March 2009 Data March 2009 Employment Situation Total employment in Georgia inched up from February to March as nonfarm payrolls added 3,000 workers. The 0.1 percent growth in March is the first employment increase since the state added 5,000 jobs in October 2008. In the four months between these months of modest gains, Georgia lost a total of 143,600 workers from payrolls. The over the month addition of jobs occurred primarily in Leisure and Hospitality and Retail Trade. Losses over the month were most evident in Construction and Manufacturing. There were 6,400 workers added to Leisure and Hospitality payrolls over the month. Accommodation and Food Services added 3,800 jobs while Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation grew by 6.8 percent, or 2,600 jobs, as family attractions in Georgia begin to rehire after the winter slowdown. The Retail Trade industry added 4,400 workers to nonfarm payrolls in March after losing a revised 5,800 workers in February. Losses continued in the Construction and Manufacturing sectors over the month. Construction jobs were down 3,900, or 2.2 percent, in March and the industry has now lost jobs for 10 consecutive months. This month, Construction of Buildings lost 600 workers, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction positions are down 100 and Specialty Trade Contractors lost 3,200 workers or 2.8 percent of its workforce. Manufacturing employment across the state is down 1,500. The jobs lost in March come as Durable Goods Manufacturing was up 1,100 and Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing dropped 2,600. For the first three months of 2009, 15,800 manufacturing jobs have been lost. Over the year, Georgia has lost 185,900 jobs, a total employment loss of 4.5 percent. The March to March decrease in jobs are most realized in Manufacturing (-47,500 jobs), Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (-41,000 jobs), and Professional and Business Services (-40,200 jobs). Educational and Health Services has added 11,700 workers since March of last year. Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in March at 9.2 percent. Though the rate was unchanged from February to March, the current rate is 3.6 percentage points higher than it was in March 2008 when the rate was 5.6 percent. Volume XXXV, Number 3 Georgia Employment (In Millions) 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.12 4.08 4.11 4.08 4.09 4.07 4.03 3.96 3.94 3.95 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2008 2009 Georgia Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted) 9.2% 9.2% 8.5% 5.6% 5.8% 5.9% 6.1% 6.2% 6.4% 6.6% 6.9% 7.1% 7.5% Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 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 MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 from FEB 2009 Net % from MAR 2008 Net % Total Nonfarm 3,945.9 3,942.9 4,131.8 3.0 0.1 -185.9 -4.5 Total Private 3,245.7 3,244.7 3,431.4 1.0 0.0 -185.7 -5.4 Goods Producing 558.5 564.0 638.7 -5.5 -1.0 -80.2 -12.6 Service-Providing 3,387.4 3,378.9 3,493.1 8.5 0.3 -105.7 -3.0 Private Service-Providing 2,687.2 2,680.7 2,792.7 6.5 0.2 -105.5 -3.8 Mining and Logging 9.8 9.9 10.5 -0.1 -1.0 -0.7 -6.7 Construction 177.9 181.8 209.9 -3.9 -2.2 -32.0 -15.3 Construction of Buildings 38.9 39.5 46.6 -0.6 -1.5 -7.7 -16.5 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 26.9 27.0 31.5 -0.1 -0.4 -4.6 -14.6 Specialty Trade Contractors 112.1 115.3 131.8 -3.2 -2.8 -19.7 -15.0 Manufacturing 370.8 372.3 418.3 -1.5 -0.4 -47.5 -11.4 Durable Goods 164.9 163.8 195.6 1.1 0.7 -30.7 -15.7 Computer, Electrical Equip and Appliance Mfg 26.5 26.6 27.8 -0.1 -0.4 -1.3 -4.7 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 39.9 39.9 42.0 0.0 0.0 -2.1 -5.0 Non-Durable Goods 205.9 208.5 222.7 -2.6 -1.3 -16.8 -7.5 Food Manufacturing 66.3 66.6 66.9 -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.9 Textile Mills 22.3 22.2 24.7 0.1 0.5 -2.4 -9.7 Textile Product Mills 32.2 32.8 36.0 -0.6 -1.8 -3.8 -10.6 Trade, Transportation and Utilities 839.2 835.7 880.2 3.5 0.4 -41.0 -4.7 Wholesale Trade 208.4 209.7 218.2 -1.3 -0.6 -9.8 -4.5 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 103.0 103.4 112.4 -0.4 -0.4 -9.4 -8.4 Merchant Wholesalers, Non-durable Goods 60.6 60.8 62.5 -0.2 -0.3 -1.9 -3.0 Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 44.8 45.5 43.3 -0.7 -1.5 1.5 3.5 Retail Trade 450.0 445.6 470.3 4.4 1.0 -20.3 -4.3 Food and Beverage Stores 80.2 79.8 81.6 0.4 0.5 -1.4 -1.7 General Merchandise Stores 99.3 97.8 101.2 1.5 1.5 -1.9 -1.9 Miscellaneous Store Retailers 19.8 20.2 22.3 -0.4 -2.0 -2.5 -11.2 Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 180.8 180.4 191.7 0.4 0.2 -10.9 -5.7 Utilities 20.3 20.2 20.7 0.1 0.5 -0.4 -1.9 Transportation and Warehousing 160.5 160.2 171.0 0.3 0.2 -10.5 -6.1 Air Transportation 38.7 38.6 40.0 0.1 0.3 -1.3 -3.3 Truck Transportation 45.9 45.9 48.4 0.0 0.0 -2.5 -5.2 Couriers and Messengers 18.9 18.9 20.3 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -6.9 Warehousing and Storage 26.7 26.7 28.2 0.0 0.0 -1.5 -5.3 Information 103.8 105.4 109.7 -1.6 -1.5 -5.9 -5.4 Telecommunications 51.8 51.6 52.3 0.2 0.4 -0.5 -1.0 Wired Telecommunications Carriers 27.8 27.6 29.0 0.2 0.7 -1.2 -4.1 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 12.2 12.1 11.7 0.1 0.8 0.5 4.3 Internet Service Providers, Search Portals, and DP 6.9 6.8 7.6 0.1 1.5 -0.7 -9.2 Financial Activities 214.6 215.6 226.1 -1.0 -0.5 -11.5 -5.1 Finance and Insurance 155.4 156.1 163.3 -0.7 -0.5 -7.9 -4.8 Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 68.1 67.8 67.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 Real Estate, Rental and Leasing 59.2 59.5 62.8 -0.3 -0.5 -3.6 -5.7 Professional and Business Services 519.5 521.3 559.7 -1.8 -0.4 -40.2 -7.2 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 220.8 226.3 230.3 -5.5 -2.4 -9.5 -4.1 Accounting, Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping 36.3 37.4 37.2 -1.1 -2.9 -0.9 -2.4 Architectural, Engineering and Related Services 37.6 37.9 41.5 -0.3 -0.8 -3.9 -9.4 Computer Systems Design and Related Services 46.7 47.2 48.7 -0.5 -1.1 -2.0 -4.1 Management and Technical Consulting Services 34.6 34.6 33.1 0.