Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce, Vol. 33, no. 8 (Aug. 2007)

August 2007 Data
August 2007 Employment Situation
Georgia payrolls added 46,600 jobs in August as the unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent. With over-the-month job decreases being realized in June and July, the August gain of total nonfarm jobs comes as a relief. Job sectors displaying the strongest job additions for the month include Government, Educational and Health Services, and Professional and Business Services. Moderate employment declines were realized in the Other Services, Information, and Financial Activities sectors.
The drop in the unemployment rate in August is reflective of the civilian labor force decreasing from 4,875,456 in July to 4,836,354 in August while the number of Georgians unemployed dropped from 237,160 to 216,878. The August rate (not seasonally adjusted) of 4.5 percent is just below the national rate of 4.6 percent. Georgia's unemployment rate a year ago stood at 4.8 percent.
Jobs added for the month were most profound in the Government sector. Though the Federal Government lost 300 jobs in August, State Government jobs were up 4,000 and Local Government payrolls increased by 26,400 workers. The gain in state and local government jobs is reflective of schools across the state reopening for the new year. Educational and Health Services also experienced a gain in jobs for the month. The sector added 4,000 workers in August and has now added 5,200 workers over the last two months. The job growth in Professional and Business Services in August comes as Administrative and Support Services added 2,900 jobs, Professional and Technical Services added 1,300 workers, and Management of Companies lost 200 jobs.
Over-the-year, Georgia has added 76, 200 nonfarm jobs, a growth rate of 1.9 percent. The 12-month growth in jobs comes as several sectors have grown at a rate above 3.0 percent. These job sectors include Government (+3.2 percent) which has added 21,300 jobs since August of last year, Educational and Health Services (+3.5 percent) which has gained 15,300 jobs over-the-year, Leisure and Hospitality (+3.4 percent) and its additional 13,200 workers, and Construction (+3.2 percent) which has added 7,100 jobs. Manufacturing jobs are down considerably over-the-year as the sector has lost 11,100 jobs (-2.5 percent) since August 2006.

Volume XXXIII, Number 8 Georgia Employment
(In Millions)
4.10 4.10 4.11 4.13 4.14 4.08 4.10 4.12 4.14 4.16 4.16 4.13 4.18

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

2006

2007

Georgia Unemployment Rate
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

4.8% 4.6% 4.5% 4.4% 4.4% 4.7% 4.4%

4.7% 4.9% 4.5%

4.0% 4.1% 4.1%

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

2006

2007

Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner Georgia Department of Labor
Workforce Information & Analysis 148 Andrew Young International Blvd., N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751
For more information, contact Corey Smith at (404) 232-3875 ext. 21299 or
David Echols at (404)232-3875 ext. 21272
corey.smith@dol.state.ga.us
david.echols@dol.state.ga.us
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon
Request to Individuals with Disabilities

