Appling County 
 
Labor Force Activity - 2005 
 
2005 ANNUAL AVERAGES 
 
Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne Appling Area Georgia United States 
 
Labor Force 8,971 4,771 5,505 8,142 8,989 
12,840 11,862 61,080 4,588,023 149,320,000 
 
Employed 8,423 4,509 5,098 7,754 8,415 
12,021 11,129 57,349 4,346,289 141,730,000 
 
Unemployed 548 262 407 388 574 819 733 
3,731 241,734 7,591,000 
 
Rate 6.1% 5.5% 7.4% 4.8% 6.4% 6.4% 6.2% 6.1% 5.3% 5.1% 
 
Note: This series reflects the latest information available. Labor Force includes residents of the county who are employed or actively seeking employment. 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
 
Employment Trends Unemployment Rate Trends 
 
Population 
 
Appling City of Baxley Appling Area Georgia United States 
 
2000 2005 Census Rank 
 
2005 Estimate 
 
17,419 4,150 
130,779 8,186,453 281,421,906 
 
91 
 
17,954 
 
137,410 9,072,576 296,410,404 
 
% Change 2000-2005 
3.1 
 
2010 Projected* 
17,841 
 
5.1 
 
135,087 
 
10.8 9,592,370 
 
5.3 308,936,000 
 
% Change 2000-2010 
2.4 
3.3 17.2 
9.8 
 
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, *Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. 
 
MICHAEL L.THURMOND - COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Equal Opportunity Employer/Program 
Auxillary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities 
Workforce Information and Analysis; E-mail: Workforce_Info@dol.state.ga.us Phone: (404) 232-3875 
 
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 Industry Mix - 2005 
 
INDUSTRY Goods-Producing 
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting Construction Manufacturing 
Food Manufacturing Textile Product Mills Apparel Manufacturing Wood Product Manufacturing Nonmetallic Mineral Product Mfg Primary Metal Manufacturing Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Machinery Manufacturing Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Furniture and Related Product Mfg Miscellaneous Manufacturing Service-Providing Utilities Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation and Warehousing Information Finance and Insurance Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Professional and Technical Services Administrative and Waste Services Educational Services Health Care and Social Assistance Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Accommodation and Food Services Other Services, Ex. Public Admin Total - Private Sector Total - Government State Government Local Government Federal Government ALL INDUSTRIES ALL INDUSTRIES - Georgia 
 
NUMBER OF FIRMS 
109 28 57 24 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 
6 2 
3 1 288 4 28 75 23 8 18 8 24 11 1 20 5 27 33 397 38 10 18 10 435 
 
Appling 
 
EMPLOYMENT 
 
WEEKLY 
 
NUMBER PERCENT WAGE 
 
1,592 
 
24.3 
 
504 
 
437 
 
6.7 
 
396 
 
399 
 
6.1 
 
450 
 
755 
 
11.5 
 
596 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
227 
 
3.5 
 
883 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
175 
 
2.7 
 
658 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
57 * 
3,415 * 
160 782 216 
49 146 
48 68 190 
* 158 
11 367 338 5,007 1,533 
76 1,403 
54 6,540 
 
0.9 
 
366 
 
* 
 
* 
 
52.2 
 
699 
 
* 
 
* 
 
2.4 
 
560 
 
12.0 
 
327 
 
3.3 
 
689 
 
0.7 
 
754 
 
2.2 
 
581 
 
0.7 
 
237 
 
1.0 
 
663 
 
2.9 
 
429 
 
* 
 
* 
 
2.4 
 
465 
 
0.2 
 
198 
 
5.6 
 
183 
 
5.2 
 
399 
 
76.6 
 
602 
 
23.4 
 
628 
 
1.2 
 
563 
 
21.5 
 
491 
 
0.8 
 
831 
 
100.0 
 
607 
 
NUMBER OF FIRMS 
684 197 321 165 
11 5 8 
25 10 
1 22 
 
Appling Area 
 
EMPLOYMENT 
 
NUMBER PERCENT 
 
12,034 
 
26.8 
 
2,576 
 
5.7 
 
2,169 
 
4.8 
 
7,288 
 
16.2 
 
514 
 
1.1 
 
638 
 
1.4 
 
349 
 
0.8 
 
1,477 
 
3.3 
 
109 
 
0.2 
 
* 
 
* 
 
608 
 
1.4 
 
WEEKLY WAGE 536 452 464 578 421 416 270 627 512 * 484 
 
13 
 
826 
 
2 
 
* 
 
1.8 
 
417 
 
* 
 
* 
 
27 11 2,167 20 156 605 135 49 143 58 172 97 13 252 21 211 195 2,851 237 83 99 55 3,088 256,787 
 