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 Management of Companies and Enterprises 54.5 53.9 54.5 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 Admin and Support, Waste Mngmnt and Remediation 244.2 241.1 274.9 3.1 1.3 -30.7 -11.2 Employment Services 104.6 103.4 131.0 1.2 1.2 -26.4 -20.2 Educational and Health Services 474.5 473.0 462.8 1.5 0.3 11.7 2.5 Educational Services 92.1 91.0 85.0 1.1 1.2 7.1 8.4 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 56.9 56.4 51.9 0.5 0.9 5.0 9.6 Health Care and Social Assistance 382.4 382.0 377.8 0.4 0.1 4.6 1.2 Ambulatory Health Care Services 144.7 144.2 142.4 0.5 0.4 2.3 1.6 Hospitals 124.6 125.2 123.1 -0.6 -0.5 1.5 1.2 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 54.7 54.1 54.9 0.6 1.1 -0.2 -0.4 Social Assistance 58.4 58.5 57.4 -0.1 -0.2 1.0 1.7 Leisure and Hospitality 380.0 373.6 393.4 6.4 1.7 -13.4 -3.4 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 41.1 38.5 39.0 2.6 6.8 2.1 5.4 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation 30.0 28.4 28.9 1.6 5.6 1.1 3.8 Accommodation and Food Services 338.9 335.1 354.4 3.8 1.1 -15.5 -4.4 Accommodation 39.2 38.9 43.0 0.3 0.8 -3.8 -8.8 Food Services and Drinking Places 299.7 296.2 311.4 3.5 1.2 -11.7 -3.8 Other Services 155.6 156.1 160.8 -0.5 -0.3 -5.2 -3.2 Repair and Maintenance 34.6 35.6 36.8 -1.0 -2.8 -2.2 -6.0 Personal and Laundry Services 32.3 32.4 34.8 -0.1 -0.3 -2.5 -7.2 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional and Similar 88.7 88.1 89.2 0.6 0.7 -0.5 -0.6 Government 700.2 698.2 700.4 2.0 0.3 -0.2 0.0 Federal Government 101.1 100.0 98.1 1.1 1.1 3.0 3.1 Department of Defense 38.4 38.0 36.7 0.4 1.1 1.7 4.6 State Government 162.3 161.9 165.6 0.4 0.3 -3.3 -2.0 State Government Education 82.3 82.3 78.8 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.4 Local Government 436.8 436.3 436.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 Local Government Education 270.4 269.6 270.7 0.8 0.3 -0.3 -0.1 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 2008 benchmark. 2 Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis ATLANTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary MAR 2009 Revised Revised FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 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 2,329.7 1,986.6 263.4 2,066.3 1,723.2 1.4 109.2 24.6 68.7 152.8 76.1 14.6 76.7 24.0 529.1 150.8 76.0 40.6 34.2 254.3 47.8 53.3 13.3 124.0 11.9 112.1 37.8 28.1 16.1 80.7 38.2 22.5 10.4 6.3 148.1 104.6 46.1 43.5 379.7 169.9 24.9 27.8 38.8 30.2 42.4 167.4 72.7 262.0 59.0 203.0 79.5 65.4 35.8 227.5 27.9 199.6 23.2 176.4 96.1 20.6 23.0 343.1 48.6 69.1 225.4 2,330.6 1,989.0 268.2 2,062.4 1,720.8 1.5 111.6 24.5 71.8 155.1 77.0 14.5 78.1 24.3 526.9 151.8 76.4 40.7 34.7 251.0 47.5 51.1 13.4 124.1 11.8 112.3 37.5 28.0 16.0 81.8 37.9 22.5 10.3 6.2 148.8 105.4 45.9 43.4 379.8 174.0 25.5 28.1 39.5 30.4 42.0 163.8 71.4 263.0 58.7 204.3 80.2 65.8 35.8 223.7 25.5 198.2 22.8 175.4 96.8 20.6 22.9 341.6 47.9 68.7 225.0 2,445.6 2,103.8 305.7 2,139.9 1,798.1 1.8 132.2 29.2 84.0 171.7 88.7 15.9 83.0 24.8 558.1 159.9 84.2 41.5 34.2 268.7 49.2 53.7 14.5 129.5 11.5 118.0 38.8 29.0 15.9 84.0 37.5 23.1 9.8 7.1 157.3 111.9 46.2 45.4 407.9 178.8 24.9 31.6 39.6 28.6 41.9 187.2 87.6 259.2 57.0 202.2 79.0 64.5 34.5 233.4 25.7 207.7 24.1 183.6 98.2 21.6 23.4 341.8 47.6 68.8 225.4 -0.9 0.0 -2.4 -0.1 -4.8 -1.8 3.9 0.2 2.4 0.1 -0.1 -6.7 -2.4 -2.2 0.1 0.4 -3.1 -4.3 -2.3 -1.5 -0.9 -1.2 0.1 0.7 -1.4 -1.8 -0.3 -1.2 2.2 0.4 -1.0 -0.7 -0.4 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -1.4 3.3 1.3 0.3 0.6 2.2 4.3 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 -1.1 -1.3 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.6 -0.7 -0.5 -0.8 -0.8 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.0 -4.1 -2.4 -0.6 -2.4 -0.3 -1.1 -0.7 -1.8 -0.2 -0.7 0.4 1.0 3.6 2.2 1.3 1.8 -1.0 -0.4 0.3 0.5 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 -0.9 -0.4 -0.6 0.0 0.0 3.8 1.7 2.4 9.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 1.8 1.0 0.6 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.7 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 -115.9 -4.7 -117.2 -5.6 -42.3 -13.8 -73.6 -3.4 -74.9 -4.2 -0.4 -22.2 -23.0 -17.4 -4.6 -15.8 -15.3 -18.2 -18.9 -11.0 -12.6 -14.2 -1.3 -8.2 -6.3 -7.6 -0.8 -3.2 -29.0 -5.2 -9.1 -5.7 -8.2 -9.7 -0.9 -2.2 0.0 0.0 -14.4 -5.4 -1.4 -2.9 -0.4 -0.7 -1.2 -8.3 -5.5 -4.3 0.4 3.5 -5.9 -5.0 -1.0 -2.6 -0.9 -3.1 0.2 1.3 -3.3 -3.9 0.7 1.9 -0.6 -2.6 0.6 6.1 -0.8 -11.3 -9.2 -5.9 -7.3 -6.5 -0.1 -0.2 -1.9 -4.2 -28.2 -6.9 -8.9 -5.0 0.0 0.0 -3.8 -12.0 -0.8 -2.0 1.6 5.6 0.5 1.2 -19.8 -10.6 -14.9 -17.0 2.8 1.1 2.0 3.5 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.3 3.8 -5.9 -2.5 2.2 8.6 -8.1 -3.9 -0.9 -3.7 -7.2 -3.9 -2.1 -2.1 -1.0 -4.6 -0.4 -1.7 1.3 0.4 1.0 2.1 0.3 0.4 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 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 3 ALBANY MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 2008 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private 62.2 62.7 64.7 -0.5 -0.8 48.6 49.0 51.0 -0.4 -0.8 -2.5 -3.9 -2.4 -4.7 Goods Producing Service-Providing Private Service-Providing 9.4 9.5 10.5 -0.1 -1.1 52.8 53.2 54.2 -0.4 -0.8 39.2 39.5 40.5 -0.3 -0.8 -1.1 -10.5 -1.4 -2.6 -1.3 -3.2 Manufacturing Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade 6.2 6.2 6.6 12.8 12.6 13.3 7.5 7.4 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.1 1.4 -0.4 -6.1 -0.5 -3.8 -0.6 -7.4 Government Federal Government State Government 13.6 13.7 13.7 -0.1 -0.7 3.4 3.4 3.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.3 9.7 0.0 0.0 Local Government 7.3 7.4 7.7 -0.1 -1.4 -0.4 -5.2 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers in the Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes 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 MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 2008 Net % Total Nonfarm 84.1 84.6 85.5 -0.5 -0.6 -1.4 -1.6 Total Private 59.8 60.2 61.7 -0.4 -0.7 -1.9 -3.1 Goods Producing 11.3 11.3 12.2 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -7.4 Service-Providing 72.8 73.3 73.3 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 -0.7 Private Service-Providing 48.5 48.9 49.5 -0.4 -0.8 -1.0 -2.0 Trade, Transportation and Utilities 13.0 13.0 13.7 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -5.1 Retail Trade 9.4 9.3 9.5 0.1 1.1 -0.1 -1.1 Professional and Business Services 6.4 6.4 6.9 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -7.3 Leisure and Hospitality 8.4 8.3 8.9 0.1 1.2 -0.5 -5.6 Government 24.3 24.4 23.8 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 2.1 Federal Government 1.6 1.7 1.6 -0.1 -5.9 0.0 0.0 State Government 14.6 14.6 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.8 Local Government 8.1 8.1 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 4 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 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 212.9 169.7 32.5 180.4 137.2 11.2 21.3 37.3 4.9 25.6 6.8 3.3 7.7 30.1 29.0 20.9 8.9 43.2 7.7 13.5 22.0 211.8 168.6 32.9 178.9 135.7 11.5 21.4 36.9 4.9 