GEORGIA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Change in Jobs

Change in Jobs

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

from JUL 2007 Net %

from AUG 2006 Net %

Total Nonfarm

4,177.9

4,131.3

4,101.7

+46.6 +1.1

+76.2 +1.9

Total Private

3,497.9

3,481.3

3,443.0

+16.6 +0.5

+54.9 +1.6

Goods Producing

681.0

678.1

685.1

+2.9 +0.4

-4.1 -0.6

Service-Providing

3,496.9

3,453.2

3,416.6

+43.7 +1.3

+80.3 +2.4

Private Service-Providing

2,816.9

2,803.2

2,757.9

+13.7 +0.5

+59.0 +2.1

Natural Resources and Mining

12.2

12.1

12.3

+.1 +0.8

-.1 -0.8

Construction

231.3

229.2

224.2

+2.1 +0.9

+7.1 +3.2

Construction of Buildings

51.1

51.0

50.7

+.1 +0.2

+.4 +0.8

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

36.0

35.4

34.8

+.6 +1.7

+1.2 +3.4

Specialty Trade Contractors

144.2

142.8

138.7

+1.4 +1.0

+5.5 +4.0

Manufacturing

437.5

436.8

448.6

+.7 +0.2

-11.1 -2.5

Durable Goods

205.0

204.0

211.1

+1.0 +0.5

-6.1 -2.9

Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg

28.2

28.1

28.1

+.1 +0.4

+.1 +0.4

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

42.2

41.6

46.3

+.6 +1.4

-4.1 -8.9

Non-Durable Goods

232.5

232.8

237.5

-.3 -0.1

-5.0 -2.1

Food Manufacturing

68.4

67.6

67.2

+.8 +1.2

+1.2 +1.8

Textile Mills

28.1

28.6

31.2

-.5 -1.7

-3.1 -9.9

Textile Product Mills

37.9

38.1

39.1

-.2 -0.5

-1.2 -3.1

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

884.2

881.0

866.5

+3.2 +0.4

+17.7 +2.0

Wholesale Trade

219.3

218.4

216.1

+.9 +0.4

+3.2 +1.5

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

115.3

114.5

112.6

+.8 +0.7

+2.7 +2.4

Merchant Wholesalers, Non-durable Goods

61.9

62.1

62.9

-.2 -0.3

-1.0 -1.6

Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers

42.1

41.8

40.6

+.3 +0.7

+1.5 +3.7

Retail Trade

476.0

474.3

465.3

+1.7 +0.4

+10.7 +2.3

Food and Beverage Stores

80.4

81.1

78.7

-.7 -0.9

+1.7 +2.2

General Merchandise Stores

97.8

96.7

94.5

+1.1 +1.1

+3.3 +3.5

Miscellaneous Store Retailers

23.3

23.9

24.3

-.6 -2.5

-1.0 -4.1

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

188.9

188.3

185.1

+.6 +0.3

+3.8 +2.1

Utilities

20.5

20.3

20.2

+.2 +1.0

+.3 +1.5

Transportation and Warehousing

168.4

168.0

164.9

+.4 +0.2

+3.5 +2.1

Air Transportation

38.1

38.2

37.1

-.1 -0.3

+1.0 +2.7

Truck Transportation

49.8

49.4

49.9

+.4 +0.8

-.1 -0.2

Couriers and Messengers

19.8

19.7

19.4

+.1 +0.5

+.4 +2.1

Warehousing and Storage

27.6

27.4

26.6

+.2 +0.7

+1.0 +3.8

Information

114.8

115.0

114.5

-.2 -0.2

+.3 +0.3

Telecommunications

45.5

45.0

45.4

+.5 +1.1

+.1 +0.2

Wired Telecommunications Carriers

22.9

22.7

22.6

+.2 +0.9

+.3 +1.3

Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

12.5

12.4

11.9

+.1 +0.8

+.6 +5.0

Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP

17.4

17.7

17.4

-.3 -1.7

+.0 +0.0

Financial Activities

234.4

234.5

232.5

-.1 +0.0

+1.9 +0.8

Finance and Insurance

168.4

168.9

167.3

-.5 -0.3

+1.1 +0.7

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

66.5

66.8

65.4

-.3 -0.4

+1.1 +1.7

Real Estate, Rental and Leasing

66.0

65.6

65.2

+.4 +0.6

+.8 +1.2

Professional and Business Services

565.8

561.8

555.6

+4.0 +0.7

+10.2 +1.8

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

216.1

214.8

210.6

+1.3 +0.6

+5.5 +2.6

Accounting, Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping

28.7

28.8

26.9

-.1 -0.3

+1.8 +6.7

Architectural, Engineering and Related Services

41.5

41.1

39.9

+.4 +1.0

+1.6 +4.0

Computer Systems Design and Related Services

45.6

45.4

44.3

+.2 +0.4

+1.3 +2.9

Management and Technical Consulting Services

30.3

30.2

29.3

+.1 +0.3

+1.0 +3.4

Management of Companies and Enterprises

53.2

53.4

52.4

-.2 -0.4

+.8 +1.5

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

296.5

293.6

292.6

+2.9 +1.0

+3.9 +1.3

Employment Services

146.0

143.6

144.7

+2.4 +1.7

+1.3 +0.9

Educational and Health Services

453.3

449.3

438.0

+4.0 +0.9

+15.3 +3.5

Educational Services

80.9

80.2

75.8

+.7 +0.9

+5.1 +6.7

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

50.9

50.8

47.7

+.1 +0.2

+3.2 +6.7

Health Care and Social Assistance

372.4

369.1

362.2

+3.3 +0.9

+10.2 +2.8

Ambulatory Health Care Services

138.2

138.5

136.7

-.3 -0.2

+1.5 +1.1

Hospitals

123.3

122.7

119.2

+.6 +0.5

+4.1 +3.4

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

54.3

54.1

52.6

+.2 +0.4

+1.7 +3.2

Social Assistance

56.6

53.8

53.7

+2.8 +5.2

+2.9 +5.4

Leisure and Hospitality

403.8

400.3

390.6

+3.5 +0.9

+13.2 +3.4

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

45.1

45.8

43.1

-.7 -1.5

+2.0 +4.6

Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation

33.8

34.4

32.4

-.6 -1.7

+1.4 +4.3

Accommodation and Food Services

358.7

354.5

347.5

+4.2 +1.2

+11.2 +3.2

Accommodation

45.1

44.8

44.2

+.3 +0.7

+.9 +2.0

Food Services and Drinking Places

313.6

309.7

303.3

+3.9 +1.3

+10.3 +3.4

Other Services

160.6

161.3

160.2

-.7 -0.4

+.4 +0.2

Repair and Maintenance

37.1

36.8

36.7

+.3 +0.8

+.4 +1.1

Personal and Laundry Services

35.1

35.3

35.6

-.2 -0.6

-.5 -1.4

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar

88.4

89.2

87.9

-.8 -0.9

+.5 +0.6

Government

680.0

650.0

658.7

+30.0 +4.6

+21.3 +3.2

Federal Government

95.1

95.4

94.9

-.3 -0.3

+.2 +0.2

Department of Defense

34.7

34.7

34.6

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +0.3

State Government

160.6

156.6

155.7

+4.0 +2.6

+4.9 +3.1

State Government Education

70.7

66.6

69.1

+4.1 +6.2

+1.6 +2.3

Local Government

424.3

398.0

408.1

+26.3 +6.6

+16.2 +4.0

Local Government Education

259.4

232.0

246.9

+27.4 +11.8

+12.5 +5.1

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

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 2005 benchmark.

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Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

ATLANTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary AUG 2007

Revised

Revised

JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Natural Resources and Mining Construction
Construction of Buildings Specialty Trade Contractors Manufacturing Durable Goods Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Non-Durable Goods Food Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Wholesale Trade Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers, Non-durable Goods Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers Retail Trade Food and Beverage Stores General Merchandise Stores Miscellaneous Store Retailers Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Utilities Transportation and Warehousing
Air Transportation Truck Transportation Couriers and Messengers Information Telecommunications Wired Telecommunications Carriers Wireless Telecommunications Carriers Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP Financial Activities Finance and Insurance Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Professional and Business Services Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Accounting, Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Computer Systems Design and Related Services Management and Technical Consulting Services Management of Companies and Enterprises Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation Employment Services Educational and Health Services Educational Services Health Care and Social Assistance Ambulatory Health Care Services Hospitals Social Assistance Leisure and Hospitality Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Accommodation and Food Services Accommodation Food Services and Drinking Places Other Services Repair and Maintenance Personal and Laundry Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government

2,461.0 2,133.2
323.4 2,137.6 1,809.8
2.3 144.5
31.4 90.4 176.6 91.3 16.3 85.3 25.3 560.5 161.0 86.7 41.8 32.5 270.0 48.6 51.0 15.9 129.5 11.3 118.2 37.0 30.4 15.9 89.6 35.7 18.6 10.1 13.0 164.0 116.6 45.1 47.4 409.8 168.5 19.5 30.9 36.3 26.4 40.4 200.9 97.5 251.4 53.4 198.0 76.1 64.1 32.8 237.5 29.6 207.9 24.5 183.4 97.0 21.3 22.9 327.8 45.3 64.8 217.7

2,435.6 2,124.5
321.3 2,114.3 1,803.2
2.2 143.4
31.4 89.7 175.7 90.6 15.8 85.1 25.2 558.9 160.9 86.8 41.7 32.4 268.7 49.2 50.2 16.0 129.3 11.3 118.0 37.2 29.9 15.8 89.8 35.4 18.4 10.1 13.2 164.1 116.8 45.2 47.3 408.4 167.5 19.9 30.6 35.7 26.3 40.3 200.6 97.7 248.6 53.1 195.5 75.6 64.2 30.7 236.2 30.2 206.0 24.6 181.4 97.2 21.1 22.9 311.1 45.7 61.8 203.6

2,408.1 2,093.0
322.1 2,086.0 1,770.9
2.1 141.2
31.6 88.0 178.8 93.3 19.6 85.5 25.0 547.2 158.3 85.0 41.8 31.5 262.9 46.5 49.1 16.1 126.0 11.0 115.0 35.9 29.7 15.5 89.0 35.2 18.7
9.7 12.9 163.2 116.2 44.6 47.0 401.0 163.0 18.5 29.8 35.3 25.7 39.8 198.2 96.3 241.7 50.4 191.3 74.7 62.3 31.2 231.1 29.2 201.9 24.3 177.6 97.7 21.7 23.6 315.1 45.5 61.8 207.8

+25.4 +8.7 +2.1
+23.3 +6.6 +.1 +1.1 +.0 +.7 +.9 +.7 +.5 +.2 +.1 +1.6 +.1 -.1 +.1 +.1 +1.3 -.6 +.8 -.1 +.2 +.0 +.2 -.2 +.5 +.1 -.2 +.3 +.2 +.0 -.2 -.1 -.2 -.1 +.1 +1.4 +1.0 -.4 +.3 +.6 +.1 +.1 +.3 -.2 +2.8 +.3 +2.5 +.5 -.1 +2.1 +1.3 -.6 +1.9 -.1 +2.0 -.2 +.2 +.0
+16.7 -.4
+3.0 +14.1

+1.0 +0.4 +0.7 +1.1 +0.4 +4.5 +0.8 +0.0 +0.8 +0.5 +0.8 +3.2 +0.2 +0.4 +0.3 +0.1 -0.1 +0.2 +0.3 +0.5 -1.2 +1.6 -0.6 +0.2 +0.0 +0.2 -0.5 +1.7 +0.6 -0.2 +0.8 +1.1 +0.0 -1.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 +0.2 +0.3 +0.6 -2.0 +1.0 +1.7 +0.4 +0.2 +0.1 -0.2 +1.1 +0.6 +1.3 +0.7 -0.2 +6.8 +0.6 -2.0 +0.9 -0.4 +1.1 -0.2 +0.9 +0.0 +5.4 -0.9 +4.9 +6.9

+52.9 +2.2 +40.2 +1.9
+1.3 +0.4 +51.6 +2.5 +38.9 +2.2
+.2 +9.5 +3.3 +2.3
-.2 -0.6 +2.4 +2.7 -2.2 -1.2 -2.0 -2.1 -3.3 -16.8
-.2 -0.2 +.3 +1.2 +13.3 +2.4 +2.7 +1.7 +1.7 +2.0 +.0 +0.0 +1.0 +3.2 +7.1 +2.7 +2.1 +4.5 +1.9 +3.9 -.2 -1.2 +3.5 +2.8 +.3 +2.7 +3.2 +2.8 +1.1 +3.1 +.7 +2.4 +.4 +2.6 +.6 +0.7 +.5 +1.4 -.1 -0.5 +.4 +4.1 +.1 +0.8 +.8 +0.5 +.4 +0.3 +.5 +1.1 +.4 +0.9 +8.8 +2.2 +5.5 +3.4 +1.0 +5.4 +1.1 +3.7 +1.0 +2.8 +.7 +2.7 +.6 +1.5 +2.7 +1.4 +1.2 +1.2 +9.7 +4.0 +3.0 +6.0 +6.7 +3.5 +1.4 +1.9 +1.8 +2.9 +1.6 +5.1 +6.4 +2.8 +.4 +1.4 +6.0 +3.0 +.2 +0.8 +5.8 +3.3 -.7 -0.7 -.4 -1.8 -.7 -3.0 +12.7 +4.0 -.2 -0.4 +3.0 +4.9 +9.9 +4.8

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, 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 2005 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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ALBANY MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private

65.5

65.1

64.5

51.5

51.2

50.7

+.4 +0.6 +.3 +0.6

+1.0 +1.6 +.8 +1.6

Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing

10.1

10.0

10.1

55.4

55.1

54.4

41.4

41.2

40.6

+.1 +1.0 +.3 +0.5 +.2 +0.5

+.0 +0.0 +1.0 +1.8
+.8 +2.0

Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade

6.8

6.7

6.9

13.6

13.6

13.4

8.2

8.2

8.2

+.1 +1.5 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0

-.1 -1.4 +.2 +1.5 +.0 +0.0

Government Federal Government State Government

14.0

13.9

13.8

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.0

+.1 +0.7 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -6.3

+.2 +1.4 +.1 +3.3 +.0 +0.0

Local Government

7.9

7.6

7.8

+.3 +3.9

+.1 +1.3

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 Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell and Worth 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 2005 benchmark.