229 110 22,250 1,230 2,103 5,924 1,239 415 1,100 201 630 795 145 3,675 146 3,180 1,036 34,284 10,625 2,926 7,063 636 44,910 3,931,719 
 
0.5 0.2 49.5 2.7 4.7 13.2 2.8 0.9 2.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.3 8.2 0.3 7.1 2.3 76.3 23.7 6.5 15.7 1.4 100.0 
 
416 345 475 1,080 532 355 613 632 593 280 502 398 237 485 191 190 369 505 616 555 491 802 507 752 
 
Note: *Denotes confidential data relating to individual employers and cannot be released. These data use the North American Industrial Classification System(NAICS) categories (as opposed to Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) categories). 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 earnings; average earnings are then divided by the number of weeks in a reporting period to obtain weekly figures. Figures in other columns may not sum accurately due to rounding since all figures represent Annual Averages. 
Source: Georgia Department of Labor. These data represent jobs that are covered by unemployment insurance laws. 
 
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 Per Capita Income 
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 
 
Appling Industry Mix 2005 
Source: See Industry Mix data on Page 2. 
 
Top Employers - 2005 
 
FIVE LARGEST EMPLOYERS 
Appling County 
Altamaha Homecare Inc Eller & Sons Trees Inc Rayonier Wood Products Southern Nuclear Operating Co Wal-Mart Associates Inc 
 
Note: Source: 
 
Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance excluding all government agencies except correctional institutions, state and local hospitals, state college and universities. Data shown for Fourth Quarter 2005. Employers are listed alphabetically by area, not by the number of employees. 
Georgia Department of Labor 
 
TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS 
Appling Area 
 
Southern Nuclear Operating Co Bacon County Health Serv Inc Propex Fibers Inc. Tatnall State Prison American Standard Inc Meadows Regional Medical Center Inc Runners Diversified Inc Wal-Mart Associates Inc Wal-Mart Associates Inc Rayonier Performance Fibers LLC 
 
COUNTY Appling Bacon 
Jeff Davis Tattnall Toombs Toombs Toombs Toombs Wayne Wayne 
 
Commuting Patterns 
 
EMPLOYED RESIDENTS OF 
 
Appling 
 
COUNTY WHERE EMPLOYED 
 
NUMBER 
 
Appling, GA Jeff Davis, GA Bacon, GA Wayne, GA Telfair, GA Coffee, GA Toombs, GA Tattnall, GA Other Total Residents: 
 
5,439 615 214 147 118 116 102 80 752 
7,583 
 
PERCENT OF TOTAL 
71.7 8.1 2.8 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 9.9 
100.0 
 
PERSONS WORKING IN 
 
Appling 
 
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 
 
NUMBER 
 
Appling, GA Toombs, GA Jeff Davis, GA Wayne, GA Montgomery, GA Bacon, GA Tattnall, GA Pierce, GA Other Total Residents: 
 
5,439 491 288 265 174 155 65 55 378 
7,310 
 
PERCENT OF TOTAL 
74.4 6.7 3.9 3.6 2.4 2.1 0.9 0.8 5.2 
100.0 
 
Note: Other category represents employment from U.S. counties only. Source: U.S. Census Bureau - 2000 County-To-County Worker Flow Files. 
 