25.2 6.8 3.3 7.7 29.9 28.8 20.3 8.8 43.2 7.7 13.5 22.0 216.0 172.8 35.6 180.4 137.2 12.3 23.3 36.3 4.8 24.9 6.6 3.5 7.7 31.0 28.3 21.5 8.9 43.2 7.5 13.4 22.3 1.1 0.5 1.1 0.7 -0.4 -1.2 1.5 0.8 1.5 1.1 -0.3 -2.6 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.6 3.0 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3.1 -1.4 -3.1 -1.8 -3.1 -8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.1 -8.9 -2.0 -8.6 1.0 2.8 0.1 2.1 0.7 2.8 0.2 3.0 -0.2 -5.7 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -2.9 0.7 2.5 -0.6 -2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.7 0.1 0.8 -0.3 -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 2008 benchmark. COLUMBUS MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 2008 Net % Total Nonfarm Total Private Goods Producing 119.8 96.2 15.0 118.8 95.3 15.1 121.3 98.2 16.5 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 -0.1 -0.7 -1.5 -1.2 -2.0 -2.0 -1.5 -9.1 Service-Providing Private Service-Providing Trade, Transportation and Utilities 104.8 81.2 18.4 103.7 80.2 18.0 104.8 81.7 19.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.4 2.2 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -3.2 Retail Trade Information Financial Activities 13.2 13.0 14.0 0.2 1.5 5.9 6.0 6.0 -0.1 -1.7 9.1 9.1 9.2 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -5.7 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1 -1.1 Finance and Insurance Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Professional and Business Services 7.3 7.3 7.4 4.9 4.8 5.0 13.1 13.1 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 -2.0 -0.7 -5.1 Leisure and Hospitality Government Federal Government 13.2 12.9 13.8 23.6 23.5 23.1 5.9 5.8 5.4 0.3 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 1.7 -0.6 -4.4 0.5 2.2 0.5 9.3 State Government Local Government 4.0 4.1 4.1 -0.1 -2.4 13.7 13.6 13.6 0.1 0.7 -0.1 -2.4 0.1 0.7 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers 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 MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 2008 Net % Total Nonfarm 69.1 69.7 75.6 -0.6 -0.9 -6.5 -8.6 Total Private 61.9 62.7 67.6 -0.8 -1.3 -5.7 -8.4 Goods Producing Service-Providing 25.6 25.8 43.5 43.9 29.0 -0.2 -0.8 46.6 -0.4 -0.9 -3.4 -11.7 -3.1 -6.7 Private Service-Providing 36.3 36.9 38.6 -0.6 -1.6 -2.3 -6.0 Manufacturing Textile Mills 24.8 25.0 2.9 2.9 27.3 -0.2 -0.8 3.1 0.0 0.0 -2.5 -9.2 -0.2 -6.5 Textile Product Mills 17.5 17.6 18.6 -0.1 -0.6 -1.1 -5.9 Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade 15.2 15.1 7.4 7.3 15.6 7.6 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.4 -0.4 -2.6 -0.2 -2.6 Transportation, Warehouse, and Utilities 3.5 3.5 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.9 Professional and Business Services Government 8.3 8.3 7.2 7.0 9.8 0.0 0.0 -1.5 -15.3 8.0 0.2 2.9 -0.8 -10.0 Federal Government 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 State Government Local Government 1.2 1.1 5.7 5.6 1.6 0.1 9.1 -0.4 -25.0 6.1 0.1 1.8 -0.4 -6.6 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers in the 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 MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 2008 Net % Total Nonfarm 76.1 75.8 78.3 0.3 0.4 -2.2 -2.8 Total Private 65.1 64.8 67.6 0.3 0.5 -2.5 -3.7 Goods Producing Service-Providing 20.1 20.2 56.0 55.6 21.8 -0.1 -0.5 56.5 0.4 0.7 -1.7 -7.8 -0.5 -0.9 Private Service-Providing 45.0 44.6 45.8 0.4 0.9 -0.8 -1.8 Trade, Transportation and Utilities Retail Trade 14.4 14.1 14.6 0.3 2.1 -0.2 -1.4 7.9 7.8 7.8 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.3 Government 11.0 11.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.8 Federal Government State Government 0.5 0.5 2.8 2.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.7 Local Government 7.7 7.7 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 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. 6 MACON MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 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 98.7 98.0 101.1 83.7 83.1 85.7 10.7 10.8 11.5 88.0 87.2 89.6 73.0 72.3 74.2 20.2 20.1 20.7 12.0 11.8 12.2 4.4 4.4 4.6 8.5 8.5 8.4 11.7 11.7 11.5 19.6 19.5 18.9 8.4 8.2 9.1 15.0 14.9 15.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 10.2 10.2 10.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 -0.1 -0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.5 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.2 2.4 0.1 0.7 0.1 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.4 -2.4 -2.0 -2.3 -0.8 -7.0 -1.6 -1.8 -1.2 -1.6 -0.5 -2.4 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2 -4.4 0.1 1.2 0.2 1.7 0.7 3.7 -0.7 -7.7 -0.4 -2.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -5.6 -0.2 -1.9 Note: These preliminary estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, based upon monthly reports submitted by selected employers in the 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 MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 2008 Net % Total Nonfarm 156.8 155.8 160.7 1.0 0.6 -3.9 -2.4 Total Private 133.3 132.4 137.4 0.9 0.7 -4.1 -3.0 Goods Producing Service-Providing 22.3 134.5 22.4 133.4 24.0 136.7 -0.1 -0.5 1.1 0.8 -1.7 -7.1 -2.2 -1.6 Private Service-Providing 111.0 110.0 113.4 1.0 0.9 -2.4 -2.1 Mining, Logging, and Construction Manufacturing 8.0 8.1 9.2 -0.1 -1.2 14.3 14.3 14.8 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -13.0 -0.5 -3.4 Trade, Transportation and Utilities 35.6 35.2 36.1 0.4 1.1 -0.5 -1.4 Wholesale Trade Retail Trade 6.2 6.2 6.7 17.8 17.5 18.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 -0.5 -7.5 -0.5 -2.7 Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 11.6 11.5 11.1 0.1 0.9 0.5 4.5 Information Financial Activities 1.9 1.9 5.9 5.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -1.7 Professional and Business Services 17.3 17.2 19.3 0.1 0.6 -2.0 -10.4 Educational and Health Services Leisure and Hospitality 22.6 22.5 22.1 20.1 19.7 20.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.5 2.3 -0.1 -0.5 Other Services 7.6 7.6 7.8 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -2.6 Government Federal Government 23.5 23.4 23.3 3.0 2.9 2.9 0.1 0.4 0.1 3.5 0.2 0.9 0.1 3.5 State Government 5.3 5.3 5.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -5.4 Local Government 15.2 15.2 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 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 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. 