Dimensions: measuring Georgia's workforce, Vol. 35, no. 1 (Jan. 2009)

January 2009 Data
January 2009 Employment Situation
Georgia's unemployment rate rose to a seasonally adjusted 8.6 percent in January as 73,600 jobs were dropped from nonfarm payrolls. Job losses over the month were most profound in Professional and Business Services, Manufacturing, and Trade Transportation and Utilities.
The January unemployment rate is up 1.1 percentage points from December when it stood at 7.5 percent. Since January 2008 when the unemployment rate was 5.2 percent, it has now risen 3.4 percentage points as it stands at 8.6 percent.
With all major job sectors experiencing job losses from December to January, some were less severe than others. As stated earlier, large job losses occurred in Professional and Business Services (-19,500 jobs). The decline in jobs in this sector came as Administrative and Support positions were down 17,300, Management of Companies and Enterprises lost 400 workers, and Professional and Technical Services employment dropped by 1,800. Manufacturing lost 7,100 workers from payrolls in this month and has now lost 42,400 jobs over the year. Trade, Transportation and Utilities employment was down 23,800 from December to January. Wholesale Trade lost 2,400 workers, Retail Trade dropped 17,300 jobs, and Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities experienced a loss of 4,100 workers from payrolls over the month.
Less severe over the month job losses occurred in the Mining and Logging, Information, and Other Services sectors. Mining and Logging shed 100 jobs from its payrolls in January. The Information sector lost 900 workers over the month with the Telecommunications industry losing 600 workers. Employment in the Other Services sector declined by 1,500 as Repair and Maintenance jobs increased by 200, Personal and Laundry Services positions were down 500 and Religious, Grantmaking, and Civic related jobs decreased by 1,200 workers.
Each of the metropolitan areas in Georgia also experienced job losses from December to January with the Atlanta metropolitan statistical area (-40,100 jobs) enduring the most losses followed by the Augusta area losing 3,000 jobs and the Savannah area losing 2,800 payroll employees.

Volume XXXV, Number 1 Georgia Employment
(In Millions)
4.11 4.13 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.12 4.08 4.11 4.08 4.09 4.07 4.03 3.96

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

2008

2009

Georgia Unemployment Rate
(Seasonally Adjusted)

8.6%

5.2%

5.4%

5.6%

5.8%

5.9%

6.1%

6.2%

6.4%

6.6%

6.9%

7.1%

7.5%

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

2008

2009

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 (000s)

