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- Annual average civilian labor force estimates / Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information.
- Title:
- Annual average civilian labor force data, 1980-1996
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- Georgia. Labor Market Information
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Workforce Information and Analysis
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, Ga.] : Georgia Dept. of Labor, Labor Market Information, 1996
- Date of Original:
- 1980/1996
- Subject:
- Labor supply--Georgia
Unemployed--Georgia
Employment (Economic theory)--Georgia - Location:
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Annual A~erage Civilian Labor Force Data
1980 - 1996
David Poythress
COMMISSIONER
Georgia Department of Labor Labor Information Systems
148 INTERNATIONAL BLVD., N.E. ATLANTA. GA 30303- I 75 I
404/656-31 77
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
GEORGIA
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
2,543,000 2,599,000 2,662,000 2,685,000 2,762,000 2,876,000 2,994,000 3,050,000 3,153,000 3,195,000 3,300,380 3,263,875 3,353,566 3,467,191 3,577,504 3,626,550 3,753,094
2,380,000 2,433,000 2,454,000 2,484,000 2,596,000 2,688,000 2,817,000 2,883,000 2,970,000 3,018,000 3,118,253 3,099,103 3,119,071 3,265,259 3,391,782 3,449,787 3,580,130
163,000 166,000 208,000 201,000 166,000 188,000 177,000 167,000 183,000 177,000 182,127 164,772 234,495 201,932 185.722 176.763 172,964
6.4
6.4
7.8
7.5
6.0
6.5
5.9
5.5
5.8
5.5
5.5
5.0
7.0
5.8
5.2
4.9
4.6
ALBANY MSA
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
50,367 46,555 3,812
7.6
1981
51,706 47,642 4,064
7.9
1982
52,135 47,382 4.753
9.1
1983
51,617 46,480 5,137
10.0
1984
53,019 48,544 4,475
8.4
1985
55,178 50,295 4,883
8.8
1986
56.758 50,588 6,170
10.9
1987
55,507 50,320 5,187
9.3
1988
53,938 48,974 4,964
9.2
1989
53,657 49,640 4,017
7.5
1990
50,630 46,852 3,778
7.5
1991
49,824 46,699 3,125
6.3
1992
51,164 46,137 5,027
9.8
1993
52,384 47,877 4,507
8.6
1994
54,662 49,822 4,840
8.9
1995
53,755 50,402 3,353
6.2
1996
55,713 52,364 3,349
6.0
ATHENS MSA
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
1980
62,641 58,915 3.726
5.9
1981
64,535 61,140 3,395
5.3
1982
65,466 61,249 4,217
6.4
1983
65,913 61,710 4,203
6.4
1984
66,471 63,155 3,316
5.0
1985
68,432 64,447 3,985
5.8
1986
70,931 67,319 3,612
5.1
1987
72,249 69,089 3,160
4.4
1988
74,479 71,150 3,329
4.5
1989
77,489 74,147 3,342
4.3
1990
64,248 60,466 3.782
5.9
1991
62,889 60,385 2,504
4.0
1992
62,537 59,348 3,189
5.1
1993
64,289 61,787 2,502
3.9
1994
66,380 64,039 2,341
3.5
1995
68,634 66,433 2,201
3.2
1996
71,144 68,919 2,225
3.1
ATLANTA MSA
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
1,092,889 1,125,784 1,161,195 1,189,5511,243,674 1,312,848 1,404,838 1,444,196 1,493,694 1,511,043 1,663,495 1,647,5711,695,867 1,772,905 1,850,302 1,886,980 1,973,246
1,033,070 1,062,610 1,084,463 1,113,3611,183,775 1,247,158 1,339,632 1,376,839 1,417,569 1,433,697 1,580,167 1,570,065 1,586,887 1,679,210 1,763,5011,805,507 1,898,149
59,819 63,174 76,732 76,190 59,899 65,690 65,206 67,357 76,125 77,346 83,328 77,506 108,980 93,695 86,801 81,473 75,097
5.5
5.6
6.6
6.4
4.8
5.0
4.6
4.7
5.1
5.1
5.0
4.7
6.4
5.3
4.7
4.3
3.8
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ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
AUGUSTA MSA
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
144,743 134,959
9,784 6.8
146,462 135,873 10,589
7.2
151,887 137,998 13,889
9.1
149,547 135,691 13,856
9.3
156,320 146,179 10,141
6.5
166,175 155,590 10,585
6.4
174,280 164,068 10,212
5.9
178,890 168,283 10,607
5.9
183,368 172,548 10,820
5.9
191,143 181,339
9,804 5.1
200,115 190,495
9,620 4.8
200,165 189,648 10,517
5.3
202,408 188,054 14,354
7.1
205,472 190,387 15,085
7.3
203,403 190,548 12,855
6.3
202,271 188,994 13,277
6.6
202,420 188,932 13,488
6.7
COLUMBUS MSA
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
90,940 84,183 6,757
7.4
1981
91,895 84,578 7,317
8.0
1982
91,732 83,085 8,647
9.4
1983
92,397 85,011 7,386
8.0
1984
95,316 88,549 6,767
7.1
1985
96,612 88,863 7,749
8.0
1986 1987 1988
99,487 92,087 7,400
7.4
100,360 94,007 6,353
6.3
100,550 93,830 6,720
6.7
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
99,589 93,965 5,624
5.6
109,262 101,970
7,292 6.7
107,496 101,433
6,063 5.6
108,954 100,911
8,043 7.4
111,114 103,681
7,433 6.7
112,956 106,086
6,870 6.1
114,113 107,271
6,842 6.0
116,729 110.741
5,988 5.1
MACON MSA
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
114,073 107,507
6,566 5.8
115,759 108,647
7,112 6.1
119,261 111,255
8,006 6.7
118,300 109,785
8,515 7.2
119,448 111,815
7,633 6.4
123,426 114,566
8,860 7.2
126,882 119,354
7,528 5.9
128,020 121,347
6,673 5.2
130,185 123,270
6,915 5.3
132,968 126,431
6,537 4.9
136,848 130,264
6,584 4.8
133,746 127,957
5,789 4.3
136,038 127,152
8,886 6.5
138,683 130,785
7,898 5.7
142,532 134,199
8,333 5.8
142,292 135,148
7,144 5.0
147,143 140,136
7,007 4.8
SAVANNAH MSA
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
94,271 88,196 6,075
6.4
1981
96,933 91,057 5,876
6.1
1982
99,857 92,327 7,530
7.5
1983
99,728 91,393 8,335
8.4
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
99,762 92,904 6,858
6.9
102,831 95,393 7,438
7.2
108,568 101,552
7,016 6.5
109,558 102,972
6,586 6.0
113,559 106,197
7,362 6.5
113,882 108,010
5,872 5.2
120,127 114,598
5,529 4.6
118,927 113,700
5,227 4.4
123,049 114,880
8,169 6.6
124,248 117,015
7,233 5.8
126,109 119,087
7,022 5.6
126,207 119,629
6,578 5.2
130,107 123,831
6,276 4.8
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
GA PART - COLUMBUS MSA
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
71,424 66,283 5,141
7.2
72,062 66,897 5,165
7.2
71,664 66.028 5,636
7.9
72,062 66,899 5,163
7.2
73,573 68,975 4,598
6.2
74,373 68,804 5,569
7.5
77,018 71,742 5,276
6.9
76,675 71,921 4,754
6.2
77,767 72,494 5,273
6.8
77,058 72,627 4,431
5.8
87,784 82,256 5,528
6.3
85,783 81,547 4,236
4.9
87,209 80,873 6,336
7.3
88,647 82,990 5,657
6.4
89,619 84,112 5,507
6.1
90,054 84,775 5,279
5.9
92,181 87,339 4,842
5.3
GA PART - AUGUSTA MSA
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
103,333 96.769 6,564
6.4
104,102 97,423 6,679
6.4
106,047 97,818 8,229
7.8
105,157 96,711 8,446
8.0
107,630 100,819
6,811 6.3
109.404 102,409
6,995 6.4
115,983 108,848
7,135 6.2
118,671 111,220
7,451 6.3
121,342 113,836
7,506 6.2
126,882 119,670
7,212 5.7
129,954 123,510
6,444 5.0
128,738 122,323
6,415 5.0
130,817 120,882
9,935 7.6
131,697 122,542
9,155 7.0
131,208 122,873
8,335 6.4
128,635 120,590
8,045 6.3
130,626 122,188
8,438 6.5
GA PART - CHATTANOOGA MSA
1980
49,006 44,876 4,130
8.4
1981
49,584 45,595 3,989
8.0
1982
49,013 44,615 4,398
9.0
1983
48,306 44,090 4,216
8.7
1984
47,720 44,315 3,405
7.1
1985
48,379 44,747 3,632
7.5
1986
50,267 47,148 3,119
6.2
1987
52,377 49,745 2,632
5.0
1988
54,113 51,068 3,045
5.6
1989
54,814 51,666 3,148
5.7
1990
56,177 52,982 3,195
5.7
1991 1992
56,350 53,235 3,115
5.5
57,650 53,406
t?44. . \4
1993
58,878 55,743 3,135
5.3
1994
59,938 56,909 3,029
5.1
1995 1996
60,052 #59,825
57,018 56,907
3,034 2,918
5.1
4.9
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
APPLING COUNTY
1980
6,552 6,068
484 7.4
1981
6,910 6,491
419 6.1
1982
7,563 7,024
539 7.1
1983
7,762 6,978
784 10.1
1984
7,950 7,400
550 6.9
1985
8,192 7,470
722 8.8
1986
8,173 7,537
636 7.8
1987
8,299 7,595
704 8.5
1988
7,880 7,216
664 8.4
1989
7,933 7,221
712 9.0
1990
7,504 6,595
909 12.1
1991
7,524 6,916
608 8.1
1992
7,848 6,849
999 12.7
1993
8,215 7,322
893 10.9
1994
8,450 7,748
702 8.3
1995
8,010 7,407
603 7.5
1996
8,299 7,520
779 9.4
ATKINSON COUNTY
1980
2,214 2,006
208 9.4
1981
2,495 2,297
198 7.9
1982
2,771 2,524
247 8.9
1983
3,251 2,943
308 9.5
1984
3,646 3,391
255 7.0
1985
3,890 3,532
358 9.2
1986
3,731 3,455
