Georgia area labor profile: Cobb County area, 1994

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

This profile of Cobb County includes data for Cobb, Bartow, Cherokee, Douglas, Fulton, and Paulding 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 AnnualAverages Employed Unemployed

UnemploymentRate

Cobb Bartow Cherokee Douglas Fulton Paulding Cobb Area

286,930 31,630 57,500 42,043
354,237 25,038
797,378

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

273,865

13,065

29,538

2,092

55,214

2,286

40,153

1,890

332,374

21,863

23,848

1,190

754,992

42,386

Georgia Unemployment Rate

U.S. Unemployment Rate

4.6 6.6 4.0 4.5
6.2 4.8
5.3 5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION

1992

1990

Estimated

Census Rank Population Rank

Percent Change 1990-1992

2000 Projected Population Rank

Cobb County City of Marietta City of Smyrna Cobb Area

447,745 44,129 30,981
1,355,542

3 478,759 3 1,428,855

6.9 607,776 3 5.4 1,678,569

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

Cobb Bartow Cherokee Douglas Fulton Paulding Total

Male 2,172
255 390 319 2,196 187 5,519

Female
2,128 242 409 390
2,642 156
5,967

Total 4,300
497 799 . 709 4,838 343 11,486

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

Cobb County AtlantaMSA Georgia U.S.A.

23,368

126.0

116.2

5.5

21,849

117.8

108.7

5.0

18,549

92.3

5.0

20,105

108.4

4.9

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

ACTIVE APPLICANTS - State Employment Service

Professional

Agriculture

Mlscel

Technical Clerical

Forestry

laneous

and

and

Fishing Pro- Machine Bench. Structural Occu-

Managerial Safes: Service etc.. cessing Trades work Work pations Total

Cobb Bartow Cherokee Douglas Fulton Paulding Total

3,351 3,358 920

64

60 306 205 731 1,092 10,087

257 817 180

19

31 283 861 300 296 3,044

453 . 586. 91

7

11

80 107 115 164 1,614

267 400 80

4

14

63

34 137 174 1,173

4,437 6,141 3,153 109 173 555 477 1,553 3,372 19,970

146 293

62

5

6 53 76 100 102 843

8,911 11,595 4,486 208 295 1,340 1,74'0 2,936 5,200 36,731

Note: Detaifed figures on the availability of applicants in specrfic occupations are available from Georgia Department ot Labor, Labor Information Systems, or from the nearest office of.the state Employment Service
Source: Georgia Department of Wu>or (Active applicants as of June 1$94)

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX -COBB

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture-;- forestry, and fishing Mining 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 Petroleum refining Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products

1,663

12,648 23,762
882 214 544 346 281 1,534 1,875 1,633

886

$ 333
522 682 553 476 346 415 470 765 552 781
487

Stone, clay, glass, and concrete Primary metal products 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

702

669

53

546

1,038

543

858

679

619

804



896

649

246

554

13,636

735

20,928

831

52,272

291

13,406

676

70,496

478

2,411

290

2,811

265

17,405

436

2,351

422

542

445

Motion pictures Amusement and recreation services Health services Legal services Educational services Social services Museums, botanical, zoological gardens Membership organizations Engineering and management services Private households Miscellaneous services Public Administration ALL INDUSTRIES

605 3,911 15,434 1,091 14,266 1,981
14 758 5,985 342 590 10,367 219,248

259 215 588 674 443 221 231 514 787 214 1,194 550 $ 522

Notes:

Denotes confidentiaf data relating to individual employers which cannot be released. Average weekly wages is derived by dividing gross payroD dollars paid to all employees both hourly and salaried - by the average number of employees who had any eamings; average earnings are then divided by the number of weeks in theperiod 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 unemptoyment insurance legisfation.

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EMPLOYERS

TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Cobb County Area
County

Lockheed Corporation American Tef & Tel Co AT&T Communications Coca Cola Company Cox Enterprises Delta Air Lines Inc Ford Motor Co IBM Kroger Company Southern Bell

Cobb Fulton Fulton , Fulton Fulton Fulton/Clayton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Cobb County
Home Depot Kroger Company Lockheed Corporation
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Cobb County
Employed persons, 16 years and over Executive, administrative, and managerial Professional specialty occupations Technical and related support Sates 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
253,096 48,410 37,069 10,577 42,054 45,018 24,030 1,905 22,876 7,822 6,468 6,867

Percent
100.0 19.1 14.7 4.2 16.6 17.8 9.5 0.8 9.0 3.1 2.6 2.7

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Cobb County

County where Employed

Number

Percent of Total

Cobb Fulton DeKalb Gwinnett Clayton Cherokee Douglas Other

128,885

51A

79,085

31.5

17,118

6.8

6,115

2.4

6,087

2A

2,796

1;1

2,690

1.1

8,114

3.2

Total Residents

250,890

100~0

Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing Page 4

Persons Working in Cobb County

County of Residence

Number

Cobb Fulton
Cherokee DeKalb Paulding;
Gwinnett
Douglas Bartow
Clayton Other

128,885 18,642
12,862 9,497 7;1,46 6,371 5,904 4;788 .
2,388 11,202

Percent
of Total
62;.1 9.0 6.2 4.6
3.4
3.1 2.8
2.3
1.1 SA

201;685 100.0

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