Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce [Vol. 28, no. 5 (May 2002)]

May 2002 Data
Highlights
Introducing...NAICS!!! ........... page 2
Part One of a Series: Learn what NAICS is and how it is different from the SIC system. Find out how NAICS will impact you!
New job seekers raise unemployment rate in May ........................ page 10
In the Southeast, Georgia dropped a notch and posted the second lowest unemployment rate.
Georgia's jobless rate rose three-tenths percentage point over the month.
Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Five......................... Page 12
"Growth, prosperity and demographic changes in Service Delivery Region Five."
New Developments.................. Page 18
Benefit payments down in all major industry divisions............ Page 21
Services, manufacturing, trade and construction sectors see drops in benefit payouts.
WI&A Customer Satisfaction Team .................. page 23

Volume XXVIII, Number 5
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
Request to Individuals with Disabilities

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Introducing...NAICS!!! -- Part one of a series

What is NAICS?
For over sixty years, the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system has served as the structure for the collection, aggregation, presentation and analysis of the U.S. economy. The SIC system was an establishment-based industry classification system that classified each establishment (defined as a single physical location at which economic activity occurs) according to its primary activity. However, since the SIC system was developed at a time when manufacturing dominated the economy, it adequately reflected the manufacturing sector of the economy. But as time went by and the economy became more servicesoriented, it provided insufficient detail for the burgeoning services sector.
In 1997, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) retired the old SIC system and announced the adoption of a new standardized system for classifying industries--the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Pronounced "nakes," the new system will replace the outmoded SIC system in perhaps the most profound change for government statisti-

cal programs since the 1930s. The SIC system has been revised or updated every ten or fifteen years to reflect new developments in the American economy and to address problems identified by data users and statistical agencies.
The most recent revision to the SIC system occurred in 1987, when a number of new high tech industries were identified. For example, the 1987 revision tripled the number of classifications within computer-related services and gave us our first industrial classifications for computer and software stores and videotape rental stores. The 1987 revision left 75 percent of the industries unchanged, however, and the basic structure of the system was left intact. Consequently, newly developed industries in information services, health care provision, and high-tech manufacturing could not be adequately studied under the SIC system because they were not separately identified at the most basic level of aggregation (the industry level).
How is NAICS different from SIC?
NAICS is based on a consistent, economic concept. Establishments that use the same

or similar processes to produce goods or services are grouped together. The former SIC system used both supply and demandoriented frameworks to classify establishments. The production-oriented approach of NAICS creates more homogeneous categories that are better suited for economic analysis. Specifically, NAICS will produce data that can be used for measuring productivity, unit labor costs, and the capital intensity of production.
Despite numerous revisions, the SIC system had begun to receive criticism about its ability to handle rapid changes in the economy. Unlike the SIC system, the new industry categories in NAICS recognize the changing and growing servicesbased economy of the U.S. and its North American neighbors. NAICS includes 1,170 industries of which 565 are servicebased industries. The SIC had 1,004 industries of which 416 were service-related. NAICS also incorporates 358 new industries, 250 of which are service-producing industries and there are 20 sectors in NAICS of which 16 are service related. The SIC had ten divisions of which five were service-related.

Old SIC divisions and new NAICS sectors

Mining (10-14) Mining (21)
2

Construction (15-19) Construction (23)

Manufacturing (2,3) Manufacturing (31-33)

Transportation, Communications and
Public Utilities (4)

Wholesale Trade (50,51) Wholesale Trade (42)

Retail Trade (52-59)

Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (6)

Utilities (22)
Transportation & Warehousing (48-49)

Retail Trade (44-45)
Accommodation & Food Services
(72)

Finance & Insurance
(52)
Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
(53)

Old SIC divisions New NAICS sectors

Services (7,8)
Information (51)

Public Administration (9)
Public Administration (92)

Professional, Scientific and Technical Svcs.
(54)
Admin. Support; Waste Management & Remediation Svcs.
(56)
Educational Services (61)
Health Care and Social Assistance
(62)
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (71)
Other Services (81)

Management of Companies and
Enterprises (55)

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With increasing globalization and the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, SIC had also come under criticism for its lack of international comparability. NAICS provides for comparable statistics among the North American countries. In addition, it provides for more comparable information with the International Standard Industrial Classification system (ISIC).
The SIC was a four-digit system that was not linked in any way to the classification systems of Canada or Mexico. NAICS is a six-digit system that provides for comparability among the three countries at the fivedigit level. NAICS also allows each country to recognize activities that are important in the respective countries, but may not be large enough or important enough to recognize in all three countries. The sixth digit is reserved for this purpose.
The introduction of NAICS as the industry classification system will have a profound

effect on statistics published by the statistical agencies of the U.S. For the first time, data will be available on the Information sector; service industries never before identified in the SIC will be measured; and statistics published by the U.S. statistical agencies will be comparable with data provided by Canadian and Mexican statistical offices. NAICS is forward-looking and flexible, anticipating increasing globalization and providing enhanced industry comparability among the NAFTA trading partners.
How can I learn more about NAICS?
*Access the Census Bureau's NAICS Internet site at www.census.gov/naics or
*Contact Dr. NAICS by phone at 1-888-75-NAICS or
*Send an e-mail to naics@census.gov

Check back next month to see how NAICS will improve our employment estimates, how NAICS will affect you as a data user and when NAICS-based statistics will be available.

May Payroll Employment Summary
Georgia's nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 13,100 in May, marking the fourth consecutive month of job growth for the state. From the start of the recession in March 2001 through March 2002, seasonally adjusted job losses had averaged 9,300 a month. The 13,100 jobs gained this May are more than double the amount in 2001, but far less than the average May increase over the past decade. Since 1992, the May employment increase averaged 24,000. Over the year, Georgia still shows a net loss of 87,000 jobs. In other words, even if job growth accelerates in the latter half of 2002, job losses in the first quarter of the year may still outweigh these gains, and the state could end up with a net loss at the end of the year.
Manufacturing employment added 4,000 jobs this month, following two months of employment declines. In May, manufacturing continued to lose jobs in lumber and wood products, stone, clay and glass products, industrial machinery, electronic equipment and apparel. Despite these losses, both durable and nondurable goods manufacturers

in thousands
40
35

May job growth (monthly)

33.8

32.5

32.8

30

26.9

26.2

25 22.2

23.1

20

18.8 15.4

15

13.1

10

6.1

5

0 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

ended the month with increased employment. The losses in durable goods manufacturing were largely offset by a gain of 3,000 jobs in transportation equipment manufacturing as striking employees returned to work. A gain of 1,000 jobs in chemicals and allied products helped to boost nondurable employment 2,100 over the month.
As of March, construction employment had declined persistently for eight consecutive months. Since then, the tide has turned, and in April and May the industry has added 3,800 jobs. The recent surge in construction, however, does not mask the 5.9 percent decline in construction employment over the past year.
Employment in the service-producing sector rose by 7,200 in May, following gains of more than twice that magnitude in the prior two months. Within the service-producing sector, employment in services rose by 4,500, the fourth consecutive monthly job gain. Despite this growth, the services division still reflects a net over-the-year decline of 19,100 jobs, primarily in business services.
Retail trade employment dropped in May as eating and drinking places and general merchandise stores combined to lose 4,400 jobs. The retail sector has lost 19,900 jobs over-the-year, with over half of those losses occurring in eating and drinking establishments. Employment in wholesale trade increased by 1,600 in May but still shows an over-the-year loss of 6,500.
Transportation payrolls grew by 2,200 in May while communications and utilities remained essentially unchanged. Employment in finance, insurance and real estate was also little changed over the month. Within government, employment rose by 4,100 in local government, mostly in education, and declined by 1,800 in state government. Federal government payrolls were essentially unchanged in May.
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 MAY 2002 APR 2002 MAY 2001

Change in Jobs from APR 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 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

3,895.7 740.0 7.5 192.8 539.7 238.1 36.8 12.1 20.3 13.4 23.8 38.1 32.3 44.5 16.8 301.6 71.2 91.5 16.6 30.2 40.8 23.2 28.1
3,155.7 251.2 149.3 77.2 24.7 945.1 244.4 700.7 90.6 95.2 254.5 205.9 94.9 71.3 39.7
1,138.4 43.0
296.7 117.3 72.2 42.4 264.8 111.6 61.1 64.2 94.8 271.4 615.1 97.1 27.6 147.7 62.6 370.3 226.1

