Georgia's gains lead nation [1956]

\ I~ NEW PLANTS FACTORY EMPLOYEES

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:;/ PLANT PAYROLLS

V/ VALUE OF GOODS
V PERSONAL INCOME
~ PER CAPITA INCOME

~V / LI FE INSURANCE WHOLESALE SALES

~~~ / RETAIL SALES RETAIL PAYROLLS TRADE EMPLOYMENT

~~" NEW BUSINESS FIRMS CONSTRUCTION VALUE

'"~/ MOTOR VEH ICLES

~'\;J.- TELEPHONES ELECTRIC ENERGY
Y/ AIR PASSENGERS

~~ AIR CARGOES

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FARM CASH BEEF CATTLE

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~\J / BROILERS HATCHERY CHICKS

V MINERALS

u. S. Government Reports

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

GEORGIA LEADS NATION IN INDUSTRY, 22 OTHER FIELDS

Georgia is outstripping the nation in many phases of economy and is far ahead of the country as a whole in the development of industry.
A survey just completed by the U. S. Department of Commerce shows that in the 10 years since World War II, Georgia surpassed the national average rate of advancement in 23 out of 28 major fields of business and economic
activity.
In the realm of industry, the survey shows, expenditures for new plants and equipment during the 10-year period increased in Georgia 133 per cent against 37 per cent for the nation.
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Employment in manufacturing advanced 33 per cent in Georgia and 9 per cent in the United States as a whole.
Georgia manufacturing payrolls increased 136 per cent while those of the nation gained 113 per cent.
Value of manufactured products in Georgia advanced 91 per cent while the national gain was 77.
The following analysis, prepared by the Commerce Department's Atlanta field office, compares the Georgia and U. S. gains in the other 24.divisions covered by the survey:
Gross personal income, 80 per cent for Georgia and 71 per
cent for the nation.
Per capita income, 58 and 47. Value of life insurance in force, 165 and 107. Wholesale sales, 44 and 30. Retail sales, 41 and 30.. Service trade receipts, 143 and 174. Retail and wholesale trade employment, 31 and 20. Retail trade payrolls, 40 and 34. Bank deposits, 43 and 47. Number of industrial and commercial firms In business, 42 and 23. Value of construction contracts, 141 and 57. Construction employment, 51 and 53. Motor vehicle registration, 94 and 72. Telephones in operation, 126 and 116. Electric energy produced, 180 and 153 Value of world trade, 50 and 117. Airline passengers, 305 and 212. Airline freight cargo, 266 and 155. Cash farm income, 57 and 18. Beef cattle on farms, 144 and 46. Value of commercial broilers, 550 and 212. Chickens hatched commercially, 534 and 67. Value of minerals produced, 87 and 82. Number of residents, 14 and 19. In the seven-state Southeast-Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Mississippi, Tennessee and the Carolinas-Georgia's rate of gain bested that of the region in 15 of the 24 categories. Georgia's leadership in the Southeast was: New plants and equipment, Georgia 133 and the Southeast
52. Employment in manufacture, 33 and 22. Manufacturing payroll~, 136 and 127. Value added by manufacture, 91 and 82. Personal income, 80 and 78. Per capita income, 58 and 54.
Life insurance, 165 and 162. Wholesale sales, 44 and 43. Retail sales, 41 and 38.
Airline passengers, 305, 252. Airline cargo, 266, 234. Cash farm income, 57 and 38.

.ECONOMIC FIELD

GA.

tclew Plants and

Equipment

133

Employment in

Manufacture

33

% GAIN 1946-56

I I S.E.

U.S.

I 52

37

22

9

M.anufacturing Payrolls

136

127

113

Value Added By Manufacture

91

82

77

Gross Personal Income

80

78

71

,Per Capita Income

58

54

47

Life Insurance in Force

165

162

107

Wholesale Sales

44

43

30

R.etail Sales

41

38

30

Service Trade Receipts

143

168

174

Retail and Wholesale

Employment

31

37

20

~tail Trade Payrolls

40

43

34

Bank Deposits
Industrial and Commercial Firms
Value of Construction Contracts
Construction Employment
Motor Vehicle Registration

43 42 141 51. 94

52

47

I 47

23

I 177

57

57

I

53

104

72

Telephones in Operation

126

133

116

Electric Energy Produced 180

221

153

Value of World Trade

50

125

117

Airline Passengers

305

252

212

Airline Cargoes

266

234

155

Cash Farm Income

57

38

18

Beef Cattle on Farms Value Commercial
Broilers Chickens Hatched'
Commercially Value Minerals
Produced
N umber of Residents

144

118

46

550

461

212

534

366

67

~14

88 19

82 19

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IO-YEAR GAIN ON ECONOMY FRONT IN GEORGIA, SOUTHEAST, NATION

ECONOMIC FIELD

Georgia

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Southeast

I United States

I' 1946

1956

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1946

I 1956

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1946

1956

New Plants and Equipment

I $84,320 Thousand

I I $196,161
Thousand

$512,565 Thousand

