- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia area labor profile: Harris County area [1994]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Labor
- Date of Original:
- 1994
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200 .S1 P7 H25 1994
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bl200-b-ps1-bp7-bh25-b1994
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bl200-b-ps1-bp7-bh25-b1994
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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1. Harris 2. Meriwether 3. Muscogee 4. Talbot 5. Troup
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AREA LABOR PROFILE
This profile of Harris County includes data for Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot, and Troup counties.
CURRENT LABOR FORCE
Labor force includes residents of the county who are working or seeking work. This tabte indicates the size and composition of the labor force,
Labor Force
1993 Annual Averages Employed Unemployed
UnemploymentRate
Harris
8,551
8,148
403
4.7
Meriwether
8,902
8,130
772
8.7
Muscogee
77,031
72,011
5,020
6.5
Talbot
2,367
2,169
198
8.4
Troup
25,946
23,944
2,002
Harris Area
122,797
114,402
8,395
Georgia Unemployment Rate
U$.Unemployment Rate
Source: Georgia Department ofLabor
POPULATION
1990
Census
1992
Estimated Rank Popufation Rank
.Percent
2000
Chafl9' Projeeted
1990-1992> . PQpulatk>n Rank
Harris County
17,788 74
City ofHamilton . . 454
City ofPfne Mpuritain 875
Harris Area
281,53?
r .. . . Note: Projectedf;>opulation basedonJ99() census ... . .
.Source: U.S. Department.of Commerce, Btireau.of.CEinsuslG$0rgia Office of Pl{lnningand
Budget (projections}
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"Rank" indieates relative populati<>narnong Ge(Jr~s 159 counties.
Georgia Department of Labor
DAVID POYTHRESS, Commissioner
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1992-1993
Male
Female
Total
Harris Meriwether
74
75
149
93
119
212
Muscogee
762
868
1,630
Talbot
40
32
72
Troup
244
257
501
Total
1,213
1,351
2,564
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
tou~s.
Percent Change 1991-1992
Harris County
16,895
91.1
84.0
2.8
Columbus MSA
16,115
86.9
80.2
3.1
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
Service etc..
Processing
Machine Trades
Bench Structurat work Work
Miscel laneous
Occu pations
Totals
Harris Meriwether Muscogee Talbot Troup Total
81 54 1,301 19 249 1,704
122 137 2,352
31
581 3,223
63 81 1,375 25 335 1,879
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63
19
65
66 516
9
57
79
62
65 184 728
53 215 603 625 672 1,288 8,484
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24
19
21
42 193
23 150 492 186 243 431 2,690
94 462 1,261 911 1,066 2,011 12)611
Note: 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 ofthe state Employment Service.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor (Active applicants as of June 1994)
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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - HARRIS
INDUSTRY
1993Average .Emplqyment
Average
Weekly)Yages
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Construction Manufacturing
$ /252
i().)2'7.26ss.
Food and kindred products
*
Apparel lumber and wood products . Printing and publishing
*
*
297
15
313
Stone, clay, glass, and concrete
*
*
Fabricated metal products
*
*
Industrial machinery, including computers Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
.*
* *
Transportation and public utilities
100
645
Wholesale trade
18
514
Retail trade
768
200
Finance, insurance, and real estate
73
325
Services
1,502
295
Hotels, other lodging places
*
*
Personal services
9
118
Business services
24
244
Auto repalr, services, garages Miscellaneous repair services
9
205
4
261
Motion pictures
10
123
Amusement and recreation services
*
*
Heaith services
162
267
Legal services
*
Educational services
441
326
Social services
23
153
Museums, botanical, zoological gardens
*
*
Membership organizations Engineering and management services
*
*
6
575
Private households Public Administration
41
154
243
345
ALL INDUSTRIES
3,723
$ 282
Notes: * Denotes confidential data relating to individual employerswhich cannot be released. Average weekly wages is derhted by dividing gross payroff dollars paid to all employees - both hourly and salaried -by t.he average number .of employees who had
any earnings; average earnings are then diVided by the numberofweeks 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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andr<E3ta te>ds.uppo rt
< Ad111inistrativ~,.suppoi'J;: includin .
service ... ..>i . . ./ Farming, forfl~try, a,.n~ fist,in
Precision ptoduction, e~ft a. . ....
Machine operators, assemblers,
Trar:isportation and material movi
Handlers, equipmentcleartt:Jrs, he
Source: 1990 Census (Sumrnary tape file 3)
<:ounty where En'lployed Muscogee Harris Troup . Meriwether Alabama Chattahoochee Other Total Residents
Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing
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