3,882.6 734.1 7.4 191.0 535.7 236.2 37.2 12.2 20.6 13.4 23.6 38.3 32.8 41.5 16.6 299.5 70.6 91.2 17.0 30.2 40.8 22.2 27.5
3,148.5 248.9 147.1 76.9 24.9 946.9 242.8 704.1 92.7 95.8 256.8 206.1 94.9 71.5 39.7
1,133.9 42.2
296.3 113.5 73.8 40.6 264.7 111.0 61.0 63.4 94.3 271.4 612.7 97.0 27.5 149.5 64.4 366.2 223.1

3,982.7 763.3 7.7 204.8 550.8 240.7 38.4 11.5 21.8 13.3 24.7 38.3 31.2 44.2 17.3 310.1 71.2 93.2 20.8 30.5 42.9 22.2 29.3
3,219.4 269.5 162.0 83.1 24.4 971.5 250.9 720.6 92.4 104.1 265.6 209.7 97.4 71.6 40.7
1,157.5 47.7
321.5 130.1
77.7 38.0 254.1 105.7 62.6 60.9 97.1 275.6 611.2 96.3 27.7 150.0 62.5 364.9 224.3

+13.1 +0.3 +5.9 +0.8
+.1 +1.4 +1.8 +0.9 +4.0 +0.7 +1.9 +0.8
-.4 -1.1 -.1 -0.8 -.3 -1.5 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +0.8 -.2 -0.5 -.5 -1.5 +3.0 +7.2 +.2 +1.2 +2.1 +0.7 +.6 +0.8 +.3 +0.3 -.4 -2.4 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +1.0 +4.5 +.6 +2.2 +7.2 +0.2 +2.3 +0.9 +2.2 +1.5 +.3 +0.4 -.2 -0.8 -1.8 -0.2 +1.6 +0.7 -3.4 -0.5 -2.1 -2.3 -.6 -0.6 -2.3 -0.9 -.2 -0.1 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -0.3 +.0 +0.0 +4.5 +0.4 +.8 +1.9 +.4 +0.1 +3.8 +3.3 -1.6 -2.2 +1.8 +4.4 +.1 +0.0 +.6 +0.5 +.1 +0.2 +.8 +1.3 +.5 +0.5 +.0 +0.0 +2.4 +0.4 +.1 +0.1 +.1 +0.4 -1.8 -1.2 -1.8 -2.8 +4.1 +1.1 +3.0 +1.3

-87.0 -2.2 -23.3 -3.1
-.2 -2.6 -12.0 -5.9 -11.1 -2.0
-2.6 -1.1 -1.6 -4.2 +.6 +5.2 -1.5 -6.9 +.1 +0.8
-.9 -3.6 -.2 -0.5 +1.1 +3.5 +.3 +0.7 -.5 -2.9 -8.5 -2.7 +.0 +0.0 -1.7 -1.8 -4.2 -20.2 -.3 -1.0 -2.1 -4.9 +1.0 +4.5 -1.2 -4.1 -63.7 -2.0 -18.3 -6.8 -12.7 -7.8 -5.9 -7.1 +.3 +1.2 -26.4 -2.7 -6.5 -2.6 -19.9 -2.8 -1.8 -1.9 -8.9 -8.5 -11.1 -4.2 -3.8 -1.8 -2.5 -2.6 -.3 -0.4 -1.0 -2.5 -19.1 -1.7 -4.7 -9.9 -24.8 -7.7 -12.8 -9.8 -5.5 -7.1 +4.4 +11.6 +10.7 +4.2 +5.9 +5.6 -1.5 -2.4 +3.3 +5.4 -2.3 -2.4 -4.2 -1.5 +3.9 +0.6 +.8 +0.8 -.1 -0.4 -2.3 -1.5 +.1 +0.2 +5.4 +1.5 +1.8 +0.8

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
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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Recovery Watch - Key Industries

Construction employment
in thousands
215

Durable goods manufacturing employment
in thousands
250

210

205

200

195

190

01

02

185

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

245

240

235

230

01

02

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

Business services employment
in thousands
330

in thousands
740

Retail trade employment

320

730

310

720

300

710

290

700

280

01

02

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

690

01

02

680

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

Transportation employment
in thousands
165

160

155

150

145

01

02

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

Wholesale trade employment

in thousands
256
254

252 250

248 246

244

242

240

01

02

238

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

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Atlanta Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised MAY 2002 APR 2002 MAY 2001

Change in Jobs from APR 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 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

2,151.1 325.4 1.9 111.6 211.9 105.4 15.4 19.5 70.5 106.5 26.4 26.0 54.1
1,825.7 178.2 104.5 73.7 546.4 159.8 386.6 44.4 49.0 143.4 41.9 140.0 60.8 49.3 29.9 681.2 24.3 210.2 82.2 57.0 35.5 133.4 59.1 35.8 71.0 171.0 279.9 48.3 55.5 176.1

2,143.0 323.3 1.9 112.4 209.0 102.7 15.5 16.8 70.4 106.3 25.4 26.0 54.9
1,819.7 176.4 102.9 73.5 546.8 159.8 387.0 45.6 49.5 142.1 43.2 140.6 61.0 49.7 29.9 677.3 23.7 208.7 78.9 58.0 34.1 134.2 58.7 34.8 70.8 171.0 278.6 48.2 56.9 173.5

2,208.8 334.7 2.0 121.7 211.0 104.9 16.0 19.1 69.8 106.1 24.9 27.6 53.6
1,874.1 194.2 116.8 77.4 570.1 168.8 401.3 47.5 55.6 150.7 46.3 144.1 64.7 51.6 27.8 689.9 26.9 223.8 83.0 64.9 31.5 129.5 55.9 32.2 71.3 174.7 275.8 47.9 55.1 172.8

+8.1 +0.4 +2.1 +0.6 +.0 +0.0
-.8 -0.7 +2.9 +1.4 +2.7 +2.6
-.1 -0.6 +2.7 +16.1 +.1 +0.1
+.2 +0.2 +1.0 +3.9 +.0 +0.0
-.8 -1.5 +6.0 +0.3 +1.8 +1.0 +1.6 +1.6 +.2 +0.3
-.4 -0.1 +.0 +0.0 -.4 -0.1 -1.2 -2.6 -.5 -1.0 +1.3 +0.9 -1.3 -3.0 -.6 -0.4 -.2 -0.3 -.4 -0.8 +.0 +0.0 +3.9 +0.6 +.6 +2.5 +1.5 +0.7 +3.3 +4.2 -1.0 -1.7 +1.4 +4.1 -.8 -0.6 +.4 +0.7 +1.0 +2.9 +.2 +0.3 +.0 +0.0 +1.3 +0.5 +.1 +0.2 -1.4 -2.5 +2.6 +1.5

-57.7 -2.6 -9.3 -2.8 -.1 -5.0
-10.1 -8.3 +.9 +0.4 +.5 +0.5 -.6 -3.8 +.4 +2.1 +.7 +1.0 +.4 +0.4
+1.5 +6.0 -1.6 -5.8 +.5 +0.9 -48.4 -2.6 -16.0 -8.2 -12.3 -10.5 -3.7 -4.8 -23.7 -4.2 -9.0 -5.3 -14.7 -3.7 -3.1 -6.5 -6.6 -11.9 -7.3 -4.8 -4.4 -9.5 -4.1 -2.8 -3.9 -6.0 -2.3 -4.5 +2.1 +7.6 -8.7 -1.3 -2.6 -9.7 -13.6 -6.1
-.8 -1.0 -7.9 -12.2 +4.0 +12.7 +3.9 +3.0 +3.2 +5.7 +3.6 +11.2
-.3 -0.4 -3.7 -2.1 +4.1 +1.5 +.4 +0.8 +.4 +0.7 +3.3 +1.9

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 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 MAY 2002

Revised Revised APR 2002 MAY 2001

Change in Jobs from APR 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
NET %

