APPLING COUNTY Toombs Tattnall A GEORGIA Jeff Davis Appling Bacon Wayne Pierce AREA LABOR PROFILE Labor Force Activity 1998 ANNUAL AVERAGES LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED RATE Appling 8,880 8,000 Bacon 4,453 4,059 Jeff Davis 5,867 5,415 Pierce 7,558 7,182 Tattnall 7,167 6,795 Toombs 12,823 11,690 Wayne 11,675 10,850 Appling Area 58,423 53,991 Georgia 4,020,811 3,851,722 U.S. 137,673,000 131,463,000 880 9.9 394 8.8 452 7.7 376 5.0 372 5.2 1,133 8.8 825 7.1 4,432 7.6 169,089 4.2 6,210,000 4.5 Employment Trends 8500 Appling County 8000 Thousands 7500 7000 6500 6000 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Unemployment Trends 17.0 Appling County 13.9 Georgia 10.7 7.6 Percentages Note: Labor force includes residents of the county who are working or seeking work. Source: Georgia Department of Labor 4.4 1.3 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Population Estimates Appling County 15,529 15,761 16,608 12,827 Population 1990 CENSUS 1990 RANK PERCENT 1998 CHANGE ESTIMATE 1990-1998 2000 PROJECTED PERCENT CHANGE 1990-2000 Appling County City of Baxley Appling Area Georgia U.S. 15,761 3,841 115,089 6,478,149 248,765,000 85 16,493 125,653 7,642,207 270,299,000 4.6 16,608 9.2 18.0 8.7 128,472 7,917,682 274,634,000 5.4 11.6 22.2 10.4 1970 1980 1990 2000 Note: "Rank" indicates relative population among Georgia's 159 counties. Source: U.S. Census Bureau GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Page 1 MICHAEL L. THURMOND, COMMISSIONER 001-99 LInadbuosrtrFyoMrciex, 1998 INDUSTRY Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Construction Manufacturing Food and kindred products Textiles Apparel Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures Paper and allied products Printing and publishing Chemicals and allied products Rubber and misc. plastic products Leather and leather products Stone, clay, glass and concrete Primary metal products Fabricated metal products Industrial machinery, incl. computer Electronic, other electrical equip Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Miscellaneous mfg. industries Transportation and public utilities Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Hotels, other lodging places Personal services Business services Auto repair, services, garages Miscellaneous repair services Motion pictures Amusement and recreation services Health services Legal services Educational services Social services Membership organizations Engineering and management service Private households Public Administration NUMBER OF FIRMS 19 51 43 * 0 3 25 0 * * * 0 0 * * * 5 0 0 0 0 40 27 97 20 105 4 9 10 15 8 * 5 22 6 * 5 4 7 6 16 APPLING COUNTY EMPLOYMENT NUMBER PERCENT WKLY WAGE 187 368 1,372 * 0 161 611 0 * * * 0 0 * * * 194 0 0 0 0 1,310 223 948 149 1,355 25 63 63 49 52 * 10 367 13 * 64 11 19 8 336 3.0 5.9 22.0 * 0.0 2.6 9.8 0.0 * * * 0.0 0.0 * * * 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.0 3.6 15.2 2.4 21.7 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 * 0.2 5.9 0.2 * 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 5.4 $306 431 464 * 0 293 502 0 * * * 0 0 * * * 493 0 0 0 0 1,096 464 236 634 387 138 242 294 323 327 * 224 451 350 * 339 157 520 233 374 NUMBER OF FIRMS 143 309 247 20 6 28 106 * * 18 * 4 * 14 * 10 23 * * * * 188 182 769 172 741 26 56 69 77 35 20 22 179 53 41 51 21 57 35 126 APPLING AREA EMPLOYMENT NUMBER PERCENT 2,096 1,946 11,159 549 1,607 2,723 2,406 * * 152 * 68 * 78 * 587 489 * * * * 3,225 2,389 7,754 1,162 10,547 173 262 632 237 117 126 141 3,768 183 4,112 452 72 227 45 4,405 4.7 4.4 25.0 1.2 3.6 6.1 5.4 * * 0.3 * 0.2 * 0.2 * 1.3 1.1 * * * * 7.2 5.3 17.4 2.6 23.6 0.4 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 8.4 0.4 9.2 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.1 9.9 WKLY WAGE $268 410 475 358 544 296 508 * * 310 * 268 * 407 * 510 468 * * * * 768 414 249 486 386 173 249 247 336 323 131 226 433 531 408 268 183 459 182 477 ALL INDUSTRIES ALL INDUSTRIES - GEORGIA 417 6,249 100.0 $538 2,880 44,689 100.0 $421 $592 Notes: *Denotes confidential data relating to individual employers which cannot be released. Average weekly wage is derived by dividing gross payroll dollars paid to all employees - both hourly and salaried - by the average number of employees who