Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce [Vol. 28, no. 8 (Aug. 2002)]

August 2002 Data
Highlights
2002 Georgia Wage Survey Highlights ............................page 2
The data tell an old story: The more you learn, the more you earn.
Unemployment declines for second straight month .............. Page 10
Seasonal factors cause moderate decline in Georgia's jobless rate in August.
Unemployment rates in four metro areas and 111 counties mirrored the statewide over-the-month trend.
Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Eight....................... Page 12
A decade of change, at a comfortable pace
New Developments ................. Page 18
Over-the-year initial claims filings continue to decline... ....... Page 21
New claims totals fall for seventh consecutive month when compared to same time one year ago.
WI&A Customer Satisfaction Team .................. page 23

Volume XXVIII, Number 8
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

Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Workforce

2002 Georgia Wage Survey Highlights

The more you learn, the more you earn. That's the conclusion to be drawn from the latest edition of the Georgia Wage Survey. Wages from the 2002 edition of the survey average $15.63 per hour for full-time workers, or $32,510 annually based on a scientifically selected sample of Georgia employers during the fourth quarter of 2001. Nearly half (48%) of the 727 occupations surveyed have average wages greater than this amount, while the remaining occupations have average wages less than the Georgia average wage.
But annual wage averages in occupations requiring a bachelor's or higher degree are substantially more; they average $58,340. In fact, average wages at each education/training level requiring a bachelor's or higher degree exceed the Georgia wage average. The vast majority (93%) of the 217 occupations in this major group has average wages greater than the state average.
In occupations requiring an associate's degree or post-secondary vocational training the data also support the case for getting as much education and training as possible. The average annual wage of $36,880 for these occupations is also greater than the overall state average. Although the average wage for jobs requiring post-secondary, non-degreed vocational training is slightly lower than the state average, the average for associate's degree jobs is significantly higher at $40,890. Overall, 61 percent of the jobs requiring post-secondary education less than a bachelor's degree have average wages greater than the overall Georgia average.
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For the most part, wages for jobs that do not require any formal education beyond high school fall below the statewide average. These occupations, usually open to high school graduates, and, in some cases, to those with less education, can be learned through experience and on-the-job training. Of the 440 occupations in this category, only 24 percent have average wages higher than the Georgia average. The only education/training level in this major category with an average wage higher than the statewide average is the mostly supervisory group that requires work experience in a related occupation. All three education/training levels requiring on-the-job training have average wages lower than the state average. Only 11 percent of the jobs requiring a moderate amount of on-the-job training (one to twelve months) and six percent of the jobs requiring short-term on-the-job training (less than one month) have average wages higher than the Georgia average wage.
As with our previous editions, this edition of the Georgia Wage Survey should prove useful to a wide variety of users, including private businesses, government agencies, industrial development organizations, career counselors, job training program coordinators, and individual job seekers. Check out the highlights of the survey below and on the next page.

Survey Highlights

Education/Training/Experience Level Generally Required for Entry to Associated Occupations

Annual Average Wage

Number of
Occupations

Percent of Occs. Greater than Georgia Average Wage

Bachelor's or higher degree ........................ $58,340 ............. 217 ..................93% First professional degree .................................. $94,040 ................ 17 .................100 % Doctoral degree .................................................. $56,760 ................ 39 .................100 % Master's degree ................................................. $48,130 ................ 16 .................100 % Work experience plus Bachelor's or
higher degree ................................................... $73,200 ................ 29 ...................93 % Bachelor's degree .............................................. $48,670 .............. 116 ...................88 %

Post-secondary education less than Bachelor's .....................................$36,880 ................70 ..................61%
Associate's degree ............................................ $40,890 ................ 37 ...................76 % Post-secondary vocational training ................ $31,910 ................ 33 ...................45 %

All other (no formal post-secondary education required) ...................................... $25,130 ............. 440 ..................24%
Work experience in a related occupation ....... $36,480 ................ 52 ...................63 % Long-term on-the-job training
(more than 1 year) ............................................ $30,720 .............. 101 ...................47 % Moderate-term on-the-job training
(1-12 months) ................................................... $28,870 .............. 140 ...................11 % Short-term on-the-job training
(less than 1 month).......................................... $20,860 .............. 147 .....................6 %

All categories combined ................................ $32,510 ............. 727 ..................48%

Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Workforce

Top Wage-Earning Occupations

Occupations requiring a first professional degree
Surgeons ...................................................................................... * Obstetricians and Gynecologists ................................ $141,540 General Internists .......................................................... $137,320 General Pediatricians ..................................................... $126,820 Anesthesiologists ......................................................... $125,470
Occupations requiring a doctoral degree
Physicists ......................................................................... $87,840 Post-secondary Law Teachers ...................................... $87,310 Biochemists and Biophysicists ..................................... $74,490 Post-secondary Health Specialties Teachers .............. $70,000 Post-secondary Biological Science Teachers ............. $64,640
Occupations requiring a master's degree
Physical Therapists ......................................................... $58,930 Statisticians ...................................................................... $54,850 Post-secondary Nursing Instructors ............................ $52,030 Historians ......................................................................... $50,150 Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists ........ $50,050
Occupations requiring work experience plus a bachelor's or higher degree
Chief Executives ............................................................ $114,380 Engineering Managers ................................................... $88,440 Computer and Information Systems Managers .......... $86,570 Sales Managers ............................................................... $81,220 Marketing Managers ...................................................... $81,100
Occupations requiring a bachelor's degree
Nuclear Engineers ........................................................... $83,490 Computer Hardware Engineers ...................................... $77,040 Computer Applications Software Engineers ............... $76,840 Chemical Engineers ......................................................... $72,760 Computer Systems Software Engineers ....................... $70,410
Occupations requiring an associate's degree
Nuclear Technicians ........................................................ $75,280 Radiation Therapists ....................................................... $74,510 Dental Hygienists ............................................................ $48,760 Registered Nurses ........................................................... $46,160 Environmental Science and Protection Technicians ....... $45,260

Occupations requiring post-secondary vocational training
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians ............. $50,860 Court Reporters ............................................................... $48,460 Avionics Technicians ..................................................... $46,410 Electrical and Electronics Drafters ................................ $41,080 Mechanical Drafters ........................................................ $40,890
Occupations requiring work experience in a related occupation
Real Estate Brokers ......................................................... $59,610 Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers ...... $55,970 Financial Examiners ......................................................... $55,100 Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors ........................... $54,850 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents ....................... $50,980
Occupations requiring long-term on-the-job training of more than one year
Air Traffic Controllers ..................................................... $91,400 Airfield Operations Specialists ...................................... $68,310 Nuclear Power Reactor Operators ................................. $58,260 Power Distributors and Dispatchers ............................ $54,040 Producers and Directors ................................................. $53,400
Occupations requiring moderate-term on-the-job training of one to twelve months
Transportation Inspectors ............................................. $60,300 Wholesale/Manufacturing Sales Reps of Technical and Scientific Products ........................... $58,300 Wholesale/Manufacturing Sales Reps
of Non-technical and Non-scientific Products ........ $50,340 Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders ............................... $39,580 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters ......................... $38,580
Occupations requiring short-term on-the-job training of less than one month
Massage Therapists ....................................................... $42,580 Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors .................. $40,640 Postal Service Clerks ....................................................... $39,170 Postal Service Mail Carriers ........................................... $37,150 Cargo and Freight Agents .............................................. $36,590

* Annual wage exceeds $145,600

For a copy of the Georgia Wage Survey, please contact the Occupational Information Services (OIS) Unit of the Workforce Information & Analysis Division at (404) 656-3177. You may view the new publication at the Workforce Information & Analysis page at www.dol.state.ga.us or view detailed information at www.g1careernet.com/demand/wages.htm.
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Georgia Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2002 JUL 2002 AUG 2001

Change in Jobs from JUL 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 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

3,855.2 732.2 7.6
187.5 537.1 233.4
35.9 12.3
20.7 13.8 23.3 37.5 32.1
42.2 15.6 303.7 71.3 92.3
18.4 30.1 41.2 22.8 27.6
3,123.0 252.3 152.4 75.2 24.7
939.7 242.6 697.1
90.2 94.4
256.1 205.6
94.8 70.6 40.2
1,132.5 42.5
293.9 118.1 70.8
40.5 268.8 112.9
60.1 63.8
91.9 271.0 592.9
97.2 27.5
147.0 60.3
348.7 202.4