276 7.4
1987
3,843 3,630
213 5.5
1988
4,265 4,066
199 4.7
1989
4,230 3,989
241 5.7
1990
2,770 2,559
211 7.6
1991
2,486 2,336
150 6.0
1992
2,664 2,413
251 9.4
1993
2,829 2,599
230 8.1
1994
2,976 2,788
188 6.3
1995
3,146 2,930
216 6.9
1996
3,037 2,812
225 7.4
BACON COUNTY
1980
4,080 3,760
320 7.8
1981
3,847 3,587
260 6.8
1982
3,781 3,403
378 10.0
1983
3,691 3,255
436 11.8
1984
3,910 3,596
314 8.0
1985
4,074 3,723
351 8.6
1986
4,225 3,876
349 8.3
1987
4,607 4,288
319 6.9
1988
4,783 4,472
311 6.5
1989
4,405 4,170
235 5.3
1990
4,417 4,152
265 6.0
1991
4,360 4,089
271 6.2
1992
4,482 4,084
398 8.9
1993
4,492 4,150
342 7.6
1994
4,456 4,213
243 5.5
1995
4,509 4,301
208 4.6
1996
4,615 4,325
290 6.3
BAKER COUNTY
1980
1,594 1,520
74 4.6
1981
1.624 1,547
77 4.7
1982
1,780 1,645
135 7.6
1983
1,844 1,703
141 7.6
1984
1,832 1,721
111 6.1
1985
1,735 1,597
138 8.0
1986
1,524 1,392
132 8.7
1987
1,630 1,460
170 10.4
1988
1,662 1,532
130 7.8
1989
1,544 1,452
92 6.0
1990
1,582 1,499
83 5.2
1991
1,623 1,527
96 5.9
1992
1,468 1,191
277 18.9
1993
1,333 1,135
198 14.9
1994
1,517 1,346
171 11.3
1995
1,451 1,337
114 7.9
1996
1,400 1,301
99 7.1
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
BALDWIN COUNTY
1980
14,566 13,716
850 5.8
1981
15,236 14,453
783 5.1
1982
15,541 14,627
914 5.9
1983
15,858 15,006
852 5.4
1984
15,820 15,046
774 4.9
1985
16,033 15,147
886 5.5
1986
16,579 15,719
860 5.2
1987
16,645 15,608 1,037
6.2
1988
16,496 15,757
739 4.5
1989
16,722 16,003
719 4.3
1990
16,856 16,142
714 4.2
1991
16,570 15,942
628 3.8
1992
16,766 15,778
988 5.9
1993
16,989 16,223
766 4.5
1994
16,970 16,371
599 3.5
1995
17,168 16,487
681 4.0
1996
17,177 16,340
837 4.9
BANKS COUNTY
1980
4,254 3,983
271 6.4
1981
4,138 3,915
223 5.4
1982
4,168 3,888
280 6.7
1983
5,251 4,914
337 6.4
1984
5,173 4,949
224 4.3
1985
5,266 5,001
265 5.0
1986
5,223 4,988
235 4.5
1987
5,268 5,055
213 4.0
1988
5.480 5,211
269 4.9
1989
4,889 4,620
269 5.5
1990
5,593 5,291
302 5.4
1991
5,823 5,529
294 5.0
1992
5,841 5.477
364 6.2
1993
5,779 5,471
308 5.3
1994
5,830 5,587
243 4.2
1995
5,651 5,382
269 4.8
1996
5,694 5,416
278 4.9
BARROW COUNTY
1980
11,083 10,351
732 6.6
1981
11,479 10,625
854 7.4
1982
11,818 10,843
975 8.3
1983
12.191 11,257
934 7.7
1984
12,678 12,010
668 5.3
1985
12,514 11,449 1.065
8.5
1986
13,504 12,552
952 7.0
1987
13,327 12,515
812 6.1
1988
13,932 12,956
976 7.0
1989
14,285 13,104 1,181
8.3
1990
15,284 14,094 1,190
7.8
1991
15,020 14,118
902 6.0
1992
15,572 14,328 1,244
8.0
1993
16,306 15,236 1,070
6.6
1994
16,965 16,095
870 5.1
1995
17,549 16,574
975 5.6
1996
18,126 17,424
702 3.9
BARTOW COUNTY
1980
19,706 18,210 1,496
7.6
1981
19,837 18,025 1,812
9.1
1982
19,496 17,184 2,312
11.9
1983
19,184 17,126 2,058
10.7
1984
19,471 17,772 1,699
8.7
1985
19,967 18,001 1,966
9.8
1986
20.791 18,974 1,817
8.7
1987
21,440 19,882 1,558
7.3
1988
22,719 20,854 1.865
8.2
1989
24,483 22,485 1,998
8.2
1990
29,927 27,723 2,204
7.4
1991
29,621 27,652 1,969
6.6
1992
30,376 27,856 2,520
8.3
1993
31,032 28,901 2,131
6.9
1994
32,005 30,205 1,800
5.6
1995
33,043 31.031 2,012
6.1
1996
34.457 32,624 1,833
5.3
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
BEN HILL COUNTY
19BO
6,738 6,249
489 7.3
1981
6,852 6,306
546 8.0
1982
6,880 6,016
864 12.6
1983
7,051 6,421
630 8.9
1984
7,110 6,652
458 6.4
1985
7,310 6,732
578 7.9
1986
7,369 6,762
607 8.2
1987
7,131 6,582
549 7.7
1988
7,291 6,755
536 7.4
1989
7,551 7,077
474 6.3
1990
7,246 6,782
464 6.4
1991
7,065 6,673
392 5.5
1992
7,413 6,895
518 7.0
1993
7,925 7,350
575 7.3
1994
8,175 7,668
507 6.2
1995
8,285 7,854
431 5.2
1996
8,586 8,032
554 6.5
BERRIEN COUNTY
1980
6,155 5,823
332 5.4
1981
6,360 5,990
370 5.8
1982
6,230 5,667
563 9.0
1983
6,206 5,721
485 7.8
1984
6,486 6,132
354 5.5
1985
6,760 6,344
416 6.2
1986
7,231 6,843
388 5.4
1987
7,849 7,478
371 4.7
1988
8,089 7,707
382 4.7
1989
7,310 6,779
531 7.3
1990
6,963 6,450
513 7.4
1991
6,566 6,209
357 5.4
1992
6,507 6,005
502 7.7
1993
6,388 5,888
500 7.8
1994
6,393 6,005
388 6.1
1995
6,440 6,059
381 5.9
1996
6,690 6,344
346 5.2
BIBB COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
65,499 61,472 4,027
6.1
66,055 61,740 4,315
6.5
68,350 63,335 5,015
7.3
67,641 62,428 5,213
7.7
68,040 63,565 4,475
6.6
70,371 65,197 5,174
7.4
72,125 67,476 4,649
6.4
72,528 68,488 4,040
5.6
73,152 69,229 3,923
5.4
74,792 71,004 3,788
5.1
69,708 66,131 3,577
5.1
67,824 64,807 3,017
4.4
68,510 63,900 4,610
6.7
69.647 65,487 4,160
6.0
71,337 66,607 4,730
6.6
70,431 66,645 3,786
5.4
72,882 69,104 3,778
5.2
BLECKLEY COUNTY
1980
4,647 4,380
267 5.7
1981
4,701 4,437
264 5.6
1982
4,623 4,345
278 6.0
1983
4,473 4,185
288 6.4
1984
4,370 4,055
315 7.2
1985
4,534 4,192
342 7.5
1986
6,093 5,802
291 4.8
1987
6,369 6,137
232 3.6
1988
5,967 5,620
347 5.8
1989
6,090 5,842
248 4.1
1990
4,915 4,625
290 5.9
1991
4,775 4,566
209 4.4
1992
4,980 4,714
266 5.3
1993
4,933 4,698
235 4.8
1994
5,342 5,091
251 4.7
1995
5,492 5,258
234 4.3
1996
5,236 4,948
288 5.5
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
BRANTLEY COUNTY
1980
3,236 3,008
228 7.0
1981
3,254 2,989
265 8.1
1982
3,841 3,430
411 10.7
1983
3,609 3,143
466 12.9
1984
3,476 3,123
353 10.2
1985
4,016 3,593
423 10.5
1986
4,059 3,682
377 9.3
1987
4,110 3,745
365 8.9
1988
4,417 3,998
419 9.5
1989
4,513 4,109
404 9.0
1990
4,807 4,394
413 8.6
1991
4,595 4,263
332 7.2
1992
4,660 4,156
504 10.8
1993
5,000 4,567
433 8.7
1994
5,119 4,647
472 9.2
1995
4,873 4.457
416 8.5
1996
5,476 5,072
404 7.4
BROOKS COUNTY
1980
5,801 5,541
260 4.5
1981
6,156 5,922
234 3.8
1982
6,329 6,018
311 4.9
1983
6,493 6,150
343 5.3
1984
6,755 6,366
389 5.8
1985
6,567 6,166
401 6.1
1986
6,321 5,989
332 5.3
1987
6,327 6,013
314 5.0
1988
6,470 6,133
337 5.2
1989
6,928 6,612
316 4.6
1990
6,409 6,168
241 3.8
1991
6,360 6,149
211 3.3
1992
6,407 6,092
315 4.9
1993
6,544 6,247
297 4.5
1994
6,553 6,302
251 3.8
1995
6,710 6,448
262 3.9
1996
6,924 6,652
272 3.9
BRYAN COUNTY
1980
4,025 3,767
258 6.4
1981
3,699 3.491
208 5.6
1982
4,020 3,755
265 6.6
1983
4,161 3,848
313 7.5
1984
4,647 4,283
364 7.8
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
822 4,835 5,825 5,920 5,965 7,123 7,291 7,844 8,341 8,877 9,279 9,585
442 4,500 5,476 5,524 5,663 6,803 6,967 7,396 7,955 8,473 8,899 9,211
380
335
349
396
302
320
324
448
386
404
380
374
46.2
6.9
6.0
6.7
5.1
4.5
4.4
5.7
4.6
4.6
4.1
3.9
BULLOCH COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
15,807 14,893
914 5.8
16,802 15,897
905 5.4
17,038 15,934 1,104
6.5
16,734 15,561 1,173
7.0
16,882 15,944
938 5.6
17,046 16,064
982 5.8
16,132 15,280
852 5.3
17,157 16,381
776 4.5
17,687 16,894
793 4.5
18,551 17,915
636 3.4
19,678 18,631 1,047
5.3
19,916 19,089
827 4.2
20,368 19,378
990 4.9
20,468 19,746
722 3.5
21,291 20,610
681 3.2
22,531 21. 758
773 3.4
23,758 23,030
728 3.1
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
BURKE COUNTY
19BO
8,441 7,558
883 10.5
1981
9,857 9,061
796 8.1
1982
13,287 12,451
836 6.3
1983
12,861 11,984
877 6.8
1984
14,014 13,126
888 6.3
1985
14,366 13,384
982 6.8
1986
14,933 13,835 1,098
7.4
1987
11,457 10,231 1,226
10.7
198B
10,646. 9,528 1,118 10.5
1989
8,467 7,249 1,218 14.4
1990
8,696 7,745
951 10.9
1991
8,416 7,470
946 11.2
1992
8,435 7,105 1,330 15.8
1993
8,478 7,462 1,016 12.0
1994
8,557 7,506 1,051 12.3
1995
8,553 7,360 1,193 13.9
1996
8,992 7,550 1,442 16.0
BUTTS COUNTY
1980
6,672 6,093
579 8.7
1981
6,909 6,258
651 9.4
1982
7,061 6,318
743 10.5
1983
7,217 6,442
775 10.7
1984
7,292 6,692
600 8.2
1985
6,757 6,041
716 10.6
1986
7,024 6,438
586 8.3
1987
7,174 6,609
565 7.9
1988
7,358 6,819
539 7.3
1989
7,513 6,896
617 8.2
1990
6,489 6,047
442 6.8
1991
6,747 6,271
476 7.1
1992
6,760 6,107
653 9.7
1993
7,092 6,632
460 6.5
1994
7,224 6,851
373 5.2
1995
7,798 7,347
451 5.8
1996
8,228 7,755
473 5.7
CALHOUN COUNTY
1980
2,239 2,082
157 7.0
1981
2,354 2,173
181 7.7
1982
2,373 2,105
268 11.3