Change in Jobs

Change in Jobs

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

from DEC 2008 Net %

from JAN 2008 Net %

Total Nonfarm

3,961.2

4,034.8

4,110.7

-73.6 -1.8

-149.5 -3.6

Total Private

3,265.6

3,335.1

3,422.1

-69.5 -2.1

-156.5 -4.6

Goods Producing

574.8

585.8

643.8

-11.0 -1.9

-69.0 -10.7

Service-Providing

3,386.4

3,449.0

3,466.9

-62.6 -1.8

-80.5 -2.3

Private Service-Providing

2,690.8

2,749.3

2,778.3

-58.5 -2.1

-87.5 -3.1

Mining and Logging

9.9

10.0

10.8

-.1 -1.0

-.9 -8.3

Construction

185.4

189.2

211.1

-3.8 -2.0

-25.7 -12.2

Construction of Buildings

40.1

41.4

47.6

-1.3 -3.1

-7.5 -15.8

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

26.8

27.7

32.0

-.9 -3.2

-5.2 -16.3

Specialty Trade Contractors

118.5

120.1

131.5

-1.6 -1.3

-13.0 -9.9

Manufacturing

379.5

386.6

421.9

-7.1 -1.8

-42.4 -10.0

Durable Goods

169.0

173.6

196.9

-4.6 -2.6

-27.9 -14.2

Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg

26.7

26.9

27.9

-.2 -0.7

-1.2 -4.3

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

39.9

40.2

42.3

-.3 -0.7

-2.4 -5.7

Non-Durable Goods

210.5

213.0

225.0

-2.5 -1.2

-14.5 -6.4

Food Manufacturing

66.8

67.7

67.6

-.9 -1.3

-.8 -1.2

Textile Mills

22.6

22.7

25.3

-.1 -0.4

-2.7 -10.7

Textile Product Mills

33.4

33.8

36.8

-.4 -1.2

-3.4 -9.2

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

846.9

870.7

883.5

-23.8 -2.7

-36.6 -4.1

Wholesale Trade

211.7

214.1

218.0

-2.4 -1.1

-6.3 -2.9

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

104.7

107.3

112.4

-2.6 -2.4

-7.7 -6.9

Merchant Wholesalers, Non-durable Goods

60.3

60.7

62.9

-.4 -0.7

-2.6 -4.1

Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers

46.7

46.1

42.7

+.6 +1.3

+4.0 +9.4

Retail Trade

451.4

468.7

474.5

-17.3 -3.7

-23.1 -4.9

Food and Beverage Stores

80.3

82.5

81.7

-2.2 -2.7

-1.4 -1.7

General Merchandise Stores

100.3

105.7

101.2

-5.4 -5.1

-.9 -0.9

Miscellaneous Store Retailers

20.1

21.6

22.9

-1.5 -6.9

-2.8 -12.2

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

183.8

187.9

191.0

-4.1 -2.2

-7.2 -3.8

Utilities

20.7

20.4

20.7

+.3 +1.5

+.0 +0.0

Transportation and Warehousing

163.1

167.5

170.3

-4.4 -2.6

-7.2 -4.2

Air Transportation

38.3

38.0

39.1

+.3 +0.8

-.8 -2.0

Truck Transportation

47.0

48.0

48.7

-1.0 -2.1

-1.7 -3.5

Couriers and Messengers

19.3

20.9

20.4

-1.6 -7.7

-1.1 -5.4

Warehousing and Storage

27.4

28.4

28.1

-1.0 -3.5

-.7 -2.5

Information

105.2

106.1

108.7

-.9 -0.8

-3.5 -3.2

Telecommunications

51.3

51.9

51.9

-.6 -1.2

-.6 -1.2

Wired Telecommunications Carriers

28.0

27.9

28.7

+.1 +0.4

-.7 -2.4

Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

12.1

12.0

11.6

+.1 +0.8

+.5 +4.3

Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP

6.7

7.3

7.4

-.6 -8.2

-.7 -9.5

Financial Activities

217.6

219.7

226.3

-2.1 -1.0

-8.7 -3.8

Finance and Insurance

157.0

158.1

163.9

-1.1 -0.7

-6.9 -4.2

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

67.0

67.6

67.7

-.6 -0.9

-.7 -1.0

Real Estate, Rental and Leasing

60.6

61.6

62.4

-1.0 -1.6

-1.8 -2.9

Professional and Business Services

520.1

539.6

559.0

-19.5 -3.6

-38.9 -7.0

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

223.7

225.5

230.0

-1.8 -0.8

-6.3 -2.7

Accounting, Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping

34.7

32.5

37.3

+2.2 +6.8

-2.6 -7.0

Architectural, Engineering and Related Services

38.6

39.3

41.4

-.7 -1.8

-2.8 -6.8

Computer Systems Design and Related Services

47.7

48.4

48.5

-.7 -1.4

-.8 -1.6

Management and Technical Consulting Services

34.3

34.5

33.2

-.2 -0.6

+1.1 +3.3

Management of Companies and Enterprises

54.3

54.7

54.9

-.4 -0.7

-.6 -1.1

Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation

242.1

259.4

274.1

-17.3 -6.7

-32.0 -11.7

Employment Services

104.3

116.1

129.4

-11.8 -10.2

-25.1 -19.4

Educational and Health Services

471.6

475.3

458.0

-3.7 -0.8

+13.6 +3.0

Educational Services

88.0

88.8

82.9

-.8 -0.9

+5.1 +6.2

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

55.4

55.3

50.7

+.1 +0.2

+4.7 +9.3

Health Care and Social Assistance

383.6

386.5

375.1

-2.9 -0.8

+8.5 +2.3

Ambulatory Health Care Services

144.6

144.7

142.5

-.1 -0.1

+2.1 +1.5

Hospitals

125.5

126.7

121.8

-1.2 -0.9

+3.7 +3.0

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

54.6

55.5

54.4

-.9 -1.6

+.2 +0.4

Social Assistance

58.9

59.6

56.4

-.7 -1.2

+2.5 +4.4

Leisure and Hospitality

374.6

381.6

383.3

-7.0 -1.8

-8.7 -2.3

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

37.5

38.4

37.2

-.9 -2.3

+.3 +0.8

Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation

28.5

28.1

27.3

+.4 +1.4

+1.2 +4.4

Accommodation and Food Services

337.1

343.2

346.1

-6.1 -1.8

-9.0 -2.6

Accommodation

38.4

40.1

41.8

-1.7 -4.2

-3.4 -8.1

Food Services and Drinking Places

298.7

303.1

304.3

-4.4 -1.5

-5.6 -1.8

Other Services

154.8

156.3

159.5

-1.5 -1.0

-4.7 -2.9

Repair and Maintenance

34.2

34.0

36.6

+.2 +0.6

-2.4 -6.6

Personal and Laundry Services

32.6

33.1

34.3

-.5 -1.5

-1.7 -5.0

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar

88.0

89.2

88.6

-1.2 -1.3

-.6 -0.7

Government

695.6

699.7

688.6

-4.1 -0.6

+7.0 +1.0

Federal Government

99.5

98.7

96.7

+.8 +0.8

+2.8 +2.9

Department of Defense

37.7

38.2

36.5

-.5 -1.3

+1.2 +3.3

State Government

160.5

164.2

160.5

-3.7 -2.3

+.0 +0.0

State Government Education

78.6

81.6

74.3

-3.0 -3.7

+4.3 +5.8

Local Government

435.6

436.8

431.4

-1.2 -0.3

+4.2 +1.0

Local Government Education

267.8

268.2

266.6

-.4 -0.1

+1.2 +0.5

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

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 2008 benchmark.

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Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

ATLANTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary JAN 2009

Revised DEC 2008

Revised JAN 2008

Change in Jobs

from DEC 2008

Net

%

Change in Jobs from JAN 2008
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing
Mining and Logging 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

2,341.2 2,002.9
271.8 2,069.4 1,731.1
1.4 113.2 24.4 73.1 157.2 79.3 14.4 77.9 24.1 535.2 153.9 78.2 40.4 35.3 255.5 47.4 53.4 14.0 125.8
11.3 114.5 37.5 27.6 15.5 81.6 38.0 22.5 10.2
6.4 150.4 107.0
45.7 43.4 381.2 172.4 24.1 28.7 39.7 30.2 42.1 166.7 73.6 262.5 57.1 205.4 81.0 65.9 35.2 225.1 24.9 200.2 22.4 177.8 95.1 20.1 22.4 338.3 46.7 67.6 224.0

2,381.3 2,041.1
276.8 2,104.5 1,764.3
1.5 115.9 24.9 75.1 159.4 80.2 15.0 79.2 24.4 550.4 157.1 80.7 41.1 35.3 266.7 49.4 56.3 14.5 126.6
11.1 115.5 36.8 28.4 16.6 82.5 37.1 22.3 10.1
6.9 151.4 107.3
46.1 44.1 392.2 174.6 22.6 29.2 40.5 30.2 42.2 175.4 80.2 264.3 57.8 206.5 80.3 66.6 35.2 227.7 25.4 202.3 23.2 179.1 95.8 20.1 22.9 340.2 46.1 70.0 224.1

2,432.5 2,097.7
306.9 2,125.6 1,790.8
1.8 132.7
29.9 83.5 172.4 89.6 15.9 82.8 24.5 560.2 159.7 84.1 41.7 33.9 271.6 49.5 54.0 14.9 128.9 11.6 117.3 37.9 29.2 16.0 83.2 37.1 22.8
9.8 7.0 157.3 112.2 46.0 45.1 409.5 178.1 24.9 31.4 39.3 28.8 42.1 189.3 88.1 255.5 55.7 199.8 78.6 63.6 33.8 227.8 24.6 203.2 23.6 179.6 97.3 21.3 23.1 334.8 46.1 66.7 222.0

-40.1 -38.2
-5.0 -35.1 -33.2
-.1 -2.7
-.5 -2.0 -2.2
-.9 -.6 -1.3 -.3 -15.2 -3.2 -2.5 -.7 +.0 -11.2 -2.0 -2.9 -.5 -.8 +.2 -1.0 +.7 -.8 -1.1 -.9 +.9 +.2 +.1 -.5 -1.0 -.3 -.4 -.7 -11.0 -2.2 +1.5 -.5 -.8 +.0 -.1 -8.7 -6.6 -1.8 -.7 -1.1 +.7 -.7 +.0 -2.6 -.5 -2.1 -.8 -1.3 -.7 +.0 -.5 -1.9 +.6 -2.4 -.1

-1.7 -1.9 -1.8 -1.7 -1.9 -6.7 -2.3 -2.0 -2.7 -1.4 -1.1 -4.0 -1.6 -1.2 -2.8 -2.0 -3.1 -1.7 +0.0 -4.2 -4.0 -5.2 -3.4 -0.6 +1.8 -0.9 +1.9 -2.8 -6.6 -1.1 +2.4 +0.9 +1.0 -7.2 -0.7 -0.3 -0.9 -1.6 -2.8 -1.3 +6.6 -1.7 -2.0 +0.0 -0.2 -5.0 -8.2 -0.7 -1.2 -0.5 +0.9 -1.1 +0.0 -1.1 -2.0 -1.0 -3.4 -0.7 -0.7 +0.0 -2.2 -0.6 +1.3 -3.4 +0.0

-91.3 -3.8 -94.8 -4.5 -35.1 -11.4 -56.2 -2.6 -59.7 -3.3
-.4 -22.2 -19.5 -14.7
-5.5 -18.4 -10.4 -12.5 -15.2 -8.8 -10.3 -11.5
-1.5 -9.4 -4.9 -5.9
-.4 -1.6 -25.0 -4.5
-5.8 -3.6 -5.9 -7.0 -1.3 -3.1 +1.4 +4.1 -16.1 -5.9 -2.1 -4.2
-.6 -1.1 -.9 -6.0 -3.1 -2.4 -.3 -2.6 -2.8 -2.4 -.4 -1.1 -1.6 -5.5 -.5 -3.1 -1.6 -1.9 +.9 +2.4 -.3 -1.3 +.4 +4.1 -.6 -8.6 -6.9 -4.4 -5.2 -4.6 -.3 -0.7 -1.7 -3.8 -28.3 -6.9 -5.7 -3.2 -.8 -3.2 -2.7 -8.6 +.4 +1.0 +1.4 +4.9 +.0 +0.0 -22.6 -11.9 -14.5 -16.5 +7.0 +2.7 +1.4 +2.5 +5.6 +2.8 +2.4 +3.1 +2.3 +3.6 +1.4 +4.1 -2.7 -1.2 +.3 +1.2 -3.0 -1.5 -1.2 -5.1 -1.8 -1.0 -2.2 -2.3 -1.2 -5.6 -.7 -3.0 +3.5 +1.0 +.6 +1.3 +.9 +1.3 +2.0 +0.9

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Barrow, Bartow, 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 2008 benchmark.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis
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ALBANY MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs

from JAN 2008

Net

%

Total Nonfarm Total Private

63.1

63.4

64.2

49.4

49.4

50.8

-.3 -0.5 +.0 +0.0

-1.1 -1.7 -1.4 -2.8

Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing

9.6

9.7

10.4

53.5

53.7

53.8

39.8

39.7

40.4

-.1 -1.0 -.2 -0.4 +.1 +0.3

-.8 -7.7 -.3 -0.6 -.6 -1.5

Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade

6.3

6.4

6.6

12.8

12.7

13.3

7.5

7.7

8.1

-.1 -1.6 +.1 +0.8 -.2 -2.6

-.3 -4.5 -.5 -3.8 -.6 -7.4

Government Federal Government State Government

13.7

14.0

13.4

3.3

3.4

3.1

2.7

2.9

2.6

-.3 -2.1 -.1 -2.9 -.2 -6.9

+.3 +2.2 +.2 +6.5 +.1 +3.8

Local Government

7.7

7.7

7.7

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the 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 2008 benchmark.