ATHENS - CLARKE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary AUG 2007

Revised Revised JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs

from JUL 2007

Net

%

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm

83.3

82.7

81.7

+.6 +0.7

+1.6 +2.0

Total Private

60.4

60.0

59.2

+.4 +0.7

+1.2 +2.0

Goods Producing

13.1

12.9

13.0

+.2 +1.6

+.1 +0.8

Service-Providing

70.2

69.8

68.7

+.4 +0.6

+1.5 +2.2

Private Service-Providing

47.3

47.1

46.2

+.2 +0.4

+1.1 +2.4

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

13.8

13.7

13.6

+.1 +0.7

+.2 +1.5

Retail Trade

9.4

9.3

9.3

+.1 +1.1

+.1 +1.1

Professional and Business Services

6.6

6.7

6.4

-.1 -1.5

+.2 +3.1

Leisure and Hospitality

8.3

8.1

7.9

+.2 +2.5

+.4 +5.1

Government

22.9

22.7

22.5

+.2 +0.9

+.4 +1.8

Federal Government

1.6

1.6

1.6

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

State Government

13.9

14.3

13.8

-.4 -2.8

+.1 +0.7

Local Government

7.4

6.8

7.1

+.6 +8.8

+.3 +4.2

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 - Clarke County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Clarke, Madison, Oconee and Oglethorpe 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 2005 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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AUGUSTA-RICHMOND MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised Revised AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Natural Resources, Mining and Construction Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities
Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation,Warehousing, and Utilities Information Financial Activitities Professional and Business Services Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Other Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government

214.7 173.2
38.6 176.1 134.6
14.6 24.0 36.8
5.5 25.0
6.3 3.3 7.5 29.3 28.3 20.4 9.0 41.5 7.4 13.1 21.0

213.3 172.6
38.5 174.8 134.1
14.7 23.8 37.0
5.5 25.2
6.3 3.4 7.6 28.9 28.1 20.2 8.9 40.7 7.4 12.9 20.4

212.8 171.7
38.1 174.7 133.6
14.4 23.7 36.6
5.5 24.9
6.2 3.5 7.7 28.7 27.8 20.3 9.0 41.1 7.5 12.9 20.7

+1.4 +.6 +.1
+1.3 +.5 -.1 +.2 -.2 +.0 -.2 +.0 -.1 -.1 +.4 +.2 +.2 +.1 +.8 +.0 +.2 +.6

+0.7 +0.3 +0.3 +0.7 +0.4 -0.7 +0.8 -0.5 +0.0 -0.8 +0.0 -2.9 -1.3 +1.4 +0.7 +1.0 +1.1 +2.0 +0.0 +1.6 +2.9

+1.9 +1.5
+.5 +1.4 +1.0
+.2 +.3 +.2 +.0 +.1 +.1 -.2 -.2 +.6 +.5 +.1 +.0 +.4 -.1 +.2 +.3

+0.9 +0.9 +1.3 +0.8 +0.7 +1.4 +1.3 +0.5 +0.0 +0.4 +1.6 -5.7 -2.6 +2.1 +1.8 +0.5 +0.0 +1.0 -1.3 +1.6 +1.4

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 - Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Burke, 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 2005 benchmark.

BRUNSWICK MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation and Utilities
Retail Trade Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government

46.3

46.2

45.5

36.7

36.7

36.1

6.4

6.4

6.3

39.9

39.8

39.2

30.3

30.3

29.8

8.8

8.9

8.6

6.1

6.2

6.0

9.6

9.5

9.4

1.8

1.8

1.7

2.0

2.0

2.0

5.8

5.7

5.7

+.1 +0.2 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +0.3 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -1.1 -.1 -1.6 +.1 +1.1 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +1.8

+.8 +1.8 +.6 +1.7 +.1 +1.6 +.7 +1.8 +.5 +1.7 +.2 +2.3 +.1 +1.7 +.2 +2.1 +.1 +5.9 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +1.8

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers in the Brunswick Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Brantley, Glynn and McIntosh 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 2005 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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COLUMBUS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm

123.4

122.5

121.7

+.9 +0.7

+1.7 +1.4

Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing

101.1 18.4
105.0

100.9 18.6
103.9

99.6 18.9 102.8

+.2 +0.2 -.2 -1.1 +1.1 +1.1

+1.5 -.5
+2.2

+1.5 -2.6 +2.1

Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade

82.7

82.3

80.7

18.5

18.3

18.0

14.2

14.2

13.9

+.4 +0.5 +.2 +1.1 +.0 +0.0

+2.0 +.5 +.3

+2.5 +2.8 +2.2

Information Financial Activities Finance and Insurance

6.0

6.1

6.1

-.1 -1.6

9.2

9.2

9.2

+.0 +0.0

7.4

7.4

7.3

+.0 +0.0

-.1 -1.6 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +1.4

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services Leisure and Hospitality

5.1

5.1

5.0

14.5

14.4

14.0

13.8

13.9

13.7

+.0 +0.0 +.1 +0.7 -.1 -0.7

+.1 +2.0 +.5 +3.6 +.1 +0.7

Government Federal Government State Government

22.3

21.6

22.1

5.3

5.2

5.3

4.1

4.1

4.0

+.7 +3.2 +.1 +1.9 +.0 +0.0

+.2 +0.9 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +2.5

Local Government

12.9

12.3

12.8

+.6 +4.9

+.1 +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 in the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion 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 2005 benchmark.

DALTON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm

80.5

80.2

80.2

+.3 +0.4

+.3 +0.4

Total Private

73.0

73.0

73.0

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Goods Producing Service-Providing

32.2

32.5

32.7

48.3

47.7

47.5

-.3 -0.9 +.6 +1.3

-.5 -1.5 +.8 +1.7

Private Service-Providing

40.8

40.5

40.3

+.3 +0.7

+.5 +1.2

Manufacturing Textile Mills

30.1

30.4

31.0

3.8

3.9

4.0

-.3 -1.0 -.1 -2.6

-.9 -2.9 -.2 -5.0

Textile Product Mills

20.6

20.8

21.1

-.2 -1.0

-.5 -2.4

Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade

16.2

16.1

8.0

8.0

16.0 7.7

+.1 +0.6 +.0 +0.0

+.2 +1.3 +.3 +3.9

Transportation, Warehouse, and Utilities

3.9

3.8

4.0

+.1 +2.6

-.1 -2.5

Professional and Business Services Government

10.9

10.9

7.5

7.2

11.1 7.2

+.0 +0.0 +.3 +4.2

-.2 -1.8 +.3 +4.2

Federal Government

.3

.3

.3

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

State Government Local Government

1.2

1.2

6.0

5.7

1.2

+.0 +0.0

5.7

+.3 +5.3

+.0 +0.0 +.3 +5.3

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 Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Murray and Whitfield 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 2005 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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GAINESVILLE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private

75.9

75.0

74.0

+.9 +1.2

+1.9 +2.6

65.6

65.1

64.1

+.5 +0.8

+1.5 +2.3

Goods Producing

22.1

22.0

21.9

+.1 +0.5

+.2 +0.9

Service-Providing Private Service-Providing

53.8

53.0

52.1

+.8 +1.5

+1.7 +3.3

43.5

43.1

42.2

+.4 +0.9

+1.3 +3.1

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

13.1

13.0

12.7

+.1 +0.8

+.4 +3.1

Retail Trade Government

7.4

7.3

10.3

9.9

7.2

+.1 +1.4

9.9

+.4 +4.0

+.2 +2.8 +.4 +4.0

Federal Government

.5

.5

.5

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

State Government Local Government

2.7

2.7

7.1

6.7

2.6

+.0 +0.0

6.8

+.4 +6.0

+.1 +3.8 +.3 +4.4

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 Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Hall county. 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 2005 benchmark.