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 Education of the Labor Force SOoFm3T1e83O8.3H-62T2.%2i5Ag45.%h-1L2534%89S45.6c-34265h3%74+o5.o-04l%4 
 
Appling 
Some High School High School Grad/GED Some College College Grad 4 Yr Post Graduate Degree Totals 
 
PERCENT OF TOTAL 
33.5% 37.7% 21.3% 
4.7% 2.7% 100.0% 
 
18-24 38.6% 41.0% 19.3% 
1.1% 0.0% 100.0% 
 
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION BY AGE 
 
25-34 22.1% 45.6% 26.1% 
4.1% 2.1% 100.0% 
 
35-44 27.0% 41.2% 22.4% 
6.6% 2.8% 100.0% 
 
45-64 28.3% 37.9% 23.5% 
5.5% 4.8% 100.0% 
 
65+ 59.4% 22.1% 12.6% 
4.5% 1.4% 100.0% 
 
Note: Totals are based on the portion of the labor force between ages 18 - 65+. Some College category represents the percentage total of workers with either Some College with no degree or an Associate degree. 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau - 2000 Decennial Census. 
 
High School Graduates - 2005 
 
Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne Appling Area 
 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
151 76 
146 146 143 260 224 1,146 
 
PRIVATE SCHOOLS 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
TOTAL 
151 76 
146 146 143 260 224 1,146 
 
Note: Public schools include city as well as county schools systems. Some private schools Source: data were not reported. 
Office of Student Achievement; Georgia Independent School Association. 
 
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 Colleges and Universities 
 
Appling Appling 
Altamaha Technical College (Technical college servicing area) Altamaha Technical College Altamaha Technical College (Technical college servicing area) Baxley Campus (Satellite campus of Altamaha Technical College) 
Bacon 
Okefenokee Technical College 
Jeff Davis 
Altamaha Technical College 
Pierce 
Okefenokee Technical College 
Tattnall 
Southeastern Technical College Glennville Campus (Satellite campus of Southeastern Technical College) 
Toombs 
Southeastern Technical College Southeastern Technical College 
Wayne 
Altamaha Technical College Altamaha Technical College 
 
www.altamahatech.edu www.altamahatech.edu 
www.southeasterntech.edu www.southeasterntech.edu www.altamahatech.edu 
 
Note: The colleges and universities listed include public and private institutions that meet Georgia Career Information Center (GCIC) inclusion criteria and Georgia Satellite Technical Colleges 
Source: Georgia Career Information Center, Georgia State University. 
 
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 Technical College Graduates - 2005 
 
PROGRAMS 
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician Carpentry/Carpenter Child Care Provider/Assistant Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General Criminal Justice/Safety Studies Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications, General Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair, General Electrician Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Heating/AC/Ventilation/Refrig Maint Technology/Technician Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology Instrumentation Technology/Technician Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant Plumbing Technology/Plumber Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operation Welding Technology/Welder Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology 
 
TOTAL GRADUATES 
 
2003 41 
 
2004 31 
 
2005 15 
 
51 
 
50 
 
36 
 
8 
 
8 
 
8 
 
27 
 
44 
 
55 
 
9 
 
9 
 
1 
 
1 
 
6 
 
6 
 
15 
 
13 
 
12 
 
24 
 
10 
 
9 
 
51 
 
68 
 
61 
 
38 
 
34 
 
18 
 
5 
 
10 
 
3 
 
60 
 
94 
 
81 
 
16 
 
12 
 
10 
 
46 
 
86 
 
88 
 
13 
 
2 
 
5 
 
9 
 
6 
 
21 
 
7 
 
2 
 
3 
 
9 
 
3 
 
7 
 
1 
 
6 
 
2 
 
109 
 
92 
 
96 
 
1 
 
1 
 
1 
 
15 
 
38 
 
70 
 
184 
 
149 
 
149 
 
11 
 
10 
 
14 
 
4 
 
2 
 
8 
 
PERCENT CHANGE 
 
2003-2004 -24.4 
 
2004-2005 -51.6 
 
-2.0 
 
-28.0 
 
0.0 
 
0.0 
 
63.0 
 
25.0 
 
0.0 
 
-88.9 
 
500.0 
 
0.0 
 
-13.3 
 
-7.7 
 
-58.3 
 
-10.0 
 
33.3 
 
-10.3 
 
-10.5 
 
-47.1 
 
100.0 
 
-70.0 
 
56.7 -25.0 
 
-13.8 -16.7 
 
87.0 -84.6 -33.3 -71.4 -66.7 500.0 -15.6 
0.0 153.3 -19.0 
-9.1 -50.0 
 
2.3 150.0 250.0 
50.0 133.3 -66.7 
4.3 0.0 84.2 0.0 40.0 300.0 
 
Definition: 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. 
Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 
Note - The data shown is from Altamaha Technical College 
 