1983
2,295 2,021
274 11.9
1984
2,241 2,032
209 9.3
1985
2,259 1,991
268 11.9
1986
2,101 1,869
232 11.0
1987
2,001 1,806
195 9.7
1988
2,211 2,035
176 8.0
1989
1,995 1,848
147 7.4
1990
2,093 1,976
117 5.6
1991
2,077 1,942
135 6.5
1992
2,143 1,863
280 13.1
1993
2,072 1,779
293 14.1
1994
1,977 1,726
251 12.7
1995
2,218 2,042
176 7.9
1996
2,259 2,071
188 8.3
CAMDEN COUNTY
1980
5,638 5,353
285 5.1
1981
6,045 5,767
278 4.6
1982
6,845 6,509
336 4.9
1983
7,396 7,003
393 5.3
1984
7,755 7,355
400 5.2
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
8,731 8,269
462 5.3
10,239 9,707
532 5.2
10,887 10,365
522 4.8
11,365 10,583
782 6.9
12,331 11,666
665 5.4
11,606 10,980
626 5.4
13,555 13,054
501 3.7
14,197 13,372
825 5.8
15,007 14,368
639 4.3
15,162 14,530
632 4.2
14,916 14,329
587 3.9
15,345 14,668
677 4.4
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
CANDLER COUNTY
1980
3,122 2,969
153 4.9
1981
3,136 2,956
180 5.7
1982
3,160 2,917
243 7.7
1983
3,172 2,945
227 7.2
1984
3,136 2,908
228 7.3
1985
3,189 2,971
218 6.8
1986
3,094 2,906
188 6.1
1987
3,220 3,078
142 4.4
1988
3,456 3,251
205 5.9
1989
3,716 3,507
209 5.6
1990
3,502 3,324
178 5.1
1991
3,468 3,325
143 4.1
1992
3,560 3,332
228 6.4
1993
3,728 3,560
168 4.5
1994
3,700 3,468
232 6.3
1995
3,584 3,404
180 5.0
1996
3,770 3,602
168 4.5
CARROLL COUNTY
1980
25,803 23,695 2,108
8.2
1981
26,444 24,394 2,050
7.8
1982
27,388 24,940 2,448
8.9
1983
28,963 26,680 2,283
7.9
1984
29,000 27,228 1,772
6.1
1985
29,640 27,623 2,017
6.8
1986
29,637 27,755 1,882
6.4
1987
30,106 28,375 1.731
5.7
1988
30,943 29,018 1,925
6.2
1989
32,331 30,429 1,902
5.9
1990
36,854 34,553 2,301
6.2
1991
36,020 33,989 2,031
5.6
1992
36,517 33,862 2,655
7.3
1993
37,527 35,307 2,220
5.9
1994
38,474 36,656 1,818
4.7
1995
39,154 37,120 2,034
5.2
1996
41,098 39,025 2,073
5.0
CATOOSA COUNTY
1980
16,933 15.753 1,180
7.0
1981
17,568 16,276 1,292
7.4
1982
17,505 16,095 1,410
8.1
1983
17,384 16,016 1,368
7.9
1984
17,262 16,200 1,062
6.2
1985
18,720 17,599 1,121
6.0
1986
19,424 18,472
952 4.9
1987
20,396 19,604
792 3.9
1988
21,257 20,305
952 4.5
1989
21,527 20,542
985 4.6
1990
21,351 20,362
989 4.6
1991 1992
21,545 22,144 20,548 20,806
997 PJa
4.6 ,.' \,0
1993
23,013 21,945 1,068
4.6
1994
23,623 22,599 1,024
4.3
1995 1996
23,922 - 23,927
22,903 22,858
1,019 1,069
4.3
4.5
CHARLTON COUNTY
1980
2.799 2,586
213 7.6
1981
2,745 2,581
164 6.0
1982
2,750 2,535
215 7.8
1983
2,750 2,534
216 7.9
1984
2,770 2,552
218 7.9
1985
2,866 2,616
250 8.7
1986
3,021 2,794
227 7.5
1987
3,067 2,867
200 6.5
1988
2,927 2,686
241 8.2
1989
3,048 2,868
180 5.9
1990
3,553 3,379
174 4.9
1991
3,823 3,666
157 4.1
1992
3,748 3,497
251 6.7
1993
3,875 3,655
220 5.7
1994
3,849 3,632
217 5.6
1995
3,896 3,651
245 6.3
1996
4,010 3,738
272 6.8
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
CHATHAM COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
86,303 80,688 5,615
6.5
88,981 83,484 5,497
6.2
91,577 84,600 6,977
7.6
91,057 83,449 7,608
8.4
90,952 84,599 6,353
7.0
94,141 87,250 6,891
7.3
99,227 92,737 6,490
6.5
99,582 93,556 6,026
6.1
102,914 96,187 6,727
6.5
103,244 97,829 5,415
5.2
100,675 95,942 4,733
4.7
99,161 94,873 4,288
4.3
102,226 95,329 6,897
6.7
102,459 96,246 6,213
6.1
103,017 97,055 5,962
5.8
102,150 96,572 5,578
5.5
105,266 99,964 5,302
5.0
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY
1980
4,087 3,719
368 9.0
1981
3,322 3,019
303 9.1
1982
3,584 3,330
254 7.1
1983
3,530 3,299
231 6.5
1984
3,456 3,241
215 6.2
1985
1,660 1,430
230 13.9
1986
1,652 1,461
191 11.6
1987
1,429 1,242
187 13.1
1988
1,538 1,302
236 15.3
1989
1,541 1,304
237 15.4
1990
2,264 2,026
238 10.5
1991
1,970 1,822
148 7.5
1992
2,107 1,886
221 10.5
1993
2,049 1,874
175 8.5
1994
2,021 1,848
173 8.6
1995
2,054 1,903
151 7.4
1996
2,120 1,961
159 7.5
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
1980
9,949 8,886 1,063 10.7
1981
9,230 8,236
994 10.8
1982
9,515 8,067 1,448 15.2
1983
9,151 8,181
970 10.6
1984
8,935 7,986
949 10.6
1985
8,756 7,563 1,193 13.6
1986
8,896 8,102
794 8.9
1987
8,912 8,339
573 6.4
1988
9,108 8,298
810 8.9
1989
9,206 8,383
823 8.9
1990
10,741 9,937
804 7.5
1991
10,522 9,757
765 7.3
1992
11,298 10,338
960 8.5
1993
11,753 11,067
686 5.8
1994
11,771 11,159
612 5.2
1995
11,750 11,189
561 4.8
1996
12,104 11,575
529 4.4
CHEROKEE COUNTY
1980
26,455 25,222 1,233
4.7
1981
28,857 26,707 2,150
7.5
1982
29,973 27,978 1,995
6.7
1983
30,466 28,833 1,633
5.4
1984
32,487 31,298 1,189
3.7
1985
34,089 32,876 1,213
3.6
1986
37,949 36,654 1,295
3.4
1987
41,383 39,846 1,537
3.7
1988
44,777 42,513 2,264
5.1
1989
45,201 42,997 2,204
4.9
1990
51,236 49,083 2,153
4.2
1991
52,322 50,386 1,936
3.7
1992
55,119 52,225 2,894
5.3
1993
56,682 54,342 2,340
4.1
1994
60,342 58,300 2,042
3.4
1995
63,233 61,024 2,209
3.5
1996
65,941 64,155 1,786
2.7
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
CLARKE COUNTY
1980
35,753 33,657 2,096
5.9
1981
36,597 34,764 1,833
5.0
1982
36,786 34,688 2,098
5.7
1983
36,906 34,805 2,101
5.7
1984
37.199 35,278 1.921
5.2
1985
37,818 35,772 2,046
5.4
1986
39,318 37,337 1,981
5.0
1987
39,239 37,606 1,633
4.2
1988
39,943 38,146 1,797
4.5
1989
41,483 39,753 1,730
4.2
1990
43,508 40,936 2,572
5.9
1991
42,213 40,591 1.622
3.8
1992
41,709 39,676 2,033
4.9
1993
42,666 40,978 1,688
4.0
1994
43,988 42,351 1,637
3.7
1995
44,913 43,389 1.524
3.4
1996
46,500 45,013 1,487
3.2
CLAY COUNTY
1980
1,220 1,143
77 6.3
1981
1,201 1,132
69 5.7
1982
1,437 1,339
98 6.8
1983
1,505 1,405
100 6.6
1984
1,549 1,457
92 5.9
1985
1,337 1,234
103 7.7
1986
1,052 967 85 8.1
1987
1,037 965 72 6.9
1988
1,083 1,002
81 7.5
1989
1,140 1,064
76 6.7
1990
1,327 1,263
64 4.8
1991
1,380 1,326
54 3.9
1992
1,491 1,379
112 7.5
1993
1,459 1,347
112 7.7
1994
1,483 1,391
92 6.2
1995
1,488 1,379
109 7.3
1996
1,533 1,408
125 8.2
CLAYTON COUNTY
1980
76,800 72,579 4,221
5.5
1981
79,171 74,977 4,194
5.3
1982
81,879 76,442 5,437
6.6
1983
83,128 77,625 5,503
6.6
1984
84,856 81,006 3,850
4.5
1985
90,053 85,401 4,652
5.2
1986
94,494 90,319 4,175
4.4
1987
93,366 88,778 4,588
4.9
1988
95,498 90,441 5,057
5.3
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
97,001 91,470 5,531
5.7
103,123 97,517 5,606
5.4
101,556 95,773 5,783
5.7
103,371 95,818 7,553
7.3
106,626 100,062
6,564 6.2
109,965 103,814
6,151 5.6
110,691 105,105
5,586 5.0
115,661 110,498
5,163 4.5
CLINCH COUNTY
1980
2,855 2,693
162 5.7
1981
2,923 2,728
195 6.7
1982
2,835 2,555
280 9.9
1983
2,758 2,520
238 8.6
1984
2,821 2,643
178 6.3
1985
3,080 2,878
202 6.6
1986
3,041 2,826
215 7.1
1987
2,597 2,398
199 7.7
1988
2,418 2,205
213 8.8
1989
2,308 2,165
143 6.2
1990
2,579 2,447
132 5.1
1991
2,818 2,696
122 4.3
1992
3,094 2,895
199 6.4
1993
3,513 3,375
138 3.9
1994
3,782 3,636
146 3.9
1995
3,810 3,659
151 4.0
1996
3,991 3,808
183 4.6
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
COBB COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 19B5 1986 1987 1988 19B9 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
151,264 144,892
6,372 4.2
158,547 151,723
6,824 4.3
165,328 156,487
8,841 5.3
172,590 163,467
9,123 5.3
183,739 176,531
7,208 3.9
212,599 204,979
7,620 3.6
229,953 222,269
7,684 3.3
237,295 229,216
8,079 3.4
249,lOB 238,407 10,701
4.3
252,387 241,119 11,268
4.5
266,880 255,945 10,935
4.1
265,651 254,811 10,840
4.1
273,647 258,163 15,484
5.7
288,741 275,418 13,323
4.6
300.762 288,238 12,524
4.2
306,542 295,378 11.164
3.6
320,148 310,534
9,614 3.0
COFFEE COUNTY
1980
11,475 10,313 1.162
10.1
1981
11,424 10,477
947 8.3
1982
12,061 10,927 1,134
9.4
1983
12,220 11,034 1,186
9.7
1984
12,128 11,159
969 8.0
1985
12,635 11,484 1,151
9.1
1986
12,488 11,457 1,031
8.3
1987
13,088 12,232
856 6.5
1988
13,819 12,772 1,047
7.6
1989
14,610 13,628
982 6.7
1990
14,419 13,361 1,058
7.3
1991
14,455 13,711
744 5.1
1992
14,761 13,655 1,106
7.5
1993
15,406 14,337 1,069
6.9
1994
16,071 15,277
