Georgia area labor profile: Taylor County area [1994]

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

This profile of Taylor County includes data for Taylor, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach, Schley, Talbot, and Upson 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.

Taylor Crawford Macon Marion Peach Schley Talbot Upson Taylor Area

Labor Force
3,314 4,871 5,591 3,286 9,886 1,471 2,367 12,917 43,703

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

1993 Annual Averages

Employed Unemployed

2,999

315

4,545

326

4,881

710

3,076

210

9,113

773

1,367

104

2,169

198

12,191

726

40,341

3,362

Georgia Unemployment Rate

U.S. Unemployment Rate

UnemploymentRate
9.5 6.7 12.7 6.4 7.8 7.1 8.4 5.6 7.7 5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION

1992

1990

Estimated

Census Rank Population Rank

Percent Change 1990.1992

2000 Projected Population . Rank

Taylor County

7,642 135

7,652 135

0.1

7,529 138

City of Butler

1,673

Taylor Area

92,938

93,980

1.1 ' 96,943

Note: Projected population based on 1990 census

Source: 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

Taylor Crawford Macon Marion' Peach

Male
44 49 72 57 100

Female 52
56 85 61 106

Total 96
105 157 118 206

Schley

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Talbot Upson Total

40

32

72

125

129

254

487

521

1,008

* Included with Marion County. 1 Marion County total includes graduates from both Schley and Webster Counties. 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

Taylor County

14,400

77.6

71.6

5.8

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

Miscellaneous
Occupations

Totals

Taylor Crawford Macon Marion Peach Schley Talbot Upson Total

10 47 24 56 43 128 24 45 85 153
8 24 19 31 36 88 249 572

17

13

14

16

42

27

40 226

23

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5 14

21

40

55 244

100 25 50 27 49 70 143 635

25

10

8

14

22

26

34 208

79

64

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35

45

87 240 809

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18

14 108

25

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19 21

42 193

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9 70

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59 426

337 132 125 204 264 339 627 2,849

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 - TAYLOR

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture, forestry. and fishing Mining Construction Manufacturing . Textiles

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$ ..

71 334

Apparel

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Lumber and wood products

60

Printing and publishing

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Leather and leatherproducts

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Stone, clay, glass, and concrete

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Fabricated metal products

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Industrial machinery, including computers

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Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

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Transportation and public utilities

238

587

Wholesale trade

87

390

Retail trade

205

198

Finance, insurance, and real estate

58

443

Services

417

293

Personal services

5

123

Business services

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Auto repair, services, garages Miscellaneous repair services

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Amusement and recreation services

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Health services

133

259

Legal services

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Educational services

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Social services

9

266

Engineering and management services

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Private households

13

141

Public Administration

256

341

ALL INDUSTRIES

1,843

$ 337

* Denotes eonfidential data relating to individual employers which cannot be released.
Ay~rage weekly wages is derived by dividing gross payroll .dollars paid to all

employees ". both hourly ancfsafaried.~ by the average number of employees who had
~ny eamings;.aver~ge 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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OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE

Taylor County

Employed person ,

Executive, administrative,

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Sales

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Service



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Precision pmductiQn. craftand repair Machine operatots,assemblers, and i
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Source: 1990 Census (Su01mary tape file 3)

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