had any earnings; average earnings are then divided by the number of weeks in the period to obtain weekly figures. Figures in other columns may n ot sum to totals due to rounding, as all figures represent annual averages. Health services includes government hospitals. Educational services includes government educational institutions. Source: Georgia Department of Labor. Data represent jobs located in the above areas that are covered by unemployment insurance laws. Page 2 001-99 $11,702 $12,650 $13,051 $13,549 $15,209 $15,514 $16,318 $16,998 Per Capita Income Appling County 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Appling County Industry Mix 1998 Source: See Industry Mix on Page 2 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Construction Manufacturing Transportation and Public Utilities Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Services Public Administration 0 5 10 15 20 25 Percentages Employers TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS APPLING AREA Southern Nuclear Operating Co Inc Fleetwood Homes of Ga Amoco Fabrics Company Ithaca Industries Inc State Correctional Institution Ithaca Industries Inc Meadows Regional Medical Center Oxford Industries Inc Tumi Luggage Inc Rayonier COUNTY Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Tattnall Tattnall Toombs Toombs Toombs Toombs Wayne FIVE LARGEST EMPLOYERS APPLING COUNTY Baxley Appling Healthcare Custom Modular Solutions Inc J M Miles Construction Rayonier Southern Nuclear Operating Co Inc Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding all government and public schools (except correctional institutions, state hospitals, and colleges and universities), railroads and the U.S. Postal Service. Data shown for Third Quarter 1998. Employers are listed alphabetically by county, not by employment size. Commuting Patterns EMPLOYED RESIDENTS OF APPLING COUNTY COUNTY WHERE EMPLOYED NUMBER Appling Jeff Davis Wayne Bacon Chatham Telfair Liberty Other 5,059 444 187 135 81 79 67 418 Total Residents 6,470 PERCENT OF TOTAL 78.2 6.9 2.9 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.0 6.5 100.0 Source: 1990 Census Page 3 PERSONS WORKING IN APPLING COUNTY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE NUMBER Appling Toombs Jeff Davis Bacon Wayne Tattnall Montgomery Florida Other 5,059 845 231 167 160 113 98 95 795 Total Residents 7,563 PERCENT OF TOTAL 66.9 11.2 3.1 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.3 10.5 100.0 001-99 Education of the Labor Force Appling Area Not high school graduate High school graduate Some college/Associate degree Bachelor's degree Graduate degree Total PERCENT OF TOTAL 27.4 42.8 19.0 7.2 3.7 100.0 20-24 28.0 46.5 20.1 5.0 0.3 100.0 Note: Totals based on the portion of the labor force between ages 20-69. Source: 1990 Census PERCENT DISTRIBUTION BY AGE 25-29 22.4 47.4 21.4 7.5 1.4 30-34 21.1 46.9 20.5 8.5 3.0 100.0 100.0 35-39 21.5 43.1 22.5 7.2 5.8 100.0 40-69 32.7 39.0 16.4 7.2 4.8 100.0 High School Graduates, 1998-99 Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne Appling Area PUBLIC SCHOOLS 176 111 138 162 135 102 248 1,072 PRIVATE SCHOOLS 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 TOTAL 176 111 138 162 135 128 248 1,098 Note: Data on private high school graduates represent more than 90% of private school graduates in Georgia. Source: Georgia Department of Education; Georgia Independent School Association Colleges with Technical and Business Programs Montgomery County Brewton-Parker College Computer Information Systems, Business Administration, Accounting, Marketing Note: Brewton-Parker College is the nearest four-year college to Appling County that has business and technical programs. The nearest public two-year colleges are South Georgia College (Coffee County) and Waycross College (Ware County). Page 4 001-99 Technical Institute Graduates, 1998-99 Appling Area PROGRAM BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES Accounting Business and Office Technology Computer Information Systems Information and Office Technology Management/Supervisory Development Marketing Management Microcomputer Specialist HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES Medical Assisting Practical Nursing INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES Advanced Air Conditioning Technology Advanced Drafting Advanced Machine Tool Technology Air Conditioning Technology Automotive Technology Drafting Electronics Technology Industrial Electrical Technology Industrial Maintenance Industrial Maintenance Technology Machine Tool Technology Residential/Commercial Wiring Welding and Joining Technology GRADUATES 24 39 14 9 7 15 14 11 36 2 1 2 23 5 1 14 5 3 3 6 8 4 PROGRAM GRADUATES PERSONAL/PUBLIC SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES Cosmetology 25 TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES Air Conditioning Repair 2 Air Conditioning Technology Assistant 1 Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welding 2 Certified Customer Service Specialist 14 Certified Manufacturing Specialist 13 Certified Nurse Aide 49 CNC Set Up and Programming 1 Commercial Truck Driving 111 Computer Fundamentals 6 Driveability Technician 1 Emergency Medical Technology 26 Industrial Mechanical Technology 13 Instrumentation Technology II 12 Medical Transcription 3 Nail Technician 1 Office Accounting 1 Patient Care Assisting 11 Phlebotomy Technician 17 Programmable Controller Technology 1 Supervisory Development 1 Surveying Fundamental 2 Word Processing Specialist 4 Definitions: All graduates except those listed as technical certificates are diploma and degree graduates. Diploma and degree programs are one to two years in length. Technical certificates are less than a year in length. Note: Data shown are figures for Altamaha Tech (Wayne Co.) and Southeastern Tech (Toombs Co.). Source: Office of Technical Education, Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education Program Enrollment Exits/Placement Analysis FY 98-99. Page 5 001-99 Occupational Profile Appling County NUMBER PERCENT Employed persons, 16 years and over Executive, administrative, & managerial Professional specialty occupations Technical & related support Sales Administrative support, including clerical Service Farming, forestry, & fishing Precision production, craft & repair Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors Transportation and material moving Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers and laborers Source: 1990 Census 6,553 412 601 172 539 655 876 391 1,136 985 508 278 Sample of Occupational Wages, 1997 100.0 6.3 9.2 2.6 8.2 10.0 13.4 6.0 17.3 15.0 7.8 4.2 Appling Area AVERAGE ENTRY AVERAGE PAID Industrial engineers, except safety Secretaries, except legal and medical Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks Industrial truck and tractor operators Hand packers and packagers $17.50 7.12 7.12 5.25 7.12 5.25 $18.59 9.87 9.93 8.69 11.19 6.65 Appling Area NUMBER PERCENT 48,170 3,372 4,650 1,391 4,603 5,499 6,277 2,987 7,327 6,263 3,153 2,648 100.00 7.00 9.65 2.89 9.56 11.42 13.03 6.20 15.21 13.00 6.55 5.50 MIDDLE RANGE $17.50 - $21.75 7.12 - 12.25 7.12 - 12.25 7.12 - 10.62 10.28 - 12.25 5.25 - 7.12 Note: The middle range is the range of wages earned by the middle 50% of workers surveyed. Active Applicants -- Georgia Department of Labor Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne TOTAL 501 352 385 453 418 1,126 1,302 PROF., TECH. & MANAGERIAL 57 27 49 30 53 99 64 CLERICAL & SALES SERVICE 76 81 59 51 67 44 122 75 62 56 225 221 285 360 AGR., FORESTRY & FISHING 4 4 4 28 28 30 16 PROCESS- MACHINE ING TRADES 15 28 25 22 20 60 9 20 54 21 22 53 29 66 BENCHWORK STRUCTURAL WORK 63 134 72 55 54 43 51 77 53 43 222 137 72 258 MISC. 43 37 44 41 48 117 152 Total Area 4,537 379 896 888 114 174 270 587 747 482 Note: For detailed data on currently available applicants in specific occupations, contact the nearest Georgia Department of Labor office. For information on multiple areas, contact the Department's Economic Development & Employer Relations office at 404-656-2328. Source: Georgia Department of Labor (active applicants as of June 1999) Georgia Department of Labor 263 N. Brunswick Street, Jesup, GA 31545-2840 912-427-5842 For copies of Area Labor Profiles, contact Workforce Information and Analysis, Georgia Department of Labor, 148 International Blvd., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (phone 404-656-3177). Single copies are free. Request an order form for multiple copies. Page 6 001-99