3,856.3 731.9 7.5
188.7 535.7 232.9
36.0 12.4
20.5 13.7 23.4 37.5 32.0
41.8 15.6 302.8 71.1 92.2
17.1 29.2 41.5 23.7 28.0
3,124.4 253.0 152.1 76.1 24.8
941.4 244.7 696.7
90.0 94.2
254.9 206.4
95.1 71.3 40.0
1,137.2 43.1
290.2 113.7 71.3
43.7 268.1 112.6
59.5 63.5
93.3 275.8 586.4
97.5 27.5
144.4 58.2
344.5 197.4

3,946.8 760.5 7.7
209.0 543.8 238.0
38.5 11.4
21.9 13.3 24.7 38.2 31.0
42.4 16.6 305.8 71.2 91.9
19.8 30.6 43.2 22.2 26.9
3,186.3 268.2 161.6 81.7 24.9
964.3 250.2 714.1
91.9 103.1
261.7 208.2
95.3 72.3 40.6
1,156.6 47.0
319.0 129.3
77.0
39.0 257.8 107.6
57.4 61.7
95.6 279.1 589.0
95.7 27.6
148.5 61.9
344.8 203.9

-1.1 +0.0 +.3 +0.0 +.1 +1.3
-1.2 -0.6 +1.4 +0.3
+.5 +0.2 -.1 -0.3 -.1 -0.8
+.2 +1.0 +.1 +0.7 -.1 -0.4 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +0.3
+.4 +1.0 +.0 +0.0 +.9 +0.3 +.2 +0.3 +.1 +0.1
+1.3 +7.6 +.9 +3.1 -.3 -0.7 -.9 -3.8 -.4 -1.4
-1.4 +0.0 -.7 -0.3 +.3 +0.2 -.9 -1.2 -.1 -0.4
-1.7 -0.2 -2.1 -0.9 +.4 +0.1 +.2 +0.2 +.2 +0.2
+1.2 +0.5 -.8 -0.4 -.3 -0.3 -.7 -1.0 +.2 +0.5
-4.7 -0.4 -.6 -1.4
+3.7 +1.3 +4.4 +3.9
-.5 -0.7
-3.2 -7.3 +.7 +0.3 +.3 +0.3 +.6 +1.0 +.3 +0.5
-1.4 -1.5 -4.8 -1.7 +6.5 +1.1
-.3 -0.3 +.0 +0.0
+2.6 +1.8 +2.1 +3.6 +4.2 +1.2 +5.0 +2.5

-91.6 -28.3
-.1
-21.5 -6.7 -4.6 -2.6 +.9
-1.2 +.5 -1.4 -.7 +1.1
-.2 -1.0 -2.1 +.1 +.4
-1.4 -.5
-2.0 +.6 +.7
-63.3 -15.9
-9.2 -6.5
-.2
-24.6 -7.6
-17.0 -1.7 -8.7
-5.6 -2.6
-.5 -1.7
-.4
-24.1 -4.5
-25.1 -11.2 -6.2
+1.5 +11.0 +5.3 +2.7 +2.1
-3.7 -8.1 +3.9 +1.5
-.1
-1.5 -1.6 +3.9 -1.5

-2.3 -3.7 -1.3
-10.3 -1.2 -1.9 -6.8 +7.9
-5.5 +3.8 -5.7 -1.8 +3.5
-0.5 -6.0 -0.7 +0.1 +0.4
-7.1 -1.6 -4.6 +2.7 +2.6
-2.0 -5.9 -5.7 -8.0 -0.8
-2.6 -3.0 -2.4 -1.8 -8.4
-2.1 -1.2 -0.5 -2.4 -1.0
-2.1 -9.6 -7.9 -8.7 -8.1
+3.8 +4.3 +4.9 +4.7 +3.4
-3.9 -2.9 +0.7 +1.6 -0.4
-1.0 -2.6 +1.1 -0.7

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
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 J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MA MJ J A

245

240

235

230

01

02

225 J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MA MJ J A

Business services employment
in thousands
330

in thousands
740

Retail trade employment

320

730

310

720

300

710

290

700

280

01

02

270 J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MA MJ J A

690

01

02

680 J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MA MJ J A

Transportation employment
in thousands
165

160

155

150

145

01

02

140 J F MAM J J A S ON D J F MA MJ J A

Wholesale trade employment

in thousands
256

254

252

250

248

246

244

242

240

01

02

238

J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MA MJ J A

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Atlanta Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2002 JUL 2002 AUG 2001

Change in Jobs from JUL 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural e mployment 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

2,125.2 315.6 2.0 105.4 208.2 101.7 15.0 17.0 69.7 106.5 25.7 26.4 54.4
1,809.6 179.6 106.6 73.0 540.6 158.7 381.9 43.5 48.5 143.4 41.0 139.2 60.0 48.7 30.5 683.8 24.0 211.0 83.3 56.0 37.2 135.8 59.4 35.4 69.5 170.9 266.4 47.4 54.7 164.3

2,127.8 317.7 1.9 108.6 207.2 100.4 15.0 16.6 68.8 106.8 25.5 26.4 54.9
1,810.1 179.8 106.1 73.7 541.2 159.0 382.2 43.7 48.3 142.8 41.0 139.7 60.3 49.1 30.3 685.2 24.2 208.7 80.8 56.3 37.2 135.6 59.3 35.2 70.9 173.4 264.2 47.8 53.9 162.5

2,188.6 336.6 2.0 124.1 210.5 103.7 16.0 18.0 69.7 106.8 25.3 27.8 53.7
1,852.0 193.2 116.5 76.7 564.0 168.4 395.6 46.5 55.3 147.2 45.2 142.6 62.9 52.0 27.7 689.5 26.3 224.5 85.2 63.3 34.3 130.0 56.9 31.6 69.7 173.1 262.7 47.6 54.0 161.1

-2.6 -0.1 -2.1 -0.7 +.1 +5.3 -3.2 -2.9 +1.0 +0.5 +1.3 +1.3 +.0 +0.0 +.4 +2.4 +.9 +1.3
-.3 -0.3 +.2 +0.8 +.0 +0.0 -.5 -0.9 -.5 +0.0 -.2 -0.1 +.5 +0.5 -.7 -0.9 -.6 -0.1 -.3 -0.2 -.3 -0.1 -.2 -0.5 +.2 +0.4 +.6 +0.4 +.0 +0.0 -.5 -0.4 -.3 -0.5 -.4 -0.8 +.2 +0.7 -1.4 -0.2 -.2 -0.8 +2.3 +1.1 +2.5 +3.1 -.3 -0.5 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +0.1 +.1 +0.2 +.2 +0.6 -1.4 -2.0 -2.5 -1.4 +2.2 +0.8 -.4 -0.8 +.8 +1.5 +1.8 +1.1

-63.4 -2.9 -21.0 -6.2
+.0 +0.0 -18.7 -15.1
-2.3 -1.1 -2.0 -1.9 -1.0 -6.3 -1.0 -5.6 +.0 +0.0
-.3 -0.3 +.4 +1.6 -1.4 -5.0 +.7 +1.3 -42.4 -2.3 -13.6 -7.0 -9.9 -8.5 -3.7 -4.8 -23.4 -4.1 -9.7 -5.8 -13.7 -3.5 -3.0 -6.5 -6.8 -12.3 -3.8 -2.6 -4.2 -9.3 -3.4 -2.4 -2.9 -4.6 -3.3 -6.3 +2.8 +10.1 -5.7 -0.8 -2.3 -8.7 -13.5 -6.0 -1.9 -2.2 -7.3 -11.5 +2.9 +8.5 +5.8 +4.5 +2.5 +4.4 +3.8 +12.0 -.2 -0.3 -2.2 -1.3 +3.7 +1.4 -.2 -0.4 +.7 +1.3 +3.2 +2.0

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 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 AUG 2002

Revised Revised JUL 2002 AUG 2001

Change in Jobs from JUL 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs

from AUG 2001

NET

%

Total nonagricultural e mployment

55.3

54.8

57.0

+.5 +0.9

-1.7 -3.0

Goods producing industries

10.3

10.4

10.7

-.1 -1.0

-.4 -3.7

Construction and Mining

2.8

2.9

2.9

-.1 -3.4

-.1 -3.4

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

44.4

46.3

+.6 +1.4

-1.3 -2.8

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

3.5

3.5

3.5

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Trade

12.7

12.5

13.0

+.2 +1.6

-.3 -2.3

Wholesale trade

2.5

2.5

2.7

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -7.4

Retail trade

10.2

10.0

10.3

+.2 +2.0

-.1 -1.0

Finance, insurance, and real estate

1.6

1.6

1.7

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -5.9

Services

15.4

15.4

16.4

+.0 +0.0

-1.0 -6.1

Government

11.8

11.4

11.7

+.4 +3.5

+.1 +0.9

Federal

2.4

2.4

2.6

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -7.7

State and local

9.4

9.0

9.1

+.4 +4.4

+.3 +3.3

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

Athens Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary AUG 2002

Change in Jobs

Revised Revised from JUL 2002

JUL 2002 AUG 2001

Net

%

Change in Jobs from AUG 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural e mployment