$780,722 I $6,003,873

Thousand

Thousand

$8,234,542 Thousand

Employment in Manufacture Manufacturing Payrolls

252.0 Thousand
$457 Million

$334.3

1,465.6

I I Thousand I Thousand

1,783.7 Thousand

$1,080 Million

I

$2,647 Million

$6,009 Million

15,555.0 Thousand
$36,476 Million

16,885.8 Thousand
$77,629 Million

Value Added By Manufacture

$1,016 Milliqn

$1,937 Million

$5,947 Million

$10,852 Million

$74,342 Million

$131,433 Million

,
Gross Personal Income

$2,890 Million

$5,196 Million

$17,227 Million

I $30,739
Million

$189,077 Million

$324,281 Million

Per Capita Income

$884

Life Insurance in Force

$2,989 Million

Wholesale Sales

I $3,147.4 Million

Retail Sales

$2,103.1 Million

Service Trade Receipts

$130.9 Million

Retail and Wholesale Employment

167 Thousand

Ret";! Tr",de Payrolls

$206.7 Million

Bank Deposits

$1,702 Million

Industrial and Commercial Firms Value of Construction Contracts Construction Employment Motor Vehicle Registration

34,160
$196 Million
36.0 Thousand
649 Thousand

Telephones in Operation Electric Energy Produced Value of World trade

344,452
3,488 Million KWH
$116.5 Million

Airline Passengers Airline Cargoes Cash Farm Income Beef Cattle on Farms Value Commercial Broilers Chickens Hatched Commercially Value Mineral Products Number of Residents

302,171
2,267.0 Tons
$416.4 Million
427 Thousand
$20 Million
36,875 Thousand
$30 Million
3,242 Thousand

. $1,400 .

$870

I $1,337 I $1,316

$7,923 Million

$15,873 Million

I I $41,529 Million

$199,199 Million

$4,547.5 Million

I I $15,019.9 Million

$21,549.5 Million

$180,619.1 Million

$2,963.2 Million

$12,970.1 Million

I $17,859.3 Million

$130,520.5 Million

$318.5 Million

$735.1 Million

I $1,973.6 Million

$8,578.1 Million

219 Thousand

949 Thousand

I 1,304
Thonand

9,301 Thousand

$288.8 Million

$1,192.1 Million

I $1,709.7 Million

$13,567.9 Million

$2,434 Million

I

$9,833 Million

I
48,662 I 206,717

I $14,973
Million

$155,901 Million

304,114

2,141,807

$472 Million

I

$1,132 Million

I

$3,140 Million

$15,532 Million

I 54.3
Thousand

216.8 Thousand

341.2 Thousand

1,982.0 Thousand

1,258 Thousand

3,995 Thousand

8,133 Thousand

37,360 Thousand

I 780,151

1,779,862

4,141,998

27,829,000

9,752 Million KWH

33,783 Million KWH

~M

108,388 illion' KWH

269,609 Million KWH

$174.5 Million

$1,402.0 Million

$3,151.1 Million

$14,531.6 Million

I

1,223,679

l,S21,638

8,290.5 Tons
$655.3 Million

I 7,741.5

I

Tons

I $2,962.8

I

Million

1,040 I

3,217

Thousand I Thousand

$130 Million

I

$51 Million

5,354,846

13,060,372

I 25,845.9 I 165,365.9

Tons

Tons

I $4,082.9
Million

$25,322.9 Million

7,004 Thousand

41,560 Thousand

$286 Million

$269 Million

233,829 Thousand

120,415 Thousand

560,786 . Thousand

1,265,538 Thousand

$56 Million

$313 Million

$589 Million

$7,706 Million'

3,712 Thousand

19,373 Thousand

22,983 Thousand

140,054 Thousand

$1,940
$412,630 Million
$234,974.4 Mitlion
$169,967.1 Million
$23,487.4 Million
11,144 Thousand
$18,198.6 Million
$228,579 Million
2,628,901
$24,413 Million
3,040.0 Thousand
64,437 Thousand
60,200,000
682,496 Million KWH
$31,571.1 Million
40,752,563
422,517.7 Tons
$29,998.6 Million
60,708 Thousand
$840 Million
2,112,672 Thousand
$14,033 Million
166,325 Thousand

CiEORCiIA LEADS (Continued from Preceding Page)
Bcd cattle, 144 and 118. Commercial broilers, 550 and 461. Chickens hatched commercially, .134 and 366.

Thc accompanying tables compare ~> _.---/~_-- --~-_---

the percentage gains of Georgia, the ~

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Southeast and the nation as a whole,

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and abo show the economic advance-



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In addition to other advantages, natural and man-made, Georgia's greatest boon to industry is her people. New industries establishi:lg in Georgia are assured a bountiful supply of labor,

men and women who still are willing to give a full day's work for a good day's pay.
MARVIN GRIFFIN Governor

UN C L E SA M SAY S:
GEORGIA LEADS!

Georgia personal income has soared 87% in ten years, topping the national rate of gain!
Georgia business is at an all-time high-it paces the nation -it will zoom higher! .
Georgia's rate of progress in manufacturing exceeds the national average in nearly every line - lumber, wood products, furniture, fixtures, food, apparel, paper and allied products, primary and fabricated metals, stone, glass, clay, chemicals, textiles-to name but a few!
Georgia's factory output jumped one billion six hundred million dollars in value during the post-war decade, breaking the U. S. record!
Georgia leads the South and is third In the entire nation in locating new industry!
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GEORGIA

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SCOTT CANDLER, SECRETARY
100 STATE CAPITOL ATLANTA. GEORGIA