Georgia area labor profile: Appling County area [1994]

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APPLING COUNTY
AREA
1. Appling 2. Bacon 3. Jeff Davis 4. Pierce 5. Tattnall 6. Toombs 7. Wayne

This profile of Appling County includes data for Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, and Wayne counties.

CURRENT LABOR FORCE

Labor force includes residents of the county who are working or seeking work. This table indicates the size and composition of the labor force.

Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne Appling Area

Labor Force
8,327 4,335 5,635 6,664 6,918 11,178 11,304 54,361

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

1993 Annual Averages

Employed Unemployed

7,500

827

4,013

322

5,185

450

6,177

487

6,413

505

10,234

944

10,298

1,006

49,820

4,541

Georgia Unemployment Rate

U.S. Unemployment Rate

Unemploy mentRate
9.9 7.4 8.0 7.3 7.3 8.4 8~9 8.4 5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION



1992

Percent

2000

1990

Esttmated

Change Projected

Census Rank Population Rank 199o-1992 Population RanJc

Appling County

15,744 85 15;99$ 86

1.6

Cify of Baxley

3,841

Appling Area

114,820

117,841.

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Note: Pr<::>jected popuJationbased on 1990 censu~<' .

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Source: u:s; Department. of Commerce, Bureau of Census/Ge<::>rgja Office ofPlanniog art<i

Budget (pr9je9tions)

"Rank~ indicates relative population among Georgia's 159 counties.

Georgia Department of Labor

DAVID POYTHRESS, Commissioner

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1992-1993

Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne Total

Male
119 62 84 88 72 113 126 664

Female
117 68 55 84 81 109 127 641

Total
236 130 139 172 153 222 253 1,305

Note: Data on graduates from private high schools are not included. Source: Georgia Department of Education

PER CAPITA ANNUAL INCOME

Percent Relative 1992 to Georgia

Percent Relative
to U.S.

Percent Change 1991.;1992

Appling County

12,801

69.0

63.7

2.9

Georgia

18,549

92.3

5.0

U.S.A.

20,105

108.4

4.9

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

ACTIVE APPLICANTS - State Employment Service

Professional Technical and Managerial

Clerical and
Sales

Agriculture Forestry Fishing Pro Machine
Service etc.. ceasing Trades

Bench- Structural work Work

Miscellaneous
Occupations

Total

Appling

58 88 39

4

4 64 53 154 49

Bacon

19 60 35

6 24 33 33 89 37

Jeff Davis

35 82 47

5 17 50 43 49 52

Pierce

36 145 68

12

6 53 38 97 76

Tattnall

33 96

38

49 28 27 35 81 39

Toombs

134 315 150

15'

6 50 94 281 140

Wayne

84 311 181

9 14 64 95 365 221

Total

399 1,097 558 100 99 341 391 1,116 614

Notet Oetailed figures 011 ~eavailability of applicants in specific occupations are available from

Georgia Departmentof Labor, Labor Information Systems, or from the"nearest office of the

state Employment S~rvice

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Source: Georgia Department of Labdr (Active applicants as of June 1994)-

513 336 380 531 426 1,185 1,344 4,715

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - APPLING

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Construction Manufacturing
Food and kindred products Apparel Lumber and wood products Printing and publishing Chemicals and allied products Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products Stone, clay, glass and concrete Fabricated metal products fndustrial machinery, including computer Electronic, other electrical equipment 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 Miscellaneous services Public Administration
ALL INDUSTRIES

77 532 1,208
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262 448
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125 188
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143 760
90 1,395
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23 40 63 76 31
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478 7
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309 5,810

$ 241 569
346.
213 371 360
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498
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413 219 760 320
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235 372 254 455 147
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311 292
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341 $ 475

Notes:

Denotes confidential data relating to individual employers which cannot be released:
Average weekly wages is derived by dividing gross payroll dollars paid to all employees both hourly and salaried by the average number employees who had any earnings; average earnings. are then divided bythe number of weeks in the
period to obtainweekly figures; Health Services includes government hospltafs~ Educational Services includes gov~rnment educational institutions.

Source: Georgia Departme~t of Labor- Data represent jobs in this county covered by
unemploymentinsurance legislation;

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EMPLOYERS

TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Appling County Area
County

Georgia Power Co Fleetwood Trailer Amoco Fabrics Co Ero Industries Olin Wooten Transport Ithaca Industries Bruno's Oxford Industries Ashley Manufacturing ITT Rayonier Inc

Appling Bacon Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Tattnall Toombs Toombs Wayne Wayne

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Appling County
Catalytic Industrial Georgia Power Co ITT Rayonier Inc
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Appling County
Employed persons, 16 years and over
Executive, administrative, and managerial Professional specialty occupations Technical and related support Safes Administrative, support, including clerical Service Farming, forestry, and fishing Precision production, craft and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors Transportation and material moving Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers and laborers
Source: 1990 Census (Summary tape file 3)

Number
6,553 412 601 172 539 655 876 391
1,136 985 508 278

Percent
100.0 6.3 9.2 2;6 8.2 10.0 13.4 6~0 17.3 15.0 7.8 4.2

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of. Appling County

County where Employed

Number

Percent of Total

Appling
Jeff Davis Wayne Bacon Chatham Telfair Liberty Other

5,059

78.2

444

6.9

187

2,9

135

2.1

81

1.3

79

1.2

67

1.0

418

6.5

Total Residents

6A70

100~0

Source; 1990 Census of Population and Housing

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

Percent ofTotal
66.9 11.2 3.1 2:2
2.1 1.5 1.3 1.3 10.5

l'otatResidents

100.0

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