APPLING COUNTY Toombs Tattnall Jeff Davis Appling Bacon Wayne AREA LABOR PROFILE Labor Force Activity 1999 ANNUAL AVERAGES LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED RATE Appling 8,323 7,509 Bacon 4,247 3,939 Jeff Davis 5,345 4,968 Pierce 7,379 6,991 Tattnall 7,242 6,815 Toombs 12,682 11,413 Wayne 11,503 10,748 Appling Area 56,721 52,383 Georgia 4,088,008 3,925,437 U.S. 139,368,000 133,488,000 814 9.8 308 7.3 377 7.1 388 5.3 427 5.9 1,269 10.0 755 6.6 4,338 7.6 162,571 4.0 5,880,000 4.2 Pierce Employment Trends 8500 Appling County 8000 Thousands 7500 7000 6500 6000 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Unemployment Trends 16.0 Appling County Georgia 13.0 10.0 7.0 Percentages Note: Labor force includes residents of the county who are working or seeking work. Source: Georgia Department of Labor 4.0 1.0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Population Estimates Appling County 16,768 15,529 15,744 12,827 Population 1990 1990 CENSUS RANK PERCENT 1999 CHANGE ESTIMATE 1990-1999 Appling County 15,744 85 16,675 5.9 City of Baxley 3,841 Appling Area 114,820 126,329 10.0 Georgia 6,478,149 7,788,240 20.2 U.S. 248,765,000 272,690,813 9.6 PERCENT 2000 CHANGE PROJECTED 1990-2000 16,768 6.5 127,652 11.2 7,933,620 22.5 275,306,000 10.7 1970 1980 1990 2000 Note: "Rank" indicates relative population among Georgia's 159 counties. Source: U.S. Census Bureau GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MICHAEL L. THURMOND, COMMISSIONER LInadbuosrtrFyoMrciex, 1999 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, including computer Electronic, other electrical equipment 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 services Private households Public Administration NUMBER OF FIRMS 21 54 41 * 0 * 25 0 * * * 0 0 * * 3 4 0 0 0 0 38 26 95 20 107 4 9 12 15 8 3 3 22 6 * 5 4 6 7 17 APPLING COUNTY EMPLOYMENT NUMBER PERCENT WKLY WAGE 219 502 1,142 * 0 * 642 0 * * * 0 0 * * 122 99 0 0 0 0 1,301 237 890 144 1,408 26 80 137 42 38 23 9 356 10 * 61 8 11 9 334 3.5 8.1 18.5 * 0.0 * 10.4 0.0 * * * 0.0 0.0 * * 2.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.1 3.8 14.4 2.3 22.8 0.4 1.3 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 5.8 0.2 * 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 5.4 $330 481 513 * 0 * 570 0 * * * 0 0 * * 532 479 0 0 0 0 1,132 442 250 613 394 156 234 211 381 417 135 229 477 417 * 374 216 637 254 390 NUMBER OF FIRMS 148 321 250 19 6 27 111 * * 18 * 4 * 14 * 11 23 3 * * 4 201 186 783 177 747 27 56 68 78 36 19 19 181 55 43 56 22 54 34 129 APPLING AREA EMPLOYMENT NUMBER PERCENT 2,122 2,228 10,395 633 1,452 2,058 2,649 * * 143 * 66 * 91 * 580 442 525 * * 19 3,327 2,528 8,343 1,198 10,725 166 269 695 233 118 118 145 3,659 188 4,319 504 63 207 41 4,506 4.7 4.9 22.9 1.4 3.2 4.5 5.8 * * 0.3 * 0.1 * 0.2 * 1.3 1.0 1.2 * * 0.0 7.3 5.6 18.4 2.6 23.6 0.4 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 8.1 0.4 9.5 1.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 9.9 WKLY WAGE $294 457 496 363 588 280 511 * * 321 * 267 * 436 * 520 411 408 * * 305 789 444 261 491 395 194 255 256 369 358 143 243 438 537 415 302 204 510 191 479 ALL INDUSTRIES ALL INDUSTRIES - GEORGIA 416 6,176 100.0 $562 2,946 45,373 100.0 $434 $622 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 2 001-00 $11,962 $12,947 $13,367 $13,942 $15,684 $15,922 $16,634 $17,166 $17,250 Per Capita Income Appling County 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Appling County Industry Mix 1999 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Source: See Industry Mix on Page 2 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 Meadows Regional Medical Center Oxford Industries Inc Tumi Inc Rayonier Wayne Memorial Hospital COUNTY Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Tattnall Tattnall Toombs Toombs Toombs Wayne Wayne FIVE LARGEST EMPLOYERS APPLING COUNTY Baxley-Appling County Hospital Collins Company General Manufactured Housing Inc 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 1999. 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 10.5 100.0 001-00 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 4 001-00 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 5 001-00 Occupational Profile 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 Appling County NUMBER PERCENT 6,553 412 601 172 539 655 876 391 1,136 985 508 278 100.0 6.3 9.2 2.6 8.2 10.0 13.4 6.0 17.3 15.0 7.8 4.2 Appling Area 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 Sample of Occupational Wages, 1998 Appling Area AVERAGE Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks Janitors and cleaners Electricians Industrial truck and tractor operators Hand packers and packagers $9.91 8.64 7.30 11.78 9.93 7.39 Note: The middle range is the range of wages earned by the middle 50% of workers surveyed. MIDDLE RANGE LOW HIGH $8.13 7.79 7.08 9.07 8.01 6.85 - $11.42 - 9.60 - 7.59 - 15.24 - 12.51 - 7.84 Active Applicants -- Georgia Department of Labor Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne Total Area TOTAL 474 276 281 433 603 1,147 1,025 4,239 PROF., TECH. & MANAGERIAL 52 15 31 32 61 125 64 380 CLERICAL & SALES SERVICE 97 60 53 49 60 30 118 63 74 78 244 225 238 266 884 771 AGR., FORESTRY & FISHING 7 10 2 12 42 30 9 112 PROCESS- MACHINE ING TRADES 16 28 25 15 17 28 15 19 75 16 26 34 21 60 195 200 BENCHWORK STRUCTURAL WORK 26 123 25 47 30 45 30 74 136 40 178 156 58 185 483 670 MISC. 65 37 38 70 81 129 124 544 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 2000) Georgia Department of Labor 263 N. Brunswick Street, Jesup, GA 31545-2840 912-427-5842; FAX 912-427-5881 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; FAX 404-651-9568.) Single copies are free. Request an order form for multiple copies. Page 6 001-00