7 VALDOSTA MSA Nonagricultural Employment (000s) Preliminary Revised Revised MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 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 55.8 55.5 56.3 0.3 0.5 42.1 41.9 43.1 0.2 0.5 7.9 8.0 8.9 -0.1 -1.3 47.9 47.5 47.4 0.4 0.8 34.2 33.9 34.2 0.3 0.9 11.9 11.8 12.2 0.1 0.9 7.9 7.8 8.2 0.1 1.3 13.7 13.6 13.2 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.1 12.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 0.0 0.0 8.1 8.1 8.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.9 -1.0 -2.3 -1.0 -11.2 0.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -2.5 -0.3 -3.7 0.5 3.8 0.1 12.5 0.3 6.8 0.1 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 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 MAR 2009 FEB 2009 MAR 2008 Change in Jobs from FEB 2009 Net % Change in Jobs from MAR 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 57.1 56.6 58.6 0.5 0.9 33.6 33.3 35.5 0.3 0.9 6.2 6.3 7.1 -0.1 -1.6 50.9 50.3 51.5 0.6 1.2 27.4 27.0 28.4 0.4 1.5 7.9 7.9 8.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 6.0 6.3 0.1 1.7 23.5 23.3 23.1 0.2 0.9 14.4 14.3 14.2 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.1 11.1 8.1 8.1 7.9 0.0 0.0 -1.5 -2.6 -1.9 -5.4 -0.9 -12.7 -0.6 -1.2 -1.0 -3.5 -0.1 -1.3 -0.2 -3.2 0.4 1.7 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 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 8 Georgia Hours and Earnings Experimental All Employee Average Weekly Earnings Preliminary MAR 2009 Revised FEB 2009 Revised MAR 2008 Total Private ............................................................................................ $753.60 ........................ $754.30 ................... $728.38 Goods Producing ................................................................................... $753.98 ........................ $746.23 ................... $738.53 Private Service Providing ....................................................................... $752.90 ........................ $756.81 ................... $726.62 Construction ........................................................................................... $756.24 ........................ $748.08 ................... $712.14 Manufacturing ......................................................................................... $729.64 ........................ $720.39 ................... $754.21 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ........................................................ $719.20 ........................ $708.75 ................... $699.69 Financial Activities .................................................................................. $934.36 ........................ $955.99 ................... $893.88 Professional and Business Services ...................................................... $960.87 ........................ $967.13 ................... $909.44 Educational and Health Services ........................................................... $770.71 ........................ $783.30 ................... $774.57 Leisure and Hospitality ........................................................................... $329.75 ........................ $335.53 ................... $339.92 Other Services ........................................................................................ $543.04 ........................ $544.50 ................... $499.22 Average Weekly Hours Preliminary MAR 2009 Revised FEB 2009 Revised MAR 2008 Total Private .................................................................................................. 35.1 .............................. 35.1 ......................... 35.6 Goods Producing ......................................................................................... 37.4 .............................. 37.2 ......................... 39.2 Private Service Providing ............................................................................. 34.6 .............................. 34.7 ......................... 34.8 Construction ................................................................................................. 36.8 .............................. 36.4 ......................... 37.6 Manufacturing ............................................................................................... 37.0 .............................. 37.0 ......................... 39.8 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .............................................................. 35.1 .............................. 35.0 ......................... 35.9 Financial Activities ........................................................................................ 36.3 .............................. 36.6 ......................... 36.0 Professional and Business Services ............................................................ 35.3 .............................. 35.4 ......................... 35.1 Educational and Health Services ................................................................. 35.5 .............................. 35.8 ......................... 38.1 Leisure and Hospitality ................................................................................. 28.9 .............................. 29.0 ......................... 28.0 Other Services .............................................................................................. 32.0 .............................. 32.2 ......................... 32.8 Average Hourly Earnings Preliminary MAR 2009 Revised FEB 2009 Revised MAR 2008 Total Private .............................................................................................. $21.47 .......................... $21.49 ..................... $20.46 Goods Producing ..................................................................................... $20.16 .......................... $20.06 ..................... $18.84 Private Service Providing ......................................................................... $21.76 .......................... $21.81 ..................... $20.88 Construction ............................................................................................. $20.55 .......................... $20.58 ..................... $18.94 Manufacturing ........................................................................................... $19.72 .......................... $19.47 ..................... $18.95 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities .......................................................... $20.49 .......................... $20.25 ..................... $19.49 Financial Activities .................................................................................... $25.74 .......................... $26.12 ..................... $24.83 Professional and Business Services ........................................................ $27.22 .......................... $27.32 ..................... $25.91 Educational and Health Services ............................................................. $21.71 .......................... $21.88 ..................... $20.33 Leisure and Hospitality ............................................................................. $11.41 .......................... $11.57 ..................... $12.14 Other Services .......................................................................................... $16.97 .......................... $16.91 ..................... $15.22 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 9 Dimensions - Measuring Georgia's Labor Force 10.0% 9.0% Unemployment rates -- Georgia and U.S. Ge orgia U.S. 8.0% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2008 2009 WA 9.2 OR 12.1 ID 7.0 NV 10.4 UT CA 5.2 11.2 AZ 7.8 AK 8.5 State unemployment rates March 2009 National Unemployment Rate: 8.5% Rates are seasonally adjusted MT 6.1 WY 4.5 CO 7.5 NM 5.9 ND 4.2 SD 4.9 NE 4.6 KS 6.1 MN 8.2 WI 8.5 IA 5.2 IL 9.1 MO 8.7 OK 5.9 TX 6.7 AR 6.5 MS 9.4 LA 5.8 NH 6.2 ME VT 8.1 7.2 MI 12.6 OH IN 9.7 10.0 KY 9.8 TN 9.6 PA 7.8 WV 6.9 VA 6.8 NC 10.8 SC 11.4 AL GA 9.0 9.2 FL 9.7 MA 7.8 NY 7.8 RI 10.5 CT NJ 7.5 8.3 DE 7.7 DC 9.8 MD 6.9 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% HI 7.1 10 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 MAR 2009 4,787,731 4,344,973 442,758 9.2 4,780,020 4,340,768 439,252 9.2 74,670 68,526 6,144 8.2 107,890 100,562 7,328 6.8 2,678,299 2,434,168 244,131 9.1 259,010 236,271 22,739 8.8 53,840 49,441 4,399 8.2 127,959 117,260 10,699 8.4 65,716 56,707 9,009 13.7 91,954 83,975 7,979 8.7 FEB 2009 4,811,586 4,371,132 440,454 9.2 4,799,023 4,350,921 448,102 9.3 75,355 68,867 6,488 8.6 109,060 101,246 7,814 7.2 2,695,706 2,447,563 248,143 9.2 259,437 236,022 23,415 9.0 54,439 49,875 4,564 8.4 128,035 116,840 11,195 8.7 65,866 57,414 8,452 12.8 92,068 83,933 8,135 8.8 MAR 2008 4,834,846 4,564,957 269,889 5.6 4,843,128 4,586,184 256,944 5.3 76,049 71,931 4,118 5.4 108,837 104,427 4,410 4.1 2,750,848 2,607,889 142,959 5.2 256,571 242,886 13,685 5.3 54,160 51,836 2,324 4.3 128,389 121,566 6,823 5.3 67,399 63,042 4,357 6.5 92,562 88,462 4,100 4.4 Change From FEB 2009 MAR 2008 -23,855 -26,159 2,304 -47,115 -219,984 172,869 -19,003 -10,153 -8,850 -63,108 -245,416 182,308 -685 -341 -344 -1,379 -3,405 2,026 -1,170 -684 -486 -947 -3,865 2,918 -17,407 -13,395 -4,012 -72,549 -173,721 101,172 -427 249 -676 2,439 -6,615 9,054 -599 -434 -165 -320 -2,395 2,075 -76 420 -496 -430 -4,306 3,876 -150 -707 557 -1,683 -6,335 4,652 -114 42 -156 -608 -4,487 3,879 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 MAR 2009 31,458 29,095 2,363 7.5 112,305 102,598 9,707 8.6 48,320 43,242 5,078 10.5 177,467 164,088 13,379 7.5 69,015 63,905 5,110 7.4 67,407 62,843 4,564 6.8 FEB 2009 31,796 29,211 2,585 8.1 112,441 102,250 10,191 9.1 48,663 43,820 4,843 10.0 178,234 164,159 14,075 7.9 69,357 63,599 5,758 8.3 67,657 62,716 4,941 7.3 MAR 2008 30,910 29,393 1,517 4.9 113,279 107,077 6,202 5.5 49,738 46,993 2,745 5.5 179,678 171,543 8,135 4.5 68,603 65,582 3,021 4.4 68,942 65,888 3,054 4.4 Change From FEB 2009 MAR 2008 -338 -116 -222 548 -298 846 -136 348 -484 -974 -4,479 3,505 -343 -578 235 -1,418 -3,751 2,333 -767 -71 -696 -2,211 -7,455 5,244 -342 306 -648 412 -1,677 2,089 -250 127 -377 -1,535 -3,045 1,510 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 MAR 2009 154,048,000 140,887,000 13,161,000 8.5 FEB 2009 154,214,000 141,748,000 12,467,000 8.1 MAR 2008 153,843,000 146,023,000 7,820,000 5.1 Change From FEB 2009 MAR 2008 -166,000 -861,000 694,000 205,000 -5,136,000 5,341,000 United States (Not Seasonally adjusted) Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Rate 153,728,000 139,833,000 13,895,000 9.0 153,804,000 140,105,000 13,699,000 8.9 153,135,000 145,108,000 8,027,000 5.2 -76,000 -272,000 196,000 593,000 -5,275,000 5,868,000 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 March 2009 February 2009 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,780,020 4,340,768 439,252 9.2 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,799,023 4,350,921 448,102 9.3 Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin 9,451 3,631 4,862 1,622 20,988 8,609 3,142 4,463 1,496 18,996 842 8.9 489 13.5 399 8.2 126 7.8 1,992 9.5 9,360 3,581 4,884 1,644 21,747 8,459 3,099 4,381 1,504 18,933 901 9.6 482 13.5 503 10.3 140 8.5 2,814 12.9 Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien 11,553 33,875 45,960 7,724 8,992 10,669 30,264 40,685 6,590 7,917 884 7.7 3,611 10.7 5,275 11.5 1,134 14.7 1,075 12.0 11,467 34,157 46,131 7,674 9,066 10,630 30,430 40,909 6,481 7,857 837 7.3 3,727 10.9 5,222 11.3 1,193 15.5 1,209 13.3 Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan 73,850 5,335 7,672 8,465 16,479 67,295 4,883 6,908 7,820 15,314 6,555 452 764 645 1,165 8.9 8.5 10.0 7.6 7.1 73,899 67,066 6,833 9.2 5,318 4,852 466 8.8 7,736 6,969 767 9.9 8,474 7,782 692 8.2 16,535 15,321 1,214 7.3 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden 33,408 10,166 10,037 2,441 21,484 30,753 8,900 8,980 2,194 19,780 2,655 1,266 1,057 247 1,704 7.9 12.5 10.5 10.1 7.9 33,876 10,052 10,109 2,413 21,725 30,967 8,895 9,029 2,148 19,847 2,909 8.6 1,157 11.5 1,080 10.7 265 11.0 1,878 8.6 Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham 4,276 3,897 379 8.9 52,735 47,278 5,457 10.3 35,557 32,410 3,147 8.9 4,656 4,176 480 10.3 132,602 122,483 10,119 7.6 4,273 3,879 394 9.2 53,082 47,538 5,544 10.4 35,491 32,568 2,923 8.2 4,654 4,129 525 11.3 133,280 122,536 10,744 8.1 Chattahoochee 1,725 Chattooga 11,945 Cherokee 107,463 Clarke 65,355 Clay 1,418 1,494 9,796 98,634 60,986 1,290 231 13.4 2,149 18.0 8,829 8.2 4,369 6.7 128 9.0 1,724 11,522 108,303 66,111 1,384 1,487 9,938 99,177 61,401 1,257 237 13.7 1,584 13.7 9,126 8.4 4,710 7.1 127 9.2 Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt 133,928 119,803 14,125 10.5 2,905 2,623 282 9.7 371,901 340,742 31,159 8.4 17,230 15,273 1,957 11.4 21,344 19,618 1,726 8.1 134,987 120,462 14,525 10.8 2,858 2,568 290 10.1 374,014 342,617 31,397 8.4 17,084 15,066 2,018 11.8 21,109 19,225 1,884 8.9 Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 59,736 7,477 58,704 6,221 10,418 55,727 6,592 53,460 5,615 9,258 4,009 6.7 885 11.8 5,244 8.9 606 9.7 1,160 11.1 59,731 7,539 59,081 6,214 10,370 55,696 6,518 53,754 5,596 9,196 4,035 6.8 1,021 13.5 5,327 9.0 618 9.9 1,174 11.3 March 2008 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 4,843,128 4,586,184 256,944 5.3 9,081 8,608 473 5.2 3,354 3,146 208 6.2 4,667 4,430 237 5.1 1,655 1,570 85 5.1 20,877 