.0 106.4 106.9 107.3 107.6 107.0 108.0 108.3 108.7 109.0 109.3 107.6 3.80% 1986 109.6 109.3 108.8 108.6 108.9 109.5 109.5 109.7 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 109.6 1.10% 1987 111.2 111.6 112.1 112.7 113.1 113.5 113.8 114.4 115.0 115.3 115.4 115.4 113.6 4.40% 1988 115.7 116.0 116.5 117.1 117.5 118.0 118.5 119.0 119.8 120.2 120.3 120.5 118.3 4.40% 1989 121.1 121.6 122.3 123.1 123.8 124.1 124.4 124.6 125.0 125.0 125.9 126.1 124.0 4.60% 1990 127.4 128.0 128.7 128.9 129.2 129.9 130.4 131.6 132.7 133.5 133.8 133.8 130.7 6.10% 1991 134.6 134.8 135.0 135.2 135.6 136.0 136.2 136.6 137.2 137.4 137.8 137.9 136.2 3.10% 1992 138.1 138.6 139.3 139.5 139.7 140.2 140.5 140.9 141.3 141.9 142.0 141.9 140.3 2.90% 1993 142.6 143.1 143.6 144.0 144.2 144.4 144.4 144.8 145.1 145.7 145.8 145.8 144.5 2.70% 1994 146.2 146.7 147.2 147.4 147.5 148.0 148.4 149.0 149.4 149.5 149.7 149.7 148.2 2.70% 1995 150.3 150.9 151.4 151.9 152.2 152.5 152.5 152.9 153.2 153.7 153.6 153.5 152.4 2.50% 1996 154.4 154.9 155.7 156.3 156.6 156.7 157.0 157.3 157.8 158.3 158.6 158.6 156.9 3.30% 1997 159.1 159.6 160.0 160.2 160.1 160.3 160.5 160.8 161.2 161.6 161.5 161.3 160.5 1.70% 1998 161.6 161.9 162.2 162.5 162.8 163.0 163.2 163.4 163.6 164.0 164.0 163.9 163.0 1.60% 1999 164.3 164.5 165.0 166.2 166.2 166.2 166.7 167.1 167.9 168.2 168.3 168.3 166.6 2.70% 2000 168.7 169.7 171.1 171.2 171.3 172.3 172.6 172.8 173.7 174.0 174.1 174.0 172.1 3.40% 2001 175.1 175.8 176.2 176.9 177.7 178.0 177.5 177.5 178.3 177.7 177.4 176.7 177.1 1.60%
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