794 4.9
1995
16,406 15,409
997 6.1
1996
16,977 15,924 1,053
6.2
COLQUITT COUNTY
1980
15,956 14,814 1,142
7.2
1981
15,649 14,549 1,100
7.0
1982
15,691 14,251 1,440
9.2
1983
15,379 14,171 1,208
7.9
1984
16,038 14,944 1,094
6.8
1985
16,565 15,287 1,278
7.7
1986
16,233 14,958 1,275
7.9
1987
16,658 15,328 1,330
8.0
1988
16,824 15,730 1,094
6.5
1989
16,843 15,882
961 5.7
1990
16,658 15,777
881 5.3
1991
16,165 15,340
825 5.1
1992
16,421 15,298 1,123
6.8
1993
16,924 15,991
933 5.5
1994
16,848 15,963
885 5.3
1995
16,932 16,242
690 4.1
1996
17,758 16,897
861 4.8
COLUMBIA COUNTY
1980
18,411 17,523
888 4.8
1981
19,197 18,251
946 4.9
1982
19,596 18,527 1,069
5.5
1983
19,926 18,885 1,041
5.2
1984
21,360 20,540
820 3.8
1985
22,710 21,805
905 4.0
1986
24,827 23,904
923 3.7
1987
26,839 25,722 1,117
4.2
1988
28,539 27,407 1,132
4.0
1989
29,969 28,812 1,157
3.9
1990
34,742 33,577 1,165
3.4
1991
35,075 33,871 1,204
3.4
1992
35,316 33,531 1.785
5.1
1993
37,825 35,960 1,865
4.9
1994
38,671 37,043 1,628
4.2
1995
39,221 37,578 1,643
4.2
1996
39,720 38,075 1,645
4.1
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
COOK COUNTY
1980
5,908 5,493
415 7.0
1981
5,814 5,414
400 6.9
1982
5,884 5,381
503 8.5
1983
5,902 5,493
409 6.9
1984
5,978 5,597
381 6.4
1985
6,070 5,630
440 7.2
1986
5,907 5,516
391 6.6
1987
6,306 5,877
429 6.8
1988
6,395 6,001
394 6.2
1989
6,370 5,907
463 7.3
1990
6,369 5,957
412 6.5
1991
6,064 5,635
429 7.1
1992
6,500 6,014
486 7.5
1993
6,873 6,402
471 6.9
1994
7,055 6,710
345 4.9
1995
6,880 6,631
249 3.6
1996
7,258 6,975
283 3.9
COWETA COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
20,142 18,985 1,157
5.7
21,044 19,607 1,437
6.8
21,619 19,943 1,676
7.8
21,570 20,246 1,324
6.1
22,488 21,423 1,065
4.7
21,328 20,074 1,254
5.9
22,720 21,560 1,160
5.1
23,332 22,208 1,124
4.8
24,748 23,319 1,429
5.8
24,914 23,584 1,330
5.3
27,703 26,065 1,638
5.9
28,015 26,482 1,533
5.5
29,669 27,508 2,161
7.3
31,509 29,824 1,685
5.3
33,774 32,344 1,430
4.2
35,544 34,089 1,455
4.1
37,297 35,838 1,459
3.9
CRAWFORD COUNTY
1980
3,269 3,054
215 6.6
1981
2,952 2,672
280 9.5
1982
2,911 2,641
270 9.3
1983
3,026 2,792
234 7.7
1984
3,252 3,020
232 7.1
1985
3,251 2,985
266 8.2
1986
3,503 3,266
237 6.8
1987
3,637 3,423
214 5.9
1988
3,813 3,555
258 6.8
1989
3,656 3,380
276 7.5
1990
4,299 4,006
293 6.8
1991
3,996 3,713
283 7.1
1992
4,632 4,253
379 8.2
1993
4,896 4,564
332 6.8
1994
5,041 4,768
273 5.4
1995
5,244 4,983
261 5.0
1996
5,652 5,378
274 4.8
CRISP COUNTY
1980
8,448 7,706
742 8.8
1981
8,507 7,691
816 9.6
1982
8,458 7,397 1,061 12.5
1983
8,256 7,327
929 11.3
1984
8,339 7,554
785 9.4
1985
8,863 7,917
946 10.7
1986
9,061 8,137
924 10.2
1987
9,220 8,510
710 7.7
1988
9,420 8,720
700 7.4
1989
9,569 8,928
641 6.7
1990
8,701 8,091
610 7.0
1991
8,617 8,074
543 6.3
1992
8,931 8,098
833 9.3
1993
9,086 8,452
634 7.0
1994
9,423 8,876
547 5.8
1995
9,734 9,224
510 5.2
1996
9,924 9,228
696 7.0
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ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
DADE COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
5,587 5,202
385 6.9
1981
5,631 5,239
392 7.0
1982
5,537 5,030
507 9.2
1983
5,302 4,839
463 8.7
1984
5,226 4,884
342 6.5
1985
5,007 4,603
404 8.1
1986
5,212 4,871
341 6.5
1987
5,462 5,135
327 6.0
1988
5.575 5.158
417 7.5
1989
5,570 5,218
352 6.3
1990
6,260 5,885
375 6.0
1991
6,239 5,903
336 5.4
1992
6,299 5,876
423 6.7
1993
6,483 6,149
334 5.2
1994
6.701 6,350
351 5.2
1995
6,660 6,336
324 4.9
1996
6,645 6,324
321 4.8
DAWSON COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
2,468 2,256
212 8.6
1981
2,291 2,089
202 8.8
1982
2,270 2,039
231 10.2
1983
2,388 2,196
192 8.0
1984
2.498 2,337
161 6.4
1985
2.780 2,613
167 6.0
1986
2,269 2,094
175 7.7
1987
2,385 2,218
167 7.0
1988
2,677 2,482
195 7.3
1989
3,164 2,925
239 7.6
1990
5,252 4,983
269 5.1
1991
5,878 5,611
267 4.5
1992
6,214 5,835
379 6.1
1993
6.733 6,408
325 4.8
1994
7,133 6,847
286 4.0
1995
8,115 7,797
318 3.9
1996
8,817 8,528
289 3.3
DECATUR COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
11,060 10,234
826 7.5
1981
11,487 10,796
691 6.0
1982
10,970 9,940 1.030
9.4
1983
11,245 10,274
971 8.6
1984
11,421 10.722
699 6.1
1985
11,207 10,392
815 7.3
1986
11,050 10,334
716 6.5
1987
10,655 10,001
654 6.1
1988
11,401 10.739
662 5.8
1989
11,488 10,847
641 5.6
1990
11,051 10,562
489 4.4
1991
10,973 10,260
713 6.5
1992
10,979 9,837 1,142 10.4
1993
10,869 9,958
911 8.4
1994
11,354 10,318 1,036
9.1
1995
11,469 10.707
762 6.6
1996
11,536 10,965
571 4.9
DEKALB COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
244,251 231,866 12,385
5.1
247,430 235,034 12,396
5.0
251,695 237,020 14,675
5.8
253,888 238,237 15,651
6.2
261.281 249,247 12,034
4.6
294,977 281.738 13,239
4.5
313,086 299,291 13,795
4.4
316,011 301,652 14,359
4.5
320.738 304.792 15,946
5.0
324,347 308,259 16,088
5.0
318.189 302,293 15,896
5.0
311.060 296,697 14,363
4.6
316,365 295,407 20,958
6.6
325,790 307,186 18,604
5.7
334,826 316,767 18,059
5.4
334,112 317,806 16,306
4.9
349.320 334,113 15,207
4.4
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
DODGE COUNTY
1980
6,822 6,364
458 6.7
1981
6,775 6,321
454 6.7
1982
6,673 6,031
642 9.6
1983
6,514 5,863
651 10.0
1984
6,064 5,447
617 10.2
1985
6,067 5,147
920 15.2
1986
5,728 5,144
584 10.2
1987
5,743 5,294
449 7.8
1988
6,150 5,574
576 9.4
1989
6,538 6,104
434 6.6
1990
7,639 7,174
465 6.1
1991
8,065 7,633
432 5.4
1992
8,469 7,832
637 7.5
1993
8,786 8,226
560 6.4
1994
9,224 8,747
477 5.2
1995
9,548 9,027
521 5.5
1996
9,146 8,313
833 9.1
DOOLY COUNTY
1980
4,388 4,062
326 7.4
1981
4,481 4,168
313 7.0
1982
4,529 4,070
459 10.1
1983
4,403 4,039
364 8.3
1984
4,392 4,045
347 7.9
1985
4,453 4,036
417 9.4
1986
4,217 3,818
399 9.5
1987
4,251 3,963
288 6.8
1988
4,456 4,147
309 6.9
1989
4,540 4,286
254 5.6
1990
3,983 3,733
250 6.3
1991 1992
3,920 3,648
272 6.9
4,063 3,719 344 8.5
1993
4,272 3,967
305 7.1
1994
4,400 4,072
328 7.5
1995
4,584 4,272
312 6.8
1996
4,659 4,274
385 8.3
DOUGHERTY COUNTY
1980
45,153 41,662 3,491
7.7
1981
46,360 42,671 3,689
8.0
1982
46,680 42,366 4,314
9.2
1983
46,101 41,425 4,676
10.1
1984
47,033 42,992 4,041
8.6
1985
48,267 43,867 4,400
9.1
1986
49,474 43,844 5,630
11.4
1987
47,866 43,176 4,690
9.8
1988
46,412 41,914 4,498
9.7
1989
46,112 42,484 3,628
7.9
1990
42,709 39,373 3,336
7.8
1991 1992
41,881 42,912 39,115 38,466 2,766 .4,.446
6.6 .,1\4
1993
43,570 39,577 3,993
9.2
1994
45,290 40,943 4,347
9.6
1995 1996
43,927 ,.. 45,548
41,011 42,608
2,916 2,940
6.6
6.5
DOUGLAS COUNTY
1980
27,834 26,520 1,314
4.7
1981
28,739 27,431 1,308
4.6
1982
30,355 28,511 1,844
6.1
1983
31,410 29,642 1,768
5.6
1984
32,978 31,622 1,356
4.1
1985
32,299 30,807 1,492
4.6
1986
34,568 33,223 1,345
3.9
1987
35,655 34,063 1,592
4.5
1988
37,197 35,425 1,772
4.8
1989
37,642 35,828 1,814
4.8
1990
39,746 37,860 1,886
4.7
1991
39,400 37,566 1,834
4.7
1992
40,384 37,901 2,483
6.1
1993
42,015 40,076 1,939
4.6
1994
43,917 42,168 1,749
4.0
1995
44,670 43,074 1,596
3.6
1996
46,766 45,284 1,482
3.2
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
EARLY COUNTY
1980
5,384 5,097
287 5.3
1981
5,528 5,175
353 6.4
1982
5,685 5,114
571 10.0
1983
5,475 4,962
513 9.4
1984
5,480 5,023
457 8.3
1985
5,558 4,962
596 10.7
1986
5,068 4,584
484 9.6
1987
5,066 4,675
391 7.7
1988
5,206 4,805
401 7.7
1989
5,326 4,998
328 6.2
1990
5,136 4,817
319 6.2
1991
5,225 4,873
352 6.7
1992
5,352 4,754
598 11.2
1993
5,143 4,648
495 9.6
1994
5,062 4,588
474 9.4
1995
4,900 4,504
396 8.1
1996
4,856 4,490
366 7.5
ECHOLS COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
865
904
791
650 1,195 1.105 1,046
742
799
721 1,041
997
995 1,013
983 1,029 1,058
808
850
701
571 1,115 1,041
988
682
733
670
989
962
940
938
929
993 1,024
57
54
90
79
80
64
58
60
66
51
52
35
55
75
54
36
34
6.6
6.0 11.4 12.2
6.7
5.8
5.5
8.1
8.3
7.1
5.0
3.5
5.5
7.4
5.5
3.5
3.2