72.3

73.1

72.4

-.8 -1.1

-.1 -0.1

Goods producing industries

12.7

12.7

13.7

+.0 +0.0

-1.0 -7.3

Construction and mining

3.2

3.2

3.1

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +3.2

Manufacturing

9.5

9.5

10.6

+.0 +0.0

-1.1 -10.4

Durable goods

4.8

4.8

5.0

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -4.0

Nondurable goods

4.7

4.7

5.6

+.0 +0.0

-.9 -16.1

Service producing industries

59.6

60.4

58.7

-.8 -1.3

+.9 +1.5

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

1.9

1.9

1.9

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Trade

16.6

16.9

16.8

-.3 -1.8

-.2 -1.2

Wholesale trade

2.9

3.1

2.8

-.2 -6.5

+.1 +3.6

Retail trade

13.7

13.8

14.0

-.1 -0.7

-.3 -2.1

Finance, insurance, and real estate

2.4

2.4

2.4

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Services

18.0

18.1

17.4

-.1 -0.6

+.6 +3.4

Government

20.7

21.1

20.2

-.4 -1.9

+.5 +2.5

Federal

1.8

1.9

1.7

-.1 -5.3

+.1 +5.9

State and local

18.9

19.2

18.5

-.3 -1.6

+.4 +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 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 AUG 2002

Revised Revised JUL 2002 AUG 2001

Change in Jobs from JUL 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

193.0

193.0

194.3

+.0 +0.0

-1.3 -0.7

Goods producing industries

39.2

39.4

40.9

-.2 -0.5

-1.7 -4.2

Construction and Mining

12.1

12.3

12.9

-.2 -1.6

-.8 -6.2

Manufacturing

27.1

27.1

28.0

+.0 +0.0

-.9 -3.2

Durable goods

11.8

11.8

12.5

+.0 +0.0

-.7 -5.6

Nondurable goods

15.3

15.3

15.5

+.0 +0.0

-.2 -1.3

Textile mill products

3.9

3.9

3.8

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +2.6

Other nondurable goods

11.4

11.4

11.7

+.0 +0.0

-.3 -2.6

Service producing industries

153.8

153.6

153.4

+.2 +0.1

+.4 +0.3

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

16.7

16.8

17.3

-.1 -0.6

-.6 -3.5

Trade

41.3

41.4

41.3

-.1 -0.2

+.0 +0.0

Wholesale trade

4.2

4.2

4.2

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Retail trade

37.1

37.2

37.1

-.1 -0.3

+.0 +0.0

Finance, insurance, and real estate

6.4

6.4

6.1

+.0 +0.0

+.3 +4.9

Services

52.5

52.4

52.5

+.1 +0.2

+.0 +0.0

Government

36.9

36.6

36.2

+.3 +0.8

+.7 +1.9

Federal

6.8

6.8

6.9

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -1.4

State and local

30.1

29.8

29.3

+.3 +1.0

+.8 +2.7

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 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 AUG 2002

Revised JUL 2002

Revised AUG 2001

Change in Jobs from JUL 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2001
Net %

Total nonagricultural employment

118.1

118.3

118.9

-.2 -0.2

-.8 -0.7

Goods producing industries

25.0

24.6

24.2

+.4 +1.6

+.8 +3.3

Construction and mining

5.6

5.7

6.0

-.1 -1.8

-.4 -6.7

Manufacturing

19.4

18.9

18.2

+.5 +2.6

+1.2 +6.6

Durable goods

7.8

7.7

7.2

+.1 +1.3

+.6 +8.3

Nondurable goods

11.6

11.2

11.0

+.4 +3.6

+.6 +5.5

Textile mill products

4.8

4.7

4.8

+.1 +2.1

+.0 +0.0

Other nondurable goods

6.8

6.5

6.2

+.3 +4.6

+.6 +9.7

Service producing industries

93.1

93.7

94.7

-.6 -0.6

-1.6 -1.7

Transportation, communications,

and public utilities

3.8

3.9

3.9

-.1 -2.6

-.1 -2.6

Trade

23.9

24.2

25.2

-.3 -1.2

-1.3 -5.2

Wholesale trade

2.7

2.7

2.8

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -3.6

Retail trade

21.2

21.5

22.4

-.3 -1.4

-1.2 -5.4

Finance, insurance, and real estate

8.8

8.9

8.7

-.1 -1.1

+.1 +1.1

Services

35.4

35.7

35.6

-.3 -0.8

-.2 -0.6

Government

21.2

21.0

21.3

+.2 +1.0

-.1 -0.5

Federal

5.1

5.2

5.5

-.1 -1.9

-.4 -7.3

State and local

16.1

15.8

15.8

+.3 +1.9

+.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 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 AUG 2002

Revised JUL 2002

Revised AUG 2001

Change in Jobs from JUL 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 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

147.7 27.3 .6 8.2 18.5 9.2 9.3 3.1 6.2
120.4
5.1 31.7
4.7 27.0
8.6 41.7 33.3 14.6 18.7

147.4 27.6 .6 7.6 19.4 9.4 10.0 3.2 6.8
119.8
5.4 31.5
4.7 26.8
8.7 41.5 32.7 14.6 18.1

148.9 25.4 .7 5.9 18.8 8.8 10.0 3.1 6.9
123.5
5.7 33.8
4.8 29.0
8.8 41.8 33.4 14.4 19.0

+.3 +0.2 -.3 -1.1 +.0 +0.0 +.6 +7.9 -.9 -4.6 -.2 -2.1 -.7 -7.0 -.1 -3.1 -.6 -8.8 +.6 +0.5
-.3 -5.6 +.2 +0.6 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +0.7 -.1 -1.1 +.2 +0.5 +.6 +1.8 +.0 +0.0 +.6 +3.3

-1.2 -0.8 +1.9 +7.5
-.1 -14.3 +2.3 +39.0
-.3 -1.6 +.4 +4.5 -.7 -7.0 +.0 +0.0 -.7 -10.1 -3.1 -2.5
-.6 -10.5 -2.1 -6.2
-.1 -2.1 -2.0 -6.9
-.2 -2.3 -.1 -0.2 -.1 -0.3 +.2 +1.4 -.3 -1.6

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 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 AUG 2002 JUL 2002

Revised AUG 2001

Change in Jobs from JUL 2002 Net %

Change in Jobs

from AUG 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

140.1 25.4 8.7 16.7 9.7 5.7 4.0 7.0 2.7 4.3
114.7
9.6 34.4
5.4 29.0
4.8 45.7 20.2
2.7

138.7 25.2 8.7 16.5 9.6 5.6 4.0 6.9 2.7 4.2
113.5
9.5 34.5
5.4 29.1
4.7 45.4 19.4
2.6

136.3 25.1 9.0 16.1 9.1 5.9 3.2 7.0 3.2 3.8
111.2
9.2 34.5
5.7 28.8
4.6 43.0 19.9
2.7

+1.4 +1.0 +.2 +0.8 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +1.2 +.1 +1.0 +.1 +1.8 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +1.4 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +2.4
+1.2 +1.1
+.1 +1.1 -.1 -0.3 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -0.3 +.1 +2.1 +.3 +0.7 +.8 +4.1 +.1 +3.8

+3.8 +2.8 +.3 +1.2 -.3 -3.3 +.6 +3.7 +.6 +6.6 -.2 -3.4 +.8 +25.0 +.0 +0.0 -.5 -15.6 +.5 +13.2
+3.5 +3.1
+.4 +4.3 -.1 -0.3 -.3 -5.3 +.2 +0.7 +.2 +4.3 +2.7 +6.3 +.3 +1.5 +.0 +0.0

State and local

17.5

16.8

17.2

+.7 +4.2

+.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

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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force

Unemployment declines for

second straight month

7.5%

Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.

On the heels of a seven-year high in June

Georgia

U.S.