ATHENS - CLARKE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary

Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs

from DEC 2008

Net

%

Change in Jobs from JAN 2008
Net %

Total Nonfarm

84.7

86.3

84.6

-1.6 -1.9

+.1 +0.1

Total Private

60.9

62.1

61.1

-1.2 -1.9

-.2 -0.3

Goods Producing

11.5

11.7

12.4

-.2 -1.7

-.9 -7.3

Service-Providing

73.2

74.6

72.2

-1.4 -1.9

+1.0 +1.4

Private Service-Providing

49.4

50.4

48.7

-1.0 -2.0

+.7 +1.4

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

13.2

13.8

14.1

-.6 -4.3

-.9 -6.4

Retail Trade

9.4

9.8

9.8

-.4 -4.1

-.4 -4.1

Professional and Business Services

6.4

6.7

6.8

-.3 -4.5

-.4 -5.9

Leisure and Hospitality

8.3

8.5

8.7

-.2 -2.4

-.4 -4.6

Government

23.8

24.2

23.5

-.4 -1.7

+.3 +1.3

Federal Government

1.7

1.7

1.6

+.0 +0.0

+.1 +6.3

State Government

14.1

14.4

14.0

-.3 -2.1

+.1 +0.7

Local Government

8.0

8.1

7.9

-.1 -1.2

+.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 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 2008 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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AUGUSTA-RICHMOND MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2008
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Mining, Logging, 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

212.0 169.1
33.1 178.9 136.0
11.5 21.6 36.5
5.0 25.0
6.5 3.3 7.8 30.5 28.7 20.4 8.8 42.9 7.7 13.2 22.0

215.0 172.3
33.9 181.1 138.4
11.8 22.1 36.9
5.0 25.4
6.5 3.2 7.8 31.7 29.0 20.9 8.9 42.7 7.7 13.0 22.0

214.3 171.2
36.3 178.0 134.9
12.9 23.4 36.6
4.7 25.2
6.7 3.5 7.6 30.1 27.9 20.4 8.8 43.1 7.5 13.4 22.2

-3.0 -1.4 -3.2 -1.9
-.8 -2.4 -2.2 -1.2 -2.4 -1.7
-.3 -2.5 -.5 -2.3 -.4 -1.1 +.0 +0.0 -.4 -1.6 +.0 +0.0 +.1 +3.1 +.0 +0.0 -1.2 -3.8 -.3 -1.0 -.5 -2.4 -.1 -1.1 +.2 +0.5 +.0 +0.0 +.2 +1.5 +.0 +0.0

-2.3 -2.1 -3.2 +.9 +1.1 -1.4 -1.8
-.1 +.3 -.2 -.2 -.2 +.2 +.4 +.8 +.0 +.0 -.2 +.2 -.2 -.2

-1.1 -1.2 -8.8 +0.5 +0.8 -10.9 -7.7 -0.3 +6.4 -0.8 -3.0 -5.7 +2.6 +1.3 +2.9 +0.0 +0.0 -0.5 +2.7 -1.5 -0.9

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
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 2008 benchmark.

COLUMBUS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised Revised JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2008
Net %

Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing

119.1 95.9 15.3

120.6 97.3 15.5

120.2 97.8 16.6

-1.5 -1.2 -1.4 -1.4
-.2 -1.3

-1.1 -0.9 -1.9 -1.9 -1.3 -7.8

Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation and Utilities

103.8 80.6 18.0

105.1 81.8 18.7

103.6 81.2 19.0

-1.3 -1.2 -1.2 -1.5
-.7 -3.7

+.2 +0.2 -.6 -0.7 -1.0 -5.3

Retail Trade Information Financial Activities

13.1

13.7

13.9

5.9

5.8

5.9

9.1

9.1

9.2

-.6 -4.4 +.1 +1.7 +.0 +0.0

-.8 -5.8 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -1.1

Finance and Insurance Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services

7.3

7.4

7.5

4.8

4.8

5.0

13.1

13.5

13.6

-.1 -1.4 +.0 +0.0 -.4 -3.0

-.2 -2.7 -.2 -4.0 -.5 -3.7

Leisure and Hospitality Government
Federal Government

13.0

13.3

13.2

23.2

23.3

22.4

5.7

5.8

5.3

-.3 -2.3 -.1 -0.4 -.1 -1.7

-.2 -1.5 +.8 +3.6 +.4 +7.5

State Government Local Government

4.0

4.0

3.8

13.5

13.5

13.3

+.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0

+.2 +5.3 +.2 +1.5

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected
employers in the 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 2008 benchmark.

5

DALTON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2008
Net %

Total Nonfarm

70.3

71.9

76.1

-1.6 -2.2

-5.8 -7.6

Total Private

63.2

64.6

68.2

-1.4 -2.2

-5.0 -7.3

Goods Producing Service-Providing

26.2

26.5

44.1

45.4

29.8

-.3 -1.1

46.3

-1.3 -2.9

-3.6 -12.1 -2.2 -4.8

Private Service-Providing

37.0

38.1

38.4

-1.1 -2.9

-1.4 -3.6

Manufacturing Textile Mills

25.3

25.5

28.2

2.9

3.0

3.1

-.2 -0.8 -.1 -3.3

-2.9 -10.3 -.2 -6.5

Textile Product Mills

17.6

17.7

19.4

-.1 -0.6

-1.8 -9.3

Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade

14.9

15.5

15.6

7.4

7.7

7.7

-.6 -3.9 -.3 -3.9

-.7 -4.5 -.3 -3.9

Transportation, Warehouse, and Utilities

3.2

3.5

3.5

-.3 -8.6

-.3 -8.6

Professional and Business Services Government

8.4

8.7

9.6

-.3 -3.4

-1.2 -12.5

7.1

7.3

7.9

-.2 -2.7

-.8 -10.1

Federal Government

.3

.3

.3

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0

State Government Local Government

1.2

1.2

5.6

5.8

1.5

+.0 +0.0

6.1

-.2 -3.4

-.3 -20.0 -.5 -8.2

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 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 2008 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

GAINESVILLE MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2008
Net %

Total Nonfarm

75.7

77.2

77.6

-1.5 -1.9

-1.9 -2.4

Total Private

64.8

66.2

67.2

-1.4 -2.1

-2.4 -3.6

Goods Producing Service-Providing

20.4

20.5

21.9

-.1 -0.5

55.3

56.7

55.7

-1.4 -2.5

-1.5 -6.8 -.4 -0.7

Private Service-Providing

44.4

45.7

45.3

-1.3 -2.8

-.9 -2.0

Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade

14.1

14.6

14.5

7.8

8.1

7.8

-.5 -3.4 -.3 -3.7

-.4 -2.8 +.0 +0.0

Government

10.9

11.0

10.4

-.1 -0.9

+.5 +4.8

Federal Government State Government

.5

.5

2.8

2.8

.5

+.0 +0.0

2.5

+.0 +0.0

+.0 +0.0 +.3 +12.0

Local Government

7.6

7.7

7.4

-.1 -1.3

+.2 +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 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 2008 benchmark.

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MACON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs from JAN 2008
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

99.7

101.6

84.6

86.3

11.0

11.2

88.7

90.4

73.6

75.1

20.5

21.1

11.8

12.4

4.1

4.5

8.5

8.5

11.8

12.2

19.5

19.5

8.3

8.5

15.1

15.3

1.4

1.4

3.4

3.4

10.3

10.5

100.3 85.3 11.6 88.7 73.7 20.6 12.1 4.6 8.4 11.3 18.8 9.0 15.0 1.3 3.4 10.3

-1.9 -1.9 -1.7 -2.0
-.2 -1.8 -1.7 -1.9 -1.5 -2.0
-.6 -2.8 -.6 -4.8 -.4 -8.9 +.0 +0.0 -.4 -3.3 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -2.4 -.2 -1.3 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0 -.2 -1.9

-.6 -0.6 -.7 -0.8 -.6 -5.2 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -0.1 -.1 -0.5 -.3 -2.5 -.5 -10.9 +.1 +1.2 +.5 +4.4 +.7 +3.7 -.7 -7.8 +.1 +0.7 +.1 +7.7 +.0 +0.0 +.0 +0.0

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bibb, 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 2008 benchmark.