Total nonagricultural employment

55.3

55.3

56.3

+.0 +0.0

-1.0 -1.8

Goods producing industries

10.3

10.4

10.6

-.1 -1.0

-.3 -2.8

Construction and Mining

2.8

2.9

2.8

-.1 -3.4

+.0 +0.0

Manufacturing

7.5

7.5

7.8

+.0 +0.0

-.3 -3.8

Durable goods

1.0

1.0

1.2

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -16.7

Nondurable goods

6.5

6.5

6.6

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -1.5

Service producing industries

45.0

44.9

45.7

+.1 +0.2

-.7 -1.5

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

3.4

3.4

3.5

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -2.9

Trade

13.0

12.9

13.2

+.1 +0.8

-.2 -1.5

Wholesale trade

2.7

2.6

2.8

+.1 +3.8

-.1 -3.6

Retail trade

10.3

10.3

10.4

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -1.0

Finance, insurance, and real estate

1.7

1.7

1.7

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Services

15.4

15.3

15.8

+.1 +0.7

-.4 -2.5

Government

11.5

11.6

11.5

-.1 -0.9

+.0 +0.0

Federal

2.4

2.4

2.6

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -7.7

State and local

9.1

9.2

8.9

-.1 -1.1

+.2 +2.2

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 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 MAY 2002

Revised Revised APR 2002 MAY 2001

Change in Jobs

from APR 2002

Net

%

Change in Jobs

from MAY 2001

Net

%

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

73.3 13.0
3.2 9.8 5.1 4.7 60.3

73.2 12.8
3.2 9.6 5.0 4.6 60.4

73.0 14.1
3.1 11.0
5.1 5.9 58.9

+.1 +0.1 +.2 +1.6 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +2.1 +.1 +2.0 +.1 +2.2 -.1 -0.2

+.3 -1.1 +.1 -1.2 +.0 -1.2 +1.4

+0.4 -7.8 +3.2 -10.9 +0.0 -20.3 +2.4

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

1.9 16.6
2.8 13.8
2.4 18.0 21.4
2.0 19.4

1.9 16.9
2.8 14.1
2.5 17.8 21.3
1.9 19.4

1.9 17.1
2.7 14.4
2.4 17.2 20.3
1.7 18.6

+.0 +0.0 -.3 -1.8 +.0 +0.0 -.3 -2.1 -.1 -4.0 +.2 +1.1 +.1 +0.5 +.1 +5.3 +.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0 -.5 -2.9 +.1 +3.7 -.6 -4.2 +.0 +0.0 +.8 +4.7 +1.1 +5.4 +.3 +17.6 +.8 +4.3

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers in the 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

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Augusta-Aiken Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary MAY 2002

Revised Revised APR 2002 MAY 2001

Change in Jobs from APR 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

198.1

199.1

199.7

-1.0 -0.5

-1.6 -0.8

Goods producing industries

39.8

40.2

41.4

-.4 -1.0

-1.6 -3.9

Construction and Mining

12.6

12.8

12.7

-.2 -1.6

-.1 -0.8

Manufacturing

27.2

27.4

28.7

-.2 -0.7

-1.5 -5.2

Durable goods

11.8

11.9

12.6

-.1 -0.8

-.8 -6.3

Nondurable goods

15.4

15.5

16.1

-.1 -0.6

-.7 -4.3

Textile mill products

3.8

3.9

4.0

-.1 -2.6

-.2 -5.0

Other nondurable goods

11.6

11.6

12.1

+.0 +0.0

-.5 -4.1

Service producing industries

158.3

158.9

158.3

-.6 -0.4

+.0 +0.0

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

16.8

17.1

17.3

-.3 -1.8

-.5 -2.9

Trade

42.2

42.3

41.5

-.1 -0.2

+.7 +1.7

Wholesale trade

4.5

4.4

4.2

+.1 +2.3

+.3 +7.1

Retail trade

37.7

37.9

37.3

-.2 -0.5

+.4 +1.1

Finance, insurance, and real estate

6.4

6.4

6.0

+.0 +0.0

+.4 +6.7

Services

52.7

53.1

52.9

-.4 -0.8

-.2 -0.4

Government

40.2

40.0

40.6

+.2 +0.5

-.4 -1.0

Federal

6.7

6.8

6.9

-.1 -1.5

-.2 -2.9

State and local

33.5

33.2

33.7

+.3 +0.9

-.2 -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 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 MAY 2002

Revised Revised APR 2002 MAY 2001

Change in Jobs from APR 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

119.2

119.0

118.6

+.2 +0.2

+.6 +0.5

Goods producing industries

24.9

24.7

24.4

+.2 +0.8

+.5 +2.0

Construction and mining

5.9

5.6

5.8

+.3 +5.4

+.1 +1.7

Manufacturing

19.0

19.1

18.6

-.1 -0.5

+.4 +2.2

Durable goods

7.8

7.8

7.7

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +1.3

Nondurable goods

11.2

11.3

10.9

-.1 -0.9

+.3 +2.8

Textile mill products

4.6

4.8

4.9

-.2 -4.2

-.3 -6.1

Other nondurable goods

6.6

6.5

6.0

+.1 +1.5

+.6 +10.0

Service producing industries

94.3

94.3

94.2

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +0.1

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

3.8

3.8

4.0

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -5.0

Trade Wholesale trade

24.7

24.4

25.1

2.7

2.6

2.8

+.3 +1.2 +.1 +3.8

-.4 -1.6 -.1 -3.6

Retail trade

22.0

21.8

22.3

+.2 +0.9

-.3 -1.3

Finance, insurance, and real estate

8.8

8.8

8.5

+.0 +0.0

+.3 +3.5

Services

35.5

35.8

35.2

-.3 -0.8

+.3 +0.9

Government

21.5

21.5

21.4

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +0.5

Federal

5.3

5.3

5.6

+.0 +0.0

-.3 -5.4

State and local

16.2

16.2

15.8

+.0 +0.0

+.4 +2.5

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 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 MAY 2002 APR 2002

Revised MAY 2001

Change in Jobs from APR 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from MAY 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

148.9 27.0 .6 6.5 19.9 9.3 10.6 3.1 7.5
121.9
5.5 32.0
4.6 27.4
8.5 41.7 34.2 14.6 19.6

147.7 26.0 .6 6.2 19.2 8.9 10.3 3.1 7.2
121.7
5.5 32.2
4.5 27.7
8.5 41.4 34.1 14.6 19.5

148.8 24.9 .7 5.6 18.6 8.8 9.8 2.9 6.9
123.9
5.8 33.7
4.7 29.0
8.8 41.5 34.1 14.2 19.9

+1.2 +0.8 +1.0 +3.8
+.0 +0.0 +.3 +4.8 +.7 +3.6 +.4 +4.5 +.3 +2.9 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +4.2 +.2 +0.2
+.0 +0.0 -.2 -0.6 +.1 +2.2 -.3 -1.1 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +0.7 +.1 +0.3 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +0.5

+.1 +2.1
-.1 +.9 +1.3 +.5 +.8 +.2 +.6 -2.0

+0.1 +8.4 -14.3 +16.1 +7.0 +5.7 +8.2 +6.9 +8.7 -1.6

-.3 -5.2 -1.7 -5.0
-.1 -2.1 -1.6 -5.5
-.3 -3.4 +.2 +0.5 +.1 +0.3 +.4 +2.8 -.3 -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 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 MAY 2002 APR 2002

Revised MAY 2001

Change in Jobs from APR 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs

from MAY 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

140.4 25.4 9.5 15.9 8.9 5.5 3.4 7.0 2.8 4.2
115.0
9.3 34.4
5.2 29.2
4.7 46.1 20.5
2.6 17.9

139.6 25.0 9.1 15.9 9.0 5.5 3.5 6.9 2.8 4.1
114.6
9.2 34.7
5.4 29.3
4.7 45.6 20.4
2.6 17.8

137.7 25.1 8.7 16.4 9.1 5.8 3.3 7.3 3.3 4.0
112.6
9.2 34.9
5.6 29.3
4.5 43.4 20.6
2.7 17.9

+.8 +0.6 +.4 +1.6 +.4 +4.4 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -1.1 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -2.9 +.1 +1.4 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +2.4 +.4 +0.3
+.1 +1.1 -.3 -0.9 -.2 -3.7 -.1 -0.3 +.0 +0.0 +.5 +1.1 +.1 +0.5 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +0.6

+2.7 +.3 +.8 -.5 -.2 -.3 +.1 -.3 -.5 +.2
+2.4

+2.0 +1.2 +9.2 -3.0 -2.2 -5.2 +3.0 -4.1 -15.2 +5.0 +2.1

+.1 -.5 -.4 -.1 +.2 +2.7 -.1 -.1 +.0

+1.1 -1.4 -7.1 -0.3 +4.4 +6.2 -0.5 -3.7 +0.0

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers in the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties. The estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who were employed during or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the twelfth of the month. Proprietors, domestic workers, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. Estimates based on 2001 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force

New job seekers raise

unemployment rate

6.5%

Unemployment rates, Georgia and U.S.

