Georgia area labor profile: Irwin County area [1994]

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IRWIN COUNTY
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1. Irwin 2. Ben Hill 3. Berrien 4. Coffee 5. Tift 6. Turner

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

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This profile of Irwin County includes data for Irwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Coffee, Tift, and Turner 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

Irwin Ben HUI Berrien Coffee Tift Turner Irwin Area

4,023 7,731 6,482 15,132 18,639 3,848 55,855

Source: Georgia Departmentof Labor

3,784 7,160 5,983 14,057 17,314 3,532 51,830

239 571 499 1,075 1,325 316 4,025

Georgia Unemployment Rate U;S; Unemployment Rate

5.9 7.4 7.7 7.1 7.1 8.2 7.2
5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION

1992

1990

Estimated

Census Rarik Population Rank

Percent Change 1990-1992

2000 Projected Population Rank

Irwin County

8,649 125

8,616 128

-0.4

8,685 129

City of Ocilla

3,182

Irwin Area

112,340

114,533

2.0 122,415

Note: Projected population based on 1990 census

Source: U.S. Department ofCOmmerce, Bureau of CensiJs/Georgia Offtce ofPlanning and

Budget (projections) .



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"Rank" fndreates.retative population among Georgia's159 counties~

Georgia Department of Labor

DAVID POYTHRESS, Commissioner

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1992-1993

Male

Female

Total

Irwin BenHtll Berrien Coffee Tift Turner Total

47

48

95

102

98

200

89

73

162

144

149

293

193

191

384

35

43

78

610

602

1,212

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

Irwin County

13,997

75.5

69.6

4.0

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.

Pro- Machine
cessing Trades

Bench- Structural work Work

MiscelJaneous
Occupations

Totals

Irwin Ben HiU Berrien Coffee Tift Turner Total

21

29

16

4

21

12

14

22

30 169

30 92 49

6 24 37 55 46 95 434

28 86 44

8

9 47 25 36 42 325

77 345 179 80 282 119 57 182 163 1,484

81 315 183 78 31 1.31 100 82 278 1,279

20 52 23 10

3 14 40 27 66 255

257 919 494 186 370 360 291 395 674 3,946

Note: Source:

Detailed figures on the availability of applicants in specific occupations are availableJrorri 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 - IRWIN

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Construction Manufacturing
Food and kindred products Apparel Lumber and wood products Printing and publishing Chemicals and allied products Stone, clay, glass, and concrete Transportation and public utilities Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Personal services Business services Auto repajr, services, garages Miscellaneous repair services 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

98.
* * *
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* 152 103 151
62 718
* * 6 8 * 240 * 288 53 * 19 10 * 138 1,967

$ 247.
* * * * * * * 442 323 196 493 274 * * 157 181 * 254 * 307 170 * 391 151 * 291
$ 292

Notes:

* Denotes confidential data relating to individuaJ 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 of emptoyees who had
the any earnings; average earnings are then dMded by number of weeks 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 legisfation.

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EMPLOYERS

TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS

Irwin County Area
County

Shaw Industries Inc Amoco Fabrics Co Fleetwood Trailer Golden Poultry Co Joseph Campbell Co Wal-Mart Stores Inc Burien Corp Prestolite Wire Corp Queen Carpet Co Tifton Aluminum Co

Ben Hill Berrien Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Tift Tift Tift Tift

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Irwin County
Irwin Mfg Co Osceola Nursing Ross of Georgia
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Irwin 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 lat>orers
Source: 1990 Census (Summary tape file$)

Number
3,615 291 345 101 253 321
403 467 450 506
300 178

Percent
100.0 8.1 9.5 2.8 7.0 8.9 11.2 12.9
12.5 14.0
8.3 4.9

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Irwin County

County where Employed

Number

Percent of Total

Irwin Ben Hill Tift Coffee Other

1,784

50.9

925

26A

359

10.2

221

6.3

214

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Total Residents

3,503

100.0

Source: 1990 Census of Poputation and Housing

Per5911s.working.in
Irwin County

.Percent
ofTotal
73~4 14.4
4.7
Lu7,
4.2

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