Georgia area labor profile: Brooks County area [1994]

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BROOKS
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1. Brooks 2. Colquitt 3. Cook 4. Lowndes 5. Thomas

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

This profile of Brooks County includes data for Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, and Thomas 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.

Labor Force

1993 Annual Averages Employed Unemployed

UnemploymentRate

Brooks Colquitt Cook Lowndes Thomas Brooks Area

6,656 17,054
7,039 36,171 18,810 85,730

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

6,342 16,030
6,563 34,093 17,776 80,804

314 1,024
476 2,078 1,034 4,926

Georgia Unemployment Rate U.S. Unemployment Rate

4.7 6.0 6.8 5.7 5.5 5.7
5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION

1992

Percent

1990

Estimated

Change

Census Rank Population Rank 1990-1992

2000 Projected Population Rank

Brooks County City of Quitman Brooks Area

15,398 5,292
180,466

87 15,406 89 183,409

0.1

16,507 90

1.6 19~380

Note: Source:

Projected population based on 1990 census U~S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census/Georgia Office of Planning and Budget (projections) "Rank" indicates relative population among Georgia's 159 counties.

Georgia Department of Labor

DAVID POYTHRESS, Commissioner

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1992-1993

Brooks Colquitt Cook Lowndes Thomas Total

Male
38 158 62 347 208 813

Female
50 185 72 363 204 874

Total
88
343
134 710 412 1,687

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

PER CAPITA ANNUAL INCOME

1992

Percent Relative to Georgia

Percent Relative
to U.S.

Percent Change
1991-1992

Brooks County Georgia U.S.A.

13,288

71.6

66.1

18,549

92.3

20,105

108.4

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

7.2
5.0 4.9 ..

ACTIVE APPLICANTS - State Employment Service

Professional

Agriculture

Miscel

Technical Clerical

Forestry

laneous

and

and

Fishing

Pro- Machine Bench- Structural Occu-

Managerial Sales Service

etc.. cessing Trades work Work pations

Total

Brooks Colquitt Cook Lowndes Thomas Total

22 62 30 21

6

20

16

33

46

137 408 329 69 67 80 133 151 223

15 68 48

8

9 65 26 37 83

361 871 489 39 35 281 147 286 417

141 375 317 57 32 65 102 146 291

676 1,784 1,213 194 149 511 424 653 1,060

Note: Source:

Detailed figures on the availability of applicants in specific occupations are available from Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems, or from the nearest office of the state Employment Service Georgia Department of Labor (Active applicants as of June 1994)

256 1,597
359 2,926 1,526 6,664

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - BROOKS

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing

455

$ 166

Construction

85

337

Manufacturing

1,268

277

Food and kindred products

*

*

Textiles

*

*

Apparel

994

236

Lumber and wood products

*

*

Printing and publishing

*

*

Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products

*

*

Fabricated metal products

*

*

Industrial machinery, including computers

*

*

Transportation and public utilities

55

465

Wholesale trade

127

420

Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate

456

240

93

400

Services Hotels, other lodging places Personal services

828

330

*

*

17

156

Business services

*

*

Auto repair, services, garages

19

352

Miscellaneous repair services

*

*

Motion pictures

*

*

Amusement and recreation services

*

*

Health services Legal services

242

426

7

337

Educational services Membership organizations

479

307

10

134

Engineering and management services

12

305

Private households Public Administration

18

156

250

295

ALL INDUSTRIES

3,616

$ 284

Notes;

* Denotes confidential data relating to individual employers which cannot be released. Average weekly wages is derived by dividing gross payroll doflars paid to all employees - both hourly and salaried - by the average number employees who had any earnings; average earnings are then divided by the number of weeks in the period to obtain weekly figures. Health Services includes government hospitals. Educational Services includes government educational institutions.

Source: Georgia Department of Labor - Data represent jobs in this county covered by unemployment insurance legislation.

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EMPLOYERS

TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Brooks County Area
County

Destiny Industries Riverside Mfg Co Crackin Good Bakers Levi Strauss & Co Lowndes Cnty Health Care Packaging Corp Of Amer Roadway Express Inc Winn Dixie Stores John D Archbold Sunnyland Inc

Colquitt Colquitt Lowndes Lowndes Lowndes Lowndes Lowndes Lowndes Thomas Thomas

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Brooks County
Ithaca Industries Quitman Manufacturing Weeks Textile Co
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Brooks County
Employed persons, 16 years and over Executive, administrative, and managerial Professional specialty occupations Technical and related support Sales 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
6,185 480 492 149 531 696 774 758 656 909 343 397

Percent
100.0 7.8 8.0 2A 8.6
11.3 12.5 12.3 10.6 14.7
5.6
6.4

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Brooks County

County where Employed
Brooks Lowndes Thomas Colquitt Florida Cook Other

Number
3,511 1,700
314
131 120 106 150

Percent of Total
58.2 28.2
5.2 2~2 2.0 1.8 2.5

Total Residents

6,032

100.0

Source: 1990 Census of PopulationandHousing

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Persons WorkingJn Brooks County

County of
Residence
Brooks. Lowndes ThOmas Florida. Colquitt Other .

Number
3,511 508 183 96 76 90

Percent
of Total
1s~1 11.4
4.1 2.2 1.7 2.0

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