HINESVILLE - FT. STEWART MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government

19.1

18.7

11.5

11.4

1.8

1.8

17.3

16.9

9.7

9.6

7.6

7.3

3.4

3.4

.6

.5

3.6

3.4

18.5 11.4
1.8 16.7
9.6 7.1 3.2
.5 3.4

+.4 +2.1 +.1 +0.9 +.0 +0.0 +.4 +2.4 +.1 +1.0 +.3 +4.1 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +20.0 +.2 +5.9

+.6 +3.2 +.1 +0.9 +.0 +0.0 +.6 +3.6 +.1 +1.0 +.5 +7.0 +.2 +6.3 +.1 +20.0 +.2 +5.9

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 Hinesville - Ft. Stewart Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Liberty and Long 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 2005 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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MACON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade Transportation and Utilities
Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Financial Activities Professional and Business Services Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality Government Federal Government State Government Local Government

101.4 85.6 11.7 89.7 73.9 20.1 12.1 4.1 8.1 12.3 18.5 9.0 15.8 1.3 4.2 10.3

100.5 85.3 11.7 88.8 73.6 19.9 12.2 4.1 8.1 12.2 18.3 8.9 15.2 1.3 4.1 9.8

100.9 85.3 12.1 88.8 73.2 20.0 12.1 4.1 7.9 12.4 18.2 8.8 15.6 1.3 4.1 10.2

+.9 +0.9 +.3 +0.4 +.0 +0.0 +.9 +1.0 +.3 +0.4 +.2 +1.0 -.1 -0.8 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +0.8 +.2 +1.1 +.1 +1.1 +.6 +3.9 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +2.4 +.5 +5.1

+.5 +0.5 +.3 +0.4 -.4 -3.3 +.9 +1.0 +.7 +1.0 +.1 +0.5 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +2.5 -.1 -0.8 +.3 +1.6 +.2 +2.3 +.2 +1.3 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +2.4 +.1 +1.0

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe 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 2005 benchmark.

ROME MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs from AUG 2006
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities
Retail Trade Educational and Health Services Government Federal Government State Government Local Government

44.9

44.8

44.3

38.2

38.4

37.8

10.7

10.8

11.0

34.2

34.0

33.3

27.5

27.6

26.8

9.4

9.5

9.7

7.2

7.2

7.4

4.7

4.7

4.7

8.3

8.3

8.1

6.7

6.4

6.5

.3

.3

.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

4.2

3.9

4.1

+.1 +0.2 -.2 -0.5 -.1 -0.9 +.2 +0.6 -.1 -0.4 -.1 -1.1 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +4.7 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +7.7

+.6 +1.4 +.4 +1.1 -.3 -2.7 +.9 +2.7 +.7 +2.6 -.3 -3.1 -.2 -2.7 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +2.5 +.2 +3.1 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +4.8 +.1 +2.4

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 Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Floyd county. 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 2005 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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SAVANNAH MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs

from AUG 2006

Net

%

Total Nonfarm

161.2

160.0

158.5

+1.2 +0.8

+2.7 +1.7

Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing

139.0 24.7
136.5

138.6 24.7
135.3

136.7 24.9
133.6

+.4 +0.3 +.0 +0.0 +1.2 +0.9

+2.3 -.2
+2.9

+1.7 -0.8 +2.2

Private Service-Providing Natural Resources, Mining and Construction Manufacturing

114.3 10.1 14.6

113.9 10.1 14.6

111.8 10.1 14.8

+.4 +0.4 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0

+2.5 +2.2 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -1.4

Trade, Transportation and Utilities Wholesale Trade Retail Trade

35.6

35.8

35.2

6.6

6.6

6.6

18.8

19.0

18.6

-.2 -0.6 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -1.1

+.4 +1.1 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +1.1

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Information Financial Activities

10.2

10.2

10.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

6.4

6.5

6.4

+.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -1.5

+.2 +2.0 +.1 +5.3 +.0 +0.0

Professional and Business Services Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality

20.2

19.7

19.2

21.5

21.3

21.2

20.4

20.5

19.9

+.5 +2.5 +.2 +0.9 -.1 -0.5

+1.0 +.3 +.5

+5.2 +1.4 +2.5

Other Services Government
Federal Government

8.2

8.1

8.0

22.2

21.4

21.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

+.1 +1.2 +.8 +3.7 +.0 +0.0

+.2 +2.5 +.4 +1.8 +.0 +0.0

State Government Local Government

5.2

5.1

5.3

14.1

13.4

13.6

+.1 +2.0 +.7 +5.2

-.1 -1.9 +.5 +3.7

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 2005 benchmark.

VALDOSTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs

from AUG 2006

Net

%

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation and Utilities
Retail Trade Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government

56.3

55.8

55.4

43.9

43.8

43.6

9.4

9.4

9.6

46.9

46.4

45.8

34.5

34.4

34.0

12.5

12.4

12.2

9.0

8.9

8.8

12.4

12.0

11.8

.8

.8

.8

4.2

4.0

3.9

7.4

7.2

7.1

+.5 +0.9 +.1 +0.2 +.0 +0.0 +.5 +1.1 +.1 +0.3 +.1 +0.8 +.1 +1.1 +.4 +3.3 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +5.0 +.2 +2.8

+.9 +1.6 +.3 +0.7 -.2 -2.1 +1.1 +2.4 +.5 +1.5 +.3 +2.5 +.2 +2.3 +.6 +5.1 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +7.7 +.3 +4.2

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 Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Brooks, Echols, Lanier and Lowndes 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 2005 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000's)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

AUG 2007 JUL 2007 AUG 2006

Change in Jobs from JUL 2007
Net %

Change in Jobs

from AUG 2006

Net

%

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation and Utilities
Retail Trade Government
Federal Government State Government Local Government

58.7

58.0

36.6

36.2

7.4

7.3

51.3

50.7

29.2

28.9

7.9

7.9

6.4

6.4

22.1

21.8

13.5

13.7

1.1

1.0

7.5

7.1

57.2 35.5
7.1 50.1 28.4
7.7 6.1 21.7 13.7 1.0 7.0

+.7 +1.2 +.4 +1.1 +.1 +1.4 +.6 +1.2 +.3 +1.0 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 +.3 +1.4 -.2 -1.5 +.1 +10.0 +.4 +5.6

+1.5 +2.6 +1.1 +3.1
+.3 +4.2 +1.2 +2.4
+.8 +2.8 +.2 +2.6 +.3 +4.9 +.4 +1.8 -.2 -1.5 +.1 +10.0 +.5 +7.1

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Warner Robins Metropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Houston county. 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 2005 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force

Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.

7.5%

Ge orgia

U.S.

6.5%

5.5%

4.5%

3.5%

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

2006

2007

WA 4.4 OR 5.1
NV 4.9 CA 5.4
AK 5.4

ID 2.0
UT 2.8
AZ 3.9

State unemployment rates
August 2007
National Unemployment Rate: 4.6% Rates are not seasonally adjusted

MT 2.2
WY 2.7
CO 3.6
NM 3.8

ND 2.9
SD 2.7
NE 2.9
KS 4.3

MN 4.2
WI 4.9
IA 3.6
IL 5.4
MO 5.2

OK 4.2
TX 4.1

AR 5.3
MS 5.9
LA 4.1

NH 3.5

VT 3.4

ME 4.0

MI 7.0

OH

IN

5.4

4.8

KY 5.3
TN 4.1

PA 4.5

WV

4.7

VA

3.1

NC 4.7

SC 5.7

AL

GA

4.1

4.5

FL 4.3

MA 4.3 NY 4.7
RI 5.1 CT NJ 4.6 4.2 DE 3.0 DC 5.7
MD 3.7
Unemployment rate 7.0% to 9.9% 6.0% to 6.9% 5.0% to 5.9% 4.0% to 4.9% 3.0% to 3.9% Less than 3.0%

HI 2.6

11

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

Beginning with the 2006 estimates, our system was modified to eliminate revisions to the monthly estimates. However, estimates will be subject to revision at the end of the year to incorporate updated inputs and reestimation.

