Georgia area labor profile: Heard County area [1994]

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1. Heard 2. Carroll 3. Coweta 4. Troup

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

This profile of Heard County includes data for Heard, Carroll, Coweta, and Troup 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

Heard Carroll Coweta Troup Heard Area

3,955 37,926 30,716 25,946 98,543

Source: Georgia Department ofLabor

3,664 35,769 29,068 23,944 92,445

291 2,157 1,648 2,002 6,098

Georgia Unemployment Rate U.S. Unemployment Rate

7.4 5.7 5.4
7.7 6.2
5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION

1992

1990

Estimated

Census Rank Population Rank

Percent Change 1990-1992

2000 Projected Population Rank

Heard county City of Franklin Heard Area

8,628 127 876
189,439

4.1

10,760 117

5.4

Note: Projected population basedon 1990 census ..

Source; U.S. Department ofCommerce, 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

Heard Carroll Coweta Troup Total

Male
49 375 254
244
922

Female
46 398 275 257 976

Total
95 773 529 501 1,898

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

Heard County

11,555

62.3

57.5

2.4

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

Agriculture

Miscel-

Technical Clerical

Forestry

laneous

and

and

Fishing

Pro- Machine Bench Structural Occu-

Managerial $ale$ Service etc.. cessing Trades work Work pations Total

Heard

37 58 17

6

8

37

37

60

59 319

Carroll

239 550 227 19 38 142 103 285 475 2,078

Coweta

250 438 192 13 25 142 182 201 374 1,817

Troup Total

249 581 335
ns 1,627 n1

23 150 492 186 243 431 2,690 61 221 813 508 789 1,339 6,904

Note: Detailed figures on the availability of applicants in specific occupations are available from Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems,. or from the nearestoffice of the state Employment Service.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor (Activeapplicantsas otJune 1994)

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - HEARD

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Mining Construction Manufacturing
Textiles Apparel Lumber and wood products Paper and aflied products Primary metal products Industrial machinery, including computers Transportation equipment Transportation and public utilities Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Personal services Auto repair, services, garages Miscellaneous repair services Motion pictures Health services Educational services Social services Membership organizations Engineering and management services Private households Public Administration ALL INDUSTRIES

1993 Average Employment
* * 72 647 * * 32
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11 133
27 424
7 .
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* * 276 *
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* 164 1,840

Average Weekly Wages
$ .
* 337 374
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444. . .
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559 194 683 281 276
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319 *
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* 381
$ 409

Notes:

* Denotes confidential data relating to individual employerswhich 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.
HeaHh Services includes government hospitafs. 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

Heard County Area
County

Bremen-Bowdon Investment Gold Kist Inc Sony Music Entertainment Southwire Company Tanner Medrcal K-Mart Corporation William L Bonnell Freudenberg-Nok Milliken & Company West Point Pepperell

Carroll Carroll Carroll Carroll Carroll Coweta Coweta Troup Troup Troup

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Heard County
Franklin Aluminum Georgia Power Co Private line Group Inc
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Heard 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 la_borers
Source: 1990 Census (Summary tape file 3)

Number
3,702 219 205 32 236 402
433 148 833
706 260 228

Percent
100.0 5.9 5.5 0.9 6.4 10.9 11.7 4.0
22.5 19;1 7.0 6.2

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Heard County

County where Employed

Number

Percent of Total<

Heard Carroll Coweta Troup Fulton Clayton Alabama Fayette Other

1,370

37.8

637

17.6

524

14.5

523

14A

209

5.8

67

1\8

67

1.8

49

1.4

176

4.9

Total Residents

3,622

100~0

Source: 1990 Census.of PopulatiOn and Housing

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PersonsWorking. in
Heardcounty

countyof
Residence

Number<

Heard Carroll Alabama
Troup
Coweta
Haralson'
Other

1t370 201 177 .19286<
34
47

Percent ofTotal
66.7 9.8 8.6 6.1 4.8
t7 2.3

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