Following last month's 7-month low,

Ge orgia

U.S .

Georgia's unemployment rate rose a few notches in May as new job seekers en-

5.5%

tered the labor market. At 4.5 percent in

May, the state's rate was up three-tenths

percentage point from last month's level 4.5%

and up by nearly one percentage point

from May 2001. This year's increase fol-

lows the prevailing upward trend as May 2002 marked the eighth consecutive year 3.5%

Georgia's rate has increased during this

period. In stark contrast to the state, the

U.S. unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, declined over the month. With a drop of two-tenths percentage point, the nation's rate, at 5.5 percent, was at its lowest level this year. However, despite the nation's decline, Georgia's jobless rate was still better than the national rate in May. In fact, the state's rate has prevailed below the U.S. rate for the past 19 consecutive months and has exceeded the nation's rate only eight times in the past 11 years. One year ago, the U.S. rate was 4.1 percent.

2.5%

May Jun Jul Aug Se p O ct Nov De c Jan Feb Mar Apr May

2001

2002

rience, will enter the labor market in June and July.
In May, Georgia saw its total count of employed persons reach its highest level in nearly 1 years. This was the state's fifth straight month of increases. Fueled by an over-the-month increase in nonagricultural employment, Georgia's total

May with higher over-the-month rates. Athens, at 2.8 percent, increased only one-tenth percentage point and posted the lowest rate in the state. Albany (6.1%), which had the largest over the month increase, had the highest rate of all metro areas. Albany was also one of only two areas to exceed the statewide average in May. Atlanta, at 4.7 percent, was the other

The total number of unemployed Georgians increased by 11,000 from April to May despite a decrease in the number of persons claiming unemployment insurance (UI) benefits during the reference week in May. New job seekers traditionally begin entering the labor market in search of summer employment. Larger numbers of new and re-entrants, which include persons with no work experience and those with some previous work expe-

count of civilian employed increased by more than 11,200 over the month and was up by nearly 38,500 over the year. Nonagricultural employment counts jobs while civilian employment counts employed individuals.
Area data
The unemployment rates in all seven of Georgia's Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) emulated the statewide trend in

metro area.
Of Georgia's 159 counties, 90 followed the state's lead with higher rates in May. Fiftyone counties posted over-the-month declines in their unemployment rates and the remaining 18 counties were essentially the same. Macon County, at 13.2 percent, had the highest rate in the state and was one of only four counties with doubledigit jobless rates. Oconee County, at 1.5 percent, recorded the lowest rate and was

the only county in Georgia with an unem-

Southeastern states and U.S. unemployment rates

ployment rate below 2.2 percent.

Percent 9

8

May

Apri l

7

6.8 6.5 6.7 6.5

6 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.1

5.1 5.1

5

4.5 4.2

5.6 5.3

5.5 5.7 5.0

4.4

4

3

2

1

0

AL

FL

GA

KY

MS

NC

SC

TN

US

Prior to May, Georgia had reigned in the Southeast with the lowest unemployment rate for more than 1 years. In May, Georgia moved down a notch and conceded that title to Tennessee (4.4%) which posted the largest over-the-month drop in its jobless rate. However, at 4.5 percent, Georgia trailed Tennessee by only one-tenth percentage point in May. Last month, Mississippi and North Carolina, both at 6.5 percent in April, registered the highest rates in the region. In May, Mississippi (6.8%), with an over-the-month increase of three-tenths percentage point, stood alone with that distinction.

10

Georgia

Georgia Civilian Labor Force Estimates (not seasonally-adjusted) by Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Employment Status

Preliminary MAY 2002

Revised APR 2002

Revised MAY 2001

Change From

Revised

Revised

APR 2002

MAY 2001

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

4,215,255 4,026,708
188,547 4.5

4,192,990 4,015,492
177,498 4.2

4,138,851 3,988,346
150,505 3.6

22,265 11,216 11,049

76,404 38,362 38,042

Albany MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

54,614 51,295
3,319 6.1

53,915 51,343
2,572 4.8

53,492 50,626
2,866 5.4

699

1,122

-48

669

747

453

Athens MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

75,805 73,656
2,149 2.8

75,527 73,476
2,051 2.7

73,515 71,247
2,268 3.1

278

2,290

180

2,409

98

-119

Atlanta MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

2,328,239 2,219,826
108,413 4.7

2,316,387 2,214,514
101,873 4.4

2,275,272 2,206,978
68,294 3.0

11,852 5,312 6,540

52,967 12,848 40,119

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

208,772 199,323
9,449 4.5

209,401 200,156
9,245 4.4

204,811 195,257
9,554 4.7

-629 -833 204

3,961 4,066 -105

Columbus, GA-AL MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

127,926 122,287
5,639 4.4

127,311 122,300
5,011 3.9

123,525 118,002
5,523 4.5

615

4,401

-13

4,285

628

116

Macon MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

148,371 142,606
5,765 3.9

147,168 141,888
5,280 3.6

143,992 138,677
5,315 3.7

1,203 718 485

4,379 3,929
450

Savannah MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

143,524 138,689
4,835 3.4

142,481 138,073
4,408 3.1

135,498 131,444
4,054 3.0

1,043 616 427

8,026 7,245
781

United States Civilian Labor Force Estimates by Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Area

Employment Status

MAY 2002

APR 2002

MAY 2001

Change From

APR 2002

MAY 2001

United States
(Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

142,769,000 134,417,000
8,351,000 5.8

142,570,000 133,976,000
8,594,000 6.0

141,445,000 135,235,000
6,210,000 4.4

199,000 441,000 -243,000

1,324,000 -818,000 2,141,000

United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

142,253,000 134,365,000
7,888,000 5.5

141,886,000 133,740,000
8,146,000 5.7

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

367,000 625,000 -258,000

1,205,000 -837,000 2,042,000

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 Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Five

Nestled in the rolling hill country of northeastern Georgia, Service Delivery Region Five is an area comprised mainly of small towns and rural counties. The only exception to this is the centrally-located Athens metropolitan area, which serves as the economic center for SDR Five. Lying just east of the Atlanta metropolitan area, the twelve-county region is bounded roughly by I-85 on the north and I-20 across its southern fringe. In addition to growing in population at a somewhat faster pace than the state, SDR 5 has also seen its share of demographic shifts over the past decade. Virtually all of the same trends that have impacted the state in recent years were also in evidence in the region.
The total population of SDR Five increased by about one-third between the 1990 and 2000 census counts, as compared to a 26.4 percent increase posted statewide. The region is now home to nearly 442,000 Georgians, with Clarke, Newton and Walton Counties being the most populous. The latter two led the region in net growth during the 1990's,with Barrow County not far behind. Together these three accounted for over half the total population increase in SDR Five. The percentage of

people classified ethnically as white saw very little change between 1990 and 2000, dipping only slightly from 77.2 to 76.6 percent of the total. The change among African-Americans was more dramatic, dropping from a 21.4 percent share to only 19.3 percent in the latest census counts. As was true across most of the Peach State, the area's Hispanic population more than tripled over the same time frame. Persons of Asian and other racial backgrounds increased by roughly the same proportion. Despite these changes, the total percentage of the population represented by these two ethnic groups remained about two percentage points below the statewide figure. Clarke and Barrow Counties posted far and away the largest increases among both Hispanic and other race categories, accounting for over half the region's total growth in both groups.
Service Delivery Region Five also saw some significant changes in the economic status of its citizens during the past decade. Median household income for the area increased by 38.2 percent as opposed to 25.3 percent for the state. On the other hand, per capita income showed a much smaller gain than occurred statewide. The

increase in median household income would indicate that the typical household in SDR Five fared better economically than their counterparts across the state. The slower-than-average growth in per capita income could be attributed to one of two factors. Either the region recorded a proportionally higher increase in the number of low-income families (when compared to the state) or a proportionally lower gain in the number of high income families. The decline in the percentage of residents living below the poverty level indicates that the latter possibility is more likely the cause. SDR Five still lagged behind the state in terms of the dollar value of both these income measures. As of 2000, Oconee County topped all others by a wide margin in median household income, while Morgan led the way in terms of per capita income. Changes in the source of income between 1990 and 2000 were less dramatic. The proportion of personal income generated by wage and salary jobs declined by about two percentage points, but was offset by a four point increase in income from "other" or miscellaneous personal income. With the exception of "other labor", all other sectors posted changes of less than one percentage point.

