Georgia area labor profile: Gwinnett County area [1994]

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

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This profile of Gwinnett County includes data

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for Gwinnett, Barrow, DeKalb, Forsyth, Hall,

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Rockdale, and Walton counties.

GWINNETT
COUNTY
AREA
1. Gwinnett 2. Barrow 3. DeKalb 4. Forsyth 5. Hall 6. Rockdale 7. Walton

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

Gwinnett Barrow DeKalb Forsyth Hall Rockdale Walton Gwinnett Area

238,465 16,222
331,531 27,679 57,861 32,795 20,604
725,157

Source: GeorgtaDepartment of Labor

228,475

9,990

15,172

1,050

313,268

18,263

26,629

1,050

55,087

2,774

31,390

1,405

19,340

1,264

689,361

35,796

Georgia Unemployment Rate

U.S. Unemployment Rate

4.2 6.5 5.5
3.8 4.8 4.3 6.1 4.9 5;8%
6.8%

POPULATION

1992>

Percent

1990

Estimated

Change

Census Rank Population Rank 1990-1992

2000
Projected
Population. Rank

Gwinnett County 352,91 O 4 391,755

4

11.0 531,971 4

City of Lawenceville 16,848

City of Buford

8,771

Gwinnett Area 1.160,656

1,499.010

Note: Projected popufation based on1990 ce~

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Source: U.S.. Depmtmerlt ot9ommerce, Bureauof Ge11sus/Georgia Off~ .of fltannirigiarid

Budget (projections)...





"Rank" indicates relative population among Georma's 159 counties~

Georgia Department of Labor

DAVID POYTHRESS, Commissioner

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1992-1993

Mare

Female

Total

Gwinnett Barrow DeKalb Forsyth Hall Rockdale Walton Total

1,868 134
2,139 186 491 320 160
5,298

1,947 137
2,176 178 365 312 201
5,316

3,815 271
4,315 364 856 632 361
10,614

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

PER CAPITA ANNUAL INCOME

Gwinnett County AtlantaMSA Georgia U.S.A.

1992
21,543 21,849 18,549 20,105

Percent Relative to Georgia
116.1 117.8
108.4

Percent Relative
to U.S.
107.2 108.7
92.3

Percent Change 1991-1992
3.9 5.0 5.0 4.9

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

ACTIVE APPLICANTS - State Employment Service

Professional Technical and Managerial

Clerical and
Sales

AgricuHure

Forestry

Fishing

Service

etc..

Pro cessing

Machine Trade&

Bench, Structural work Work

Miscet;. laneous
Occu pations

Totals

Gwinnett Barrow DeKalb Forsyth Hall Rockdale Walton Total

2,479 2,317 404

31

39 294 354 509 800 7,227

110 217

77

12

24

49 122 124 150 885

4,174 5,884 2,208

80 173 582 428 1,234 2,951. 17,714

194 201

48

12

16

48

39

72

61

691

460 1,156 374

49 206 279 230 361 621 3,736

244 385

70

7

10

58

54 151 260 1,239

133 297 118

21

68 115 184 136 284 t,356

7,794 10,457 3,299 212 536 1;425 1A11: 2,587 5,127 32,848

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 off1Ce oflhe state
Employment Service;
Georgia Department of Labor (Active applicants as of J1,1ne l994)

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - GWINNETT

INDUSTRY
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 Leather and leather products 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 Motion pictures Amusement and recreation services Health services Legal services Educational services Social services Membership organizations Engineeringand. management.services Private households Miscellaneous services Public Administration ALL INDUSTRIES

1993Average
Employment
1,713 125
10,500 26,995
205 453 1,031 725 317 1,008 2,280 807
"
671 12
1,369
"
1,414 2,144 5,710 1,427 3,103 1,167 7,737 27,620 37,094 9,702 47,546 1,501 1,798 14,359 1,571
519 598 1,543 7,392 569
"
2,190 420
4,031 163 58
5~135 174,177

Average Weekly Wages
$ 316 624 505 663 443 459 483 485 416 551 572 717
" 581 255
539
562 646 774 767 602 483 651 741 288 616 480 257 251 482 409 517 339 803 560 679
"
204 372 756 224 477 510 $ 525

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Notes: * Denotes confidential data relating to individual employers which cannot be released. Average weekly wages is derived by dividing gross payroll dollars paid to an employees

both hourly and salaried - by the average number of 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 g<>vemment educational institutions~

cove~ Source; Georgia Department of Labor - Data representjObs in th~ county

by

unemployment insurance legislation,



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EMPLOYERS

TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS

Gwinnett County Area

County

DeKalb Medical Center Emory University General Motors Corp Rfch's Southern Bell Sears Roebuck & Co American Tel & Tel Co Gwinnett Hospital Auth Kroger Company Scientific-Atlanta

DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Gwinnett County
American Tet & Tel Co Gwinnett Hospital Auth Scientific-Atlanta
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE

Gwinnett 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
203,387 36,866 27,749 9,052 32,767 38,693 15,859 1,901 21,600 8,086 5,544 5,270

Percent
100.0 18, 1 13.6 4.5 16.1 19.0
7.8
0.9 10.6 4.0 2,7
2.6

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Gwinnett County

County where Employed

Number

Percent of Total

Gwinnett DeKalb Fulton Cobb Clayton Other

95,027 51,161 36,961
6,371 2,586 8,774

47.3 25s5 18.4
3.2 1.3 4.4

Total Residents

200,880

100.0

Source: 1990 Census <:if Populatlon and Housing
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Persons Working in Gwinnett County

County of Residence
Gwinnett DeKalb Fulton Cobb Halt Barrow Walton Forsyth Cherokee Other

Percent Number of Total

95,()27 20;904i 12,437
6,115
3,632
3;210
3,158
2,758 t,831
~.79~

59~8 13.2
7;8
3,8
2.3 2~0 2.0 1.7 1.2 6.2

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