(5.2%), Georgia's unemployment rate de-

clined for the second straight month in 6.5%

August. Dropping over the month by only

two-tenths percentage point, the state's

rate was 4.7 percent in August. However,

despite the over-the-month drop, the rate 5.5%

this month is the highest August rate in

six years. Typical for this period, seasonal

factors caused the moderate decline in August preserving the 24-year trend that 4.5%

began in 1979. The trend actually began

in 1970 when the rate began dropping from

July to August and continued until 1978. That's the year the state's rate shifted from its downward trending and posted its first and only July-to-August increase in the

3.5%

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

2001

2002

entire thirty-three year run. One year ago, Georgia's rate was 4 percent.
The U.S. unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, dropped three-tenths percentage point in August to 5.7 percent. Despite the nation's decline, Georgia continued to maintain its favorable compari-

job seekers was also a contributing factor to the state's lower unemployment level as young people returned to school and summer jobs declined. At 198,000, Georgia's total count of unemployed was down by nearly 4.8 percent in August but was up over the year by more than 20 percent.

Area data
The unemployment rates in four of Georgia's seven Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) mirrored the statewide trend in August and declined over the month. Atlanta, at 4.9 percent, declined two-tenths percentage point in August;

son with the nation as a whole. At one percentage point below the U.S. average in August, the state's jobless rate has prevailed below the nation's rate for nearly
two years. One year earlier, the nation's rate was 4.9 percent.

Georgia's total civilian employment count was just over 4 million in August, its lowest level in five months. The state's civilian employed dropped by more than 26,000 or 0.6 percent, caused in part by a seasonal decline in nonagricultural employ-

Augusta, at 5.1 percent, dropped threetenths percentage point; and Albany and Savannah, at 5.1 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively, declined four-tenths percentage point over the month. Athens, at 3 percent in both July and August, had

ment. Although nonagricultural employ- the lowest rate of all metro areas and has

The total number of unemployed Geor- ment is one of the major components of held this distinction for more than a year gians declined in August due in part to a civilian employment, the drop in August now. For the first time in nearly a year,

decrease in the number of persons receiv- was also slightly influenced by the over- Albany was not the leader in the highest

ing unemployment insurance benefits the-month decline in the number of self- rate category. Columbus, at 5.6 percent,

during the reference week in August. A employed, unpaid family and private donned that cap in August and was also

seasonal decline in the number of summer household workers.

the only metro area to post an over-the-

month increase.

Percent 9
8

Georgia and MSA unemployment rates

Aug

Jul

In most of the counties in Georgia, the unemployment situation improved in August. The jobless rates in 111 counties

took their lead from the state and declined

7

over the month. While twelve counties saw

6 5

4.7 4.9 5.1 5.5

4

4.9 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.3

4.2 4.2

4.2 3.8

3.0 3.0

3

2

their rates remain the same in August, the remaining thirty-six counties registered increases. However, of those thirty-six, thirty-two of those counties registered over-the-month increases of less than 1 percentage point. Jeff Davis County, at 11.5 percent, had the highest rate of all
counties in the state and was one of only

1

three counties with double-digit unemployment rates. Oconee County, at 1.8

0

percent, had the lowest rate and was one

Georgia Albany Athens Atlanta Augusta Columbus Macon Savannah

of two counties with a rate below 2 percent.

10

Georgia

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

Employment Status

Preliminary AUG 2002

Revised JUL 2002

Revised AUG 2001

Change From

Revised

Revised

JUL 2002

AUG 2001

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

4,199,436 4,001,408
198,028 4.7

4,235,464 4,027,488
207,976 4.9

4,091,333 3,926,495
164,838 4.0

-36,028 -26,080
-9,948

108,103 74,913 33,190

Albany MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

54,181 51,424
2,757 5.1

54,455 51,480
2,975 5.5

53,684 50,790
2,894 5.4

-274 -56
-218

497 634 -137

Athens MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

75,339 73,081
2,258 3.0

77,061 74,721
2,340 3.0

72,278 70,047
2,231 3.1

-1,722 -1,640
-82

3,061 3,034
27

Atlanta MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

2,320,532 2,205,779
114,753 4.9

2,330,259 2,210,944
119,315 5.1

2,259,970 2,178,334
81,636 3.6

-9,727 -5,165 -4,562

60,562 27,445 33,117

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

206,172 195,557
10,615 5.1

208,561 197,337
11,224 5.4

199,442 189,413
10,029 5.0

-2,389 -1,780
-609

6,730 6,144
586

Columbus, GA-AL MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

128,246 121,080
7,166 5.6

128,873 122,090
6,783 5.3

124,545 118,006
6,539 5.3

-627 -1,010
383

3,701 3,074
627

Macon MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

145,889 139,828
6,061 4.2

147,147 140,926
6,221 4.2

143,422 137,723
5,699 4.0

-1,258 -1,098
-160

2,467 2,105
362

Savannah MSA

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

143,879 138,359
5,520 3.8

143,944 137,951
5,993 4.2

133,654 129,410
4,244 3.2

-65 408 -473

10,225 8,949 1,276

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

Area
United States
(Seasonally adjusted)

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

AUG 2002
142,616,000 134,474,000
8,142,000 5.7

JUL 2002
142,390,000 134,045,000
8,345,000 5.9

AUG 2001
141,380,000 134,408,000
6,972,000 4.9

Change From

JUL 2002

AUG 2001

226,000 429,000 -203,000

1,236,000 66,000
1,170,000

United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

143,176,000 135,028,000
8,148,000 5.7

143,885,000 135,289,000
8,595,000 6.0

141,862,000 134,905,000
6,956,000 4.9

-709,000 -261,000 -447,000

1,314,000 123,000
1,192,000

Note: Employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, self-employment, unpaid family and private household w orkers and agricultural workers .

Persons in labor disputes are counted as employed. The use of unrounded data does not imply that the numbers are exact. Georgia and Metropolitan

Statistical Area data have not been seasonally-adjusted ; seasonally-adjusted data for Georgia availableupon 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, Cowet a, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette , Forsyth, Ful ton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties

Augusta-Aiken MSA: Includes Columbia, McDuffie and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina Columbus MSA: Includes Chatt ahoochee, Harris and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama

Macon MSA : Includes Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, and Twiggs counties

Savannah MSA: Includes Bry an, Chatham, and Effingham counties

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Eight

Like most regions in Georgia, Service Delivery Region (SDR) 8, located in the southwestern region of the state, is a study of contrasts. Between 1990 and 2000, the region's population grew at a rate of 6.4%, much slower than the state rate of 26.4%. Like most areas of Georgia, SDR 8 became more diverse. The AfricanAmerican population grew to represent 43.6% of the populace, while other racial categories more than doubled and now represent 4.7% of the total population. The number of people of Hispanic origin grew by 70.7%, to become 3.8% of the population.
Population growth rates varied among counties. A total of five counties within SDR 8 experienced population declines between 1990 and 2000. The largest decline in population occurred in Chattahoochee County (-12.1%), followed by Stewart (-7.1%), Randolph (-2.9%), Talbot (-0.4%), and finally, Clay (-0.2%). The balance of SDR 8 grew in population, from Muscogee County at 3.9% to Harris and Marion Counties at 33.2% and 27.8%, respectively.

Economic change also occurred for the citizens of SDR 8 over the past decade. Total personal income in the regionjumped 68.7% during the 1990s. The median household income kept pace with the statewide increase, rising from $22,207 in 1990 to $29,802 in 2000. Per capita income in SDR 8 grew more than the statewide average. Between 1990 and 2000, per capita income grew 58.6%, from $14,889 to $23,613. Although income increased overall, those at the lower income level did not benefit as much, and the number of persons living in poverty increased in the region. The percentage of the total population living in poverty went from 20.5% in 1990 to 21.2% in 2000.
Service Delivery Region 8 has good infrastructure. Interstate 75 passes through Dooly and Crisp counties, providing access to a major transportation vein. Also, Interstate 185 connects the region to Interstate 85. Two major rivers provide the area with water, the Flint and the Chattahoochee. The area has been the recipient of several improvement grants and awards.

The region has developed a reputation as a financial and business services center. The city of Columbus, located in Muscogee County, is home to some of the nation's largest corporations, such as Synovus, AFLAC, and Total Systems Services. Just south of Columbus, in Chattahoochee County is Fort Benning Military Reservation, the largest infantry camp in the world. Several state parks, including George T. Bagby, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Florence Marina, and Georgia Veterans' Memorial state parks, plus Providence Canyon Conservation Park are visited by many each year. Three national sites: Andersonville National Historic Site, Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, and Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge are also located within SDR 8. Plains, Georgia, located in Sumter County, is the birthplace of former Georgia Governor and 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. The area has a diverse economy, a productive workforce and business community, reliable infrastructure, and strong history. These factors should provide a solid foundation for future growth.