EFFINGHAM COUNTY
1980
7,968 7,508
460 5.8
1981
7,952 7,573
379 4.8
1982
8,280 7,726
554 6.7
1983
8,671 7,944
727 8.4
1984
8,810 8,305
505 5.7
1985
8,691 8,144
547 6.3
1986
9,342 8,816
526 5.6
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9,976 9,416
560 5.6
10,645 10,010
635 6.0
10,638 10,181
457 4.3
12,329 11,853
476 3.9
12,476 11,861
615 4.9
12,978 12,154
824 6.3
13,448 12,814
634 4.7
14,215 13,559
656 4.6
14,779 14,158
621 4.2
15,256 14,655
601 3.9
ELBERT COUNTY
1980
8,960 8,162
798 8.9
1981
8,821 8,112
709 8.0
1982
9,093 7,955 1,138 12.5
1983
8,928 7,933
995 11.1
1984
8,806 7,951
855 9.7
1985
8,659 7,716
943 10.9
1986
8,538 7,780
758 8.9
1987
8,473 7,821
652 7.7
1988
8,620 7,955
665 7.7
1989
8,777 8,137
640 7.3
1990
8,982 8,236
746 8.3
1991
8,702 8,103
599 6.9
1992
8,885 7,763 1,122 12.6
1993
8,511 7,705
806 9.5
1994
8,360 7,721
639 7.6
1995
8,556 7,858
698 8.2
1996
8,750 7,918
832 9.5
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
EMANUEL COUNTY
1980
8,445 7,796
649 7.7
1981
8,383 7,600
783 9.3
1982
8,414 7,559
855 10.2
1983
8,182 7,344
838 10.2
1984
8,163 7,429
734 9.0
1985
8,435 7,652
783 9.3
1986
8,324 7,509
815 9.8
1987
8,656 8,026
630 7.3
1988
9,010 8,228
782 8.7
1989
9,490 8,843
647 6.8
1990
8,925 8,091
834 9.3
1991
8,747 7,923
824 9.4
1992
8,602 7,582 1,020 11.9
1993
8,523 7,632
891 10.5
1994
8,486 7,701
785 9.3
1995
8,661 7,735
926 10.7
1996
8,917 8,066
851 9.5
EVANS COUNTY
1980
3,711 3,500
211 5.7
1981
3,846 3,613
233 6.1
1982
3,954 3,640
314 7.9
1983
3,796 3,474
322 8.5
1984
3,764 3,351
413 11.0
1985
3,908 3,577
331 8.5
1986
3,577 3,310
267 7.5
1987
3,893 3,679
214 5.5
1988
4,266 4,048
218 5.1
1989
4,332 4,143
189 4.4
1990
3,886 3,724
162 4.2
1991
3,913 3,732
181 4.6
1992
3,998 3,703
295 7.4
1993
4,340 3,947
393 9.1
1994
4,448 4,044
404 9.1
1995
4,399 4,151
248 5.6
1996
4,633 4,410
223 4.8
FANNIN COUNTY
1980
5,693 5,056
637 11.2
1981
5,324 4,720
604 11.3
1982
5,046 4,400
646 12.8
1983
5,411 4,798
613 11.3
1984
5,783 5,238
545 9.4
1985
5,829 5,327
502 8.6
1986
5,848 5,410
438 7.5
1987
6,394 5,918
476 7.4
1988
6,998 6,293
705 10.1
1989
7,002 6,407
595 8.5
1990
6,980 6,431
549 7.9
1991
7,133 6,625
508 7.1
1992
7,738 7,086
652 8.4
1993
7,905 7,301
604 7.6
1994
7,987 7,527
460 5.8
1995
7,898 7,407
491 6.2
1996
8,216 7,658
558 6.8
FAYETTE COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
14,871 14,323
548 3.7
15,983 15,406
577 3.6
17,291 16,458
833 4.8
18,292 17,462
830 4.5
20,289 19,685
604 3.0
22,005 21,286
719 3.3
24,948 24,310
638 2.6
27,222 26,476
746 2.7
29,345 28,550
795 2.7
29,843 28,875
968 3.2
33,528 32,417 1,111
3.3
34,164 32,890 1,274
3.7
35,493 33,986 1,507
4.2
37,650 36,421 1,229
3.3
39,909 38,769 1,140
2.9
41,068 40,021 1,047
2.5
43,087 42,075 1.012
2.3
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ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
FLOYD COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
38,308 35,154 3,154
8.2
38,799 35,678 3,121
8.0
38,806 34,404 4,402
11.3
37,211 33,433 3,778
10.2
37,108 34,356 2,752
7.4
37,829 34,660 3,169
8.4
38,673 36,067 2,606
6.7
39,797 37,373 2,424
6.1
40,799 38,065 2,734
6.7
40,281 37,721 2,560
6.4
42,368 39,067 3,301
7.8
41,925 39,525 2,400
5.7
42,904 39,818 3,086
7.2
44,252 41,403 2,849
6.4
45,390 43,142 2,248
5.0
44,396 41,983 2,413
5.4
44,548 42,227 2,321
5.2
FORSYTH COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
14,402 13,610
792 5.5
1981
15,034 14,198
836 5.6
1982
15,760 14,764
996 6.3
1983
16,183 15,301
882 5.5
1984
17,169 16,524
645 3.8
1985
17,864 17,176
688 3.9
1986
19,528 18,802
726 3.7
1987
20,572 19,758
814 4.0
1988
22,098 21,051 1,047
4.7
1989
22,279 21,290
989 4.4
1990
24,871 23,728 1,143
4.6
1991
25,249 24,135 1,114
4.4
1992
26,630 25,157 1,473
5.5
1993
28,372 27,293 1,079
3.8
1994
31,088 30,119
969 3.1
1995
33,744 32,717 1,027
3.0
1996
35,185 34,396
789 2.2
FRANKL! N COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980
7,166 6,643
523 7.3
1981
7,325 6,799
526 7.2
1982
7,488 6,780
708 9.5
1983
7,593 6,975
618 8.1
1984
7,722 7,182
540 7.0
1985
8,055 7,474
581 7.2
1986
8,578 7,934
644 7.5
1987
8,738 8,254
484 5.5
1988
9,439 8,936
503 5.3
1989
9,269 8,666
603 6.5
1990
8,292 7,622
670 8.1
1991
8,044 7,530
514 6.4
1992
8,389 7,595
794 9.5
1993
8,911 8,342
569 6.4
1994
8,857 8,411
446 5.0
1995
9,326 8,809
517 5.5
1996
9,735 9,153
582 6.0
FULTON COUNTY
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
303,658 283,238 20,420
6.7
308,551 287,423 21,128
6.8
312,827 288,477 24,350
7.8
316,088 292,289 23,799
7.5
325,231 305,600 19,631
6.0
310,285 289,019 21,266
6.9
321,784 300,739 21,045
6.5
326,239 305,658 20,581
6.3
327,399 306,294 21,105
6.4
330,162 309,779 20,383
6.2
341,032 321,756 19,276
5.7
332,290 314,774 17,516
5.3
339,219 314,004 25,215
7.4
350,687 328,405 22,282
6.4
361,995 341,172 20,823
5.8
363,658 343,851 19,807
5.4
380,214 361,494 18,720
4.9
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
GILMER COUNTY
1980
4,827 4,333
494 10.2
1981
5,046 4,676
370 7.3
1982
5,046 4,513
533 10.6
1983
4,631 4,171
460 9.9
1984
4,540 4,148
392 8.6
1985
5,044 4,612
432 8.6
1986
5,583 5,194
389 7.0
1987
5,860 5,536
324 5.5
1988
6,271 5,882
389 6.2
1989
6,497 6,025
472 7.3
1990
6,658 6,161
497 7.5
1991
6,485 6,024
461 7.1
1992
6,522 5,879
643 9.9
1993
6,662 6,155
507 7.6
1994
6,837 6,455
382 5.6
1995
7,144 6,686
458 6.4
1996
7,918 7,423
495 6.3
GLASCOCK COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
1,072 1,024 1,021
994 1,146 1,144 1,095 1,137 1,164 1,136 1,123 1,199 1,218 1,154
996
962
996
964
944
923
926 1,056 1.063 1,021 1,073 1,094 1,071 1,056 1,132 1,144 1,082
942
918
906
108
80
98
68
90
81
74
64
70
65
67
67
74
72
54
44
90
10.1
7.8
9.6
6.8
7.9
7.1
6.8
5.6
6.0
5.7
6.0
5.6
6.1
6.2
5.4
4.6
9.0
GLYNN COUNTY
1980
26,360 25,015 1,345
5.1
1981
26,206 24,764 1,442
5.5
1982
26,376 24,415 1,961
7.4
1983
26,347 24,231 2,116
8.0
1984
26,657 24,980 1,677
6.3
1985
28,355 26,563 1. 792
6.3
1986
29,395 27,803 1,592
5.4
1987
30,016 28,517 1,499
5.0
1988
31,010 29,441 1,569
5.1
1989
31,541 30,058 1,483
4.7
1990
30,609 29,266 1,343
4.4
1991
30,496 29,268 1,228
4.0
1992
31,182 29,506 1,676
5.4
1993
31,731 30,333 1,398
4.4
1994
32,250 30,872 1,378
4.3
1995
32,814 31,621 1,193
3.6
1996
33,200 32,104 1,096
3.3
GORDON COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
14,785 13,290 1,495
10.1
15,227 13,889 1,338
8.8
15,328 13,573 1,755
11.4
15,770 14,341 1,429
9.1
16,944 15,672 1,272
7.5
18,040 16,447 1.593
8.8
18,864 17,535 1,329
7.0
19,858 18,751 1,107
5.6
21,242 20,008 1,234
5.8
22,206 20,818 1,388
6.3
19,042 17,553 1,489
7.8
18,280 16,993 1,287
7.0
19,106 17,528 1,578
8.3
19,735 18,431 1,304
6.6
20,405 19,243 1,162
5.7
20,640 19,374 1,266
6.1
20,760 19,657 1,103
5.3
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Emp1oyment . Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
GRADY COUNTY
1980
9,173 8,650
523 5.7
1981
9,115 8,635
480 5.3
1982
9,229 8,591
638 6.9
1983
9,255 8,576
679 7.3
1984 1985
9,448 8,871
577 6.1
10,243 9,479
764 7.5
1986
9,785 9,152
633 6.5
1987 1988 1989
9,732 9,083
649 6.7
10,062 9,456
606 6.0
10,392 9,815
577 5.6
1990
9,420 8,946
474 5.0
1991
9,181 8,697
484 5.3
1992
9,661 8,892
769 8.0
1993
9,690 8,960
730 7.5
1994
9,709 9,121
588 6.1
1995
9,514 9,019
495 5.2
1996
9,596 9,122
474 4.9
GREENE COUNTY
1980
4,684 4,372
312 6.7
1981
4,556 4,183
373 8.2
1982
4,588 4,110
478 10.4
1983
5,059 4,666
393 7.8
1984
5,039 4,648
391 7.8
1985
5,126 4,569
557 10.9
1986
5,217 4,803
414 7.9
1987
5,276 4,840
436 8.3
1988
5,312 4,947
365 6.9
1989
5,642 5,265
377 6.7
1990
5,218 4,857
361 6.9
1991
5,167 4,773
394 7.6
1992
5,153 4,626
527 10.2
1993
5,074 4,525
549 10.8
1994
5,106 4,666
440 8.6
1995
5,156 4,739
417 8.1
1996
5,090 4,701
389 7.6
GWINNETT COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
86,327 82,430 3,897
4.5
90,993 86,977 4,016