SAVANNAH MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs

from JAN 2008

Net

%

Total Nonfarm

155.6

158.4

158.9

-2.8 -1.8

-3.3 -2.1

Total Private

132.1

134.9

136.3

-2.8 -2.1

-4.2 -3.1

Goods Producing Service-Providing

22.5 133.1

23.1 135.3

24.2 134.7

-.6 -2.6 -2.2 -1.6

-1.7 -7.0 -1.6 -1.2

Private Service-Providing

109.6

111.8

112.1

-2.2 -2.0

-2.5 -2.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction Manufacturing

8.3

8.3

9.4

14.2

14.8

14.8

+.0 +0.0 -.6 -4.1

-1.1 -11.7 -.6 -4.1

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

34.9

35.8

36.1

-.9 -2.5

-1.2 -3.3

Wholesale Trade Retail Trade

6.7

6.7

6.7

17.3

18.0

18.3

+.0 +0.0 -.7 -3.9

+.0 +0.0 -1.0 -5.5

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

10.9

11.1

11.1

-.2 -1.8

-.2 -1.8

Information Financial Activities

1.9

1.9

5.9

6.0

1.9

+.0 +0.0

6.1

-.1 -1.7

+.0 +0.0 -.2 -3.3

Professional and Business Services

17.2

17.7

19.1

-.5 -2.8

-1.9 -9.9

Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality

22.4

22.5

21.8

19.7

20.1

19.4

-.1 -0.4 -.4 -2.0

+.6 +2.8 +.3 +1.5

Other Services

7.6

7.8

7.7

-.2 -2.6

-.1 -1.3

Government Federal Government

23.5

23.5

22.6

3.0

2.9

2.9

+.0 +0.0 +.1 +3.4

+.9 +4.0 +.1 +3.4

State Government

5.3

5.3

5.0

+.0 +0.0

+.3 +6.0

Local Government

15.2

15.3

14.7

-.1 -0.7

+.5 +3.4

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 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 2008 benchmark.

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VALDOSTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs

from JAN 2008

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

55.3

57.0

41.9

43.3

8.1

8.3

47.2

48.7

33.8

35.0

11.7

12.1

7.8

8.1

13.4

13.7

.9

.8

4.4

4.8

8.1

8.1

56.3 43.4
8.9 47.4 34.5 12.5
8.5 12.9
.8 4.3 7.8

-1.7 -3.0 -1.4 -3.2
-.2 -2.4 -1.5 -3.1 -1.2 -3.4
-.4 -3.3 -.3 -3.7 -.3 -2.2 +.1 +12.5 -.4 -8.3 +.0 +0.0

-1.0 -1.8 -1.5 -3.5
-.8 -9.0 -.2 -0.4 -.7 -2.0 -.8 -6.4 -.7 -8.2 +.5 +3.9 +.1 +12.5 +.1 +2.3 +.3 +3.8

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 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 2008 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

WARNER ROBINS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s)

Preliminary Revised

Revised

JAN 2009 DEC 2008 JAN 2008

Change in Jobs from DEC 2008
Net %

Change in Jobs

from JAN 2008

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

57.6

58.0

34.2

34.6

6.4

6.5

51.2

51.5

27.8

28.1

7.8

8.0

6.1

6.3

23.4

23.4

14.3

14.4

1.0

.9

8.1

8.1

58.8 35.8
7.2 51.6 28.6
8.1 6.4 23.0 14.2
.9 7.9

-.4 -0.7 -.4 -1.2 -.1 -1.5 -.3 -0.6 -.3 -1.1 -.2 -2.5 -.2 -3.2 +.0 +0.0 -.1 -0.7 +.1 +11.1 +.0 +0.0

-1.2 -2.0 -1.6 -4.5
-.8 -11.1 -.4 -0.8 -.8 -2.8 -.3 -3.7 -.3 -4.7 +.4 +1.7 +.1 +0.7 +.1 +11.1 +.2 +2.5

Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers
in the 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 2008 benchmark.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis

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Georgia Hours and Earnings

Experimental All Employee

Average Weekly Earnings
Preliminary JAN 2009

Revised DEC 2008

Revised JAN 2008

Total Private ............................................................................................ $740.79 ........................ $751.40 ................... $706.65 Goods Producing ................................................................................... $747.04 ........................ $761.84 ................... $734.30 Private Service Providing ....................................................................... $738.95 ........................ $749.92 ................... $699.38 Construction ........................................................................................... $747.86 ........................ $751.52 ................... $712.09 Manufacturing ......................................................................................... $740.41 ........................ $767.75 ................... $759.30 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ........................................................ $700.25 ........................ $723.30 ................... $669.50 Financial Activities .................................................................................. $936.58 ........................ $952.01 ................... $814.97 Professional and Business Services ...................................................... $930.90 ........................ $923.01 ................... $872.74 Educational and Health Services ........................................................... $775.43 ........................ $789.84 ................... $757.02 Leisure and Hospitality ........................................................................... $312.39 ........................ $326.51 ................... $334.37 Other Services ........................................................................................ $520.83 ........................ $525.90 ................... $463.96

Average Weekly Hours

Preliminary JAN 2009

Revised DEC 2008

Revised JAN 2008

Total Private .................................................................................................. 34.6 .............................. 34.9 ......................... 35.0 Goods Producing ......................................................................................... 36.8 .............................. 37.4 ......................... 39.1 Private Service Providing ............................................................................. 34.1 .............................. 34.4 ......................... 34.0 Construction ................................................................................................. 35.8 .............................. 35.6 ......................... 38.1 Manufacturing ............................................................................................... 37.3 .............................. 38.6 ......................... 39.9 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .............................................................. 34.7 .............................. 35.3 ......................... 35.2 Financial Activities ........................................................................................ 36.7 .............................. 37.0 ......................... 34.3 Professional and Business Services ............................................................ 34.3 .............................. 34.3 ......................... 33.4 Educational and Health Services ................................................................. 36.1 .............................. 36.0 ......................... 37.2 Leisure and Hospitality ................................................................................. 26.7 .............................. 27.6 ......................... 26.9 Other Services .............................................................................................. 31.7 .............................. 31.7 ......................... 31.8

Average Hourly Earnings

Preliminary JAN 2009

Revised DEC 2008

Revised JAN 2008

Total Private .............................................................................................. $21.41 .......................... $21.53 ..................... $20.19 Goods Producing ..................................................................................... $20.30 .......................... $20.37 ..................... $18.78 Private Service Providing ......................................................................... $21.67 .......................... $21.80 ..................... $20.57 Construction ............................................................................................. $20.89 .......................... $21.11 ..................... $18.69 Manufacturing ........................................................................................... $19.85 .......................... $19.89 ..................... $19.03 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .......................................................... $20.18 .......................... $20.49 ..................... $19.02 Financial Activities .................................................................................... $25.52 .......................... $25.73 ..................... $23.76 Professional and Business Services ........................................................ $27.14 .......................... $26.91 ..................... $26.13 Educational and Health Services ............................................................. $21.48 .......................... $21.94 ..................... $20.35 Leisure and Hospitality ............................................................................. $11.70 .......................... $11.83 ..................... $12.43 Other Services .......................................................................................... $16.43 .......................... $16.59 ..................... $14.59

The release of these new series are designated "experimental" because of the limited experience to date with the editing and review of the sample reports and the resultant estimates. The experimental State series includes estimates at a total private sector level and limited industry detail.
Read more about the experimental hours and earnings series at http://www.bls.gov/sae/saeaepp.htm

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Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force

Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S.

9.0%

Ge orgia

U.S.

8.0%

7.0%

6.0%

5.0%

4.0%

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

2008

2009

WA 7.8 OR 9.9
NV 9.4 CA 10.1
AK 7.9

ID 6.6
UT 4.6
AZ 7.0

State unemployment rates
January 2009
National Unemployment Rate: 7.6% Rates are seasonally adjusted

MT 5.6
WY 3.7
CO 6.6
NM 5.1

ND 4.2
SD 4.4
NE 4.3
KS 5.8

MN 7.6
WI 6.9
IA 4.8
IL 7.9
MO 8.0

OK 5.0
TX 6.4

AR 6.4
MS 8.7
LA 5.1

NH

5.1 ME

VT

7.8

6.8

MI 11.6

OH

IN

8.8

9.2

KY 8.7
TN 8.6

PA 7.0

WV

5.3

VA

6.0

NC 9.7

SC 10.4

AL

GA

7.8

8.6

FL 8.6

MA 7.4 NY 7.0
RI 10.3 CT NJ 7.3 7.3 DE 6.7 DC 9.3
MD 6.2
Unemployment rate 10.0% or greater 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%

HI 6.1

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

Georgia
(Seasonally adjusted)
Georgia
(Not Seasonally adjusted)
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
Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate

JAN 2009
4,819,554 4,406,784
412,770 8.6
4,807,326 4,383,333
423,993 8.8
76,027 69,731
6,296 8.3
108,963 101,754
7,209 6.6
2,704,264 2,469,510
234,754 8.7
259,799 237,306
22,493 8.7
54,130 49,818
4,312 8.0
128,405 117,825 10,580
8.2
66,020 58,069
7,951 12.0
91,946 84,285
7,661 8.3