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 Occupational Profile for Residents of Appling County 
 
Total Civilian Labor Force Management, Business and Financial Workers Science, Engineering and Computer Professionals Healthcare Practitioner Professionals Other Professional Workers Technicians Sales Workers Administrative Support Workers Construction and Extractive Craft Workers Installation, Maintenance and Repair Craft Workers Production Operative Workers Transportation and Material Moving Operative Worke Laborers and Helpers Protective Service Workers Service Workers, except Protective Unemployed, No Civilian Work Experience Since 1995 
 
Appling 
 
NUMBER PERCENT 
 
8,127 
 
100.0 
 
587 
 
7.2 
 
44 
 
0.5 
 
124 
 
1.5 
 
558 
 
6.9 
 
220 
 
2.7 
 
725 
 
8.9 
 
1,288 
 
15.8 
 
638 
 
7.9 
 
618 
 
7.6 
 
1,161 
 
14.3 
 
499 
 
6.1 
 
784 
 
9.6 
 
150 
 
1.8 
 
678 
 
8.3 
 
53 
 
0.7 
 
Appling Area 
 
NUMBER PERCENT 
 
56,357 
 
100.0 
 
4,380 
 
7.8 
 
430 
 
0.8 
 
1,228 
 
2.2 
 
4,596 
 
8.2 
 
1,434 
 
2.5 
 
5,268 
 
9.3 
 
8,009 
 
14.2 
 
4,001 
 
7.1 
 
3,882 
 
6.9 
 
6,422 
 
11.4 
 
3,595 
 
6.4 
 
5,091 
 
9.0 
 
1,937 
 
3.4 
 
5,685 
 
10.1 
 
399 
 
0.7 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau - 2000 Decennial Census.(EEO Data Tools) 
 
Active Applicants - Georgia Department of Labor 
 
TOTAL 
 
Prof., Tech. and Mangerial 
 
Clerical and Sales 
 
Service 
 
Agr., Forestry and Fishing 
 
Processing 
 
Appling 
 
365 
 
54 
 
51 
 
53 
 
08 
 
14 
 
Bacon 
 
238 
 
21 
 
30 
 
62 
 
Jeff Davis 
 
365 
 
34 
 
51 
 
63 
 
Tattnall 
 
305 
 
38 
 
45 
 
67 
 
05 
 
5 
 
05 
 
6 
 
25 
 
17 
 
Pierce Wayne Toombs 
 
428 
 
50 
 
82 
 
92 
 
846 
 
77 
 
197 
 
190 
 
867 
 
93 
 
128 
 
211 
 
12 
 
2 
 
19 
 
11 
 
32 
 
25 
 
Total Area 
 
3,414 
 
367 
 
584 
 
738 
 
106 
 
80 
 
Machine Bench- Structural 
 
Trades Work 
 
Work 
 
34 
 
13 
 
100 
 
19 
 
4 
 
67 
 
63 
 
22 
 
57 
 
18 
 
11 
 
47 
 
25 
 
12 
 
76 
 
74 
 
16 
 
179 
 
45 
 
61 
 
171 
 
278 
 
139 
 
697 
 
Misc. 
38 25 64 37 77 83 101 425 
 
Note: Source: 
 
For current applicant data available for a specific occupation, contact the nearest Georgia Department of Labor office. Georgia Department of Labor (active applicants as of December 2006). 
 
Georgia Department of Labor Career Center Location(s) 
 
263 N Brunswick Street Jesup GA 31545 Phone: (912) 427 - 5842 
 
Fax: (912) 427 - 5881 
 
For copies of Area Labor Profiles, please visit our website at: www.dol.state.ga.us or contact Workforce Information and Analysis, Georgia Department of Labor , 148 Andrew Young International Blvd N.E. Atlanta, GA. 30303-1751. Phone: 404-232-3875; Fax:404-232-3888 or Email us at workforce_info@dol.state.ga.us 
 
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