Georgia area labor profile: Cherokee County area, 1994

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This profile of Cherokee County includes data for Cherokee, Bartow, Cobb, Forsyth, and Pickens counties.
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CURRENT LABOR FORCE

CHEROKEE
COUNTI
AREA
1. Cherokee 2. Bartow 3. Cobb 4. Forsyth 5. Pickens

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

Cherokee Bartow Cobb Forsyth Pickens Cherokee Area

57,500 31,630 286,930 27,679 7,880 411,619

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

55,214 29,538 273,865 26,629 7,383 392,629

2,286 2,092 13,065 1,050
497 18,990

Georgia Unemployment Rate U.S. Unemployment Rate

UnemploymentRate
- 4.0 6.6 4.6 3.8 6.3 4.6
5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION

Cherokee county City of Canton Cherokee Area

1992

1990

Estimated

Census Rank Popul~tion Rank

90,204 4,817
652,375

12 102,030 10 705,295

Percent Change 199().1992
13.1
8.1

2000 Projected Population Rank '130,650 10
889t480

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

Male

Female

Total

Cherokee Bartow Cobb Forsyth Pickens

390 255 2,172 186
66

409 242 2,128 178
66

799 497 4,300 364 132

Total

3,069

3,023

6,092

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

PER CAPITA ANNUAL INCOME

Cherokee County Atlanta MSA Georgia U.S.A.

1992 16,875 21,849 18,549 20,105

Percent Relative to Georgia
91.0 117.8
108.4

Percent Relative
to U.S.
83.9 108.7 92.3

Percent Change 1991-1992
4.0 5.0 5.0 4.9

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

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

Cherokee Bartow Cobb Forsyth Pickens Total

453 586

91

7

11

80 107 115 164 1,614

257 817 180

19

31 283 861 300 296 3,044

3,351 3,358 920

64

60 306 205 731 1,092 10,087

194 201

48

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16

48

39 72

61

691

46

75

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21

5

20

45 38

58

324

4,301 5,037 1,255 123 123 737 1,257 1,256 1,671 15,760

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}

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - CHEROKEE

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Mining Construction Manufacturing
Food and kindred products Textites Apparel Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures Paper and allied products Printing and publishing Chemicals and allied products Petroleum refining Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products Stone, clay, glass, and concrete Fabricated metal products Industrial machinery, including computers Electronic, other electrical equipment Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Miscellaneous manufacturing 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 Miscellaneous services Public Administration ALL INDUSTRIES

444 *
1,595 2,951

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372 233 104
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91 90
* 169 67 233 319
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50 87
* 835 1,211 4,406 806 6,380

203 1,114
165 48 59 308 1,261 86 2,462
340
31 260 37

942 19,591

$ 306
*
465 382

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280 360 277
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298 450

395 517 525 574
* 424 375
* -
462 522 222 512 366

195 241 394 517 381 218 462 605 406 188 346
502
213

412 $ 365

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 by the number of weeks in the period to obtain weekly f~ures,
Health Services includes government hospitals. Educationm 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

Cherokee County Area
County

Shaw Industries Inc Hewlett Packard Home Depot, IBM Kroger Company Lockheed Corporation Publix Super Markets Six Flags Over Georgia Sprint/united Mgmt Waf-Mart Stores Inc

Bartow Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Cherokee County
lnterstaff Inc Seaboard Farms Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Cherokee 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)

~umber
48,237 6,318 5,210 1,931 6,576 8,448 4,859 1,120 7,551 2,350 1,958 1,916

Percent
100.0 13.1 10.8 4.0 13.6 17.5 10.1 2.3 15.7 4.9 4.1 4.0

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Cherokee County

County where Employed

Number

Percent of Total

Cherokee
Cobb Fulton DeKalb Gwinnett Forsyth
Bartow Other

15,001
12,862
11,715
2,844
1,831
652
496
2,254

31~5
27.0
2e4~;6o 3.8
1.4 1.0 4.7

Total Residents

47,655 100.0

Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing

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Persons Working in
Cherokee County

County of Residence

Number

Cherokee Cobb Pickens
Bartow Fulton Other

15,00l 2,796
1,082
617 486L
1,625

Percent of Total
69.4 12.9
5.0
2.9 2~2 7.5

TotaJ Residents

21,607 100.0

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