DEC 2008
4,880,643 4,514,751
365,892 7.5
4,858,350 4,479,859
378,491 7.8
76,231 70,591
5,640 7.4
110,808 104,502
6,306 5.7
2,730,793 2,522,635
208,158 7.6
260,869 240,779
20,090 7.7
55,026 51,258
3,768 6.8
129,752 120,088
9,664 7.4
67,594 59,861
7,733 11.4
92,944 86,422
6,522 7.0

JAN 2008
4,827,630 4,574,208
253,422 5.2
4,836,056 4,578,592
257,464 5.3
76,009 71,674
4,335 5.7
108,436 103,902
4,534 4.2
2,746,839 2,602,900
143,939 5.2
256,665 241,787
14,878 5.8
54,373 51,932
2,441 4.5
128,380 120,993
7,387 5.8
67,568 63,686
3,882 5.7
92,094 88,127
3,967 4.3

Change From

DEC 2008

JAN 2008

-61,089 -107,967
46,878

-8,076 -167,424 159,348

-51,024 -96,526 45,502

-28,730 -195,259 166,529

-204 -860 656

18 -1,943 1,961

-1,845 -2,748
903

527 -2,148 2,675

-26,529 -53,125 26,596

-42,575 -133,390
90,815

-1,070 -3,473 2,403

3,134 -4,481 7,615

-896 -1,440
544

-243 -2,114 1,871

-1,347 -2,263
916

25 -3,168 3,193

-1,574 -1,792
218

-1,548 -5,617 4,069

-998 -2,137 1,139

-148 -3,842 3,694

Note: MSA data are not seasonally adjusted. 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.
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

11

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

JAN 2009
31,905 29,490
2,415 7.6
114,193 104,316
9,877 8.6
48,301 43,733
4,568 9.5
177,787 164,517
13,270 7.5
69,168 63,686
5,482 7.9
68,527 63,832
4,695 6.9

DEC 2008
32,269 30,044
2,225 6.9
115,541 106,826
8,715 7.5
48,941 45,021
3,920 8.0
179,964 168,124
11,840 6.6
71,166 66,113 5,053
7.1
69,058 64,796
4,262 6.2

JAN 2008
30,684 29,028
1,656 5.4
112,946 106,617
6,329 5.6
49,768 47,045
2,723 5.5
178,468 170,202
8,266 4.6
69,317 65,973
3,344 4.8
69,570 66,353
3,217 4.6

Change From

DEC 2008

JAN 2008

-364 -554 190

1,221 462 759

-1,348 -2,510 1,162

1,247 -2,301 3,548

-640 -1,288
648

-1,467 -3,312 1,845

-2,177 -3,607 1,430

-681 -5,685 5,004

-1,998 -2,427
429

-149 -2,287 2,138

-531 -964 433

-1,043 -2,521 1,478

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

JAN 2009
153,716,000 142,099,000
11,616,000 7.6

DEC 2008
154,447,000 143,338,000
11,108,000 7.2

JAN 2008
153,873,000 146,317,000
7,555,000 4.9

Change From

DEC 2008

JAN 2008

-731,000 -1,239,000
508,000

-157,000 -4,218,000 4,061,000

United States
(Not Seasonally adjusted)

Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed
Rate

153,445,000 140,436,000
13,009,000 8.5

154,349,000 143,350,000
10,999,000 7.1

152,828,000 144,607,000
8,221,000 5.4

-904,000 -2,914,000 2,010,000

617,000 -4,171,000 4,788,000

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

12

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Georgia

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

January 2009

December 2008

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,807,326 4,383,333 423,993 8.8

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,858,350 4,479,859 378,491 7.8

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin

9,356 3,514 4,821 1,658 21,238

8,484 3,123 4,402 1,522 18,866

872 9.3 391 11.1 419 8.7 136 8.2 2,372 11.2

9,527 3,589 4,792 1,661 21,691

8,623 3,191 4,471 1,541 19,228

904 9.5 398 11.1 321 6.7 120 7.2 2,463 11.4

Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien

11,435 34,181 46,293
7,791 8,811

10,665 30,703 41,276
6,507 7,869

770 6.7 3,478 10.2 5,017 10.8 1,284 16.5
942 10.7

11,113 34,310 46,551
7,916 9,121

10,476 31,364 42,164
6,706 8,086

637 5.7 2,946 8.6 4,387 9.4 1,210 15.3 1,035 11.3

Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan

75,089 68,421 6,668 8.9 5,328 4,871 457 8.6 7,689 6,961 728 9.5 8,479 7,793 686 8.1
16,508 15,354 1,154 7.0

75,873 70,068 5,805 7.7 5,410 4,992 418 7.7 7,792 7,162 630 8.1 8,697 8,090 607 7.0 16,711 15,691 1,020 6.1

Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden

33,522 10,103 10,125
2,403 21,578

30,686 8,944 9,110 2,167
19,902

2,836 1,159 1,015
236 1,676

8.5 11.5 10.0 9.8 7.8

33,534 10,130 10,197
2,476 21,332

31,050 9,116 9,306 2,259
19,862

2,484 7.4 1,014 10.0
891 8.7 217 8.8 1,470 6.9

Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham

4,256 3,879

377 8.9

53,379 47,964 5,415 10.1

35,425 32,720 2,705 7.6

4,616 4,145 471 10.2

132,961 122,803 10,158 7.6

4,301 3,936 365 8.5 53,282 48,996 4,286 8.0 36,023 33,568 2,455 6.8
4,626 4,230 396 8.6 134,611 125,495 9,116 6.8

Chattahoochee 1,724

Chattooga

11,326

Cherokee 108,526

Clarke

66,050

Clay

1,378

1,499 9,944 100,066 61,709 1,257

225 13.1 1,382 12.2 8,460 7.8 4,341 6.6
121 8.8

1,752 11,315 109,744 67,207 1,442

1,526 10,044 102,219 63,375
1,332

226 12.9 1,271 11.2 7,525 6.9 3,832 5.7
110 7.6

Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt

135,540 121,542 13,998 10.3 2,858 2,576 282 9.9
374,870 345,689 29,181 7.8 17,190 15,186 2,004 11.7 21,088 19,349 1,739 8.2

136,830 124,157 12,673 9.3 2,887 2,636 251 8.7
379,173 353,126 26,047 6.9 17,396 15,513 1,883 10.8 21,293 19,746 1,547 7.3

Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp

59,804 7,398
59,042 6,286
10,363

55,999 6,548
54,236 5,709 9,241

3,805 6.4 850 11.5
4,806 8.1 577 9.2
1,122 10.8

60,530 7,567
59,782 6,369
10,578

57,078 6,695
55,402 5,846 9,514

3,452 5.7 872 11.5
4,380 7.3 523 8.2
1,064 10.1

January 2008

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

4,836,056 4,578,592 257,464 5.3

9,070 8,514

556 6.1

3,378 3,156

222 6.6

4,691 4,443

248 5.3

1,652 1,565

87 5.3

20,681 19,289 1,392 6.7

11,067 10,662

405 3.7

34,140 32,362 1,778 5.2

46,210 43,505 2,705 5.9

7,526 6,788

738 9.8

8,790 8,372

418 4.8

74,314 69,931 4,383 5.9

5,333 5,004

329 6.2

7,674 7,256

418 5.4

8,541 8,073

468 5.5

16,585 15,885

700 4.2

32,465 30,844 1,621 5.0

10,080 9,170

910 9.0

10,268 9,602

666 6.5

2,391 2,226

165 6.9

21,454 20,410 1,044 4.9

4,251 4,012

239 5.6

53,734 50,555 3,179 5.9

35,221 33,841 1,380 3.9

4,580 4,307

273 6.0

133,419 127,046 6,373 4.8

1,720 11,225 110,452 65,854 1,456

1,535 10,539 105,471 63,011
1,338

185 10.8 686 6.1 4,981 4.5 2,843 4.3 118 8.1

136,958 128,107 8,851 6.5

2,757 2,570

187 6.8

382,427 364,362 18,065 4.7

16,505 15,344 1,161 7.0

20,314 19,203 1,111 5.5

59,922 57,419 2,503 4.2

7,195 6,721

474 6.6

60,024 57,165 2,859 4.8

6,120 5,835

285 4.7

10,108 9,423

685 6.8

13

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

January 2009

December 2008

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,576 7,735 841 9.8

11,154 10,119 1,035 9.3

12,236 10,854 1,382 11.3

387,729 354,787 32,942 8.5

9,480 8,669

811 8.6

8,566 7,936

630 7.4

11,265 10,336 929 8.2

12,336 11,092 1,244 10.1

392,466 362,420 30,046 7.7

9,693 8,962 731 7.5

Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols

4,799 4,380 419 8.7

42,161 38,367 3,794 9.0

64,727 58,494 6,233 9.6

5,434 4,955 479 8.8

2,241 2,113

128 5.7

4,960 4,579 381 7.7

42,265 38,840 3,425 8.1

65,077 59,753 5,324 8.2

5,608 5,159

449 8.0

2,319 2,193

126 5.4

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin

28,318 10,024 10,540
5,107 11,167

26,360 8,758 9,526 4,697
10,125

1,958 6.9 1,266 12.6 1,014 9.6
410 8.0 1,042 9.3

28,642 10,023 10,784
5,174 11,187

26,938 8,945 9,697 4,796
10,276

1,704 5.9 1,078 10.8 1,087 10.1
378 7.3 911 8.1

Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

52,432 48,738 3,694 7.0 48,301 43,733 4,568 9.5 83,253 77,140 6,113 7.3 10,589 9,428 1,161 11.0 482,773 440,401 42,372 8.8

