Georgia area labor profile: Screven County area, 1994

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

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This profile of Screven County includes data for Screven, Bulloch, Burke, Effingham, and Jenkins 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

Unemployment Rate

Screven Bulloch Burke Effingham Jenkins Screven Area

6,601 20,589
8,549 13,033 3,940 52,712

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

6,134 19,700
7,618 12,385 3,685 49,522

467 889 931 648 255 3,190

Georgia Unemployment Rate U.S. Unemployment Rate

7.1 4.3 10.9 5.0 6.5 6.1
5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION
1990 Census

1992
Estimated
Rank Population Rank

Percent Change 1990-1992

2000 Projected
Population Rank

Screven County City of Sylvania Screven Area

13,842 2,871
111,480

93 13,789 95 116,113

-0.4

13,536 103

4.2 128,736

Note: Source:

Projected population based on 1990 census U.S. Department of Commerce, 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

Male

Female

Total

Screven Bulloch Burke Effingham Jenkins Total

65

71

136

222

187

409

110

116

226

150

152

302

57

45

102

604

571

1,175

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

Screven County

14,520

78.3

72.2

5.5

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

Miscel laneous
Occupations

Totals

Screven Bulloch

40

85 52

11

13

60

16

72

49 398

157 399 215

26 26 83 49 200 113 1,268

Burke

43 129 72

6

14

42 157 126

99 688

Effingham Jenkins Total

61 115 49

14

31 22

315 759 410

10

12

65

5 195

53 565

7

6

22

25

37

10 174

60 71 272 252 630 324 3,093

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 as of June 1994)

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CURRENT INDUSTRY MIX - SCREVEN

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Construction Manufacturing
Food and kindred products Textiles Apparel Lumber and wood products Printing and publishing Chemicals and allied products Stone, clay, glass, and concrete Fabricated metal 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 INDUSTRIES

1993 Average Employment
127
74
2,055
* .,,
* 100
* * *
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*
110 58 522 96 1,061
* 5
46 37
* * *
338
10
532 42
* 10 15
301 4,403

Average Weekly Wages
$ 304
289 402
* .,
*
336 * .,,
* * *
440 282 213 390 293
* 114 148 411
* * *
300 234 312 193
*
266 1_52 383 $ 347

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 of 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
Screven County Area

cooperfridustties Emerson Electric Co Grinnan Corp GeorgiaPower Co Sar:nson Manufacturing Fort Howard Corp Jockey International BASF Corporation Spartan Mills Torrington Company

Jenkin Screve
Screven Screven

Represents en1p1oyrilentcovered by
<unemployment insurance, excluding
government and railroads,Oata>shown
for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Screven County
Employed persons, 16 years and over Executive, administrative, and managerial Professional specialty. 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 laborers
Source: 1990 Census (Summary tape file 3)

Number
5,626 363 444 106 538 679 770 446 857 894 321 208

Percent
100.0 6.5 7.9 1.9 9.6 12.1 13.7 7.9 15.2
15.9 5.7 3.7

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of Screven County

County where Employed
Screven Bulloch Chatham South Carolina Effingham Burke Jenkins Richmond Other

Number
3,949 524 261 206 168 162 81 66
170

Percent of Total
70.7 9.4 4.7 3.7 3.0 2.9 1.4 1.2 3.0

Total Residents

5,587

100.0

Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing

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Persons Working in .Screven County

County of Residence
Screven Bulloch Burke
gffingharri
Jenkins Other

Percent Number of Total

3,949 204 100 73 60 173

86.6 4.5 2.2 1.6 1.3 3.8

Total Residents

4,559

100.0

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