Crisp County Courthouse, Crisp, Georgia
12

Spotlight: Service Delivery Region Eight

SDR #8
Career Centers
Americus .............. (229) 931-2520 Columbus .............. (706) 649-7423 Cordele ................. (229) 276-2355

Demographic changes -- 1990 to 2000

SDR 8
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
332,111 188,174
56.7 136,112
41.0 7,825
2.4 7,842
2.4 63.5 $4,953,335 $22,207 $14,889 68,159 20.5

2000* Net change % change

353,274 182,557
51.7 154,061
43.6 16,656
4.7 13,386
3.8 67.5 $8,354,439 $29,802 $23,613 74,742 21.2

21,163 -5,617
-5.0 17,949
2.6 8,831
2.3 5,544
1.4 4.0 3,401,104 7,595 8,724 6,583 0.7

6.4% -3.0%
13.2%
112.9%
70.7%
6.3% 68.7% 34.2% 58.6% 9.7%


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 $17,722 923,085 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 $27,794 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 $10,072 280,324 0.5

* Or latest available estimate

26.4% 15.8%
34.5%
287.7%
299.6%
26.4% 84.4% 36.2% 56.8% 30.4%


1990 Personal income

Earnings by place of work

2000 Personal income

Earnings by place of work

Dividends 17.5%

Net Earnigs by Place of Residence*
67.2%

Transfers 15.3%

Other Labor 15.4%
Proprietor 7.8%
Wage & Salary 76.8%

Dividends 18.3%

Net Earnigs by Place of Residence*
65.2%

Transfers 16.5%

Other Labor 12.8% Proprietor 9.6%
Wage & Salary 77.6%

* Net Earnings by Place of Residence include Earnings by Place of Work less Personal Contributions for Social Insurance and plus or minus adjustment for residence.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
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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 August 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,199,436 4,001,408 198,028

4.7

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,180 7,458 722 8.8

2,785 2,616 169 6.1

4,270 4,027 243 5.7

1,721 1,657

64 3.7

16,551 15,792 759 4.6

Revised July 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,235,464 4,027,488 207,976 4.9

8,387 2,916 4,382 1,851 16,417

7,609 2,735 4,125 1,774 15,855

778 9.3 181 6.2 257 5.9
77 4.2 562 3.4

Revised August 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

4,091,333 3,926,495 164,838

4.0

7,990 2,688 4,144 1,650 16,174

7,283 2,516 3,926 1,565 15,577

707 8.8 172 6.4 218 5.3
85 5.2 597 3.7

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

6,498 6,237 261 4.0 22,201 21,139 1,062 4.8 41,387 39,486 1,901 4.6
8,830 8,409 421 4.8 6,207 6,004 203 3.3

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

69,707 66,535 3,172 4.6 5,705 5,447 258 4.5 6,470 6,063 407 6.3 7,626 7,335 291 3.8 11,804 11,475 329 2.8

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

26,033 25,287 746 2.9 9,040 8,312 728 8.1 8,611 8,186 425 4.9 2,414 2,300 114 4.7
17,073 16,465 608 3.6

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,372 4,227 145 3.3 46,261 43,861 2,400 5.2 28,064 27,286 778 2.8
3,844 3,697 147 3.8 112,414 107,937 4,477 4.0

Chattahoochee

2,461 2,284 177 7.2

Chattooga

10,607 10,356 251 2.4

Cherokee

84,973 81,901 3,072 3.6

Clarke

47,530 45,964 1,566 3.3

Clay

1,479 1,441

38 2.6

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

131,085 122,979 8,106 6.2 2,807 2,678 129 4.6
372,683 356,560 16,123 4.3 19,493 18,627 866 4.4 18,399 17,653 746 4.1

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

44,701 43,325 1,376 3.1 7,877 7,601 276 3.5
47,861 45,997 1,864 3.9 5,980 5,737 243 4.1 9,351 8,788 563 6.0

6,665 22,549 41,736
9,014 6,503

6,378 21,189 39,579
8,614 6,236

287 4.3 1,360 6.0 2,157 5.2
400 4.4 267 4.1

70,399 5,813 6,541 7,781 11,781

67,057 5,532 6,123 7,435 11,442

3,342 4.7 281 4.8 418 6.4 346 4.4 339 2.9

26,521 9,343 8,723 2,573
17,217

25,590 8,474 8,247 2,427
16,585

931 3.5 869 9.3 476 5.5 146 5.7 632 3.7

4,534 46,350 27,991
3,908 112,585

4,366 43,963 27,274
3,724 107,619

168 3.7 2,387 5.1
717 2.6 184 4.7 4,966 4.4

2,514 10,704 85,229 48,588
1,569

2,305 10,419 82,092 46,996
1,516

209 8.3 285 2.7 3,137 3.7 1,592 3.3
53 3.4

131,876 123,267 8,609 6.5

2,880 2,756

124 4.3

373,942 357,395 16,547 4.4

20,028 19,093

935 4.7

19,034 18,216

818 4.3

45,228 8,100
48,427 6,099 9,652

43,633 7,790
46,104 5,820 9,065

1,595 3.5 310 3.8
2,323 4.8 279 4.6 587 6.1

6,264 6,080

184 2.9

21,827 20,876

951 4.4

40,590 38,995 1,595 3.9

8,627 8,192

435 5.0

6,091 5,788

303 5.0

68,519 65,533 2,986 4.4

5,599 5,334

265 4.7

6,357 5,963

394 6.2

7,543 7,194

349 4.6

10,980 10,733

247 2.2

25,848 24,826 1,022 4.0

8,854 8,120

734 8.3

8,423 8,058

365 4.3

2,348 2,195

153 6.5

16,761 16,211

550 3.3

4,249 4,091

158 3.7

45,405 43,315 2,090 4.6

26,778 26,094

684 2.6

3,796 3,639

157 4.1

104,496 100,956 3,540 3.4

2,359 2,210

149 6.3

10,743 10,202

541 5.0

82,948 80,882 2,066 2.5

45,622 44,056 1,566 3.4

1,454 1,379

75 5.2

126,650 121,449 5,201 4.1

2,768 2,602

166 6.0

363,556 352,124 11,432 3.1

19,010 18,135

875 4.6

18,149 17,114 1,035 5.7

42,979 41,875 1,104 2.6

7,768 7,399

369 4.8

46,996 45,424 1,572 3.3

5,841 5,615

226 3.9

9,039 8,525

514 5.7

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 August 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,864 7,539 325 4.1 9,961 9,585 376 3.8 11,084 10,401 683 6.2 376,627 354,204 22,423 6.0 9,685 9,304 381 3.9

4,386 4,133 253 5.8

42,625 40,237 2,388 5.6

54,251 51,871 2,380 4.4

4,924 4,637 287 5.8

1,263 1,209

54 4.3

19,661 18,947 714 3.6 8,818 8,292 526 6.0 8,021 7,464 557 6.9 5,119 4,890 229 4.5 9,131 8,684 447 4.9

52,339 50,946 1,393 2.7 44,818 42,956 1,862 4.2 57,333 55,160 2,173 3.8 10,522 10,052 470 4.5 422,744 397,299 25,445 6.0

8,381 8,009 372 4.4

984

942

42 4.3

35,790 34,508 1,282 3.6

20,810 19,913 897 4.3

9,214 8,893 321 3.5

5,924 5,387 537 9.1 355,496 339,911 15,585 4.4
15,722 15,179 543 3.5 76,329 73,780 2,549 3.3
3,512 3,178 334 9.5

9,739 9,245 494 5.1 12,208 11,912 296 2.4
9,457 8,976 481 5.1 5,173 4,895 278 5.4 65,697 62,988 2,709 4.1

49,764 48,101 1,663 3.3 4,697 4,492 205 4.4
22,572 21,643 929 4.1 4,992 4,745 247 4.9 5,230 4,627 603 11.5

