) ) ) PULASKI COUNTY AREA 1. Pulaski 2. Bleckley 3. Dodge 4. Dooly 5. Houston 6. Wilcox GEORGIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) AREA LABOR PROFILE This profile of Pulaski County includes data for Pulaski, Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, and Wilcox 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 Pulaski 4,222 4,001 221 5.2 Bleckley 4,882 4,634 248 5.1 Dodge 8,551 7,973 578 6.8 Dooly 4,218 3,897 321 7.6 Houston 44,703 42,432 2,271 5.1 Wilcox 3,009 2,812 197 6.5 Pulaski Area 69,585 65,749 3,836 5.5 Source: Georgia Department of Labor Georgia Unemployment Rate U.S. Unempfoyment Rate 5.8% 6.8% POPULATION 1992 1990 Estimated Census Rank Population Rank Percent Change 1990--1992 2000 Projected Population Rank Pulaski County 8,108 132 8,086 132 -0.3 8~80 131 City ofHawkinsville 3,527 Pt.daski Area 142,262 147,097 Note: Projecte!d population based on 1990 census . .. . Source: U.S.Department of Commerce, Bureau of CensuslGeo1%JiaOfficeof P1$1tning and Budget (projections} . . . "Ra.nk" indicates relative population among Georgia's 159 counties~ Georgia Department of Labor DAVID POYTHRESS, Commissioner HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1992-1993 Male Female Total Pulaski Bleckley Dodge Dooly Houston Wilcox Total 45 50 95 50 83 133 88 93 181 29 32 61 441 528 969 35 41 76 688 827 1,515 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 Pulaski County 17,367 93.6 86.4 6.8 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- Structural Work Work Mlscellaneous Occupations Totals Pulaski 26 41 30 11 3 11 22 40 38 222 Bleckley 26 47 30 2 10 15 39 34 44 247 Dodge 38 144 237 12 16 27 122 82 130 808 Dooly 26 109 85 20 78 31 45 46 111 551 Houston 516 757 303 21 74 171 175 367 470 2,854 Wilcox 11 42 36 3 5 11 21 23 20 172 Total 643 1,140 721 69 186 266 424 592 813 4,854 Note: Detailed figures on the availability of applicants in specific occupations are availabte from Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Information Systems, or from the nearest office oHhe state Employment Service. Source: Georgia Department of Labor (Active applicants as of June 1994) Page2 235-94 CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - PULASKI INDUSTRY 1993 Average Employment Average Weekly Wages Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Construction Manufacturing Food and kindred products Textiles Apparel Lumber and wood products Paper and allied products Printing and publishing Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products Industrial machinery, including computers 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 INDUSTRrES 25 117 * * * * * * * .* 114 127 449 79 933 17 36 12 * * * 455 10 266 31 3 61 21 179 2,669 $ 256 432 * .* * * * * * * 587 369 201 442 357 143 166 * 201 * * * 402 381 306 126 395 705 11T 352 $ 346 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 eamings; 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 educationalinstitutlons. Source: Georgia Department of Labor~ Data represent jobs in this county covered by unemploymentinsurance legistation. 235-94 Page3 EMPLOYERS TEN LARGEST EMPLOYERS Pulaski County Area County Lithonia Lighting Gilman Investment Co Sara Lee Knit Products Oxford Industries Anchor Glass Container Frito Lay Inc Kroger Company Northrop Corporation Opelika Industries Ithaca Industries Bleckley Dodge Dodge Dooly Houston Houston Houston Houston Pulaski Wilcox THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS Pulaski County Opelika Industries Progressive Health Care Taylor Regional Hosp - Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE Pulaski County Employed persons, 16 years and over Executive, administrative, and managerial Professional specialty Technical and related support Safes 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 3,340 300 433 59 325 341 404 249 498 380 155 196 Percent 100.0 9.0 13.0 1.8 9.7 10.2 12.1 7.5 14.9 11.4 4.6 5.9 COMMUTING PATTERNS Employed Residents of Pulaski County County where Employed Number Percent of Total Pulaski Houston Bleckley Bibb Dodge Wilcox Peach Crisp Other 2,042 62.1 326 9.9 256 7.8 132 4.0 125 3.8 109 3.3 70 2.1 60 1.8 166 5.1 Total Residents 3,286 100~0 Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing Page 4 Persons working in ..Pulaski County County of Residence Pulaski Bleckley Houston Dodge Dooly Wilcox Other 2;.04~ 155 99 91 65 40 90 Percent of Total 79~1 6.0 3"8 3.5 2:s 1.5 3~5 100.0 235-94