53,113 49,787 3,326 6.3

48,941 45,021 3,920 8.0

83,979 78,799 5,180 6.2

10,583 9,662

921 8.7

487,667 449,875 37,792 7.7

Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady

14,326 1,144
40,982 26,789 12,025

12,982 1,022
37,865 23,916 10,890

1,344 9.4 122 10.7
3,117 7.6 2,873 10.7 1,135 9.4

14,336 13,212 1,124 7.8

1,153 1,055

98 8.5

41,679 38,959 2,720 6.5

27,304 24,597 2,707 9.9

12,200 11,282

918 7.5

Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock

7,601 6,872 729 9.6

415,551 382,768 32,783 7.9

21,410 19,488 1,922 9.0

91,946 84,285 7,661 8.3

3,636 2,915

721 19.8

7,723 7,043

680 8.8

420,043 391,003 29,040 6.9

21,293 19,726 1,567 7.4

92,944 86,422 6,522 7.0

3,681 2,971

710 19.3

Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

13,005 16,112 10,943 5,004 95,902

11,610 15,041
9,450 4,406 87,724

1,395 10.7 1,071 6.6 1,493 13.6
598 12.0 8,178 8.5

12,982 16,238 10,960
5,060 96,960

11,860 15,317
9,682 4,501 89,611

1,122 8.6 921 5.7
1,278 11.7 559 11.0
7,349 7.6

Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis

68,527 4,208
28,171 6,561 5,320

63,832 3,584
25,498 5,799 4,609

4,695 6.9 624 14.8
2,673 9.5 762 11.6 711 13.4

69,058 4,264
28,477 6,612 5,506

64,796 3,695
26,179 5,924 4,778

4,262 6.2 569 13.3
2,298 8.1 688 10.4 728 13.2

January 2008

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

8,364 8,000

364 4.4

11,172 10,665

507 4.5

11,913 11,146

767 6.4

396,013 373,951 22,062 5.6

9,603 9,087

516 5.4

4,806 42,086 65,252
5,350 2,279

4,508 39,436 61,654
5,014 2,188

298 6.2 2,650 6.3 3,598 5.5
336 6.3 91 4.0

28,464 9,928
10,790 5,047
10,798

27,271 9,240
10,144 4,746
10,249

1,193 4.2 688 6.9 646 6.0 301 6.0 549 5.1

53,736 51,371 2,365 4.4

49,768 47,045 2,723 5.5

84,824 81,307 3,517 4.1

10,560 9,912

648 6.1

491,555 464,189 27,366 5.6

14,173 1,119
41,236 26,857 11,857

13,512 1,057
39,472 25,199 11,225

661 4.7 62 5.5
1,764 4.3 1,658 6.2
632 5.3

7,569 423,150
20,616 92,094
3,315

7,116 403,443
19,664 88,127
2,981

453 6.0 19,707 4.7
952 4.6 3,967 4.3
334 10.1

12,995 16,078 10,750
4,925 97,615

12,237 15,403
9,957 4,644 92,463

758 5.8 675 4.2 793 7.4 281 5.7 5,152 5.3

69,570 4,131
27,191 6,538 5,183

66,353 3,739
25,784 6,112 4,813

3,217 4.6 392 9.5
1,407 5.2 426 6.5 370 7.1

14

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

January 2009

December 2008

Labor Force
7,356 2,769 3,785 14,282 8,028

Employment
6,362 2,218 3,349 13,165 7,122

Unemployment Number Rate
994 13.5 551 19.9 436 11.5 1,117 7.8 906 11.3

Labor Force
7,339 2,982 3,836 14,507 7,982

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

6,453 2,372 3,441 13,482 7,275

886 12.1 610 20.5 395 10.3 1,025 7.1 707 8.9

Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln

4,154 22,427 17,562 25,665
3,955

3,778 20,321 16,486 23,626
3,545

376 9.1 2,106 9.4 1,076 6.1 2,039 7.9
410 10.4

4,289 3,922

367 8.6

22,860 20,873 1,987 8.7

17,610 16,690 920 5.2

25,941 24,070 1,871 7.2

4,011 3,627

384 9.6

Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh

6,240 54,294 13,726 10,915
5,459

5,864 50,002 12,172
9,643 4,992

376 6.0 4,292 7.9 1,554 11.3 1,272 11.7
467 8.6

6,328 55,861 13,657 11,000
5,555

5,974 51,908 12,280
9,828 5,137

354 5.6 3,953 7.1 1,377 10.1 1,172 10.7
418 7.5

Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller

5,184 16,459
3,382 9,695 3,648

4,606 15,197
3,074 8,528 3,380

578 11.1 1,262 7.7
308 9.1 1,167 12.0
268 7.3

5,351 16,688
3,417 9,738 3,724

4,767 15,607
3,130 8,711 3,484

584 10.9 1,081 6.5
287 8.4 1,027 10.5
240 6.4

Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray

10,626 13,792
4,628 9,717 20,379

9,689 12,710
4,217 8,856 17,966

937 8.8 1,082 7.8
411 8.9 861 8.9 2,413 11.8

10,814 13,961
4,775 9,746 20,784

9,948 13,016
4,321 8,996 18,520

866 8.0 945 6.8 454 9.5 750 7.7 2,264 10.9

Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding

85,909 47,157 18,417
8,038 65,776

78,799 41,627 17,439
7,410 59,914

7,110 8.3 5,530 11.7
978 5.3 628 7.8 5,862 8.9

86,878 47,364 18,755
8,157 66,341

80,244 42,523 17,910
7,610 61,203

6,634 7.6 4,841 10.2
845 4.5 547 6.7 5,138 7.7

Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk

12,073 10,957 1,116 9.2

15,294 13,799 1,495 9.8

8,585 7,921

664 7.7

8,070 7,319 751 9.3

21,589 19,598 1,991 9.2

12,180 11,150 1,030 8.5

15,376 14,095 1,281 8.3

8,674 8,062

612 7.1

8,135 7,476

659 8.1

21,730 19,957 1,773 8.2

Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph

4,593 10,587
1,051 7,047 2,809

4,282 9,383
948 6,344 2,493

311 6.8 1,204 11.4
103 9.8 703 10.0 316 11.2

4,743 10,465
1,071 7,132 2,841

4,456 9,533
967 6,562 2,576

287 6.1 932 8.9 104 9.7 570 8.0 265 9.3

January 2008

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

7,136 2,942 3,745 14,170 7,947

6,561 2,482 3,476 13,456 7,507

575 8.1 460 15.6 269 7.2 714 5.0 440 5.5

4,096 22,353 17,650 24,660
3,867

3,914 21,087 16,946 23,256
3,611

182 4.4 1,266 5.7
704 4.0 1,404 5.7
256 6.6

6,024 54,400 13,385 10,602
5,463

5,772 51,798 12,728
9,887 5,204

252 4.2 2,602 4.8
657 4.9 715 6.7 259 4.7

5,039 16,248
3,308 9,708 3,547

4,680 15,517
3,148 8,989 3,405

359 7.1 731 4.5 160 4.8 719 7.4 142 4.0

10,468 13,636
4,603 9,555 20,982

9,805 12,990
4,330 9,073 19,704

663 6.3 646 4.7 273 5.9 482 5.0 1,278 6.1

85,732 46,845 18,452
7,881 66,391

80,693 43,876 17,807
7,566 63,150

5,039 5.9 2,969 6.3
645 3.5 315 4.0 3,241 4.9

11,832 15,285
8,634 8,170 21,267

11,126 14,544
8,223 7,714 20,173

706 6.0 741 4.8 411 4.8 456 5.6 1,094 5.1

4,601 10,354
1,051 6,724 2,781

4,382 9,743
965 6,306 2,576

219 4.8 611 5.9 86 8.2 418 6.2 205 7.4

15

Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted)

Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole

Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older

January 2009

December 2008

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

91,680 40,314
1,892 7,673 4,113

82,915 36,288
1,670 6,693 3,706

8,765 9.6 4,026 10.0
222 11.7 980 12.8 407 9.9

92,314 40,630
1,872 7,678 4,138

84,511 37,069
1,695 6,851 3,769

7,803 8.5 3,561 8.8
177 9.5 827 10.8 369 8.9

Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

28,681 13,937
2,350 15,178
3,201

25,239 12,607
2,120 13,389
2,907

3,442 12.0 1,330 9.5
230 9.8 1,789 11.8
294 9.2

28,753 13,895
2,371 15,078
3,231

25,782 12,842
2,173 13,592
2,980

2,971 10.3 1,053 7.6
198 8.4 1,486 9.9
251 7.8

Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell

869 9,396 3,462 4,310 4,409

761 8,574 3,088 3,759 4,030

108 12.4 822 8.7 374 10.8 551 12.8 379 8.6

865 9,592 3,499 4,327 4,418

780 8,876 3,147 3,799 4,079

85 9.8 716 7.5 352 10.1 528 12.2 339 7.7

Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen

21,990 18,734 14,008
5,795 2,941

20,275 16,925 12,702
5,305 2,630

1,715 7.8 1,809 9.7 1,306 9.3
490 8.5 311 10.6

22,447 19,200 14,482
5,844 3,011

20,912 17,555 13,014
5,417 2,670

1,535 6.8 1,645 8.6 1,468 10.1
427 7.3 341 11.3

Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson

30,926 4,853 4,743 11,429
12,163

27,142 4,337 4,310
10,412 10,803

3,784 12.2 516 10.6 433 9.1
1,017 8.9 1,360 11.2

30,795 4,946 4,831 11,497
12,218

27,620 4,484 4,414
10,613 11,032

3,175 10.3 462 9.3 417 8.6 884 7.7
1,186 9.7

Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington

33,580 41,199 15,322
2,640 8,317

30,269 37,100 13,862
2,197 7,370

3,311 9.9 4,099 9.9 1,460 9.5
443 16.8 947 11.4

34,073 41,383 15,360
2,647 8,442

31,053 37,898 14,109
2,268 7,564

3,020 8.9 3,485 8.4 1,251 8.1
379 14.3 878 10.4

Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield

12,240 1,331 2,839
12,631 45,641

10,941 1,236 2,596 11,482
40,103

1,299 10.6 95 7.1
243 8.6 1,149 9.1 5,538 12.1

12,405 1,334 2,900
12,793 46,810

11,171 1,258 2,654 11,875 41,341

1,234 9.9 76 5.7
246 8.5 918 7.2 5,469 11.7

Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

3,382 4,776 4,815 10,236

3,011 4,217 4,316 9,325

371 11.0 559 11.7 499 10.4 911 8.9

3,487 4,814 4,844 10,275

3,140 4,342 4,355 9,440

347 10.0 472 9.8 489 10.1 835 8.1

January 2008

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment Number Rate

91,013 85,016 5,997 6.6

40,596 38,249 2,347 5.8

1,812 1,694

118 6.5

7,249 6,828

421 5.8

3,995 3,735

260 6.5

28,555 26,602 1,953 6.8

13,578 12,852

726 5.3

2,310 2,144

166 7.2

14,580 13,588

992 6.8

3,127 2,927

200 6.4

860 9,191 3,369 5,079 4,391

788 8,602 3,143 4,723 4,142

72 8.4 589 6.4 226 6.7 356 7.0 249 5.7

22,248 21,113 1,135 5.1

18,757 17,575 1,182 6.3

13,875 13,042

833 6.0

5,752 5,437

315 5.5

2,845 2,640

205 7.2

30,694 28,646 2,048 6.7

4,796 4,446

350 7.3

4,706 4,405

301 6.4

11,170 10,648

522 4.7

11,968 11,083

885 7.4

32,917 31,306 1,611 4.9

41,356 39,104 2,252 5.4

15,223 14,389

834 5.5

2,422 2,228

194 8.0

8,236 7,671

565 6.9

12,035 11,256

779 6.5

1,284 1,225

59 4.6

2,964 2,797 167 5.6

12,345 11,806

539 4.4

46,586 43,982 2,604 5.6

3,204 4,703 4,683 10,230

2,966 4,375 4,381 9,585

238 7.4 328 7.0 302 6.4 645 6.3

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New Developments

DIRTT Environmental Solutions will be opening a manufacturing facility in Chatham County in Crossroads Business Park in Savannah. The company manufactures modular and movable walls. DIRTT walls are used for office interiors as an alternative to conventional studs and drywall construction. The walls support furniture and can be tilted down and moved to a new location when needed. The new 81,000 square foot plant is expected to open this spring and is expected to employ 150 people after the first two years of operation.
In Forsyth County Lou Sobh Honda will open a new automobile dealership on an 11.7 acre parcel of land in Cumming. The owner plans to invest approximately $20 million in the property, building, inventory and recurring payroll. The company is expected to create 85 new jobs along with an estimated $4 million payroll. Construction will begin as early as April at the intersection of Georgia Highway 141 and Majors Road and the dealership will open early in 2010.
Georgia Pacific has restarted its plywood plant in Jasper County that it had shuttered in the fall of 2007. The Monticello facility has two shifts that make veneer and currently employs about 45 people.
Lear-Kyung-shin is preparing to open a manufacturing operation in Troup County to supply seat belt harnesses and components for the Kia Assembly plant in West Point. The company will invest some $3.5 million in a former warehouse in West Point Technology Park and create about 50 new jobs.
The Roy Richards Cancer Center, part of the Tanner Health System, has begun a $5.6 million expansion that will not only double its patient treatment capacity but will bring some of the latest technology for treating cancer to Carroll County. The addition of a second linear accelerator for radiation therapy will increase the Carrollton facility's capacity from 25 patients a day to 50 patients a

day. In addition, the new machine will bring new Rapid Arc technology, a quicker and more accurate radiation technology, to the hospital. The construction is scheduled to be completed in May, but the calibration and testing of the new equipment will push the opening back to July.
AECOM is hiring approximately 125 people to fill their positions at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Dougherty County. The company has been awarded the contract to perform maintenance work on Marine Corps ground combat vehicles at the Albany base.
MillerCoors is increasing its production by 25% at their brewery in Dougherty County. The Albany facility currently employs 600 people and has an annual payroll of $45 million. The expansion in the brewing process will create an additional 25 jobs.
Custom Truck & Body Works has announced that it is adding to its facility in Meriwether County. The Woodbury manufacturer will add 10,000 square feet to its existing plant that makes specialized vehicles for emergency medical, law enforcement, and fire and rescue services. The $150,000 investment will result in 15 new jobs.
Meyn America, LLC is expanding its poultry processing equipment manufacturing operations in Cherokee County. The company was founded in 1959 and has grown into a world leader by investing considerable time and resources developing equipment that can stand alone or be integrated into a larger wall-to-wall system. The expansion will create an additional 25 positions in the Ball Ground plant.
In Elbert County Bubba Foods has announced that they will be expanding. The maker of the "Bubba Burger" will add a fourth line of production that will be operational by the end of May 2009. The 30,000 square foot addition to the Elberton facility will mostly be for the new freezer. The $2.5 million expansion will create 35 new jobs.