Revised July 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,950 7,535

415 5.2

10,125 9,718

407 4.0

11,353 10,679

674 5.9

378,367 355,033 23,334 6.2

10,002 9,453

549 5.5

Revised August 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,408 7,209

199 2.7

9,676 9,444

232 2.4

10,790 10,112

678 6.3

365,858 349,797 16,061 4.4

9,590 9,113

477 5.0

4,612 42,850 54,478
5,152 1,279

4,263 40,280 51,992
4,836 1,225

349 7.6 2,570 6.0 2,486 4.6
316 6.1 54 4.2

4,277 4,010

267 6.2

42,232 39,741 2,491 5.9

52,651 51,225 1,426 2.7

4,724 4,461

263 5.6

1,266 1,185

81 6.4

19,579 8,954 8,103 5,193 9,119

18,891 8,443 7,565 5,001 8,712

688 3.5 511 5.7 538 6.6 192 3.7 407 4.5

18,178 8,699 8,005 4,928 8,819

17,721 8,112 7,282 4,772 8,527

457 2.5 587 6.7 723 9.0 156 3.2 292 3.3

52,521 51,066 1,455 2.8 51,271 50,313

958 1.9

45,012 43,125 1,887 4.2 44,116 42,372 1,744 4.0

57,510 55,289 2,221 3.9 55,829 54,474 1,355 2.4

10,701 10,230

471 4.4 10,323 9,838

485 4.7

424,072 398,230 25,842 6.1 411,235 392,356 18,879 4.6

8,511 1,016 36,012 21,068 9,593

8,140 959
34,685 20,141
9,210

371 4.4 57 5.6
1,327 3.7 927 4.4 383 4.0

8,104 7,849

255 3.1

971

919

52 5.4

35,259 34,048 1,211 3.4

20,688 19,556 1,132 5.5

8,966 8,549

417 4.7

6,073 5,480

593 9.8

5,578 5,271

307 5.5

356,995 340,707 16,288 4.6 346,343 335,682 10,661 3.1

16,116 15,453

663 4.1 15,314 14,850

464 3.0

77,184 74,320 2,864 3.7 74,816 72,643 2,173 2.9

3,517 3,225

292 8.3

3,465 3,111

354 10.2

9,820 12,352
9,624 5,252 65,915

9,276 12,025
9,122 4,938 63,136

544 5.5 327 2.6 502 5.2 314 6.0 2,779 4.2

9,641 9,083

558 5.8

11,875 11,530

345 2.9

9,386 8,791

595 6.3

5,103 4,813

290 5.7

63,849 62,205 1,644 2.6

50,148 4,839
23,003 5,029 5,159

48,479 4,602
21,973 4,786 4,737

1,669 3.3 237 4.9
1,030 4.5 243 4.8 422 8.2

48,961 4,679
21,970 4,831 5,205

47,377 4,376
21,209 4,644 4,508

1,584 3.2 303 6.5 761 3.5 187 3.9 697 13.4

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 August 2002

Labor Employ-

Unemployment

Force

ment Number

Rate

7,120 6,456 664 9.3 4,219 4,059 160 3.8 3,184 2,986 198 6.2 11,588 11,136 452 3.9 6,403 5,976 427 6.7

Revised July 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

7,356 4,375 3,339 11,680 6,506

6,589 4,187 3,041 11,223 6,046

767 10.4 188 4.3 298 8.9 457 3.9 460 7.1

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

3,541 3,413 128 3.6 22,551 21,464 1,087 4.8 11,556 11,187 369 3.2 19,135 17,952 1,183 6.2
2,732 2,503 229 8.4

3,577 22,886 11,605 19,252
2,753

3,459 21,712 11,200 18,036
2,543

118 3.3 1,174 5.1
405 3.5 1,216 6.3
210 7.6

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

4,088 3,960 128 3.1 42,601 41,255 1,346 3.2 10,996 10,658 338 3.1
9,647 9,036 611 6.3 4,646 4,386 260 5.6

4,099 43,208 11,204
9,740 4,691

3,979 41,817 10,782
9,100 4,448

120 2.9 1,391 3.2
422 3.8 640 6.6 243 5.2

Macon

5,510 5,147 363 6.6

Madison

13,965 13,521 444 3.2

Marion

3,169 3,029 140 4.4

Meriwether

8,857 8,300 557 6.3

Miller

3,169 3,029 140 4.4

5,766 14,322
3,253 9,002 3,298

5,352 13,824
3,101 8,376 3,159

414 7.2 498 3.5 152 4.7 626 7.0 139 4.2

Mitchell

11,810 11,284 526 4.5

Monroe

7,976 7,540 436 5.5

Montgomery 3,622 3,376 246 6.8

Morgan

7,532 7,294 238 3.2

Murray

19,760 18,936 824 4.2

12,216 8,078 3,670 7,811
19,726

11,650 7,598 3,440 7,484 19,014

566 4.6 480 5.9 230 6.3 327 4.2 712 3.6

Muscogee

87,351 82,852 4,499 5.2

Newton

31,730 30,021 1,709 5.4

Oconee

13,844 13,596 248 1.8

Oglethorpe

6,317 6,070 247 3.9

Paulding

44,504 42,863 1,641 3.7

88,024 31,736 14,152
6,422 44,630

83,634 30,092 13,901
6,172 42,963

4,390 5.0 1,644 5.2
251 1.8 250 3.9 1,667 3.7

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

10,773 10,227 546 5.1 11,419 11,028 391 3.4
7,811 7,521 290 3.7 6,977 6,672 305 4.4 17,840 17,020 820 4.6

10,800 11,523 8,039 7,071 18,140

10,307 11,054 7,723 6,735 17,105

493 4.6 469 4.1 316 3.9 336 4.8 1,035 5.7

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,538 4,324 214 4.7

9,982 9,644 338 3.4

1,261 1,217

44 3.5

7,364 7,226 138 1.9

3,180 2,937 243 7.6

4,658 10,111 1,283 7,498 3,379

4,432 9,768 1,234 7,299 3,027

226 4.9 343 3.4
49 3.8 199 2.7 352 10.4

Revised August 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

6,913 4,186 3,143 11,319 6,211

6,299 3,935 2,917 10,968 5,867

614 8.9 251 6.0 226 7.2 351 3.1 344 5.5

3,471 22,126 11,452 18,612
2,820

3,347 21,079 11,049 17,699
2,451

124 3.6 1,047 4.7
403 3.5 913 4.9 369 13.1

3,999 41,824 10,749
9,303 4,485

3,904 40,461 10,473
8,733 4,298

95 2.4 1,363 3.3
276 2.6 570 6.1 187 4.2

5,306 13,399
3,086 8,761 3,012

4,958 12,960
2,951 8,160 2,912

348 6.6 439 3.3 135 4.4 601 6.9 100 3.3

11,479 7,785 3,617 7,322 19,497

10,932 7,420 3,299 7,096
18,678

547 4.8 365 4.7 318 8.8 226 3.1 819 4.2

84,523 30,748 13,256
6,181 43,401

80,194 29,648 13,031
5,943 42,330

4,329 5.1 1,100 3.6
225 1.7 238 3.9 1,071 2.5

10,602 11,161 7,614 6,815 17,533

10,073 10,891
7,313 6,562 16,782

529 5.0 270 2.4 301 4.0 253 3.7 751 4.3

4,606 9,741 1,278 7,247 3,118

4,210 9,459 1,187 7,118 2,853

396 8.6 282 2.9
91 7.1 129 1.8 265 8.5

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 August 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number

Rate

79,658 74,823 4,835 6.1

40,714 39,196 1,518 3.7

1,841 1,788

53 2.9

5,365 5,080 285 5.3

4,816 4,618 198 4.1

Revised July 2002

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

80,536 40,920
1,879 5,579 4,995

75,354 39,288
1,817 5,230 4,812

5,182 6.4 1,632 4.0
62 3.3 349 6.3 183 3.7

30,397 28,712 1,685 5.5 11,520 10,928 592 5.1 2,246 2,144 102 4.5 14,638 13,823 815 5.6 2,707 2,562 145 5.4

30,550 11,669 2,298 14,877 2,734

28,780 11,014 2,196 14,074 2,597

1,770 5.8 655 5.6 102 4.4 803 5.4 137 5.0

755 7,090 3,744 4,097 4,059

671 6,732 3,601 3,718 3,736

84 11.1 358 5.0 143 3.8 379 9.3 323 8.0

787 7,411 3,851 4,165 4,232

692 7,064 3,696 3,836 3,876

95 12.1 347 4.7 155 4.0 329 7.9 356 8.4

21,855 21,038 817 3.7

20,040 19,352 688 3.4

11,972 11,090 882 7.4

4,037 3,941

96 2.4

2,712 2,490 222 8.2

22,316 20,570 12,367
4,091 2,786

21,401 19,829 11,301
3,992 2,538

915 4.1 741 3.6 1,066 8.6
99 2.4 248 8.9

32,015 30,383 1,632 5.1 4,600 4,317 283 6.2 4,057 3,829 228 5.6 8,330 8,034 296 3.6 11,578 10,736 842 7.3