4.4
97,548 92,455 5,093
5.2
107,045 101,665
5,380 5.0
118,787 114,802
3,985 3.4
139,794 135,273
4,521 3.2
158,415 153,325
5,090 3.2
171,710 165,675
6,035 3.5
183,978 177,352
6,626 3.6
186,727 179,370
7,357 3.9
215,421 206,412
9,009 4.2
217,075 208,837
8,238 3.8
227,764 215,713 12,051
5.3
244,024 233,831 10,193
4.2
260,286 250,549
9,737 3.7
270,536 261.951
8,585 3.2
283,359 275,392
7,967 2.8
HABERSHAM COUNTY
1980
11,512 10,554
958 8.3
1981
11,448 10,568
880 7.7
1982
11,461 10,509
952 8.3
1983
11,516 10,723
793 6.9
1984
11,429 10,753
676 5.9
1985
11,716 10,999
717 6.1
1986
11,829 11,104
725 6.1
1987
12,070 11,570
500 4.1
1988
13,244 12,563
681 5.1
1989
13,391 12,711
680 5.1
1990
14,129 13,387
742 5.3
1991
13,971 13,294
677 4.8
1992
14,130 13,379
751 5.3
1993
14,339 13,710
629 4.4
1994
14,300 13,680
620 4.3
1995
14,504 13,913
591 4.1
1996
14,691 13,964
727 4.9
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
HALL COUNTY
1980
38,260 35.794 2,466
6.4
1981
39,010 36,510 2,500
6.4
1982
40,220 36,655 3,565
8.9
1983
40,025 36,766 3,259
8.1
1984
42,010 39,689 2,321
5.5
1985
43,851 41,249 2,602
5.9
1986
43,041 40,577 2,464
5.7
1987
44,248 42,082 2,166
4.9
1988
47,279 44,921 2,358
5.0
1989
48,548 45,973 2,575
5.3
1990
52.773 49,822 2,951
5.6
1991
52,720 50,183 2,537
4.8
1992
55,133 51,798 3,335
6.0
1993
58,734 56,110 2,624
4.5
1994
62,551 60,215 2,336
3.7
1995
63,315 61,040 2,275
3.6
1996
64,269 62,170 2,099
3.3
HANCOCK COUNTY
1980
3,455 3,127
328 9.5
1981
3,660 3,338
322 8.8
1982
3,611 3,259
352 9.7
1983
3,546 3,270
276 7.8
1984
3,633 3,366
267 7.3
1985
3,713 3,371
342 9.2
1986
3,591 3,284
307 8.5
1987
3,662 3,322
340 9.3
1988
3,714 3,456
258 6.9
1989
3,828 3,595
233 6.1
1990
3,637 3,401
236 6.5
1991
3,620 3,286
334 9.2
1992
3,547 3,113
434 12.2
1993
3,882 3,528
354 9.1
1994
3,901 3,640
261 6.7
1995
3,961 3,690
271 6.8
1996
3,999 3.401
598 15.0
HARALSON COUNTY
1980
8,445 7,858
587 7.0
1981
8,588 7,887
701 8.2
1982
9,110 8,046 1,064 11. 7
1983
8,615 7,822
793 9.2
1984
8,748 8,135
613 7.0
1985
8,829 8,003
826 9.4
1986
8,658 7,977
681 7.9
1987
8,453 7,895
558 6.6
1988
8,719 8,094
625 7.2
1989 1990
8,503 7,855
648 7.6
10,446 9,708
738 7.1
1991 1992
9,695 8,763
932 9.6
9,494 8,279 1;?15, , 12,.8
1993
9,147 8,278
869 9.5
1994
9,311 8,741
570 6.1
1995 1996
9,167 ~ 9,289
8,446 8,549
721
740
7.9
8.0
HARRIS COUNTY
1980
7,178 6.786
392 5.5
1981
7,136 6.720
416 5.8
1982
6,879 6,273
606 8.8
1983
6,806 6,260
546 8.0
1984
7,742 7,258
484 6.3
1985
9,327 8,788
539 5.8
1986
9,080 8,562
518 5.7
1987
9,133 8,688
445 4.9
1988
9,714 9,238
476 4.9
1989
9,633 9,189
444 4.6
1990
8.703 8,250
453 5.2
1991
8,605 8,195
410 4.8
1992
8,529 8,015
514 6.0
1993
8,966 8,559
407 4.5
1994
9,342 8,975
367 3.9
1995 1996
9,873 9,424
449 4.5
10,048 9,709
339 3.4
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
HART COUNTY
1980
8,343 7,670
673 8.1
1981
8,130 7,587
543 6.7
1982
8,532 7,724
808 9.5
1983
8,445 7,749
696 8.2
1984
8,807 8,269
538 6.1
1985
9,447 8,786
661 7.0
1986
9,645 9,086
559 5.8
1987 1988 1989
9,833 9,392
441 4.5
10,602 10,109
493 4.7
11,204 10,662
542 4.8
1990
9,764 9,150
614 6.3
1991
9,349 8,821
528 5.6
1992
9,343 8,488
855 9.2
1993
9,080 8,427
653 7.2
1994
8,656 8,121
535 6.2
1995
8,508 7,724
784 9.2
1996
8,378 7,742
636 7.6
HEARD COUNTY
1980
2,892 2,687
205 7.1
1981
2,965 2,787
178 6.0
1982
3,060 2,750
310 10.1
1983
2,958 2,715
243 8.2
1984
2,995 2,794
201 6.7
1985
3,159 2,853
306 9.7
1986
3,193 2,951
242 7.6
1987
3,188 2,981
207 6.5
1988
3,174 2,960
214 6.7
1989
3,222 3,018
204 6.3
1990
3,976 3,767
209 5.3
1991
3,963 3,678
285 7.2
1992
4,066 3,685
381 9.4
1993
3,996 3,699
297 7.4
1994
3,868 3,603
265 6.9
1995
3,669 3,453
216 5.9
1996
3,522 3,228
294 8.3
HENRY COUNTY
1980
18,618 17,645
973 5.2
1981
19,251 18,255
996 5.2
1982
20,185 18,830 1,355
6.7
1983
20,826 19,486 1,340
6.4
1984
21,877 21,043
834 3.8
1985
22,383 21,279 1,104
4.9
1986
24,058 23,054 1,004
4.2
1987
25,585 24,508 1,077
4.2
1988
27,620 26,353 1,267
4.6
1989
28,033 26,652 1,381
4.9
1990
32,405 30,899 1,506
4.6
1991
33,311 31,770 1,541
4.6
1992
35,134 33,229 1,905
5.4
1993
38,438 36,848 1,590
4.1
1994
42,180 40,606 1,574
3.7
1995
44,710 43,191 1,519
3.4
1996
46,795 45,408 1,387
3.0
HOUSTON COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
33,066 31,410 1,656
5.0
34,282 32,315 1,967
5.7
34,791 32,863 1,928
5.5
34,728 32,598 2,130
6.1
35,249 33,037 2,212
6.3
36,425 34,075 2,350
6.5
37,529 35,710 1,819
4.8
38,043 36,337 1,706
4.5
39,091 37,075 2,016
5.2
39,835 38,025 1,810
4.5
42,931 41,185 1,746
4.1
42,358 40,762 1,596
3.8
43,511 40,909 2,602
6.0
44,662 42,439 2,223
5.0
46,225 44,120 2,105
4.6
46,631 44,709 1,922
4.1
48,178 46,359 1,819
3.8
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
IRWIN COUNTY
1980
3,685 3,481
204 5.5
1981
3,779 3,545
234 6.2
1982
4,103 3,765
338 8.2
1983
4,324 4,036
288 6.7
1984
4,650 4,401
249 5.4
1985
5,655 5,383
272 4.8
1986
4,400 4,102
298 6.8
1987
3,985 3,766
219 5.5
1988
4,568 4,326
242 5.3
1989
3,535 3,252
283 8.0
1990
3,900 3,668
232 5.9
1991
3,709 3,534
175 4.7
1992
3,859 3,630
229 5.9
1993
4,074 3,831
243 6.0
1994
4,118 3,921
197 4.8
1995
4,228 4,038
190 4.5
1996
4,347 4,129
218 5.0
JACKSON COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
12,219 11,506
713 5.8
12,705 11,934
771 6.1
12,943 11,973
970 7.5
13,036 12,053
983 7.5
13,049 12,417
632 4.8
13,587 12,710
877 6.5
14,120 13,314
806 5.7
14,865 14,061
804 5.4
15,351 14,649
702 4.6
16,033 15,265
768 4.8
15,120 14,152
968 6.4
15,155 14,243
912 6.0
15,447 14,282 1,165
7.5
16,534 15,685
849 5.1
18,044 17,269
775 4.3
19,508 18,568
940 4.8
20,045 19,208
837 4.2
JASPER COUNTY
1980
3,048 2,894
154 5.1
1981
2,987 2,791
196 6.6
1982
3,111 2,852
259 8.3
1983
3,132 2,841
291 9.3
1984
3,132 2,936
196 6.3
1985
3,146 2,843
303 9.6
1986
3,063 2,841
222 7.2
1987
3,124 2,925
199 6.4
1988
2,725 2,523
202 7.4
1989
2,670 2,482
188 7.0
1990
3,850 3,620
230 6.0
1991
3.797 3,499
298 7.8
1992
3,774 3,434
340 9.0
1993
3,814 3,519
295 7.7
1994
4,101 3,912
189 4.6
1995
4,292 4,091
201 4.7
1996
4,588 4,271
317 6.9
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
1980
5,335 4,984
351 6.6
1981
5,568 5,252
316 5.7
1982
5,698 5,337
361 6.3
1983
5,764 5,328
436 7.6
1984
5,835 5,517
318 5.4
1985
5,953 5,540
413 6.9
1986
5,872 5,534
338 5.8
1987
5,733 5,421
312 5.4
1988
6,067 5,722
345 5.7
1989
6,020 5,763
257 4.3
1990
5,877 5,491
386 6.6
1991
5,753 5,350
403 7.0
1992
5.791 5,259
532 9.2
1993
5,609 5,145
464 8.3
1994
5,681 5,284
397 7.0
1995
5,655 5,309
346 6.1
1996
5,662 5,211
451 8.0
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
JEFFERSON COUNTY
1980
7,265 6,597
668 9.2
1981
7,152 6,561
591 8.3
1982
7,282 6,407
875 12.0
1983
7,127 6,468
659 9.2
1984
7,558 6,956
602 8.0
1985
7,732 7,058
674 8.7
1986
7,342 6,630
712 9.7
1987
7,555 6,999
556 7.4
1988
7,799 7,146
653 8.4
1989
7,703 6,926
777 10.1
1990
7,510 6,897
613 8.2
1991
7,530 7,029
501 6.7
1992
7,606 6,948
658 8.7
1993
7,826 7,234
592 7.6
1994
7,778 7,217
561 7.2
1995
8,066 7,154
912 11.3
1996
8,087 7,004 1,083 13.4
JENKINS COUNTY
1980
3,458 3,265
193 5.6
1981
3,546 3,268
278 7.8
1982
3,525 3,147
378 10.7
1983
3,474 3,143
331 9.5
1984
3,619 3,320
299 8.3
1985
3,625 3,283
342 9.4
1986
3,158 2,768
390 12.3
1987
3,240 2,965
275 8.5
1988
3,484 3,207
277 8.0
1989
3,454 3,199
255 7.4
1990
3,571 3,214
357 10.0
1991
3,618 3,427
191 5.3
1992
3,830 3,588
242 6.3
1993
3,890 3,654
236 6.1
1994
3,872 3,662
210 5.4
1995
4,144 3,793
351 8.5
1996
4,128 3,933
195 4.7
JOHNSON COUNTY
1980
3,715 3,484
231 6.2
1981
3,693 3,292
401 10.9
1982
3,709 3,342
367 9.9
1983
3,769 3,459
310 8.2
1984
3,811 3,549
262 6.9
1985
3,889 3,527
362 9.3
1986
3,912 3,610
302 7.7
1987
3,934 3,694
240 6.1
1988
4,244 4,001
243 5.7
1989
3,923 3,721
202 5.1
1990
3,686 3,437
249 6.8
1991
3,658 3,464
194 5.3
1992
3,659 3,381
278 7.6
1993
3,891 3,646