Georgia
Albany MSA Athens-Clarke County MSA Atlanta MSA Augusta-Richmond
County MSA Brunswick MSA
Columbus MSA
Dalton MSA
Gainesville MSA

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

AUG 2007
4,836,354 4,619,476
216,878 4.5
76,881 72,931
3,950 5.1
106,133 102,264
3,869 3.6
2,733,467 2,614,542
118,925 4.4
256,760 242,132
14,628 5.7
54,492 52,502
1,990 3.7
130,590 123,674
6,916 5.3
69,949 66,868
3,081 4.4
89,651 86,498
3,153 3.5

JUL 2007
4,875,456 4,638,296
237,160 4.9
77,909 73,536
4,373 5.6
107,002 102,620
4,382 4.1
2,749,558 2,620,729
128,829 4.7
260,386 244,929
15,457 5.9
55,400 53,193
2,207 4.0
131,569 124,135
7,434 5.7
70,491 67,324
3,167 4.5
90,055 86,497
3,558 4.0

AUG 2006
4,754,196 4,527,585
226,611 4.8
75,814 71,679
4,135 5.5
103,956 99,984 3,972 3.8
2,670,303 2,545,936
124,367 4.7
256,656 239,735
16,921 6.6
53,818 51,586
2,232 4.1
128,836 121,730
7,106 5.5
69,266 66,399
2,867 4.1
87,560 84,219
3,341 3.8

Change From

JUL 2007

AUG 2006

-39,102 -18,820 -20,282

82,158 91,891 -9,733

-1,028 -605 -423

1,067 1,252 -185

-869 -356 -513

2,177 2,280
-103

-16,091 -6,187 -9,904

63,164 68,606 -5,442

-3,626 -2,797
-829

104 2,397 -2,293

-908 -691 -217

674 916 -242

-979 -461 -518

1,754 1,944
-190

-542

683

-456

469

-86

214

-404 1
-405

2,091 2,279 -188

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: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth counties. Athens - Clarke County MSA: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties. Atlanta MSA: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Augusta - Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties. Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties. Gainesville MSA: Hall County. Hinesville - Fort Stewart MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties. Rome MSA: Floyd County. Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties. Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties. Warner Robins MSA: Houston County.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

12

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

Hinesville-Ft. Stewart MSA Macon MSA
Rome MSA Savannah MSA
Valdosta MSA Warner Robins MSA

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

AUG 2007
31,207 29,724
1,483 4.8
112,538 106,963
5,575 5.0
52,655 50,300
2,355 4.5
178,331 171,251
7,080 4.0
68,331 65,576
2,755 4.0
68,378 65,732
2,646 3.9

JUL 2007
31,326 29,658
1,668 5.3
113,710 107,673
6,037 5.3
53,261 50,757
2,504 4.7
180,094 172,426
7,668 4.3
68,892 65,958
2,934 4.3
68,744 65,816
2,928 4.3

AUG 2006
30,595 28,895
1,700 5.6
112,446 105,836
6,610 5.9
51,736 49,423
2,313 4.5
174,875 167,676
7,199 4.1
67,401 64,750
2,651 3.9
67,079 64,154
2,925 4.4

Change From

JUL 2007

AUG 2006

-119 66
-185

612 829 -217

-1,172 -710 -462

92 1,127 -1,035

-606

919

-457

877

-149

42

-1,763 -1,175
-588

3,456 3,575
-119

-561

930

-382

826

-179

104

-366 -84
-282

1,299 1,578
-279

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

Area
United States
(Seasonally adjusted)

Employment Status
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

AUG 2007
152,891,000 145,794,000
7,097,000 4.6

JUL 2007
153,231,000 146,110,000
7,121,000 4.6

AUG 2006
151,734,000 144,618,000
7,116,000 4.7

Change From

JUL 2007

AUG 2006

-340,000 -316,000
-24,000

1,157,000 1,176,000
-19,000

United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

153,493,000 146,406,000
7,088,000 4.6

154,871,000 147,315,000
7,556,000 4.9

152,465,000 145,379,000
7,086,000 4.6

-1,378,000 -909,000 -468,000

1,028,000 1,027,000
2,000

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: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth counties. Athens - Clarke County MSA: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties. Atlanta MSA: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties. Augusta - Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties. Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama. Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties. Gainesville MSA: Hall County. Hinesville - Fort Stewart MSA: Liberty and Long counties. Macon MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties. Rome MSA: Floyd County. Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties. Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties. Warner Robins MSA: Houston County.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Georgia

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

August 2007

July 2007

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,836,354 4,619,476 216,878 4.5

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,875,456 4,638,296 237,160 4.9

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

8,695 8,153 542 6.2

3,376 3,205 171 5.1

4,632 4,414 218 4.7

1,858 1,765

93 5.0

20,810 19,711 1,099 5.3

8,896 8,290 606 6.8

3,443 3,244 199 5.8

4,735 4,488 247 5.2

1,868 1,780

88 4.7

21,089 19,900 1,189 5.6

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

9,926 9,593 333 3.4 32,558 31,165 1,393 4.3 47,265 45,094 2,171 4.6
8,253 7,660 593 7.2 9,032 8,627 405 4.5

9,953 9,598 355 3.6 32,679 31,239 1,440 4.4 47,625 45,200 2,425 5.1
8,406 7,787 619 7.4 9,153 8,705 448 4.9

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

74,565 70,658 3,907 5.2

5,216 4,937 279 5.3

7,975 7,617

358 4.5

8,731 8,360 371 4.2

16,481 15,892 589 3.6

75,339 71,127 4,212 5.6 5,323 4,977 346 6.5 8,138 7,717 421 5.2 8,775 8,409 366 4.2
16,634 16,001 633 3.8

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

32,331 30,883 1,448 4.5 10,466 9,495 971 9.3
9,674 9,172 502 5.2 2,448 2,317 131 5.4 21,659 20,792 867 4.0

32,430 30,710 1,720 5.3 10,417 9,575 842 8.1
9,725 9,194 531 5.5 2,542 2,337 205 8.1 21,855 20,890 965 4.4

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,709 4,509 200 4.2 53,893 51,353 2,540 4.7 36,378 35,225 1,153 3.2
4,707 4,476 231 4.9 134,244 128,723 5,521 4.1

4,807 4,560 247 5.1 54,325 51,474 2,851 5.2 36,413 35,217 1,196 3.3
4,796 4,528 268 5.6 135,616 129,606 6,010 4.4

Chattahoochee 2,729

Chattooga 10,891

Cherokee 106,373

Clarke

63,230

Clay

1,730

2,457 10,288 102,524 60,779
1,642

272 10.0 603 5.5 3,849 3.6 2,451 3.9
88 5.1

2,778 10,963 106,844 63,805
1,776

2,471 10,288 102,767 60,991
1,682

307 11.1 675 6.2 4,077 3.8 2,814 4.4
94 5.3

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

143,664 135,993 7,671 5.3 2,834 2,640 194 6.8
392,110 376,978 15,132 3.9 16,752 15,793 959 5.7 20,867 19,933 934 4.5

144,720 136,315 8,405 5.8 2,892 2,687 205 7.1
394,222 377,870 16,352 4.1 17,085 15,986 1,099 6.4 21,360 20,313 1,047 4.9

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

57,588 55,248 2,340 4.1 7,135 6,736 399 5.6
59,258 56,965 2,293 3.9 6,370 6,072 298 4.7
10,325 9,751 574 5.6

58,219 55,714 2,505 4.3 7,216 6,757 459 6.4
59,709 57,100 2,609 4.4 6,429 6,112 317 4.9
10,498 9,856 642 6.1

14

August 2006

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,754,196 4,527,585 226,611 4.8