Oglethorpe County Courthouse, Oglethorpe, Georgia
12

Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Five

SDR #5

Jackson Madison Elbert

Barrow Walton

Clarke Oglethorpe
Oconee

Newton Morgan Greene

Jasper

Career Centers
Athens ................... (706) 583-2550 Covington .............. (770) 784-2455 Elberton ................ (706) 213-2028 Monroe ................... (770) 207-4111

Demographic changes -- 1990 to 2000

SDR 5
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

1990
328,223 253,529
77.2 70,242
21.4 4,452
1.4 3,462
1.1 90.7 $4,937,949 $25,044 $14,948 57,001 17.4

2000* Net change % change

438,300 335,594
76.6 84,504
19.3 18,202
4.2 14,372
3.3 121.1 $9,702,223 $34,613 $21,961 66,956
15.3

110,077 82,065
-0.6 14,262
-2.1 13,750
2.8 10,910
2.2 30.4 $4,764,274 $9,569 $7,013 9,955 -2.1

33.5% 32.4%
20.3%
308.8%
315.1%
33.5% 96.5% 38.2% 46.9% 17.5%


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 7.8%
Other Labor 7.2%

Other 6.8%

Dividends 17.7%

Transfers 13.3%

Wage & Salary 47.3%

Personal income by source 2000

Proprietor 7.7%
Other Labor 5.7%

Other 10.6%

Dividends 17.1%

Wage & Salary 45.2%

Transfers 13.9%

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Georgia Civilian Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally-adjusted)

by Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Georgia

Preliminary May 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,215,255 4,026,708 188,547

4.5

Revised April 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,192,990 4,015,492 177,498 4.2

Revised May 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,138,851 3,988,346 150,505

3.6

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,177 7,469 708 8.7

2,749 2,591 158 5.7

4,268 4,030 238 5.6

1,700 1,614

86 5.1

16,469 15,922 547 3.3

8,036 2,705 4,251 1,659 16,384

7,424 2,560 4,002 1,578 15,891

612 7.6 145 5.4 249 5.9
81 4.9 493 3.0

8,001 2,816 4,331 1,593 16,524

7,371 2,564 3,989 1,514 15,944

630 7.9 252 8.9 342 7.9
79 5.0 580 3.5

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,500 6,239 261 4.0 22,524 21,274 1,250 5.5 41,841 39,738 2,103 5.0
8,770 8,407 363 4.1 6,226 5,952 274 4.4

6,474 6,202

272 4.2

22,371 21,223 1,148 5.1

41,782 39,643 2,139 5.1

8,665 8,352

313 3.6

6,171 5,886

285 4.6

6,694 6,342

352 5.3

22,030 21,151

879 4.0

41,188 39,508 1,680 4.1

8,821 8,440

381 4.3

6,364 6,068

296 4.7

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

70,943 67,857 3,086 4.3 5,743 5,464 279 4.9 6,461 6,098 363 5.6 7,735 7,367 368 4.8 11,816 11,503 313 2.6

70,287 5,680 6,378 7,652 11,752

67,515 5,438 6,080 7,337 11,452

2,772 3.9 242 4.3 298 4.7 315 4.1 300 2.6

68,790 65,987 2,803 4.1

5,920 5,527

393 6.6

6,462 6,112

350 5.4

7,788 7,306

482 6.2

11,179 10,902

277 2.5

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

26,160 25,420 740 2.8 8,983 8,322 661 7.4 8,672 8,244 428 4.9 2,416 2,265 151 6.3
17,170 16,582 588 3.4

26,079 8,946 8,639 2,481
17,012

25,327 8,275 8,220 2,232
16,539

752 2.9 671 7.5 419 4.9 249 10.0 473 2.8

26,813 25,764 1,049 3.9

9,052 8,291

761 8.4

8,661 8,192

469 5.4

2,424 2,295

129 5.3

16,989 16,480

509 3.0

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,352 4,205 147 3.4 46,425 44,140 2,285 4.9 28,211 27,534 677 2.4
3,896 3,723 173 4.4 112,180 108,195 3,985 3.6

4,287 46,272 28,323
3,868 111,298

4,165 44,034 27,707
3,713 107,714

122 2.8 2,238 4.8
616 2.2 155 4.0 3,584 3.2

4,017 3,818

199 5.0

46,472 43,885 2,587 5.6

27,213 26,629

584 2.1

3,846 3,700

146 3.8

105,792 102,543 3,249 3.1

Chattahoochee 2,453 2,308 145 5.9

Chattooga

10,762 10,434 328 3.0

Cherokee

85,447 82,422 3,025 3.5

Clarke

47,830 46,326 1,504 3.1

Clay

1,471 1,422

49 3.3

2,462 10,703 85,139 47,587
1,473

2,307 10,408 82,225 46,213
1,404

155 6.3 295 2.8 2,914 3.4 1,374 2.9
69 4.7

2,333 2,216

117 5.0

10,936 10,354

582 5.3

83,476 81,945 1,531 1.8

46,328 44,811 1,517 3.3

1,556 1,477

79 5.1

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

131,255 123,762 7,493 5.7

2,756 2,670

86 3.1

373,941 358,831 15,110 4.0

19,541 18,610 931 4.8

18,349 17,586 763 4.2

130,383 123,466 6,917 5.3

2,714 2,648

66 2.4

372,392 357,972 14,420 3.9

19,241 18,481

760 3.9

18,259 17,435

824 4.5

127,375 123,046 4,329 3.4

3,028 2,796

232 7.7

365,901 356,754 9,147 2.5

19,755 18,792

963 4.9

18,998 17,618 1,380 7.3

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

45,717 44,412 1,305 2.9 7,842 7,591 251 3.2
48,329 46,290 2,039 4.2 6,016 5,750 266 4.4 9,242 8,761 481 5.2

45,809 7,792
48,132 5,959 9,180

44,625 7,538
46,179 5,723 8,689

1,184 2.6 254 3.3
1,953 4.1 236 4.0 491 5.3

44,423 43,280 1,143 2.6

8,036 7,669

367 4.6

47,396 46,022 1,374 2.9

6,057 5,854

203 3.4

9,399 8,869

530 5.6

14

Georgia Civilian Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally-adjusted)

by Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge
Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols
Effingham Elbert Emanuel 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

Preliminary May 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,868 7,607 261 3.3 9,907 9,565 342 3.5 11,042 10,379 663 6.0 377,218 356,460 20,758 5.5 9,659 9,294 365 3.8

4,417 4,120 297 6.7

43,041 40,136 2,905 6.7

54,428 52,201 2,227 4.1

4,864 4,592 272 5.6

1,254 1,214

40 3.2

19,529 18,992 537 2.7 8,833 8,316 517 5.9 7,844 7,435 409 5.2 5,047 4,896 151 3.0 8,974 8,685 289 3.2

52,647 51,271 1,376 2.6 45,210 43,311 1,899 4.2 57,562 55,511 2,051 3.6 10,455 10,085 370 3.5 423,336 399,829 23,507 5.6

8,425 8,050 375 4.5

993

942

51 5.1

35,845 34,835 1,010 2.8

21,001 20,019 982 4.7

9,105 8,760 345 3.8

6,038 5,403 635 10.5 356,917 342,076 14,841 4.2
15,772 15,221 551 3.5 76,420 73,997 2,423 3.2
3,475 3,186 289 8.3

9,793 9,258 535 5.5 12,372 12,039 333 2.7
9,534 9,008 526 5.5 5,170 4,905 265 5.1 65,743 63,389 2,354 3.6

50,622 49,057 1,565 3.1 4,719 4,491 228 4.8
22,697 21,731 966 4.3 4,958 4,739 219 4.4 5,085 4,626 459 9.0

