Georgia area labor profile: Meriwether County area [1994]

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

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This profile of Meriwether County includes

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data for Meriwether, Coweta, Harris, Pike,

Talbot, Troup, and Upson counties.

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CURRENT LABOR FORCE

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MERIWETHER

COUNTY

AREA
1. Meriwether 2. Coweta 3. Harris 4. Pike 5. Talbot 6. Troup 7. Upson

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

Unemploy.. mentRate

Meriwether Coweta Harris Pike Talbot Troup Upson Meriwether Area

8,902 30,716
8,551 4,977 2,367 25,946 12,917 94,376

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

8,130

772

29,068

1,648

8,148

403

4,643

334

2,169

198

23,944

2,002

12,191

726

88,293

6,083

Georgia Unemployment Rate

U.S. Unemployment Rate

8.7 5.4 4.7 6.7 8.4 7.7
5.6
6.4 5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION

1992

Percent

1990

Estimated

Change

Census Rank Population Rank 1990-1992

2000
Projected Population Rank

Meriwether County 22,411 57 22,684 58

City of Greenville

t,167

1.2

22,917 65

City of Manchester 4,104

MeriwetherArea 192,636

201,218

4.5

Note: Pr()jectedpopufation based on 1990 census

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Source: U,S~ Department of Commerce, Bureau of Cens4s/Georgia Office of. f>fanriing and

Budget (projections}

"Rank" indicates relative population among Georgia~s 159 cOWtties,

Georgia Department of Labor

DAVID POYTHRESS, Commissioner

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1992-1993

Male

Female

Total

Meriwether Coweta Harris Pike Talbot Troup Upson Total

93

119

212

254

275

529

74

75

149

36

62

98

40

32

72

244

257

501

125

129

254

866

949

1,815

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

Meriwether County

11,972

64.5

59.5

5.0

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

Agriculture

MlsceJ-

Technical Clerical

Forestry

laneous

and

and

Fishing

Pro- Machine Bench- Structural Occu

Managt,rial Sales Service

etc.. ceasing Trades work Work pations

Total

Meriwether

54 137

81

Coweta

250 438 192

Harris

81 122

63

Pike

20

46

19

Talbot

19

31

25

Troup

249 581 335

Upson

36

88

56

Total

709 1,443 771

9

57

79

62

65 184

728

13

25 142 182 201 374 1,817

8

29

63

19

65

66

516

5

5

18

15

28

32

188

1

11

24

19

21

42

193

23 150 492 186 243 431 2.690

7

9

70

51

50

59

426

66 286 888 534 673 1,188 6,558

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 of the state Employment Service.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor (Active applicants asot June 1994)

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - MERIWETHER

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Construction Manufacturing
Food and kindred products Textiles Apparel Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures Printing and publishing Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products Stone, clay, glass, and concrete Fabricated metal products Industrial machinery, including computers Electronic, other electrical equipment 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 Engineering and management services Private households Public Administration ALL INDUSTRIES

67 64 2,275
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568 *
103
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84 169 718 140 1,781
9 28
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15
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842 14
684 29 * 31 23
420
5,718

$ 313 304 417 " *
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510
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365
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665 332 228 406 345 89 192
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252
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399 196 327 178
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346 217 366 $ 366

Notes:

* Denotes confidential data relating to individual 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 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 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

Meriwether County Area
County

K-Mart Corporation William L Bonnell Callaway Gardens Resort Goody Products Inc Freudenberg-Nok lnterface Flooring Milliken & Company West Point Pepperell Dominion Engineered Tex Thomaston Cotton Mill

Coweta Coweta Harris Meriwether Troup Troup Troup Troup Upson Upson

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Meriwether County
Georgia Pacific Co Goody Products Inc Oxford Industries
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Meriwether County
Employed persons, 16 years and over Executive, administrative, and managerial Professional specialty occupations Technical and related support Sales Administrative, support, including clerical Service 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
8,800 497 641 240 691 952
1,141 262
1,256 1,827
737 '556

Percent
100.0 5.7
7.3 2.7
7.9 10.8 13.0 3.0 14.3 20.8
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COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Meriwether County

County where Employed

Number

Percent of Total

Meriwether Troup Coweta Fayette Fulton Harris Muscogee Clayton Other

4,577

53.1

1,044

12.1

997

11.6

529

6.1

480

5.6

225

2.6

196

2.3

123

1.4

442

5.1

Total Residents

8,613

100.0

Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing

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Persons Working in Meriwether County

County of Residence

Number

Meriwether Talbot Harris Troup Muscogee Upson Pike Other

4,577 816 419 272 190 182 133 515

Percent of Total
64.4 11.5
5.9 3.8 2.7 2.6 1.9 7.2

Total Residents

7,104

100.0

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