8,966 3,432 5,005 1,833 20,711

8,438 3,259 4,775 1,735 19,522

528 5.9 173 5.0 230 4.6
98 5.3 1,189 5.7

9,879 31,686 46,207
8,385 9,132

9,552 30,347 43,910
7,895 8,724

327 3.3 1,339 4.2 2,297 5.0
490 5.8 408 4.5

74,490 5,113 7,894 8,596
16,144

69,913 4,779 7,484 8,255
15,560

4,577 6.1 334 6.5 410 5.2 341 4.0 584 3.6

32,073 10,051
9,480 2,412 20,685

30,652 9,387 8,932 2,266
19,748

1,421 4.4 664 6.6 548 5.8 146 6.1 937 4.5

4,683 52,520 36,058
4,607 131,667

4,471 50,005 34,746
4,375 126,035

212 4.5 2,515 4.8 1,312 3.6
232 5.0 5,632 4.3

2,682 11,049 103,654 61,957 1,525

2,412 10,454 99,834 59,424
1,446

270 10.1 595 5.4 3,820 3.7 2,533 4.1
79 5.2

140,503 132,425 8,078 5.7 2,819 2,661 158 5.6
383,113 367,086 16,027 4.2 16,979 16,057 922 5.4 21,019 20,099 920 4.4

57,159 7,077
57,936 6,327
10,343

54,622 6,705
55,470 6,008 9,735

2,537 4.4 372 5.3
2,466 4.3 319 5.0 608 5.9

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

August 2007

July 2007

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,805 8,493 312 3.5 10,963 10,563 400 3.6 11,953 11,257 696 5.8 389,492 370,917 18,575 4.8
9,952 9,496 456 4.6

8,890 8,491

399 4.5

11,012 10,588 424 3.9

12,244 11,444 800 6.5

391,672 371,795 19,877 5.1

10,222 9,555

667 6.5

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,836 4,567 269 5.6

42,536 40,169 2,367 5.6

63,078 60,220 2,858 4.5

5,721 5,404 317 5.5

2,434 2,357

77 3.2

4,942 4,660 282 5.7

43,133 40,502 2,631 6.1

63,531 60,363 3,168 5.0

5,835 5,471 364 6.2

2,464 2,371

93 3.8

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

27,606 9,961
10,687 4,833 11,391

26,636 9,377
10,077 4,602
10,969

970 3.5 584 5.9 610 5.7 231 4.8 422 3.7

27,844 26,819 1,025 3.7

10,080 9,444 636 6.3

10,961 10,173

788 7.2

4,856 4,595 261 5.4

11,518 11,050

468 4.1

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

56,535 54,409 2,126 3.8

52,655 50,300 2,355 4.5

80,121 77,462 2,659 3.3

10,755 10,244

511 4.8

485,047 461,977 23,070 4.8

56,847 54,537 2,310 4.1 53,261 50,757 2,504 4.7 80,462 77,646 2,816 3.5 10,859 10,291 568 5.2 487,880 463,070 24,810 5.1

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

14,906 14,376 530 3.6

1,239 1,177

62 5.0

41,027 39,609 1,418 3.5

27,996 26,779 1,217 4.3

12,202 11,729 473 3.9

15,054 14,495 559 3.7

1,244 1,175

69 5.5

41,670 40,130 1,540 3.7

28,207 26,960 1,247 4.4

12,553 11,926 627 5.0

Greene

7,462 7,066 396 5.3

Gwinnett

423,531 406,996 16,535 3.9

Habersham 19,696 18,904

792 4.0

Hall

89,651 86,498 3,153 3.5

Hancock

3,381 3,126 255 7.5

7,585 7,173 412 5.4

425,729 407,959 17,770 4.2

19,815 18,938

877 4.4

90,055 86,497 3,558 4.0

3,412 3,156 256 7.5

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

13,615 13,022 593 4.4 15,714 15,140 574 3.7 10,840 10,162 678 6.3
5,216 4,990 226 4.3 93,973 89,963 4,010 4.3

13,720 13,053 667 4.9 15,850 15,226 624 3.9 11,119 10,298 821 7.4
5,295 5,002 293 5.5 94,474 90,176 4,298 4.5

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

68,378 65,732 2,646 3.9 4,638 4,371 267 5.8
28,012 26,913 1,099 3.9 6,677 6,344 333 5.0 5,271 4,917 354 6.7

68,744 65,816 2,928 4.3 4,722 4,443 279 5.9
28,214 27,035 1,179 4.2 6,688 6,359 329 4.9 5,477 5,009 468 8.5

August 2006

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,707 8,377 330 3.8 10,664 10,286 378 3.5 11,994 11,312 682 5.7 381,178 361,184 19,994 5.2
9,616 9,106 510 5.3

4,899 42,087 61,687
5,868 2,405

4,589 39,479 58,640
5,567 2,327

310 6.3 2,608 6.2 3,047 4.9
301 5.1 78 3.2

27,063 10,076 10,965
5,138 10,894

26,080 9,474
10,315 4,890
10,448

983 3.6 602 6.0 650 5.9 248 4.8 446 4.1

55,125 52,981 2,144 3.9 51,736 49,423 2,313 4.5 77,970 75,430 2,540 3.3 11,063 10,513 550 5.0 473,826 449,855 23,971 5.1

14,280 1,219
40,521 27,546 12,375

13,765 1,161
38,918 26,366 11,837

515 3.6 58 4.8
1,603 4.0 1,180 4.3
538 4.3

7,164 6,745 419 5.8 413,571 396,316 17,255 4.2
19,932 19,074 858 4.3 87,560 84,219 3,341 3.8
3,381 3,096 285 8.4

13,325 15,446 11,056
5,098 91,827

12,680 14,861 10,398
4,859 87,602

645 4.8 585 3.8 658 6.0 239 4.7 4,225 4.6

67,079 4,744
27,266 6,465 5,521

64,154 4,504
26,184 6,178 5,177

2,925 4.4 240 5.1
1,082 4.0 287 4.4 344 6.2

15

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

August 2007

July 2007

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

7,329 3,462 3,878 13,974 8,210

6,690 3,163 3,646 13,381 7,817

639 8.7 299 8.6 232 6.0 593 4.2 393 4.8

Labor Force
7,419 3,557 3,953 14,098 8,316

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

6,736 3,203 3,646 13,470 7,836

683 9.2 354 10.0 307 7.8 628 4.5 480 5.8

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

4,010 3,855 155 3.9 22,953 21,819 1,134 4.9 17,073 16,380 693 4.1 24,922 23,668 1,254 5.0
3,901 3,685 216 5.5

4,052 3,878

174 4.3

23,186 21,813 1,373 5.9

17,257 16,516

741 4.3

25,040 23,615 1,425 5.7

3,974 3,741

233 5.9

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

6,285 6,056 229 3.6 53,154 51,003 2,151 4.0 13,223 12,716 507 3.8 10,779 10,086 693 6.4
5,490 5,276 214 3.9

6,286 6,043

243 3.9

53,601 51,300 2,301 4.3

13,152 12,566 586 4.5

10,975 10,171

804 7.3

5,592 5,345 247 4.4

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,151 16,503
3,525 10,347
3,650

4,794 15,925
3,340 9,766 3,481

357 6.9 578 3.5 185 5.2 581 5.6 169 4.6

5,254 16,627
3,525 10,453
3,712

4,861 15,981
3,359 9,789 3,536

393 7.5 646 3.9 166 4.7 664 6.4 176 4.7

Mitchell

10,453 9,918 535 5.1

Monroe

12,947 12,398 549 4.2

Montgomery 4,650 4,424 226 4.9

Morgan

9,763 9,343 420 4.3

Murray

22,135 21,129 1,006 4.5

10,747 13,090
4,750 9,905 22,228

10,133 12,481
4,457 9,451 21,273

614 5.7 609 4.7 293 6.2 454 4.6 955 4.3

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

86,701 82,224 4,477 5.2 45,094 42,730 2,364 5.2 18,340 17,791 549 3.0
8,060 7,769 291 3.6 62,370 59,852 2,518 4.0

87,592 82,691 4,901 5.6 45,524 42,831 2,693 5.9 18,444 17,853 591 3.2
8,127 7,796 331 4.1 62,811 59,994 2,817 4.5