32,421 4,842 4,119 8,510 11,784

30,544 4,486 3,859 8,223
10,820

1,877 5.8 356 7.4 260 6.3 287 3.4 964 8.2

32,747 31,657 1,090 3.3 30,828 29,655 1,173 3.8 14,766 14,120 646 4.4
2,754 2,478 276 10.0 9,353 8,908 445 4.8

32,648 30,932 14,934
2,806 9,561

31,642 29,724 14,266
2,519 9,035

1,006 3.1 1,208 3.9
668 4.5 287 10.2 526 5.5

11,127 10,515 612 5.5

1,104 1,064

40 3.6

1,703 1,554 149 8.7

9,209 8,931 278 3.0

46,135 44,652 1,483 3.2

11,262 1,138 1,758 9,375 46,383

10,634 1,103 1,603 9,072
44,881

628 5.6 35 3.1
155 8.8 303 3.2 1,502 3.2

3,202 3,051 151 4.7 4,829 4,477 352 7.3 4,594 4,331 263 5.7 9,753 9,306 447 4.6

3,330 4,939 4,599 10,131

3,147 4,570 4,360 9,627

183 5.5 369 7.5 239 5.2 504 5.0

Revised August 2001

Labor Employ- Unemployment

Force

ment Number Rate

76,703 39,745
1,833 5,477 4,639

72,319 38,709
1,752 4,932 4,446

4,384 5.7 1,036 2.6
81 4.4 545 10.0 193 4.2

29,634 28,355 1,279 4.3

11,397 10,754

643 5.6

2,210 2,092

118 5.3

14,444 13,519

925 6.4

2,709 2,512

197 7.3

715 6,745 3,724 4,314 3,949

649 6,447 3,504 3,604 3,609

66 9.2 298 4.4 220 5.9 710 16.5 340 8.6

21,376 19,704 11,707
3,949 2,639

20,590 18,848 10,837
3,874 2,434

786 3.7 856 4.3 870 7.4
75 1.9 205 7.8

31,672 4,556 4,022 8,018
12,227

29,958 4,170 3,772 7,846
10,571

1,714 5.4 386 8.5 250 6.2 172 2.1
1,656 13.5

31,465 30,273 1,192 3.8

30,274 29,286

988 3.3

14,594 13,879

715 4.9

2,672 2,423

249 9.3

9,102 8,727

375 4.1

10,915 1,060 1,685 8,970
45,839

10,332 1,027 1,506 8,757
44,017

583 5.3 33 3.1
179 10.6 213 2.4 1,822 4.0

3,161 4,965 4,469 9,586

2,959 4,372 4,264 9,001

202 6.4 593 11.9 205 4.6 585 6.1

17

New Developments

Weyerhaeuser Company is expanding its operations at
4847 Cargo Drive in the Columbus East Industrial Park in Columbus. The expansion project will increase the size of the company's existing facility, which includes the upgrading of equipment and the addition of new machinery. Weyerhaeuser's current plant is about 115,000 square feet, most of which is used in production. Essentially, the expansion will add a 32,000-squarefoot warehouse and shipping center. Weyerhaeuser's cost for the new distribution center is $2 million, while $4 million will be used to add new machinery. Headquartered in Federal Way, Washington, Weyerhaeuser produces waxed corrugated containerboards that are used primarily in the food industry. The expansion, which began in May, is expected to be completed by November and create up to 10 new jobs to the current staff of 130 in Muscogee County.
F&P Georgia Manufacturing recently held an open
house allowing several hundred people, including company officials, Honda representatives, F&P Georgia suppliers and government officials the opportunity to view its state-of-the-art welding, painting and assembly operations in Rome. F&P officials also announced during its recent open house celebration plans for an expansion to meet the increasing demand for its products. The company provides subframe assemblies and other components to the Honda Odyssey minivan plant in Lincoln, Alabama. Honda, which currently manufactures 650 minivans a day, recently announced that it would boost production to 1,300 vehicles a day by 2004. F&P's goal is to meet Honda's increased demand by adding a new line and equipment that should be in place by 2004. The second line will be built in the existing plant, however, the company has a 10-year option to buy an additional 18 acres. F&P currently occupies about 144,800 square feet of space on 51 acres in the Floyd County Industrial Park. The company broke ground on the Rome facility in November 2000 and began production in November 2001 with only 80 employees. F&P Georgia now has 133 employees working in two shifts and could possibly increase that number to about 300-350 by 2005 giving an economic shot in the arm to Floyd County.
Yasufuku USA Inc. (YUI) is coming to the LaGrange
Industrial Park in LaGrange. YUI is a subsidiary of Yasufuku Rubber Industries. YUI has plans to purchase a 55,000-square-foot building from the LaGrange Development Authority for just over $1 million and will

invest about $4 million for equipment. The company will manufacture custom rubber and plastic parts for motorcycles, water vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and the automotive industry. YUI plans to begin production in early spring with about 50 new employees in Troup County.
Emory University recently opened its Clairmont Campus
in Decatur. Encompassing 42 acres on Clairmont Road in DeKalb County, the new housing complex will incorporate an off-campus autonomous apartment facility for residents with a Student Activities and Academic Center that will open in January. The center will include classrooms, a computer research lab, an Olympic-size pool, basketball and volleyball courts, an outdoor activity field and a caf. The campus housing is suited to accommodate 1,100 junior and senior undergraduates and 550 graduate students and will also provide space for 17 faculty-in-residence apartments. The student/faculty-housing concept, which is part of a growing national trend, is the first time that Emory has offered such an arrangement. It is geared to enrich the educational benefits of the university by enabling faculty members and students to interact outside of the classrooms.
Alliance Carpet Cushion, a subsidiary of Mohawk In-
dustries, is coming to the Magnolia International Park in Tifton. Representing a $5.5-million investment, Alliance has purchased a 16-acre lot where it will build the new 112,000-square-foot plant to house its manufacturing facility as well as a Mohawk Carpet distribution center. Mohawk, which is the largest flooring company in the world, is headquartered in North Georgia. Alliance is headquartered in Torrington, Connecticut. and operates plants in Texas and Ohio. The company will receive a $500,000 grant from the OneGeorgia program. Construction on the new facility will begin shortly and is expected to create about 65 new jobs in Tift County.
Doors & Trim is the new business on Chapel Street in
Quitman. The company, which recently opened, makes doors for residences, schools, hospitals and other projects. Located in Brooks County, Doors & Trim has 30 employees and plans to expand within the next six months to about 60 people to make fireplaces, windows and other household fixtures. The company buys slabs (door frames) and manufactures pre-hanging frames, thresholds, transoms and other trim where the finished product is sold to retail outlets.

18

Georgia Unemployment Rates by County

August 2002

Dade Catoosa

Whitfield

Walker

Murray

Chattooga

Gordon

Floyd

Bartow

Fannin

Towns

Union

Rabun

Gilmer

White Haber-

Lumpkin

sham Stephens

Pickens

Dawson

Banks Franklin

Hall

Cherokee Forsyth

Jackson Madison

Hart Elbert

10% or greater
4.7% to 9.9% Less than 4.7%

Polk Cobb
Paulding Haralson
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

McDuffie Warren
Hancock Glascock

Richmond

Troup

Meriwether

Pike

Lamar Monroe

Jones

Baldwin

Jefferson Washington

Burke

Harris

Talbot

Bibb

Wilkinson

Crawford

Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Screven
Emanuel

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: 4.7%

19

Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

August Average Initial Weekly Average
Claims Benefit Duration

County

August 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

165 ...... $199 ... 12.7 99 ...... $166 ......8.3 41 ...... $178 ... 12.5 10 ...... $173 ... 12.1
212 ...... $161 ... 12.4 58 ...... $201 ... 10.8
238 ...... $210 ... 13.9 373 ...... $224 ... 12.2 181 ...... $166 ......9.5
64 ...... $141 ......8.7 698 ...... $170 ... 14.4 102 ...... $156 ......8.8
79 ...... $220 ... 14.2 54 ...... $152 ... 17.2 65 ...... $212 ... 13.3 166 ...... $201 ... 15.7 154 ...... $170 ... 10.8 91 ...... $214 ... 13.0 15 ...... $188 ... 10.7 103 ...... $196 ... 13.9 30 ...... $201 ... 13.8 531 ...... $209 ... 13.2 166 ...... $214 ......9.6 22 ...... $174 ... 15.1 650 ...... $189 ... 14.4 24 ...... $183 ... 14.1 44 ...... $206 ... 20.0 448 ...... $242 ... 13.8 327 ...... $187 ... 15.5
9 ...... $172 ......8.7 1259 ...... $223 ... 15.0
25 ...... $161 ....11.2 2053 ...... $240 ... 16.2
314 ...... $177 ......9.3 193 ...... $167 ... 12.0 213 ...... $217 ....11.9
88 ...... $170 ......8.0 293 ...... $227 ... 13.0
56 ...... $202 ... 12.5 153 ...... $152 ....11.6
79 ...... $200 ......5.9 55 ...... $223 ... 13.3 242 ...... $181 ... 10.0 2975 ...... $230 ... 15.4 141 ...... $164 ... 10.3 80 ...... $157 ....11.1 391 ...... $169 ... 13.3 357 ...... $238 ... 14.6 55 ...... $160 ... 12.0
5 ...... $174 ... 13.9 103 ...... $216 ... 13.4 134 ...... $169 ......8.4 167 ...... $171 ... 10.3