245 6.3
1994
4,055 3,819
236 5.8
1995
3,998 3,567
431 10.8
1996
3,770 3,424
346 9.2
JONES COUNTY
1980
7,208 6,814
394 5.5
1981
7,379 7,030
349 4.7
1982
7,722 7,217
505 6.5
1983
7,675 7,135
540 7.0
1984
7,753 7,401
352 4.5
1985
8,341 7,723
618 7.4
1986
8,680 8,195
485 5.6
1987
8,868 8,440
428 4.8
1988
9,005 8,567
438 4.9
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9,214 8,787
427 4.6
10,658 10,213
445 4.2
10,415 9,988
427 4.1
10,518 9,965
553 5.3
10,699 10,172
527 4.9
10,847 10,400
447 4.1
11.063 10,591
472 4.3
11,443 10,983
460 4.0
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
LAMAR COUNTY
1980
5,167 4,801
366 7.1
1981
5,153 4,689
464 9.0
1982
5,002 4,533
469 9.4
1983
4,798 4,340
458 9.5
1984
4,697 4,273
424 9.0
1985
4,836 4,374
462 9.6
1986
4,981 4,622
359 7.2
1987
5,066 4,761
305 6.0
1988
5,214 4,866
348 6.7
1989
5,132 4,822
310 6.0
1990
6,179 5,850
329 5.3
1991
5,950 5,622
328 5.5
1992
6,120 5,691
429 7.0
1993
6,771 6,426
345 5.1
1994
7,089 6,787
302 4.3
1995
7,011 6,724
287 4.1
1996
7,255 6,954
301 4.1
LANIER COUNTY
1980
2,074 1,971
103 5.0
1981
2,214 2,090
124 5.6
1982
2,390 2,223
167 7.0
1983
2,346 2,197
149 6.4
1984
2,431 2,257
174 7.2
1985
2,430 2,277
153 6.3
1986
2,899 2,742
157 5.4
1987
2,900 2,753
147 5.1
1988
2,893 2,749
144 5.0
1989
3,010 2,812
198 6.6
1990
2,513 2,393
120 4.8
1991
2,533 2,430
103 4.1
1992
2,591 2,446
145 5.6
1993
2,685 2,544
141 5.3
1994
2,772 2,670
102 3.7
1995
2,888 2,771
117 4.1
1996
3,027 2,858
169 5.6
LAURENS COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
16,348 14,754 1,594
9.8
16,402 15,238 1,164
7.1
16,779 15,153 1,626
9.7
16,222 14,798 1,424
8.8
15,948 14,763 1,185
7.4
16,514 14,965 1,549
9.4
16,380 15,045 1,335
8.2
16,780 15,488 1,292
7.7
17,611 16,247 1,364
7.7
18,774 17,554 1,220
6.5
18,557 17,542 1,015
5.5
18,588 17,701
887 4.8
19,582 18,424 1,158
5.9
20,073 19,036 1,037
5.2
20,663 19,721
942 4.6
21,327 20,135 1,192
5.6
21,445 20,326 1,119
5.2
LEE COUNTY
1980
5,213 4,893
320 6.1
1981
5,346 4,971
375 7.0
1982
5,456 5,016
440 8.1
1983
5,517 5,056
461 8.4
1984
5,986 5,552
434 7.3
1985
6,911 6,428
483 7.0
1986
7,284 6,744
540 7.4
1987
7,642 7,144
498 6.5
1988
7,525 7,060
465 6.2
1989
7,544 7,156
388 5.1
1990
7,921 7,479
442 5.6
1991
7,942 7,584
358 4.5
1992
8,252 7,671
581 7.0
1993
8,814 8,300
514 5.8
1994
9,372 8,879
493 5.3
1995 1996
9,827 9,390
437 4.4
10,165 9,756
409 4.0
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
LIBERTY COUNTY
19B0
8,447 7,845
602 7.1
1981
9,392 8,899
493 5.2
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9,823 9,338
485 4.9
10,014 9,412
602 6.0
10,171 9,518
653 6.4
10,667 9,813
854 8.0
10,984 10,350
634 5.8
11,532 10,882
650 5.6
11,616 10,726
890 7.7
11,595 10,879
716 6.2
13,925 12,954
971 7.0
13,937 13,280
657 4.7
14,297 13,074 1,223
8.6
15,034 13,643 1,391
9.3
15,574 14,200 1,374
8.8
15,493 14,142 1,351
8.7
16,256 15,029 1,227
7.5
LINCOLN COUNTY
1980
3,102 2,857
245 7.9
1981
3,013 2,652
361 12.0
1982
3,088 2,613
475 15.4
1983
2,856 2,524
332 11.6
1984
2,933 2,660
273 9.3
19B5
3,094 2,608
486 15.7
1986
3,162 2,872
290 9.2
1987
3,290 3,067
223 6.8
1988
3,262 2,954
308 9.4
1989
3,418 3,170
248 7.3
1990
3,308 3,115
193 5.8
1991
3,564 3,407
157 4.4
1992
3,661 3,412
249 6.8
1993
3,823 3,587
236 6.2
1994
3,644 3,370
274 7.5
1995
3,543 3,271
272 7.7
1996
3,436 3,216
220 6.4
LONG COUNTY
1980
1,612 1,519
93 5.8
1981
1,436 1,362
74 5.2
1982
1,363 1,262
101 7.4
1983
1,341 1,226
115 8.6
1984
1,479 1,371
108 7.3
1985
1,538 1,376
162 10.5
1986
1,495 1,349
146 9.8
1987
1,550 1,451
99 6.4
1988
1,694 1,575
119 7.0
1989
1,369 1,286
83 6.1
1990
2,464 2,343
121 4.9
1991
2,381 2,306
75 3.1
1992
2.464 2,367
97 3.9
1993
2,685 2,545
140 5.2
1994
2,810 2,699
111
4.0
1995
2,996 2,870
126 4.2
1996
3,164 3,051
113 3.6
LOWNDES COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
29,425 27,540 1,885
6.4
30,153 28,225 1,928
6.4
30,375 28,206 2,169
7.1
30,844 28,619 2,225
7.2
31,700 29,355 2,345
7.4
32,627 30,466 2,161
6.6
33,585 31,636 1,949
5.8
34,234 32,308 1,926
5.6
35,736 33,732 2,004
5.6
37,048 35,165 1,883
5.1
34,115 32,486 1,629
4.8
33,817 32,498 1,319
3.9
34,858 32,693 2,165
6.2
35,963 34,018 1,945
5.4
36,910 35,280 1,630
4.4
37,327 35,860 1,467
3.9
38,408 36,991 1,417
3.7
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
LUMPKIN COUNTY
1980
4,565 4,184
381 8.3
1981
4,846 4,551
295 6.1
1982
5,071 4,731
340 6.7
1983
5,186 4,886
300 5.8
1984
5,271 5,040
231 4.4
1985
5,605 5,312
293 5.2
1986
5,779 5,522
257 4.4
1987
6,039 5,801
238 3.9
1988
6,575 6,303
272 4.1
1989
6,880 6,619
261 3.8
1990
7,226 6,854
372 5.1
1991
7,378 7,011
367 5.0
1992
7,583 7,177
406 5.4
1993
7,679 7,329
350 4.6
1994
8,019 7,792
227 2.8
1995
8,400 8,081
319 3.8
1996
8,418 8,147
271 3.2
MCDUFFIE COUNTY
1980
8,686 7,983
703 8.1
1981
8,789 8,050
739 8.4
1982
9,486 7,946 1,540 16.2
1983
8,596 7,798
798 9.3
1984
8,714 8,065
649 7.4
1985
8,601 7,895
706 8.2
1986
9,112 8,433
679 7.5
1987
9,170 8,515
655 7.1
1988
9,342 8,713
629 6.7
1989
9.790 9,160
630 6.4
1990
9,564 9,024
540 5.6
1991
9,378 8,803
575 6.1
1992
9,290 8,580
710 7.6
1993
9,403 8,766
637 6.8
1994
9,418 8,767
651 6.9
1995
9,242 8,665
577 6.2
1996
9,682 8,780
902 9.3
MCINTOSH COUNTY
1980
3,378 3,133
245 7.3
1981
3,465 3,173
292 8.4
1982
3,608 3,171
437 12.1
1983
3,510 3,076
434 12.4
1984
3,612 3,257
355 9.8
1985
3,804 3,407
397 10.4
1986
3,770 3,437
333 8.8
1987
3.722 3,426
296 8.0
1988
4,029 3,672
357 8.9
1989
3,889 3,619
270 6.9
1990
3,842 3,554
288 7.5
1991 1992
3,491 3,444 3,281 3,180
210 :.~64.
6.0 ",.. 7~7
1993
3,431 3,190
241 7.0
1994
3,391 3,172
219 6.5
1995 1996
3,713 ff' 3,810
3,495 3,573
218
237
5.9
6.2
MACON COUNTY
1980
5,817 5,212
605 10.4
1981
4,772 4,203
569 11.9
1982
4,877 4,251
626 12.8
1983
4,790 4,157
633 13.2
1984
4,777 4,241
536 11.2
1985
4,885 4,178
707 14.5
1986
4,568 3,924
644 14.1
1987
4,596 4,005
591 12.9
1988
4,700 4,168
532 11.3
1989
4,713 4,248
465 9.9
1990
5,850 5,326
524 9.0
1991
5,478 4,947
531 9.7
1992
5,924 5,093
831 14.0
1993
5,693 4,930
763 13.4
1994
5,696 4,872
824 14.5
1995
5,474 4,840
634 11.6
1996
5,577 4,916
661 11.9
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
MADISON COUNTY
1980
8,697 8,072
625 7.2
1981
9,004 8,498
506 5.6
1982
9,279 8,487
792 8.5
1983
9,329 8,578
751 8.1
1984
9,349 8,878
471 5.0
1985
9,402 8,651
751 8.0
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9,570 9,020
550 5.7
10,060 9,564
496 4.9
10,518 9,978
540 5.1
10,939 10,398
541 4.9
11,255 10,459
796 7.1
11,137 10,561
576 5.2
11,244 10,485
759 6.8
11,580 11,054
526 4.5
11,777 11,320
457 3.9
12,362 11,903
459 3.7
12,843 12,348
495 3.9
MARION COUNTY
1980
1,941 1.798
143 7.4
1981
2,410 2,258
152 6.3
1982
2.782 2,549
233 8.4
1983
2,828 2,600
228 8.1
1984
2,758 2,546
212 7.7
1985
2,863 2,616
247 8.6
1986
3,034 2,828
206 6.8
1987
3,276 3,093
183 5.6
1988
3,602 3,401
201 5.6
1989
3,992 3,772
220 5.5
1990
2,277 1,983
294 12.9
1991
2,099 1,955
144 6.9
1992
2,372 2,182
190 8.0
1993
3,267 3,047
220 6.7
1994
3,336 3,134
202 6.1
1995
3,175 3,036
139 4.4
1996
2,990 2,846
144 4.8
MERIWETHER COUNTY
1980
8,948 8,291
657 7.3
1981
9,137 8,474
663 7.3
1982
9,410 8,350 1,060 11.3
1983
8,910 7,916
994 11.2
1984
8,480 7,798
682 8.0
1985
8,289 7,349
940 11.3
1986
8,113 7,278
835 10.3
1987
8,879 8,132
747 8.4
1988
9,169 8,528
641 7.0
1989
9,195 8,581
614 6.7
1990
9,562 8,840
722 7.6
1991
9,335 8,701
634 6.8
1992
9,272 8,232 1,040 11.2
1993
9,219 8,404
815 8.8
1994
9,129 8,434
695 7.6
1995
8,751 8,172
579 6.6
1996
8,828 8,262
566 6.4
MILLER COUNTY
1980
3,094 2,943
151 4.9
1981
3,144 2,979
165 5.2
1982
3,164 2,916
248 7.8
1983
3,186 2,967
219 6.9
1984
3,221 3,047
174 5.4
1985
3,224 3,015
209 6.5
1986
2,907 2,736
171 5.9
1987
2,793 2,613
180 6.4
1988
2,823 2,657
166 5.9
1989
2,830 2,686
144 5.1
1990
2,683 2,591
92 3.4
1991
2,718 2,558
160 5.9
1992
2,863 2,564