19,636 1,241 5.9 11,031 10,611 420 3.8 34,366 32,424 1,942 5.7 46,511 43,589 2,922 6.3 7,484 6,777 707 9.4 8,625 8,218 407 4.7 74,438 70,232 4,206 5.7 5,285 5,003 282 5.3 7,651 7,243 408 5.3 8,437 8,025 412 4.9 16,694 16,010 684 4.1 32,622 31,065 1,557 4.8 10,010 9,211 799 8.0 10,368 9,621 747 7.2 2,393 2,242 151 6.3 21,370 20,427 943 4.4 4,177 3,960 217 5.2 53,825 50,652 3,173 5.9 35,869 34,114 1,755 4.9 4,567 4,339 228 5.0 134,283 128,047 6,236 4.6 1,704 11,916 110,513 66,064 1,509 1,543 10,215 105,673 63,330 1,403 161 9.4 1,701 14.3 4,840 4.4 2,734 4.1 106 7.0 137,191 128,353 8,838 6.4 2,743 2,593 150 5.5 382,914 365,060 17,854 4.7 16,415 15,295 1,120 6.8 20,323 19,266 1,057 5.2 60,128 57,670 2,458 4.1 7,178 6,721 457 6.4 60,184 57,275 2,909 4.8 6,141 5,860 281 4.6 10,107 9,434 673 6.7 13 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older March 2009 February 2009 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,558 7,662 896 10.5 11,088 9,974 1,114 10.0 12,249 10,805 1,444 11.8 383,804 349,710 34,094 8.9 9,471 8,698 773 8.2 8,586 7,700 886 10.3 11,118 10,029 1,089 9.8 12,269 10,729 1,540 12.6 386,414 351,634 34,780 9.0 9,448 8,622 826 8.7 Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols 4,830 41,402 64,208 5,623 2,273 4,380 37,704 57,657 5,045 2,120 450 9.3 3,698 8.9 6,551 10.2 578 10.3 153 6.7 4,772 41,737 64,574 5,563 2,271 4,305 37,892 57,974 4,956 2,110 467 9.8 3,845 9.2 6,600 10.2 607 10.9 161 7.1 Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin 28,386 10,198 10,716 5,096 11,207 26,291 8,787 9,624 4,703 10,069 2,095 7.4 1,411 13.8 1,092 10.2 393 7.7 1,138 10.2 28,419 10,051 10,733 5,126 11,231 26,303 8,744 9,537 4,689 10,066 2,116 7.4 1,307 13.0 1,196 11.1 437 8.5 1,165 10.4 Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton 51,892 48,041 3,851 7.4 48,320 43,242 5,078 10.5 82,816 76,036 6,780 8.2 10,704 9,506 1,198 11.2 477,601 434,098 43,503 9.1 52,394 48,305 4,089 7.8 48,663 43,820 4,843 10.0 83,055 76,454 6,601 7.9 10,580 9,390 1,190 11.2 481,043 436,487 44,556 9.3 Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady 14,360 1,150 40,714 27,035 12,258 12,972 1,020 37,578 23,887 11,177 1,388 9.7 130 11.3 3,136 7.7 3,148 11.6 1,081 8.8 14,281 1,133 41,204 27,032 12,046 12,918 1,014 37,908 23,822 10,907 1,363 9.5 119 10.5 3,296 8.0 3,210 11.9 1,139 9.5 Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock 7,871 6,928 943 12.0 412,004 377,290 34,714 8.4 21,561 19,423 2,138 9.9 91,954 83,975 7,979 8.7 3,503 2,935 568 16.2 7,622 6,850 772 10.1 414,320 379,367 34,953 8.4 21,374 19,446 1,928 9.0 92,068 83,933 8,135 8.8 3,608 2,926 682 18.9 Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry 12,989 16,112 10,902 5,000 94,687 11,444 14,991 9,514 4,343 86,469 1,545 11.9 1,121 7.0 1,388 12.7 657 13.1 8,218 8.7 13,004 16,047 10,895 5,048 95,531 11,507 14,927 9,406 4,367 86,945 1,497 11.5 1,120 7.0 1,489 13.7 681 13.5 8,586 9.0 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 67,407 4,262 28,331 6,512 5,318 62,843 3,631 25,521 5,716 4,633 4,564 6.8 631 14.8 2,810 9.9 796 12.2 685 12.9 67,657 4,207 28,307 6,548 5,304 62,716 3,571 25,419 5,748 4,595 4,941 7.3 636 15.1 2,888 10.2 800 12.2 709 13.4 March 2008 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 8,514 8,065 449 5.3 11,234 10,686 548 4.9 11,848 11,107 741 6.3 396,155 374,668 21,487 5.4 9,398 8,897 501 5.3 4,729 42,078 65,313 5,356 2,248 4,434 39,578 61,772 5,049 2,175 295 6.2 2,500 5.9 3,541 5.4 307 5.7 73 3.2 28,701 9,904 10,786 4,973 10,695 27,486 9,230 10,067 4,697 10,110 1,215 4.2 674 6.8 719 6.7 276 5.5 585 5.5 53,715 51,469 2,246 4.2 49,738 46,993 2,745 5.5 84,892 81,462 3,430 4.0 10,458 9,828 630 6.0 491,219 465,079 26,140 5.3 13,896 1,120 41,059 26,874 11,990 13,164 1,054 39,399 25,209 11,441 732 5.3 66 5.9 1,660 4.0 1,665 6.2 549 4.6 7,485 424,357 20,426 92,562 3,386 7,061 404,217 19,532 88,462 3,034 424 5.7 20,140 4.7 894 4.4 4,100 4.4 352 10.4 12,938 16,116 10,673 4,986 97,789 12,261 15,489 9,818 4,653 92,640 677 5.2 627 3.9 855 8.0 333 6.7 5,149 5.3 68,942 4,098 27,357 6,664 5,181 65,888 3,733 26,024 6,124 4,822 3,054 4.4 365 8.9 1,333 4.9 540 8.1 359 6.9 14 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older March 2009 February 2009 Labor Force 7,394 2,772 3,788 13,964 7,879 Employment 6,361 2,211 3,356 12,948 7,020 Unemployment Number Rate 1,033 14.0 561 20.2 432 11.4 1,016 7.3 859 10.9 Labor Force 7,337 2,757 3,792 14,076 7,932 Employment Unemployment Number Rate 6,316 2,177 3,339 12,905 7,059 1,021 13.9 580 21.0 453 11.9 1,171 8.3 873 11.0 Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln 4,169 22,676 17,273 25,287 3,957 3,791 20,361 16,201 23,310 3,558 378 9.1 2,315 10.2 1,072 6.2 1,977 7.8 399 10.1 4,200 22,479 17,447 25,575 4,016 3,773 20,261 16,282 23,403 3,524 427 10.2 2,218 9.9 1,165 6.7 2,172 8.5 492 12.3 Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh 6,171 54,109 13,790 10,663 5,454 5,785 50,174 12,263 9,596 4,954 386 6.3 3,935 7.3 1,527 11.1 1,067 10.0 500 9.2 6,221 54,412 13,819 10,685 5,499 5,808 49,934 12,191 9,590 4,998 413 6.6 4,478 8.2 1,628 11.8 1,095 10.2 501 9.1 Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller 5,172 16,339 3,389 9,633 3,692 4,583 15,019 3,064 8,406 3,388 589 11.4 1,320 8.1 325 9.6 1,227 12.7 304 8.2 5,150 16,487 3,353 9,746 3,639 4,521 15,121 3,050 8,452 3,320 629 12.2 1,366 8.3 303 9.0 1,294 13.3 319 8.8 Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 10,597 13,563 4,640 9,795 20,546 9,698 12,501 4,260 8,888 17,545 899 8.5 1,062 7.8 380 8.2 907 9.3 3,001 14.6 10,509 13,579 4,657 9,734 20,368 9,551 12,458 4,215 8,823 17,763 958 9.1 1,121 8.3 442 9.5 911 9.4 2,605 12.8 Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding 85,563 46,591 18,286 7,911 65,432 78,536 41,032 17,235 7,323 59,057 7,027 8.2 5,559 11.9 1,051 5.7 588 7.4 6,375 9.7 85,560 46,773 18,438 8,025 65,742 78,198 41,257 17,352 7,373 59,382 7,362 8.6 5,516 11.8 1,086 5.9 652 8.1 6,360 9.7 Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk 11,976 15,105 8,702 7,955 21,809 10,876 13,601 7,902 7,214 19,526 1,100 9.2 1,504 10.0 800 9.2 741 9.3 2,283 10.5 11,936 15,250 8,624 7,998 21,750 10,805 13,676 7,876 7,254 19,536 1,131 9.5 1,574 10.3 748 8.7 744 9.3 2,214 10.2 Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 4,593 10,421 1,044 7,258 2,827 4,295 9,452 951 6,420 2,528 298 6.5 969 9.3 93 8.9 838 11.5 299 10.6 4,604 10,459 1,034 7,132 2,785 4,273 9,354 939 6,373 2,457 331 7.2 1,105 10.6 95 9.2 759 10.6 328 11.8 March 2008 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 7,116 2,904 3,744 14,244 8,004 6,532 2,444 3,496 13,514 7,521 584 8.2 460 15.8 248 6.6 730 5.1 483 6.0 4,074 22,509 