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

63 ...... $218 ... 12.6 192 ...... $190 ... 10.4 166 ...... $240 ... 14.7 534 ...... $206 ... 10.7 265 ...... $252 ... 15.2 191 ...... $200 ... 12.1 3524 ...... $223 ... 15.8 189 ...... $220 ......9.7
8 ...... $170 ... 12.8 290 ...... $191 ... 12.4 503 ...... $199 ......8.7 106 ...... $172 ... 12.9
46 ...... $183 ... 19.2 2124 ...... $244 ... 14.9
219 ...... $196 ......9.1 579 ...... $221 ... 10.0
67 ...... $154 ... 15.7 89 ...... $204 ... 12.6 85 ...... $201 ... 10.2 149 ...... $180 ... 12.0 71 ...... $229 ... 10.5 467 ...... $232 ... 14.0 366 ...... $190 ... 13.3 67 ...... $151 ....11.1 177 ...... $222 ... 13.3 66 ...... $208 ... 10.4 261 ...... $204 ... 10.6 99 ...... $156 ... 12.7 33 ...... $191 ......6.9 40 ...... $169 ....11.5 92 ...... $193 ... 13.0 115 ...... $198 ... 12.0 25 ...... $183 ......9.9 264 ...... $181 ... 10.6 74 ...... $206 ......8.5 146 ...... $178 ... 12.8 59 ...... $189 ....11.0 25 ...... $180 ... 12.5 280 ...... $176 ....11.6 79 ...... $218 ... 10.1 87 ...... $157 ... 12.2 108 ...... $195 ... 13.0 34 ...... $184 ......5.9 268 ...... $199 ... 12.9 35 ...... $191 ....11.7 209 ...... $181 ... 10.6 52 ...... $187 ......9.2 91 ...... $160 ... 15.6 84 ...... $217 ... 12.4 54 ...... $196 ... 12.0 79 ...... $186 ... 10.9 477 ...... $215 ......7.7 825 ...... $175 ....11.9

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

August 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

329 ...... $216 ... 12.3 58 ...... $199 ... 14.6 61 ...... $188 ... 13.1
247 ...... $240 ... 14.3 222 ...... $157 ... 10.5
48 ...... $229 ....11.0 72 ...... $200 ... 12.9 81 ...... $202 ....11.7 244 ...... $202 ... 10.5 62 ...... $180 ... 13.5 97 ...... $178 ....11.8
2 ...... $235 ... 18.3 37 ...... $206 ......9.8 76 ...... $158 ... 10.2 873 ...... $178 ... 12.5 248 ...... $228 ... 14.1 11 ...... $173 ......8.5 87 ...... $169 ......8.8 58 ...... $198 ....11.2 333 ...... $198 ... 12.5 306 ...... $194 ... 10.3 23 ...... $160 ......6.1 151 ...... $148 ... 14.0 121 ...... $129 ......8.6
7 ...... $138 ... 20.3 88 ...... $184 ... 12.1 52 ...... $177 ... 10.2 134 ...... $156 ... 12.8 80 ...... $145 ....11.9 233 ...... $182 ... 12.7 178 ...... $162 ... 10.3 183 ...... $199 ... 12.3 14 ...... $205 ... 10.4 39 ...... $199 ....11.5 401 ...... $212 ......9.1 72 ...... $138 ... 10.4 79 ...... $195 ... 12.8 53 ...... $196 ... 12.3 242 ...... $182 ... 19.1 213 ...... $206 ......8.4 217 ...... $221 ... 12.1 184 ...... $163 ....11.1 85 ...... $199 ... 13.0 111 ...... $155 ....11.4 169 ...... $194 ... 10.9 11 ...... $133 ......5.8 38 ...... $195 ... 12.1 90 ...... $204 ... 10.6 608 ...... $214 ......8.1 42 ...... $176 ....11.5 107 ...... $169 ... 15.4 58 ...... $202 ... 12.3 83 ...... $182 ....11.9

Unemployment Insurance Statistics

Average duration of benefits
Southeast region : August 2002

Alabama Florida Georgia
Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee United States

12.9 14.5
12.8 15.3 15.4
13.0 14.6
13.1 15.9

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0 12.0 14.0 16.0 18.0

Weeks

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

Over-the-year initial claims filings continue to decline...

Claims activity for the month of August fell as seasonal layoffs subsided. Next to January, July typically experiences the largest number of seasonal layoffs during the year. Initial claims for August totaled 38,459, a 23.1 percent decrease from July's figure of 50,016. For the seventh consecutive month, new claims dropped over the year, as this month's figure decreased 15.0 percent from August's 2001 total of 45,233.
Most metropolitan statistical areas experienced over-the-year reductions in initial claims filings, with the exception being the Macon MSA, where job losses in retail trade contributed to new claims rising from 1,161 to 1,489, an over-the-year increase of 28.3 percent.
Continued weeks claimed fell 19.3 percent from July to August, dropping from 346,800 to 279,809. Over the year continued claims growth has now softened for six consecutive months. Following over-the-year increases of 65.9 percent in February, 61.2 percent in March, 49.9 percent in April, 27.5 percent for May, 22.0 percent for June and 10.2 percent during July, August's over the year continued claims total grew a mere 8.2 percent.
During August, 74,691 beneficiaries drew $56,296,675 in benefit payments. Both figures were down when compared to July, with beneficiaries dropping 13.0 percent and benefits paid down 20.5 percent. The total number of beneficiaries fell by 219 (0.3%) over the year while benefits paid rose 9.2 percent from last August.

For the month, there were $11.2 million in benefit payments in services, $5.9 million in trade, $5.4 million in manufacturing and $3.7 million in construction.
First payments were down 28.7 percent over the month, falling from 23,776 last month to August's total of 16,961. First payments dropped for the fifth consecutive month (down 8.2 percent in August) when compared to the same month one year ago.
Benefit exhaustions declined 31.0 percent from July to August, down from 11,949 to 8,246. This month's figure was the lowest exhaustion total since December 2001, when 8,145 recipients exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits. Over the year, benefit exhaustions were up 36.4 percent, far less of an over-the-year percentage growth total than in previous months this year.
There were 7,781 claims filed for extended benefits during the month, the lowest monthly total since March, when extension of unemployment insurance benefits became available.
The number of weeks jobless workers drew unemployment benefits edged up slightly from 12.7 weeks in July to 12.8 weeks during August. The duration was up 39.1 percent from last August's average duration of 9.2 weeks. At 12.8 weeks, Georgia's average duration ranked the lowest in the Southeast region and was well below the average duration of the nation, which stood at 15.9 weeks in August.

Statistical Trends

August 2002

August 2001

Net Change

Percent Change

Initial Claims ............................................................ 38,459 ............................... 45,233 .................................. -6,774 .............................-15.0%

Continued Weeks Claimed .................................... 279,809 ............................. 258,616 ................................. 21,193 ................................ 8.2% Beneficiaries .......................................................... 74,691 ............................... 74,910 ..................................... -219 ...............................-0.3%

Benefits Paid ................................................. $56,296,675 ...................... $51,564,963 .......................... $4,731,712 ................................ 9.2%

Weeks Paid .......................................................... 242,008 ............................. 229,402 ................................. 12,606 ................................ 5.5% First Payments ....................................................... 16,961 ............................... 18,469 .................................. -1,508 ...............................-8.2%

Final Payments ......................................................... 8,246 ................................. 6,047 ................................... 2,199 .............................. 36.4% Average Weekly Benefit ...................................... $233.62 ............................. $224.78 ................................... $8.84 ................................ 3.9%

Average Duration (weeks) ........................................ 12.8 ..................................... 9.2 ....................................... 3.6 .............................. 39.1%

Trust Fund Balance...................................$1,420,898,611 ................. $1,704,659,218 ..................... -$283,760,607 .............................-16.6%

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