Georgia area labor profile: Whitfield County area [1994]

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AREA LABOR PROFILE

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This profile of Whitfield County includes data

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for Whitfield, Catoosa, Gordon, Murray,

and Walker counties.

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CURRENT LABOR FORCE

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1. Whitfield 2. Catoosa 3. Gordon 4. Murray 5. Walker

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

Whitfield Catoosa Gordon Murray Walker Whitfield Area

42,371 22,494 19,727 16,198 29,302 130,092

Source: Georgia Department of Labor

40,351 21,438 18,467 15,371 27,574 123,201

2,020 1,056 1,260
827 1,728 6,891

Georgia Unemployment Rate U.S. Unemployment Rate

4.8 4.7 6.4 5.1 5.9 5.3
5.8% 6.8%

POPULATION
1990 Census

Rank

1992 Estimated Population

Rank

Percent Change 1990-1992

2000 Projected Population Rank

Whitfield County City of Dalton Whitfield Area

72,462 21,761 234,485

17 74,135 18 241,852

2.3

83,593 22

3.1

274,054

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 'A

Male

Female

Total

Whitfield

367

335

702

Catoosa

182

192

374

Gordon

168

163

331

Murray

103

123

226

Walker

250

224

474

Total

1,070

1,037

2,107

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

Whitfield County

18,531

99.9

92.2

7.9

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
Occu pations

Totals

Whitfield

198 496

90

15

53 251 124 129 367 1,723

Catoosa

73 156 42

3

12

86

34

81 127 614

Gordon

73 173

39

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43 154

64

79 106 738

Murray

44 142

31

3

22

94

29

36

99 500

Walker

138 367 122

10

40 290

70 260 326 1,623

Total

526 1,334 324

38 170 875 321 585 1,025 5,198

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 - WHITFIELD

INDUSTRY

1993 Average Employment

Average Weekly Wages

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Mining Construction Manufacturing
Food and kindred products Textiles Apparel Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures Paper and allied products Printing and publishing Chemicals and allied products Petroleum refining Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products Leather and leather products Stone, clay, glass, and concrete Fabricated metal products Industrial machinery, including computers Electronic, other electrical equipment Instruments and related products 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 rep~ir, 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 Miscellaneous services Public Administration ALL INDUSTRIES

324 74
1,083 28,707
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21,723 221 101 55 366
2,363 1,064
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431
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162 72
640
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2,478 3,280 5,958 1,105 9,398
295 402 2,043 340 139
64 168 2,647 146 2,502 235
56 284
60
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1,430 53,842

$ 407 606 423 460
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470 269 335 407 548 317 692
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487
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504 447 507
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460 552 253 509 398 189 279 258 445 330 157 264 535 816 380 256 502 694 163
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436 $ 431

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 inctudes 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

Whitfield County Area
Horizon Industries Diamond Rug & Carpet AGE Corporation Synthetic Industries Aladdin Mills Inc Beaulieu of America Cumberland Yarns Hamilton Medical Shaw Industries Inc World Carpets Inc

County
Gordon Murray Walker Walker Whitfield Whitfield Whitfield Whitfield Whitfield Whitfield

THREE LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Whitfield County
Aladdin Milfs Inc Cumberland Yarns Shaw Industries Inc
Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding government and railroads. Data shown for Third Quarter 1993.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
Whitfield County
Employed persons, 16 years and over Executive, administrative, and managerial Professional specialty occupations Technical and related support Sates Administrative, support, including clerical Service Farming, forestry, and fishing Precision production, craft and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors Transportation and material moving Handlers, equipmentcleaners, helpers and laborers
Source: 1990 Census {Summary tape fife 3)

Number
37,932 3,854 3,114 926 3,767 6,273 2,895 484 4,594 7,562 2,659 1,804

Percent
100.0 10.2 8.2 2.4 9.9 16.5 7.6 1.3 12~1 19:9
7.0
4.8

COMMUTING PATTERNS

Employed Residents of
Whitfield county

County where Employed

Percent Number . of.Total

Whitfield Murray Gordon Tennessee Catoosa Other

33,657> 1,301 678 641 386 645

Total Residents

37,308

Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing
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Persom;Wofki11g In . Whitf!eld CoQrity
Murray Tennessee Catoosa . Gordon Walker Other

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