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Georgia Unemployment Rates by County

January 2009

Dade Catoosa

Murray

Fannin

Towns

Union

Rabun

Whitfield Walker

Gilmer

White Habersham

Chattooga

Gordon

Pickens

Lumpkin

Stephens

Floyd

Dawson

Banks Franklin Hart

Bartow Cherokee Forsyth

Hall

Jackson Madison Elbert

Polk Haralson

Paulding Cobb

Gwinnett Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe

Oconee

DeKalb

Walton

Douglas Fulton

Rockdale

Wilkes

Lincoln

Carroll

Clayton

Newton Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

Fayette Henry

McDuffie

Coweta Heard

Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam

Warren Hancock Glascock

Richmond

12.0% or greater 10.0% to 11.9% 8.8% to 9.9% Less than 8.8%

Troup

Meriwether

Pike

Lamar Monroe

Jones Baldwin

Jefferson Washington

Burke

Upson

Harris

Talbot

Bibb Crawford

Muscogee

Taylor

Peach

Wilkinson Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Emanuel

Screven

Marion Chattahoochee

Macon

Houston Bleckley

Laurens Treutlen

Candler Bulloch

Effingham

Schley Stewart Webster Sumter

Dooly Crisp

Pulaski Wilcox

Dodge

Montgomery

Wheeler

Toombs

Telfair

Evans Tattnall

Bryan

Chatham

Quitman Terrell Lee
Randolph

Turner

Ben Hill

Jeff Davis Appling

Liberty Long

Clay Calhoun Dougherty

Early

Baker

Miller

Mitchell

Worth

Irwin Tift

Coffee

Colquitt

Berrien Atkinson Cook

Seminole Decatur

Grady

Thomas

Brooks

Lanier

Clinch

Lowndes Echols

Bacon

Wayne

Pierce

Ware

Brantley

McIntosh Glynn

Charlton

Camden

Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 8.8%
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
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Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County

County

January Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks

County

January Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks

Georgia

120,139 ........ $266 ....... 11.5

Appling

263 ....... $232 ...... 11.0

Atkinson

282 ....... $224 ........ 9.1

Bacon

262 ....... $226 ...... 10.1

Baker

26 ....... $205 ...... 10.7

Baldwin

579 ....... $217 ...... 13.4

Banks

248 ....... $235 ...... 11.3

Barrow

680 ....... $251 ...... 12.7

Bartow

2,294 ....... $243 ........ 9.6

Ben Hill

658 ....... $218 ...... 11.9

Berrien

523 ....... $230 ...... 10.1

Bibb

1,465 ....... $196 ...... 13.2

Bleckley

286 ....... $192 ........ 8.8

Brantley

160 ....... $247 ...... 12.6

Brooks

239 ....... $204 ...... 11.3

Bryan

202 ....... $252 ...... 12.6

Bulloch

682 ....... $224 ...... 10.3

Burke

457 ....... $204 ...... 11.5

Butts

243 ....... $233 ...... 13.8

Calhoun

113 ....... $208 ...... 10.6

Camden

267 ....... $224 ...... 12.6

Candler

157 ....... $226 ...... 10.0

Carroll

2,135 ....... $234 ...... 10.2

Catoosa

1,067 ....... $239 ........ 8.7

Charlton

66 ....... $217 ...... 12.2

Chatham

1,660 ....... $222 ...... 13.9

Chattahoochee 14 ....... $218 ...... 14.3

Chattooga

171 ....... $242 ...... 14.0

Cherokee

1,543 ....... $267 ...... 13.0

Clarke

1,109 ....... $216 ...... 11.2

Clay

58 ....... $212 ...... 10.7

Clayton

2,864 ....... $233 ...... 14.4

Clinch

63 ....... $219 ...... 11.7

Cobb

4,302 ....... $260 ...... 14.5

Coffee

863 ....... $211 ........ 9.9

Colquitt

970 ....... $208 ........ 9.3

Columbia

608 ....... $248 ...... 11.1

Cook

299 ....... $210 ...... 11.0

Coweta

1,438 ....... $240 ...... 11.3

Crawford

150 ....... $229 ...... 11.3

Crisp

353 ....... $199 ...... 13.2

Dade

175 ....... $237 ........ 9.7

Dawson

206 ....... $246 ...... 13.2

Decatur

336 ....... $221 ...... 12.8

DeKalb

5,274 ....... $244 ...... 14.6

Dodge

359 ....... $202 ........ 9.7

Dooly

208 ....... $198 ...... 10.7

Dougherty

840 ....... $189 ...... 11.9

Douglas

1,234 ....... $247 ...... 13.7

Early

143 ....... $198 ...... 13.0

Echols

40 ....... $234 ...... 11.6

Effingham

368 ....... $252 ...... 12.4

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

909 ....... $217 ...... 10.0 672 ....... $198 ........ 9.9 108 ....... $213 ...... 12.8 344 ....... $224 ...... 11.6 543 ....... $260 ...... 13.3 3,035 ....... $233 ........ 8.7 924 ....... $277 ...... 13.9 630 ....... $229 ........ 9.7 6,860 ....... $235 ...... 14.7 535 ....... $236 ...... 10.3
34 ....... $209 ........ 8.2 833 ....... $215 ...... 11.8 2,064 ....... $241 ........ 8.9 350 ....... $231 ...... 11.4 337 ....... $203 ........ 9.7 4,993 ....... $266 ...... 14.6 867 ....... $233 ........ 9.3 2,356 ....... $252 ...... 11.8 194 ....... $208 ...... 13.1 488 ....... $232 ........ 9.8 292 ....... $242 ...... 11.7 752 ....... $228 ...... 10.4 270 ....... $231 ........ 9.0 1,465 ....... $249 ...... 14.2 1,030 ....... $218 ...... 12.5 259 ....... $221 ...... 13.0 722 ....... $253 ...... 11.6 223 ....... $241 ...... 13.9 303 ....... $225 ...... 10.0 465 ....... $192 ...... 10.5 417 ....... $204 ...... 15.2 296 ....... $205 ...... 10.7 238 ....... $232 ...... 13.0 363 ....... $223 ...... 11.5
95 ....... $221 ...... 11.3 1,198 ....... $196 ...... 10.8
267 ....... $238 ........ 9.9 298 ....... $222 ...... 13.0 141 ....... $219 ........ 9.3
49 ....... $227 ...... 12.9 1,073 ....... $205 ...... 12.4
528 ....... $259 ...... 13.4 354 ....... $199 ........ 8.8 414 ....... $247 ...... 10.1 142 ....... $218 ........ 9.5 523 ....... $205 ........ 9.7 114 ....... $227 ...... 11.1 638 ....... $209 ...... 11.4
57 ....... $212 ...... 12.5 214 ....... $196 ...... 12.8 276 ....... $237 ...... 12.1 200 ....... $224 ...... 10.8 215 ....... $231 ...... 11.2 2,521 ....... $244 ........ 6.9

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.

County

January Average Average Initial Weekly Duration
Claims Benefit Weeks

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

1,965 ....... $205 ...... 11.9 1,195 ....... $247 ...... 13.1
221 ....... $253 ...... 11.2 210 ....... $253 ...... 10.0 1,124 ....... $263 ...... 13.4 391 ....... $215 ...... 11.6 490 ....... $257 ...... 11.1 208 ....... $236 ...... 10.1 244 ....... $230 ...... 12.4 1,599 ....... $236 ........ 8.1 123 ....... $220 ........ 9.9 677 ....... $210 ...... 10.9
3 ....... $287 ...... 10.7 362 ....... $235 ........ 8.1 259 ....... $220 ........ 6.8 1,628 ....... $210 ...... 12.5 746 ....... $246 ...... 13.8 119 ....... $207 ........ 7.5 727 ....... $236 ........ 9.2
96 ....... $199 ...... 14.2 1,190 ....... $213 ...... 13.0
623 ....... $223 ........ 9.2 151 ....... $219 ...... 10.3 584 ....... $175 ...... 10.9 117 ....... $214 ...... 12.6
36 ....... $175 ........ 9.9 183 ....... $212 ...... 11.4 142 ....... $211 ........ 9.8 139 ....... $225 ........ 9.4
98 ....... $181 ...... 11.4 436 ....... $207 ...... 11.1 785 ....... $208 ...... 11.4 628 ....... $221 ...... 10.9 135 ....... $227 ...... 12.7 188 ....... $218 ........ 9.6 1,866 ....... $227 ...... 10.3 328 ....... $165 ...... 12.3 159 ....... $212 ...... 11.5 274 ....... $234 ...... 12.0 433 ....... $204 ...... 11.7 1,817 ....... $220 ........ 8.2 792 ....... $248 ...... 13.3 647 ....... $201 ........ 9.7 232 ....... $203 ........ 8.9 320 ....... $200 ...... 11.0 311 ....... $220 ...... 12.2
75 ....... $225 ........ 9.2 109 ....... $207 ........ 9.5 502 ....... $233 ...... 10.0 6,742 ....... $240 ........ 6.8 128 ....... $215 ...... 12.7 216 ....... $212 ...... 11.1 155 ....... $209 ...... 11.3 327 ....... $191 ...... 10.5

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