Revised April 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,878 7,655

223 2.8

9,842 9,479

363 3.7

10,956 10,300

656 6.0

374,671 355,607 19,064 5.1

9,567 9,226

341 3.6

Revised May 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,532 7,357

175 2.3

9,754 9,518

236 2.4

11,292 10,543

749 6.6

367,659 354,396 13,263 3.6

9,762 9,401

361 3.7

4,320 42,418 54,131
4,856 1,258

4,086 40,173 52,076
4,539 1,209

234 5.4 2,245 5.3 2,055 3.8
317 6.5 49 3.9

4,461 4,171

290 6.5

42,109 39,612 2,497 5.9

53,184 51,899 1,285 2.4

4,980 4,678

302 6.1

1,285 1,204

81 6.3

19,431 8,737 7,806 5,011 8,959

18,907 8,277 7,397 4,868 8,667

524 2.7 460 5.3 409 5.2 143 2.9 292 3.3

18,528 8,893 8,148 5,148 9,010

18,000 8,295 7,564 4,969 8,734

528 2.8 598 6.7 584 7.2 179 3.5 276 3.1

52,502 51,148 1,354 2.6 51,851 50,974

877 1.7

44,894 43,226 1,668 3.7 44,459 42,632 1,827 4.1

57,344 55,378 1,966 3.4 56,149 55,190

959 1.7

10,392 10,036

356 3.4 10,549 10,054

495 4.7

420,763 398,873 21,890 5.2 412,451 397,515 14,936 3.6

8,381 994
35,645 20,999
8,982

8,020 936
34,784 19,947
8,665

361 4.3 58 5.8
861 2.4 1,052 5.0
317 3.5

8,261 7,991

270 3.3

992

954

38 3.8

35,454 34,332 1,122 3.2

21,539 20,047 1,492 6.9

9,174 8,767

407 4.4

6,051 5,378

673 11.1

355,160 341,258 13,902 3.9

15,673 15,147

526 3.4

75,918 73,626 2,292 3.0

3,481 3,169

312 9.0

5,672 5,334 348,573 340,096
16,138 15,071 75,705 73,677
3,525 3,168

338 6.0 8,477 2.4 1,067 6.6 2,028 2.7
357 10.1

9,778 12,351
9,492 5,132 65,380

9,234 12,037
8,968 4,880 63,238

544 5.6 314 2.5 524 5.5 252 4.9 2,142 3.3

9,842 9,232

610 6.2

11,929 11,558

371 3.1

9,708 9,142

566 5.8

5,078 4,814

264 5.2

64,491 63,023 1,468 2.3

50,258 4,708
22,644 4,908 5,017

48,810 4,462
21,638 4,720 4,595

1,448 2.9 246 5.2
1,006 4.4 188 3.8 422 8.4

49,129 47,705 1,424 2.9

4,770 4,509

261 5.5

22,879 21,983

896 3.9

4,970 4,815

155 3.1

4,952 4,638

314 6.3

15

Georgia Civilian Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally-adjusted)

by Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

County
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Preliminary May 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,028 6,456 572 8.1 4,185 4,024 161 3.8 3,209 2,992 217 6.8 11,731 11,357 374 3.2 6,558 5,981 577 8.8

Revised April 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,141 4,401 3,181 11,654 6,451

6,416 3,977 2,975 11,300 5,945

725 10.2 424 9.6 206 6.5 354 3.0 506 7.8

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,507 3,428

79 2.3

22,485 21,580 905 4.0

11,573 11,159 414 3.6

19,023 18,089 934 4.9

2,732 2,513 219 8.0

3,521 22,355 11,497 18,913
2,745

3,414 21,504 11,170 18,048
2,503

107 3.0 851 3.8 327 2.8 865 4.6 242 8.8

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

4,133 3,991 142 3.4 42,778 41,436 1,342 3.1 10,980 10,664 316 2.9
9,863 9,262 601 6.1 4,573 4,403 170 3.7

4,131 42,479 10,880 10,067
4,546

3,982 41,266 10,596
9,307 4,383

149 3.6 1,213 2.9
284 2.6 760 7.5 163 3.6

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,874 14,066
3,147 8,922 3,120

5,099 13,627
3,030 8,317 2,999

775 13.2 439 3.1 117 3.7 605 6.8 121 3.9

5,419 14,028
3,130 8,888 3,077

5,043 13,594
3,008 8,270 2,963

376 6.9 434 3.1 122 3.9 618 7.0 114 3.7

Mitchell

11,804 11,231 573 4.9

Monroe

8,045 7,563 482 6.0

Montgomery 3,618 3,381 237 6.6

Morgan

7,516 7,285 231 3.1

Murray

19,712 19,021 691 3.5

11,603 7,924 3,555 7,509 19,664

11,130 7,523 3,363 7,234 18,944

473 4.1 401 5.1 192 5.4 275 3.7 720 3.7

Muscogee

87,409 83,730 3,679 4.2

Newton

31,681 30,213 1,468 4.6

Oconee

13,909 13,703 206 1.5

Oglethorpe

6,312 6,088 224 3.5

Paulding

44,770 43,136 1,634 3.6

87,038 31,592 13,912
6,287 44,559

83,719 30,140 13,669
6,061 43,033

3,319 3.8 1,452 4.6
243 1.7 226 3.6 1,526 3.4

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,913 10,430 483 4.4 11,574 11,098 476 4.1 7,793 7,507 286 3.7 7,037 6,685 352 5.0 17,965 17,088 877 4.9

10,797 11,517 7,688 6,971 17,844

10,378 11,072 7,451 6,650 17,010

419 3.9 445 3.9 237 3.1 321 4.6 834 4.7

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,482 4,298 184 4.1

9,951 9,649 302 3.0

1,282 1,214

68 5.3

7,461 7,296 165 2.2

3,226 2,935 291 9.0

4,447 9,885 1,280 7,488 3,257

4,256 9,587 1,207 7,284 2,912

191 4.3 298 3.0
73 5.7 204 2.7 345 10.6

Revised May 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,158 4,304 3,137 11,421 6,302

6,518 3,986 2,940 11,044 5,903

640 8.9 318 7.4 197 6.3 377 3.3 399 6.3

3,558 22,372 11,383 18,869
2,996

3,399 21,546 11,014 17,992
2,597

159 4.5 826 3.7 369 3.2 877 4.6 399 13.3

4,061 42,894 10,974
9,607 4,493

3,969 41,089 10,730
9,026 4,288

92 2.3 1,805 4.2
244 2.2 581 6.0 205 4.6

5,620 13,724
3,350 8,913 3,207

5,225 13,182
3,215 8,309 3,062

395 7.0 542 3.9 135 4.0 604 6.8 145 4.5

11,841 7,962 3,628 7,424 19,564

11,293 7,525 3,390 7,235 18,827

548 4.6 437 5.5 238 6.6 189 2.5 737 3.8

84,152 31,064 13,463
6,276 43,771

80,386 30,038 13,255
6,048 42,886

3,766 4.5 1,026 3.3
208 1.5 228 3.6 885 2.0

10,569 11,312 7,745 6,870 17,769

10,143 11,034 7,449 6,616 16,935

426 4.0 278 2.5 296 3.8 254 3.7 834 4.7

4,801 9,765 1,306 7,439 3,032

4,320 9,475 1,227 7,240 2,833

481 10.0 290 3.0
79 6.0 199 2.7 199 6.6

16

Georgia Civilian Labor Force 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

by Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

Preliminary May 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

80,908 76,700 4,208 5.2

40,890 39,446 1,444 3.5

1,851 1,786

65 3.5

5,357 5,069 288 5.4

4,745 4,578 167 3.5

Revised April 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

80,881 40,769
1,832 5,306 4,716

77,068 39,352
1,773 5,029 4,526

3,813 4.7 1,417 3.5
59 3.2 277 5.2 190 4.0

Revised May 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

79,020 74,744 4,276 5.4

40,131 39,218

913 2.3

1,843 1,756

87 4.7

5,818 5,143

675 11.6

4,819 4,583

236 4.9

30,685 28,895 1,790 5.8

11,555 11,003 552 4.8

2,237 2,146

91 4.1

14,663 13,857 806 5.5

2,695 2,560 135 5.0

30,591 11,457 2,242 14,615 2,684

28,826 10,974
2,133 13,787
2,544

1,765 5.8 483 4.2 109 4.9 828 5.7 140 5.2

30,235 28,728 1,507 5.0

11,594 10,927

667 5.8

2,289 2,158

131 5.7

14,577 13,818

759 5.2

2,727 2,582

145 5.3

764 6,921 3,764 4,022 4,091

668 6,642 3,597 3,703 3,711

96 12.6 279 4.0 167 4.4 319 7.9 380 9.3

755 6,822 3,737 3,987 4,035

661 6,552 3,572 3,672 3,674

94 12.5 270 4.0 165 4.4 315 7.9 361 8.9

707 7,113 3,884 4,367 3,953

636 6,795 3,735 3,988 3,689

71 10.0 318 4.5 149 3.8 379 8.7 264 6.7

22,041 21,107 934 4.2

20,016 19,341 675 3.4

12,018 11,107 911 7.6

4,065 3,974

91 2.2

2,670 2,494 176 6.6

21,693 19,873 11,824
4,056 2,643

21,007 19,210 11,047
3,965 2,481

686 3.2 663 3.3 777 6.6
91 2.2 162 6.1

21,884 20,430 11,888
4,010 2,668

21,080 19,514 11,137
3,929 2,501

804 3.7 916 4.5 751 6.3
81 2.0 167 6.3

32,225 30,638 1,587 4.9 4,714 4,295 419 8.9 4,162 3,905 257 6.2 8,337 8,062 275 3.3 11,942 10,816 1,126 9.4