17,663 24,815 3,792 3,891 21,207 17,007 23,549 3,563 183 4.5 1,302 5.8 656 3.7 1,266 5.1 229 6.0 6,095 53,844 13,449 10,644 5,450 5,844 51,491 12,812 9,930 5,194 251 4.1 2,353 4.4 637 4.7 714 6.7 256 4.7 4,987 16,291 3,345 9,703 3,572 4,634 15,596 3,165 9,006 3,424 353 7.1 695 4.3 180 5.4 697 7.2 148 4.1 10,352 13,745 4,577 9,557 20,700 9,734 13,046 4,283 9,075 19,505 618 6.0 699 5.1 294 6.4 482 5.0 1,195 5.8 85,783 46,875 18,549 7,934 66,567 81,145 43,960 17,897 7,604 63,271 4,638 5.4 2,915 6.2 652 3.5 330 4.2 3,296 5.0 11,861 15,350 8,526 8,210 21,386 11,151 14,572 8,147 7,729 20,169 710 6.0 778 5.1 379 4.4 481 5.9 1,217 5.7 4,603 10,389 1,065 6,771 2,793 4,402 9,760 964 6,389 2,595 201 4.4 629 6.1 101 9.5 382 5.6 198 7.1 15 Georgia Labor Force Estimates by County (not seasonally adjusted) Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Place of Residence - Persons 16 Years and Older March 2009 February 2009 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 91,231 39,725 1,931 7,730 4,217 82,511 35,769 1,668 6,690 3,762 8,720 9.6 3,956 10.0 263 13.6 1,040 13.5 455 10.8 91,196 40,036 1,897 7,734 4,192 82,466 35,966 1,667 6,650 3,710 8,730 9.6 4,070 10.2 230 12.1 1,084 14.0 482 11.5 Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot 28,290 14,068 2,371 15,181 3,177 24,878 12,661 2,132 13,380 2,895 3,412 12.1 1,407 10.0 239 10.1 1,801 11.9 282 8.9 28,439 14,045 2,377 15,161 3,175 25,015 12,616 2,106 13,372 2,883 3,424 12.0 1,429 10.2 271 11.4 1,789 11.8 292 9.2 Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell 867 9,506 3,486 4,396 4,342 767 8,749 3,131 3,895 3,960 100 11.5 757 8.0 355 10.2 501 11.4 382 8.8 858 9,304 3,471 4,362 4,371 758 8,461 3,081 3,823 3,980 100 11.7 843 9.1 390 11.2 539 12.4 391 8.9 Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen 22,198 19,026 14,116 5,848 2,931 20,424 17,106 12,830 5,362 2,636 1,774 8.0 1,920 10.1 1,286 9.1 486 8.3 295 10.1 22,130 18,820 14,103 5,843 2,936 20,246 16,874 12,696 5,330 2,621 1,884 8.5 1,946 10.3 1,407 10.0 513 8.8 315 10.7 Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson 30,950 4,974 4,706 11,560 12,145 27,014 4,263 4,239 10,527 10,752 3,936 12.7 711 14.3 467 9.9 1,033 8.9 1,393 11.5 30,951 4,853 4,673 11,513 12,127 27,071 4,154 4,225 10,455 10,757 3,880 12.5 699 14.4 448 9.6 1,058 9.2 1,370 11.3 Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington 34,587 40,486 15,318 2,644 8,326 29,982 36,569 13,827 2,198 7,364 4,605 13.3 3,917 9.7 1,491 9.7 446 16.9 962 11.6 33,878 40,877 15,302 2,618 8,344 30,129 36,771 13,783 2,184 7,337 3,749 11.1 4,106 10.0 1,519 9.9 434 16.6 1,007 12.1 Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield 12,343 1,355 2,893 12,779 45,170 11,001 1,250 2,634 11,571 39,162 1,342 10.9 105 7.7 259 9.0 1,208 9.5 6,008 13.3 12,320 1,342 2,877 12,721 45,498 10,949 1,226 2,591 11,484 39,651 1,371 11.1 116 8.6 286 9.9 1,237 9.7 5,847 12.9 Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 3,432 4,725 4,807 10,029 3,070 4,216 4,315 9,164 362 10.5 509 10.8 492 10.2 865 8.6 3,389 4,760 4,853 10,157 3,001 4,177 4,304 9,210 388 11.4 583 12.2 549 11.3 947 9.3 March 2008 Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate 91,219 85,389 5,830 6.4 40,663 38,322 2,341 5.8 1,805 1,697 108 6.0 7,244 6,812 432 6.0 4,049 3,802 247 6.1 28,819 26,653 2,166 7.5 13,709 12,999 710 5.2 2,273 2,103 170 7.5 14,545 13,609 936 6.4 3,155 2,971 184 5.8 832 9,123 3,391 5,048 4,415 782 8,549 3,196 4,731 4,157 50 6.0 574 6.3 195 5.8 317 6.3 258 5.8 22,275 21,208 1,067 4.8 18,756 17,601 1,155 6.2 13,762 12,900 862 6.3 5,771 5,459 312 5.4 2,850 2,650 200 7.0 30,650 28,426 2,224 7.3 4,656 4,249 407 8.7 4,710 4,424 286 6.1 11,123 10,569 554 5.0 11,996 11,083 913 7.6 34,568 31,558 3,010 8.7 41,524 39,179 2,345 5.6 15,070 14,257 813 5.4 2,430 2,227 203 8.4 8,109 7,563 546 6.7 12,041 11,265 776 6.4 1,276 1,212 64 5.0 2,914 2,758 156 5.4 12,467 11,894 573 4.6 46,699 43,537 3,162 6.8 3,207 4,653 4,729 10,237 2,990 4,333 4,468 9,619 217 6.8 320 6.9 261 5.5 618 6.0 16 New Developments GreenTech Manufacturing will be opening a manufacturing and distribution facility in Coffee County that will be an investment in the local economy of $20 million. The company has contracted for a 103,000 square foot building to be located on nine acres in Southwest Industrial Park in Douglas. GreenTech uses its Powder Impression Molding (PIM) system to produce strongerthan-steel, lightweight products that use up to 95 percent recycled materials from single-stream solid waste sources. Plans are for the first PIM products to come off the production line in September of this year and when fully operational the new facility will employ 320 people. increase that number to around 200 when full production level is reachED. QT Kitchen will be opening in Clayton County and hiring approximately 225 people to make sandwiches, doughnuts, and cookies for the QuikTrip convenience stores throughout the metro area. The 112,000 square foot bakery is located on East Clayton Drive in Ellenwood to have easy access to I-675 to get to the 115 stores it will serve. The company has already generated $16.2 million in real estate and construction costs. QuickTrip has also spent an additional $6.8 million for equipment for the facility. In Laurens County Hi-Tek Rations will spend $1.5 million to expand their existing facility and double their production capability. The company bought a 30,000 square foot adjacent building on Industrial Boulevard in Dublin and is moving equipment in to start production of a new line of dog food. Hi-Tek will launch its new line of dog food called "Perfectly Natural" in April. The expansion should add some 30 new jobs to the local economy. Crown Healthcare Laundry Services has opened their fourth facility and it is located in Brooks County. The company already operates three sights in other southeastern states and features quality products and excellent customer service. The new location in Quitman has been open for a month and already has 45 employees, but it is expected to The first of three Food Lion grocery stores planned for Coweta County has opened just north of Newnan on Highway 29. The newly opened store has 34,928 square feet and employs 56 people. The company selected the area due to its growth potential. The second store in Sargent is scheduled to open later in March and the Grantville store is planned for later this year. In Barrow County two big box retailers have opened their doors at Barrow Crossing shopping center in Winder. Target and Belk have begun doing business in the newly created retail hub at the corner of Georgia Highway 316 and Georgia Highway 81 South. These two stores have already provided some 250 new jobs between them. There is still more to come as PETCO, Publix, and McDonald's are slated to open in the not too distant future. 