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

11,731 15,206
8,550 8,150 21,376

11,112 14,631
8,186 7,799 20,443

619 5.3 575 3.8 364 4.3 351 4.3 933 4.4

11,930 11,225 705 5.9

15,286 14,666 620 4.1

8,608 8,229 379 4.4

8,189 7,817

372 4.5

21,495 20,466 1,029 4.8

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,752 10,359
991 7,399 2,794

4,565 9,900
941 7,020 2,621

187 3.9 459 4.4
50 5.0 379 5.1 173 6.2

4,790 10,556
1,008 7,587 2,923

4,595 10,101
955 7,127 2,699

195 4.1 455 4.3
53 5.3 460 6.1 224 7.7

August 2006

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

7,169 3,656 3,823 14,038 8,073

6,666 3,447 3,601 13,240 7,612

503 7.0 209 5.7 222 5.8 798 5.7 461 5.7

3,951 22,870 16,766 24,457
3,818

3,807 21,548 16,099 23,008
3,574

144 3.6 1,322 5.8
667 4.0 1,449 5.9
244 6.4

6,138 52,448 12,912 10,722
5,403

5,887 50,361 12,373
9,972 5,184

251 4.1 2,087 4.0
539 4.2 750 7.0 219 4.1

5,506 16,150
3,424 10,172
3,798

5,117 15,570
3,278 9,510 3,659

389 7.1 580 3.6 146 4.3 662 6.5 139 3.7

10,605 12,898
4,547 9,379 21,861

10,055 12,268
4,285 8,966 20,980

550 5.2 630 4.9 262 5.8 413 4.4 881 4.0

85,567 43,970 17,966
7,883 60,859

80,711 41,609 17,394
7,595 58,281

4,856 5.7 2,361 5.4
572 3.2 288 3.7 2,578 4.2

11,607 14,795
8,515 7,968 21,253

10,907 14,247
8,129 7,594 20,298

700 6.0 548 3.7 386 4.5 374 4.7 955 4.5

4,652 10,285
996 7,870 2,952

4,441 9,766
948 7,358 2,775

211 4.5 519 5.0
48 4.8 512 6.5 177 6.0

16

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

August 2007

July 2007

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

91,325 85,271 6,054 6.6

41,479 39,485 1,994 4.8

1,824 1,712

112 6.1

7,241 6,858 383 5.3

4,004 3,797 207 5.2

92,274 85,990 6,284 6.8

41,762 39,578 2,184 5.2

1,861 1,743

118 6.3

7,328 6,910 418 5.7

4,075 3,837 238 5.8

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

29,542 27,987 1,555 5.3 13,440 12,803 637 4.7
2,122 1,970 152 7.2 14,988 13,889 1,099 7.3
3,203 3,002 201 6.3

29,760 28,053 1,707 5.7 13,513 12,821 692 5.1
2,147 1,987 160 7.5 15,384 14,136 1,248 8.1
3,240 3,031 209 6.5

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

807 9,066 3,382 5,146 4,738

757 8,632 3,183 4,784 4,442

50 6.2 434 4.8 199 5.9 362 7.0 296 6.2

846 9,298 3,411 5,637 4,822

768 8,799 3,213 4,858 4,479

78 9.2 499 5.4 198 5.8 779 13.8 343 7.1

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

21,999 21,060 939 4.3 19,955 18,942 1,013 5.1 13,959 13,283 676 4.8
6,489 6,262 227 3.5 2,724 2,568 156 5.7

22,155 21,122 1,033 4.7 20,139 19,058 1,081 5.4 14,146 13,380 766 5.4
6,378 6,128 250 3.9 2,758 2,556 202 7.3

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

30,564 28,896 1,668 5.5 5,212 4,935 277 5.3 4,682 4,454 228 4.9 11,526 11,116 410 3.6
12,023 11,261 762 6.3

30,931 28,999 1,932 6.2 5,290 4,972 318 6.0 4,755 4,483 272 5.7 11,575 11,115 460 4.0 12,117 11,331 786 6.5

Walker

34,246 33,010 1,236 3.6

Walton

40,027 38,368 1,659 4.1

Ware

15,117 14,406

711 4.7

Warren

2,436 2,248 188 7.7

Washington 8,535 8,073 462 5.4

34,288 33,002 1,286 3.8 40,300 38,459 1,841 4.6 15,269 14,480 789 5.2
2,502 2,271 231 9.2 8,677 8,165 512 5.9

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

12,027 11,383 644 5.4

1,240 1,185

55 4.4

3,150 2,987 163 5.2

13,005 12,547 458 3.5

47,814 45,739 2,075 4.3

12,134 11,421 713 5.9

1,250 1,191

59 4.7

3,238 3,004 234 7.2

13,103 12,582 521 4.0

48,263 46,051 2,212 4.6

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,292 4,564 4,626 10,676

3,103 4,276 4,386 10,175

189 5.7 288 6.3 240 5.2 501 4.7

3,407 4,683 4,663 10,830

3,172 4,351 4,393 10,259

235 6.9 332 7.1 270 5.8 571 5.3

August 2006

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

90,535 40,452
1,798 7,197 4,121

84,304 38,449
1,698 6,824 3,900

6,231 6.9 2,003 5.0
100 5.6 373 5.2 221 5.4

29,058 13,701
2,023 14,707
3,090

27,252 12,979
1,884 13,778
2,891

1,806 6.2 722 5.3 139 6.9 929 6.3 199 6.4

773 9,383 3,321 5,272 4,610

722 8,845 3,108 4,830 4,366

51 6.6 538 5.7 213 6.4 442 8.4 244 5.3

23,272 20,466 13,661
6,192 2,704

22,230 19,403 12,864
5,972 2,527

1,042 4.5 1,063 5.2
797 5.8 220 3.6 177 6.5

30,503 5,348 4,693
10,816 11,868

28,672 5,078 4,407
10,404 11,089

1,831 6.0 270 5.0 286 6.1 412 3.8 779 6.6

33,902 39,122 15,069
2,458 8,328

32,561 37,361 14,306
2,247 7,820

1,341 4.0 1,761 4.5
763 5.1 211 8.6 508 6.1

12,068 1,207 3,140
12,760 47,405

11,366 1,151 2,951 12,283 45,419

702 5.8 56 4.6
189 6.0 477 3.7 1,986 4.2

3,335 4,761 4,646 10,517

3,134 4,464 4,348 10,000

201 6.0 297 6.2 298 6.4 517 4.9

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New Developments

It's safety first at Elesys North America in Gwinnett County. The Suwanee manufacturing facility is currently producing some one million active and passive safety systems for automobiles per year. Their products are almost never thought about until a life is saved. The company's line of products include anti-lock brakes to passenger monitoring systems which sense the passenger's size and shape every eight seconds and direct the airbags to best protect people. The success of the company has led to expansion plans in the Gwinnett location. The plan is to increase the percent of the product line made in Suwanee to 100 percent from the 67 percent they currently manufacture. This would involve increasing their size by 110,000 square feet and adding 25 new employees over the next two years to complete moving the remaining 33 percent of the production from Japan.
Another expansion is underway at the National Beef plant in Colquitt County. The Moultrie employer is planning to fill another 100 production positions and four management positions by midOctober of this year. That addition will bring their total workforce up to 640. The reason for the company's growth so soon after last year's expansion is that they are increasing their marketing through a contract with Wal-Mart. National Beef currently supplies beef to Wal-Mart locations in Georgia, Florida and Alabama and the new contract adds Mississippi and part of South Carolina to the list. The Kansas based company processes more than 3 million head of cattle a year and ships more than 1,900 orders each week to customers across the United States.
Jobs in Cobb County will get a boost from the pharmaceutical industry as Quintiles Transnational Corporation is moving into the old A T & T facility on Terrell Mill Road in Marietta. Logistics has brought about the move for the company that has been in need of expanding. The North Carolina based firm is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical development companies and has helped develop or commercialize the world's 30 top selling drugs. This $19 million expansion means 400 new high level jobs by 2011.