32,245 4,661 4,174 8,275 11,917

30,577 4,254 3,886 8,021
10,791

1,668 5.2 407 8.7 288 6.9 254 3.1
1,126 9.4

31,768 30,278 1,490 4.7

4,630 4,241

389 8.4

4,082 3,798

284 7.0

8,104 7,931

173 2.1

11,640 10,883

757 6.5

32,906 31,944 962 2.9 31,026 29,844 1,182 3.8 14,761 14,210 551 3.7
2,761 2,482 279 10.1 9,322 8,936 386 4.1

33,082 30,938 14,733
2,803 9,347

32,145 29,772 14,166
2,468 8,895

937 2.8 1,166 3.8
567 3.8 335 12.0 452 4.8

31,989 30,895 1,094 3.4

30,566 29,671

895 2.9

15,050 14,293

757 5.0

2,734 2,508

226 8.3

9,175 8,760

415 4.5

11,083 10,578 505 4.6

1,091 1,056

35 3.2

1,690 1,548 142 8.4

9,278 8,983 295 3.2

46,478 45,000 1,478 3.2

11,104 1,075 1,661 9,267 46,333

10,545 1,044 1,534 8,950
44,900

559 5.0 31 2.9
127 7.6 317 3.4 1,433 3.1

11,077 10,503

574 5.2

1,129 1,091

38 3.4

1,798 1,667

131 7.3

9,388 8,927

461 4.9

46,754 45,012 1,742 3.7

3,212 3,041 171 5.3 4,851 4,460 391 8.1 4,582 4,358 224 4.9 9,772 9,251 521 5.3

3,154 4,822 4,553 9,646

3,016 4,421 4,345 9,161

138 4.4 401 8.3 208 4.6 485 5.0

3,236 4,988 4,603 9,326

3,079 4,348 4,402 8,820

157 4.9 640 12.8 201 4.4 506 5.4

17

New Developments

Publix and Blockbuster recently opened at the
Historic Westside Village on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta. A short distance away, Krispy Kreme Doughnut and Coffee Shop also opened. Founded by George W. Jenkins in 1930 in Winter Haven, Fla., Publix is one of the 10 largest volume supermarket chains in the United States. Publix has more than 700 stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. The new 27,887-squarefoot Atlanta store has a fresh seafood department, floral arrangements, bakery and deli and employs approximately 110 associates. Blockbuster celebrated its recent opening with a four-day celebration, which included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a live broadcast through a local radio station. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Blockbuster carries a broad selection of movies and DVDs for rent and employs more than 89,000 people throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. Krispy Kreme is a franchise owned by baseball legend Hank Aaron and his company, 755 Doughnut Corporation. The new doughnut shop, located at 633 Evans Street, replaces another store that recently closed. It offers hot glazed and all other varieties of doughnuts and specialty coffees.
American Signature Homes will soon occupy
the former Heilig-Meyers furniture warehouse in the Plantation Oak Industrial Park in Thomasville to house its new distribution center. The company manufactures bedding and furniture, as well as distributes furniture. With corporate offices in Columbus, Ohio, American Signature Homes is new to the south. The company plans to lease the 278,000-square-foot building and will more than double that capacity to more than 600,000 square feet. The Thomasville location will serve five Southeast states. Plans are currently underway to fill the 250 jobs at the distribution center in Thomas County.
McRae Correctional Facility, the new $45 million
privately owned prison that has been vacant since its construction nearly two years ago, will soon get inmates. The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently announced that Corrections Corporation of America

was awarded a contract to house 1,500 low-security illegal aliens convicted of crimes in a federal court. The new facility in Telfair County is expected to bring an estimated $10 million payroll and more than 450 jobs to an area that has experienced a substantial loss of jobs over the past four years.
Johns Manville is expanding its workforce in
Winder. Johns Manville, which manufactures fiberglass insulation, will receive free specialized training through the state's Quick Start program for its employees as part of an economic development incentive that encourages companies to create jobs. The building products manufacturer will double the capacity of its newest manufacturing line and add 34 production and maintenance jobs at its 610,000square-foot facility on Bankhead Highway. The new hires will replace current entry level employees, freeing them up for more technical level jobs in Barrow County.
Alfred Krcher Inc. recently relocated its U.S.
headquarters to Duluth creating 45 new jobs. The company's U.S. headquarters, which recently moved from Somerset, N.J., is located at the Sugarloaf Corporate Center in a 10,000-squarefoot leased site. Alfred Krcher, the U.S. subsidiary of Stuttgart-based Alfred Krcher GmbH & Co., is the world's largest manufacturer of pressure washers. The company also operates a 200employee manufacturing plant in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. that could be consolidated into the Georgia facility in the future.
Kauffman Tire Company is moving its corporate
headquarters and distribution center to a 20-acre site at Interstate 675 and Anvil Block Road. The new facility will encompass 122,600 square feet of space and will house the company's 36-foot high warehouse where tractor-trailers will park in the rear. A 17,000-square-foot extension will accommodate its corporate offices. Kauffman's current location in College Park just south of I-285 will soon be demolished to make way for construction on the fifth runway at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport.

18

Georgia Unemployment Rates by County

May 2002

Dade Catoosa

Fannin

Towns

Union

Rabun

Whitfield

Walker

Murray Gilmer

White Haber-

Chattooga

Gordon

Pickens

Lumpkin

sham Stephens

Dawson

Hall Banks Franklin Hart

Floyd

Bartow Cherokee Forsyth

Jackson Madison Elbert

10% or greater 4.5% to 9.9% Less than 4.5%

Polk Haralson

Cobb Paulding
Douglas

Gwinnett Barrow Clarke

Oconee Oglethorpe

DeKalb

Walton

Rock-

Wilkes

Lincoln

Carroll

Fulton Clayton

dale Newton

Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

Fayette Henry

McDuffie Warren

Heard

Coweta

Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam Hancock 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

Pulaski Dodge Dooly
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: 4.5%
19

Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

May Average Initial Weekly Average Claims Benefit Duration

County

May Average Initial Weekly Average Claims Benefit Duration

Appling

321 ..... $198 ... 12.6

Atkinson

82 ..... $181 ..... 8.9

Bacon

99 ..... $198 ... 12.3

Baker

20 ..... $161 ... 13.5

Baldwin

149 ..... $184 ... 13.1

Banks

70 ..... $186 ... 10.7

Barrow

352 ..... $205 ... 13.3

Bartow

467 ..... $224 ... 11.4

Ben Hill

113 ..... $179 ... 10.5

Berrien

77 ..... $194 ..... 9.0

Bibb

828 ..... $171 ... 14.0

Bleckley

146 ..... $176 ..... 9.2

Brantley

122 ..... $225 ... 13.9

Brooks

77 ..... $149 ... 12.6

Bryan

52 ..... $204 ... 13.1

Bulloch

190 ..... $192 ... 12.8

Burke

155 ..... $182 ... 10.6

Butts

122 ..... $198 ... 12.0

Calhoun

44 ..... $181 ... 10.4

Camden

83 ..... $196 ... 13.4

Candler

37 ..... $197 ... 11.4

Carroll

603 ..... $209 ... 13.1

Catoosa

167 ..... $212 ..... 8.6

Charlton

15 ..... $170 ... 16.8

Chatham

683 ..... $189 ... 13.7

Chattahoochee 13 ..... $181 ... 15.0

Chattooga

78 ..... $212 ... 18.7

Cherokee

463 ..... $240 ... 12.7

Clarke

323 ..... $187 ... 15.2

Clay

5 ..... $170 ..... 9.2

Clayton

1221 ..... $223 ... 14.0

Clinch

26 ..... $154 ... 11.6

Cobb

2271 ..... $242 ... 15.2

Coffee

297 ..... $204 ..... 9.6

Colquitt

171 ..... $183 ... 12.6

Columbia

221 ..... $216 ... 11.1

Cook

71 ..... $191 ..... 8.6

Coweta

376 ..... $221 ... 11.8

Crawford

84 ..... $194 ... 11.6

Crisp

143 ..... $152 ... 12.9

Dade

68 ..... $195 ..... 5.7

Dawson

56 ..... $228 ... 12.2

Decatur

97 ..... $185 ... 12.6

DeKalb

3570 ..... $230 ... 14.5

Dodge

162 ..... $161 ... 11.1

Dooly

102 ..... $145 ... 12.5

Dougherty

711 ..... $168 ... 13.1

Douglas

328 ..... $233 ... 13.6

Early

62 ..... $178 ... 13.3

Echols

11 ..... $199 ... 15.6

Effingham

101 ..... $225 ... 12.9

Elbert

164 ..... $176 ..... 8.0

Emanuel

138 ..... $185 ... 11.6

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 Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee

55 ..... $187 ... 10.8 79 ..... $188 ... 12.6 168 ..... $241 ... 13.1 557 ..... $212 ... 10.6 275 ..... $248 ... 14.0 134 ..... $195 ... 11.3 3854 ..... $227 ... 14.9 79 ..... $214 ..... 9.3 15 ..... $215 ... 10.9 317 ..... $195 ... 13.1 439 ..... $195 ..... 9.1 94 ..... $180 ... 13.2 83 ..... $189 ... 18.1 2307 ..... $242 ... 13.9 162 ..... $199 ..... 9.2 620 ..... $213 ... 10.2 53 ..... $155 ... 16.3 147 ..... $207 ... 12.0 53 ..... $216 ... 10.2 204 ..... $173 ... 11.7 102 ..... $209 ..... 9.8 467 ..... $233 ... 13.5 355 ..... $186 ... 13.1 64 ..... $175 ... 11.8 181 ..... $217 ... 13.3 64 ..... $194 ..... 9.5 380 ..... $198 ... 12.2 176 ..... $168 ... 12.5 47 ..... $175 ..... 7.2 61 ..... $169 ... 10.4 86 ..... $210 ... 13.3 269 ..... $187 ... 10.7 30 ..... $198 ... 11.2 355 ..... $176 ..... 8.9 122 ..... $214 ..... 7.9 156 ..... $195 ... 13.1 63 ..... $186 ... 14.1 36 ..... $199 ... 12.4 386 ..... $180 ... 11.3 78 ..... $211 ..... 9.5 148 ..... $196 ... 11.7 40 ..... $187 ... 13.3 286 ..... $181 ..... 9.3 110 ..... $196 ... 13.4 22 ..... $198 ..... 5.7 174 ..... $201 ... 10.5 23 ..... $194 ... 12.0 175 ..... $161 ... 14.6 184 ..... $205 ... 12.1 75 ..... $189 ... 12.8 78 ..... $189 ... 10.0 222 ..... $214 ..... 7.1 738 ..... $191 ... 12.2

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

May 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

352 ..... $216 ... 11.8 64 ..... $210 ... 14.1 57 ..... $188 ... 12.6
316 ..... $236 ... 13.5 137 ..... $168 ... 11.0
71 ..... $220 ... 10.2 92 ..... $200 ... 12.9 130 ..... $209 ... 10.3 229 ..... $212 ... 10.5 86 ..... $177 ... 17.0 82 ..... $175 ... 11.6
1 ..... $215 ... 22.0 37 ..... $220 ..... 9.3 103 ..... $156 ..... 7.7 981 ..... $182 ... 12.2 249 ..... $228 ... 13.3 20 ..... $168 ..... 8.1 96 ..... $175 ..... 9.9 39 ..... $195 ... 12.8 589 ..... $205 ... 10.7 258 ..... $198 ... 10.0 30 ..... $137 ..... 6.2 162 ..... $169 ... 12.6 41 ..... $209 ... 10.1 13 ..... $161 ... 19.7 79 ..... $207 ... 10.3 41 ..... $180 ... 11.1 137 ..... $177 ... 16.4 93 ..... $157 ... 10.8 238 ..... $181 ... 11.9 178 ..... $164 ... 10.5 264 ..... $203 ... 12.1 25 ..... $191 ..... 9.2 70 ..... $200 ... 10.8 617 ..... $210 ..... 8.7 228 ..... $121 ... 10.6 99 ..... $183 ... 13.3 55 ..... $202 ... 11.1 222 ..... $182 ... 16.4 204 ..... $201 ..... 7.4 213 ..... $220 ... 11.0 258 ..... $165 ... 12.1 58 ..... $190 ... 11.5 124 ..... $164 ... 11.6 151 ..... $212 ... 11.0 10 ..... $197 ..... 5.9 55 ..... $202 ... 14.2 77 ..... $210 ... 10.2 555 ..... $217 ..... 6.8 62 ..... $171 ... 11.1 94 ..... $161 ... 16.6 53 ..... $197 ... 12.4 130 ..... $160 ... 12.0

Unemployment Insurance Statistics

Average duration of benefits

Weeks

Last 12 months

13.0

12.5

12.2

11.9

12.0 11.4

11.5

11.1

11.0

10.7

10.5

10.2

10.0

9.7 9.8 9.4

9.5

9.2

8.9

9.0 8.7

8.5

8.0

7.5

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

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 payments down in all major industry divisions...

The total number of initial claims filed in Georgia for unemployment insurance compensation dropped 3.8 percent over the month and 17.7 percent over the year. May's total of 42,944 initial claims marks the fourth consecutive month that new claims have experienced an over-the-year decline.
Most metropolitan statistical areas experienced over-theyear decreases in new claims. The exceptions were the Albany MSA, where initial claims were up 43.7 percent (from 606 to 871) and the Atlanta MSA, which saw an increase of 26.6 percent (from 15,220 to 19,265). Job losses in business services and transportation & communications contributed to the rise in over-the-year new claims totals in the metro Atlanta area.
Continued weeks claimed fell from 351,658 in April to 284,611 in May, a slide of 19.1 percent. This was the largest over-the-month percent decline since February 2001, when continued claims slid 26.2 percent. Over the year continued claims growth continues to soften, and the growth has lessened over the past four months. Following an overthe-year rise of 65.9 percent in February, 61.2 percent in March and 49.9 percent during April, this month's total increased 27.5 percent.

For the month, 77,325 beneficiaries drew $59,314,722 in benefit payments. Both figures were down when compared to April, with the total number of beneficiaries dropping 8.3 percent and the total amount of benefits paid falling 16.2 percent. Both beneficiaries (7.7%) and benefits paid (19.1%) were up when compared to May 2001.
Benefit payment totals dropped over the month in all major industry divisions. There were $11.1 million in benefit payments in the services industry (down 14.4% from April), $6.5 million in manufacturing (down 19.3%), $6.2 million in trade (down 13.2%) and $3.7 million in construction (down 12.5%).
The average duration of benefits continues to ascend. The duration has steadily climbed upward over the last year, moving from 8.5 weeks in May 2001 to this May's average of 12.2 weeks, a growth of 43.5 percent. The number of benefit exhaustions dropped 19.5 percent, from April's total of 10,945 to this month's figure of 8,807. Over the year, benefit exhaustions did increase 73.3 percent, but this represented the softest over-the-year growth since August 2001 when the rise in exhaustions was 62.6 percent.

Statistical Trends

May 2002

May 2001

Net Change

Percent Change

Initial Claims .............................................................. 42,944 ................................ 52,185 ................................... -9,241 ............................. -17.7%

Continued Weeks Claimed ..................................... 284,611 .............................. 223,289 .................................. 61,322 ............................... 27.5%

Beneficiaries ........................................................... 77,325 ................................ 71,826 .................................... 5,499 ................................. 7.7%

Benefits Paid .................................................. $59,314,722 ....................... $70,798,946 ........................ -$11,484,224 ............................. -16.2%

Weeks Paid ............................................................ 252,620 .............................. 225,142 .................................. 27,478 ............................... 12.2%

First Payments ......................................................... 17,442 ................................ 22,040 ................................... -4,598 ............................. -20.9%

Final Payments .......................................................... 8,807 .................................. 5,082 .................................... 3,725 ............................... 73.3%

Average Weekly Benefit ....................................... $234.80 .............................. $221.19 .................................. $13.61 ................................. 6.2%

Average Duration (weeks) ......................................... 12.2 ...................................... 8.5 ........................................ 3.7 ............................... 43.5%

Trust Fund Balance ................................... $1,546,431,489 .................. $1,807,167,547 ..................... -$260,736,058 ............................. -14.4%

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