17 Georgia Unemployment Rates by County March 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 13.0% or greater 11.0% to 12.9% 9.2% to 10.9% Jackson Madison Elbert Polk Haralson Paulding Cobb Barrow Gwinnett DeKalb Walton Douglas Fulton Rockdale Clarke Oconee Oglethorpe Wilkes Lincoln Carroll Clayton Newton Morgan Greene Taliaferro Columbia Fayette Henry McDuffie Coweta Heard Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam Warren Hancock Glascock Richmond Less than 9.2% Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Jones Baldwin Jefferson Washington Burke Upson Harris Talbot Muscogee Bibb Crawford Taylor Peach Wilkinson Twiggs Johnson Emanuel Jenkins Screven Marion Chattahoochee Macon Schley Stewart Webster Sumter Houston Bleckley Laurens Treutlen Candler Bulloch Effingham 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: 9.2% 18 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Claims by County County March Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks County March Average Average Initial Weekly Duration Claims Benefit Weeks Georgia 96,306 ....... $277 ...... 12.1 Appling 409 ....... $235 ...... 11.6 Atkinson 178 ....... $227 ...... 10.3 Bacon 157 ....... $224 ...... 11.1 Baker 25 ....... $204 ...... 12.5 Baldwin 472 ....... $216 ...... 13.7 Banks 221 ....... $250 ...... 11.5 Barrow 594 ....... $253 ...... 13.8 Bartow 1,402 ....... $252 ...... 10.5 Ben Hill 295 ....... $226 ...... 12.2 Berrien 682 ....... $234 ...... 11.9 Bibb 1,164 ....... $200 ...... 13.7 Bleckley 243 ....... $225 ........ 8.5 Brantley 157 ....... $244 ...... 12.6 Brooks 104 ....... $218 ...... 11.8 Bryan 146 ....... $259 ...... 13.1 Bulloch 464 ....... $219 ...... 11.2 Burke 342 ....... $220 ...... 11.9 Butts 197 ....... $236 ...... 14.8 Calhoun 89 ....... $209 ...... 11.5 Camden 186 ....... $224 ...... 13.0 Candler 114 ....... $214 ...... 10.4 Carroll 1,245 ....... $244 ...... 10.9 Catoosa 1,143 ....... $254 ........ 9.7 Charlton 45 ....... $233 ...... 13.8 Chatham 1,687 ....... $229 ...... 14.3 Chattahoochee 15 ....... $222 ...... 14.7 Chattooga 138 ....... $243 ...... 14.4 Cherokee 1,542 ....... $271 ...... 13.7 Clarke 925 ....... $221 ...... 11.8 Clay 43 ....... $223 ...... 10.9 Clayton 2,421 ....... $240 ...... 14.8 Clinch 63 ....... $220 ...... 13.2 Cobb 3,959 ....... $262 ...... 14.9 Coffee 508 ....... $233 ...... 10.6 Colquitt 447 ....... $217 ...... 10.6 Columbia 603 ....... $253 ...... 11.3 Cook 318 ....... $226 ...... 12.5 Coweta 1,036 ....... $253 ...... 12.2 Crawford 106 ....... $222 ...... 12.4 Crisp 229 ....... $193 ...... 13.8 Dade 129 ....... $250 ...... 12.0 Dawson 200 ....... $258 ...... 14.2 Decatur 402 ....... $225 ...... 13.8 DeKalb 4,999 ....... $247 ...... 15.0 Dodge 214 ....... $216 ...... 10.4 Dooly 131 ....... $213 ...... 10.8 Dougherty 643 ....... $197 ...... 12.4 Douglas 926 ....... $254 ...... 14.0 Early 88 ....... $207 ...... 14.1 Echols 22 ....... $245 ...... 11.7 Effingham 342 ....... $257 ...... 12.7 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 506 ....... $236 ...... 10.8 348 ....... $197 ...... 10.7 61 ....... $210 ...... 12.8 311 ....... $216 ...... 12.7 475 ....... $265 ...... 14.0 2,659 ....... $236 ........ 9.7 920 ....... $277 ...... 14.2 365 ....... $241 ...... 10.4 5,961 ....... $244 ...... 15.0 472 ....... $236 ...... 11.5 25 ....... $243 ........ 8.9 631 ....... $218 ...... 12.1 1,456 ....... $255 ........ 9.4 407 ....... $239 ...... 12.5 250 ....... $215 ...... 11.1 4,644 ....... $268 ...... 15.0 851 ....... $239 ........ 9.7 2,025 ....... $256 ...... 12.5 170 ....... $210 ...... 13.6 434 ....... $249 ...... 10.6 238 ....... $241 ...... 12.2 498 ....... $234 ...... 11.4 143 ....... $252 ...... 10.4 1,198 ....... $256 ...... 14.6 673 ....... $224 ...... 13.1 147 ....... $225 ...... 13.3 559 ....... $253 ...... 12.3 162 ....... $244 ...... 14.4 403 ....... $236 ...... 11.2 236 ....... $207 ...... 11.4 201 ....... $198 ...... 15.0 202 ....... $216 ...... 11.8 142 ....... $228 ...... 13.3 255 ....... $237 ...... 12.6 96 ....... $217 ...... 12.8 1,115 ....... $205 ...... 11.2 163 ....... $245 ...... 10.7 191 ....... $223 ...... 13.9 134 ....... $246 ...... 10.0 48 ....... $220 ...... 12.6 857 ....... $207 ...... 13.1 368 ....... $253 ...... 14.8 377 ....... $204 ........ 9.3 354 ....... $253 ...... 10.9 75 ....... $226 ...... 11.1 259 ....... $214 ...... 10.7 86 ....... $231 ...... 11.7 300 ....... $234 ...... 11.9 73 ....... $212 ...... 14.0 182 ....... $201 ...... 13.7 174 ....... $230 ...... 13.0 112 ....... $207 ...... 11.7 190 ....... $238 ...... 11.7 1,698 ....... $259 ........ 7.9 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 March 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 1,077 ....... $213 ...... 12.4 1,068 ....... $253 ...... 14.0 192 ....... $250 ...... 11.8 179 ....... $247 ...... 11.0 881 ....... $265 ...... 13.9 295 ....... $208 ...... 11.7 293 ....... $253 ...... 12.5 238 ....... $228 ...... 10.2 183 ....... $244 ...... 13.1 1,650 ....... $241 ........ 9.6 110 ....... $234 ...... 10.0 302 ....... $229 ...... 11.7 1 ....... $287 ...... 10.6 283 ....... $234 ........ 8.9 142 ....... $235 ........ 7.4 1,524 ....... $218 ...... 12.8 680 ....... $253 ...... 14.3 77 ....... $198 ........ 9.0 527 ....... $249 ...... 10.7 107 ....... $208 ...... 15.2 860 ....... $224 ...... 13.7 601 ....... $238 ........ 9.7 52 ....... $197 ...... 11.6 413 ....... $183 ...... 12.5 63 ....... $230 ...... 12.3 29 ....... $194 ...... 11.4 109 ....... $207 ...... 12.0 136 ....... $207 ...... 10.5 122 ....... $240 ........ 9.8 78 ....... $205 ...... 12.3 513 ....... $222 ...... 11.9 654 ....... $225 ...... 12.1 368 ....... $217 ...... 11.4 111 ....... $223 ...... 12.8 81 ....... $242 ........ 9.8 1,122 ....... $243 ...... 11.1 159 ....... $178 ...... 12.9 134 ....... $224 ...... 11.1 232 ....... $233 ...... 13.0 260 ....... $219 ...... 12.1 1,779 ....... $241 ........ 9.5 636 ....... $249 ...... 14.1 336 ....... $210 ...... 10.6 84 ....... $215 ...... 10.2 198 ....... $198 ...... 12.3 248 ....... $236 ...... 12.9 36 ....... $238 ...... 10.6 71 ....... $227 ...... 10.1 277 ....... $237 ...... 11.2 4,249 ....... $260 ........ 7.8 50 ....... $217 ...... 13.4 178 ....... $216 ...... 11.6 140 ....... $213 ...... 11.7 237 ....... $211 ...... 10.9 19 Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Information & Analysis 148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E. 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