Harris County is reaping some benefits from one of its neighbors. Xpress Materials, LLC has decided to locate a new facility in the northwest quadrant of the county because it is expecting to do additional business with Kia or with other companies as a result of Kia's new automobile manufacturing plant. The company is a subsidiary of The Graham Family of Companies, based in Dublin, Ga., who was the contractor that did the grading for the massive Kia plant. The company is expected to provide concrete for the new interchange for the Kia plant along with the new road going into the auto manufacturing facility. That is why Xpress, LLC is building their new plant on a 42 acre site and spending $10 million to do so. They expect to be up and running sometime in August with 50 to 55 new employees, but they may need an additional 100 employees in about 18 months when the new maintenance shop is located on the site.
The softening economy has brought an employment increase to Ware County. Jacksonville, FL based Enhanced Recovery Corporation plans to renovate the old Winn-Dixie building in Waycross by spending $5.5 million to open a debt collection call center sometime during the first quarter of next year. The company projects initially hiring 150 employees, but expects to hire as many as an additional 150 in the company's second year. The county expects a significant economic impact since there will an opportunity for local people to be hired for highquality jobs that pay more than average for the local area.
The growth in Muscogee County is continuing as a diversified manufacturing company, Precision Components International, is expanding to the tune of $53 million. The Columbus firm produces a broad spectrum on products such as compressor foils for military and commercial aircraft engines, golf club faces, and replacement joints for the human body among other things. The company now employs around 400 people, and they expected that number to increase by 150 over the next three to five years. The new positions are expected to be in machine operation, engineering, and quality control.

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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

August Average Initial Weekly Average
Claims Benefit Duration

County

August Average Initial Weekly Average
Claims Benefit Duration

Georgia

34,340 ....... $254 ...... 11.2

Appling

67 ...... $226 ...... 11.0

Atkinson

65 ...... $209 ........ 9.1

Bacon

49 ...... $237 ...... 10.0

Baker

11 ...... $183 ...... 11.0

Baldwin

181 ...... $179 ...... 11.1

Banks

61 ...... $221 ........ 8.8

Barrow

243 ...... $234 ...... 11.6

Bartow

413 ...... $234 ...... 10.2

Ben Hill

107 ...... $225 ...... 10.0

Berrien

55 ...... $207 ...... 10.9

Bibb

559 ...... $186 ...... 14.6

Bleckley

39 ...... $179 ........ 9.6

Brantley

65 ...... $242 ...... 12.2

Brooks

66 ...... $173 ...... 10.6

Bryan

68 ...... $253 ...... 11.5

Bulloch

199 ...... $212 ...... 11.6

Burke

290 ...... $223 ........ 9.3

Butts

146 ...... $207 ........ 9.1

Calhoun

17 ...... $151 ........ 8.0

Camden

94 ...... $196 ...... 12.8

Candler

44 ...... $198 ...... 11.5

Carroll

462 ...... $225 ........ 9.3

Catoosa

152 ...... $236 ........ 7.8

Charlton

26 ...... $238 ........ 8.7

Chatham

678 ...... $206 ...... 13.6

Chattahoochee 8 ...... $209 ...... 12.6

Chattooga

49 ...... $218 ...... 13.0

Cherokee

441 ...... $265 ...... 11.9

Clarke

296 ...... $195 ...... 12.2

Clay

19 ...... $176 ........ 9.6

Clayton

1,242 ...... $225 ...... 14.3

Clinch

36 ...... $179 ........ 8.7

Cobb

1,749 ...... $252 ...... 14.4

Coffee

315 ...... $206 ........ 9.2

Colquitt

175 ...... $185 ........ 9.2

Columbia

255 ...... $234 ...... 13.0

Cook

53 ....... $211 ...... 10.3

Coweta

347 ...... $226 ...... 10.7

Crawford

45 ...... $217 ...... 11.6

Crisp

92 ...... $181 ...... 15.4

Dade

37 ...... $231 ........ 5.9

Dawson

43 ...... $251 ...... 12.7

Decatur

112 ...... $207 ........ 9.9

DeKalb

2,677 ...... $231 ...... 14.4

Dodge

62 ...... $184 ........ 9.5

Dooly

80 ...... $178 ...... 13.2

Dougherty

389 ...... $182 ...... 12.8

Douglas

366 ...... $249 ...... 13.8

Early

39 ...... $177 ...... 12.5

Echols

7 ...... $147 ...... 10.7

Effingham

108 ...... $236 ...... 11.4

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 Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

115 ....... $211 ........ 7.6 178 ...... $188 ........ 8.7
37 ...... $192 ...... 12.0 60 ...... $219 ........ 9.0 169 ...... $253 ...... 13.4 513 ...... $212 ........ 8.5 263 ...... $277 ...... 13.3 115 ...... $230 ........ 9.2 2,976 ...... $223 ...... 14.5 99 ...... $231 ........ 8.2
9 ...... $227 ........ 8.2 223 ...... $213 ...... 12.4 420 ...... $224 ........ 6.7
67 ...... $190 ........ 7.3 69 ...... $198 ...... 12.8 1,913 ...... $256 ...... 14.0 132 ...... $213 ........ 8.5 464 ...... $230 ........ 8.6 74 ...... $177 ...... 10.4 103 ...... $236 ........ 9.4 69 ...... $231 ...... 12.3 112 ...... $214 ...... 11.0 32 ...... $256 ........ 9.0 563 ...... $237 ...... 13.6 306 ...... $209 ...... 13.2 81 ...... $191 ........ 9.5 164 ...... $235 ...... 10.4 68 ...... $215 ........ 8.6 59 ...... $203 ...... 14.0 209 ...... $187 ........ 8.6 63 ...... $214 ...... 11.9 68 ...... $162 ........ 8.9 72 ...... $228 ...... 13.7 76 ...... $184 ...... 10.3 23 ...... $229 ...... 10.0 239 ...... $190 ........ 8.8 71 ...... $244 ...... 11.7 138 ...... $197 ...... 14.2 50 ...... $229 ...... 10.3 18 ...... $206 ...... 13.8 428 ...... $195 ...... 10.3 76 ...... $230 ........ 7.5 95 ...... $168 ...... 10.7 119 ...... $230 ........ 9.4 30 ...... $217 ........ 9.3 214 ...... $185 ........ 9.4 27 ...... $193 ...... 12.3 108 ...... $204 ...... 11.5 22 ...... $205 ...... 10.2 93 ...... $176 ...... 11.2 84 ...... $239 ...... 10.5 41 ...... $209 ........ 9.1 85 ...... $226 ...... 12.2 305 ...... $234 ........ 6.0

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.

County

August Average Initial Weekly Average
Claims Benefit Duration

Muscogee 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

737 ...... $202 ...... 13.3 382 ...... $235 ...... 12.7
52 ...... $236 ...... 11.4 47 ...... $209 ...... 10.3 331 ...... $254 ...... 13.0 92 ...... $194 ...... 11.7 64 ...... $248 ........ 9.0 72 ...... $219 ...... 10.4 69 ...... $213 ...... 10.6 323 ...... $218 ........ 7.3 25 ...... $194 ...... 11.2 137 ...... $195 ........ 7.5
0 .......... $0 ........ 8.4 26 ...... $235 ...... 15.0 27 ...... $206 ........ 6.0 975 ...... $200 ...... 12.8 307 ...... $241 ...... 13.4 23 ...... $221 ...... 10.6 79 ...... $204 ........ 6.5 25 ...... $192 ...... 10.2 362 ...... $186 ...... 12.1 126 ...... $206 ...... 11.3 39 ...... $157 ...... 12.8 111 ...... $216 ...... 14.7 36 ...... $207 ...... 14.6 11 ...... $184 ...... 12.7 37 ....... $211 ...... 11.4 29 ...... $207 ........ 9.1 49 ...... $173 ........ 9.2 21 ...... $202 ...... 11.1 126 ...... $202 ...... 10.8 208 ...... $204 ...... 11.3 126 ...... $217 ...... 10.3 57 ...... $227 ...... 11.7 33 ...... $215 ........ 9.4 357 ...... $219 ...... 10.1 42 ...... $187 ...... 12.2 23 ...... $195 ...... 12.1 68 ...... $221 ...... 10.0 114 ...... $203 ...... 12.2 188 ...... $218 ........ 6.3 227 ...... $237 ...... 14.6 138 ...... $182 ...... 10.6 90 ...... $170 ........ 8.2 73 ...... $157 ...... 11.8 148 ...... $208 ...... 10.7
3 ...... $266 ...... 12.5 16 ...... $170 ...... 10.0 51 ...... $228 ........ 9.1 707 ...... $229 ........ 5.8 21 ...... $195 ...... 12.1 93 ...... $155 ...... 13.4 45 ...... $179 ...... 11.7 76 ...... $198 ...... 10.9

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