299 10.4
1993
2,925 2,698
227 7.8
1994
2,954 2,701
253 8.6
1995
3,140 2,967
173 5.5
1996
2,833 2,660
173 6.1
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
MITCHELL COUNTY
1980
8,976 8,329
647 7.2
1981
9,252 8,672
580 6.3
1982
9,556 8,746
810 8.5
1983
9,299 8,373
926 10.0
1984
9,268 8,531
737 8.0
1985
9,589 8,773
816 8.5
1986
9,195 8,310
885 9.6
1987
9,125 8,295
830 9.1
1988
9,118 8,200
918 10.1
1989
9,828 9,068
760 7.7
1990
9,081 8,199
882 9.7
1991
8,852 8,154
698 7.9
1992
9,152 8,075 1,077 11.8
1993
9,425 8,435
990 10.5
1994 1995 1996
9,897 9,108
789 8.0
10,130 9,532
598 5.9
11,007 10,333
674 6.1
MONROE COUNTY
1980
7,220 6,755
465 6.4
1981
7,448 6,935
513 6.9
1982
7,697 7,097
600 7.8
1983
7,337 6,781
556 7.6
1984
7,262 6,789
473 6.5
1985
7,431 6,845
586 7.9
1986
7,638 7,096
542 7.1
1987
7,697 7,233
464 6.0
1988
7,619 7,109
510 6.7
1989
7,286 6,798
488 6.7
1990
8,258 7,732
526 6.4
1991
7,670 7,181
489 6.4
1992
7,660 7,082
578 7.5
1993
7,716 7,243
473 6.1
1994
7,751 7,349
402 5.2
1995
7,757 7,240
517 6.7
1996
7,555 7,105
450 6.0
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
1980
2,755 2,613
142 5.2
1981
2,854 2,702
152 5.3
1982
2,959 2,723
236 8.0
1983
2,980 2,766
214 7.2
1984
3,083 2,895
188 6.1
1985
3,213 2,985
228 7.1
1986
3,236 2,986
250 7.7
1987
3,013 2,801
212 7.0
1988
3,093 2,909
184 5.9
1989
3,012 2,815
197 6.5
1990
3,357 3,126
231 6.9
1991
3,322 3,123
199 6.0
1992
3,427 3,094
333 9.7
1993
3,373 3,108
265 7.9
1994
3,590 3,302
288 8.0
1995
3,675 3,402
273 7.4
1996
3,723 3,409
314 8.4
MORGAN COUNTY
1980
5,157 4,746
411 8.0
1981
5,381 4,982
399 7.4
1982
5,696 5,188
508 8.9
1983
5,721 5,249
472 8.3
1984
5,880 5,469
411 7.0
1985
5,924 5,314
610 10.3
1986
6,038 5,597
441 7.3
1987
6,305 5,879
426 6.8
1988
6,470 5,966
504 7.8
1989
6,505 6,093
412 6.3
1990
6,417 5,952
465 7.2
1991
5,902 5,532
370 6.3
1992
5,970 5,497
473 7.9
1993
6,237 5,823
414 6.6
1994
6,101 5,786
315 5.2
1995
6,163 5,799
364 5.9
1996
6,683 6,392
291 4.4
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
MURRAY COUNTY
1980
9,735 8,725 1,010 10.4
1981
9,837 8,798 1,039 10.6
1982
9,439 8,161 1,278 13.5
1983
9,439 8,530
909 9.6
1984
10,301 9,470
831 8.1
1985
10,995 10,001
994 9.0
1986
11,430 10,669
761 6.7
1987
12,120 11,442
678 5.6
1988
12,953 12,132
821 6.3
1989
12,649 11,793
856 6.8
1990
14,389 13,382 1,007
7.0
1991
14,596 13,515 1,081
7.4
1992
15,900 14,670 1,230
7.7
1993
16,293 15,470
823 5.1
1994
17,416 16,670
746 4.3
1995
17,740 16,887
853 4.8
1996
17,314 16.466
848 4.9
MUSCOGEE COUNTY
1980
67,337 62,563 4,774
7.1
1981
68,741 63,879 4,862
7.1
1982
68,080 62,698 5,382
7.9
1983
68,531 63,600 4,931
7.2
1984
70,116 65,733 4,383
6.3
1985
72,713 67,374 5,339
7.3
1986
75,366 70,281 5,085
6.7
1987
75,246 70,679 4,567
6.1
1988
76,229 71,192 5,037
6.6
1989
75,516 71,322 4,194
5.6
1990
76,817 71,980 4,837
6.3
1991
75,209 71,531 3,678
4.9
1992
76,573 70,971 5,602
7.3
1993
77,631 72,557 5,074
6.5
1994
78,255 73,289 4,966
6.3
1995
78,126 73,447 4,679
6.0
1996
80,013 75,668 4,345
5.4
NEWTON COUNTY
1980
18,048 16,687 1,361
7.5
1981
18,414 17,241 1,173
6.4
1982
19,358 17,716 1,642
8.5
1983
19,539 18,027 1,512
7.7
1984
20,324 18,981 1,343
6.6
1985
18,799 17,595 1.204
6.4
1986
20,221 18,849 1,372
6.8
1987
20,712 19,537 1,175
5.7
1988
21,398 20,044 1,354
6.3
1989
21.554 20,272 1,282
5.9
1990
20,844 19,367 1,477
7.1
1991
20,606 19,444 1,162
5.6
1992
21,221 19,612 1,609
7.6
1993
22,226 20,913 1,313
5.9
1994
23,287 22,223 1,064
4.6
1995
24,142 23,088 1,054
4.4
1996
25,415 24,273 1,142
4.5
OCONEE COUNTY
1980
5,974 5,681
293 4.9
1981
6,229 5,944
285 4.6
1982
6,458 6,101
357 5.5
1983
6,642 6,275
367 5.5
1984
6,876 6,583
293 4.3
1985
7,626 7,314
312 4.1
1986
7,923 7,648
275 3.5
1987
8,084 7,858
226 2.8
1988
8,667 8,377
290 3.3
1989
9,033 8,730
303 3.4
1990
9,486 9,071
415 4.4
1991
9,539 9,233
306 3.2
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9,584 9,187
397 4.1
10,043 9,756
287 2.9
10,615 10,368
247 2.3
11,359 11,141
218 1.9
11,801 11,558
243 2.1
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
OGLETHORPE COUNTY
1980
4,091 3,817
274 6.7
1981
4,012 3.758
254 6.3
1982
4,299 3,902
397 9.2
1983
4,384 3,986
398 9.1
1984
4,303 3,956
347 8.1
1985
4,446 4,062
384 8.6
1986
4,243 3,912
331 7.8
1987
4,254 3,952
302 7.1
1988
4,993 4,686
307 6.1
1989
5.767 5,467
300 5.2
1990
5,171 4,861
310 6.0
1991
5,115 4,835
280 5.5
1992
4,897 4,529
368 7.5
1993
5,019 4,679
340 6.8
1994
4,887 4,593
294 6.0
1995
4,984 4.753
231 4.6
1996
4,830 4,596
234 4.8
PAULDING COUNTY
1980
13,370 12,646
724 5.4
1981
13,927 13,184
743 5.3
1982
14,600 13,457
1,143
7.8
1983
14.758 13,800
958 6.5
1984
15,344 14,556
788 5.1
1985
14,007 13,316
691 4.9
1986
15,364 14,669
695 4.5
1987
16,054 15,228
826 5.1
1988
17,468 16,231 1,237
7.1
1989
17,524 16,416 1,108
6.3
1990
22,170 21,031 1,139
5.1
1991
22,815 21,657 1.158
5.1
1992
24,086 22,561 1.525
6.3
1993
26,433 25,215 1,218
4.6
1994
28,841 27,814 1,027
3.6
1995
30.763 29,689 1,074
3.5
1996
32,091 31,212
879 2.7
PEACH COUNTY
1980
8,300 7,811
489 5.9
1981
8,044 7,562
482 6.0
1982
8,399 7,840
559 6.7
1983
8,257 7,624
633 7.7
1984
8,406 7,812
594 7.1
1985
8,289 7,571
718 8.7
1986
8,548 7,973
575 6.7
1987
8,581 8,082
499 5.8
1988
8,937 8,400
537 6.0
1989
9,126 8,615
511 5.6
1990
9,507 8,940
567 6.0
1991
9,274 8.735
539 5.8
1992
9,651 8,799
852 8.8
1993
9,810 9,055
755 7.7
1994
10,102 9,340
762 7.5
1995
10,148 9,410
738 7.3
1996
10,459 9.757
702 6.7
PICKENS COUNTY
1980
5,206
4,884
322 6.2
1981
5,286 4,912
374 7.1
1982
5,373 4,893
480 8.9
1983
5,336 4,939
397 7.4
1984
5,427 5,061
366 6.7
1985
5,510 5,143
367 6.7
1986
5,748 5,387
361 6.3
1987
5,955 5.701
254 4.3
1988
5,860 5,368
492 8.4
1989
5,535 4,843
692 12.5
1990
7,696 7,065
631 8.2
1991
7,469 6,976
493 6.6
1992
7,556 6,966
590 7.8
1993
7,887 7,381
506 6.4
1994
8,285 7,886
399 4.8
1995
8,616 8,146
470 5.5
1996
8,908 8,564
344 3.9
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
PIERCE COUNTY
1980
4.736 4,356
380 8.0
1981
4,712 4,428
284 6.0
1982
5,115 4,641
474 9.3
1983
5,201 4,619
582 11.2
1984
5,306 4,855
451 8.5
1985
5,402 4,768
634 11.7
1986
5,192 4,667
525 10.1
1987
5,463 4,943
520 9.5
1988
5,654 5,159
495 8.8
1989
5,637 5,251
386 6.8
1990
6,364 5,966
398 6.3
1991
6,339 5,968
371 5.9
1992
6,874 6,338
536 7.8
1993
6,746 6,235
511 7.6
1994
6,889 6,400
489 7.1
1995
6,663 6,222
441 6.6
1996
6,689 6,273
416 6.2
PIKE COUNTY
1980
4,271 3,989
282 6.6
1981
4,544 4,151
393 8.6
1982
4,625 4,267
358 7.7
1983
4,924 4,507
417 8.5
1984
4,760 4,269
491 10.3
1985
4,855 4,486
369 7.6
1986
4,858 4,604
254 5.2
1987
4,958 4,726
232 4.7
1988
5,050 4,776
274 5.4
1989
4,599 4,339
260 5.7
1990
5,016 4,734
282 5.6
1991
5,160 4,909
251 4.9
1992
5,348 5,023
325 6.1
1993
5,029 4,687
342 6.8
1994
5,204 4,943
261 5.0
1995
5,554 5,345
209 3.8
1996
5,902 5,636
266 4.5
POLK COUNTY
1980
14,213 12,872 1,341
9.4
1981
14,050 12,688 1,362
9.7
1982
12,995 10,855 2,140
16.5
1983
13,005 11,306 1,699
13.1
1984
12,900 11,842 1,058
8.2
1985
13,381 12,083 1,298
9.7
1986
13,512 12,310 1,202
8.9
1987
13,444 12,478
966 7.2
1988
13,553 12,279 1,274
9.4
1989
13,423 12,019 1,404
10.5
1990
16,561 14,711 1,850
11.2
1991
15,824 14,358 1,466
9.3
1992
15,518 13,583 1,935
12.5
1993
15,565 13,845 1,720
11.1
1994
15,365 14,057 1,308
8.5
1995
15,068 13,741 1,327
8.8
1996
14,884 13,515 1,369
9.2
PULASKI COUNTY
1980
3,643 3,433
210 5.8
1981
3,683 3,477
206 5.6
1982
3,806 3,522
284 7.5
1983
3,730 3,456
274 7.3
1984
3,700 3,382
318 8.6
1985
3,701 3,160
541 14.6
1986
3,181 2,867
314 9.9
1987
3,352 3,170
182 5.4
1988
3,622 3,385
237 6.5
1989
3,919 3,700
219 5.6
1990
3,615 3,404
211 5.8
1991
3,671 3,525
146 4.0
1992
3,977 3,744
233 5.9
1993
3,999 3,796
203 5.1
1994
4,089 3,892
197 4.8
1995
4,236 4,061
175 4.1
1996
4,199 3,994
205 4.9
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
PUTNAM COUNTY
1980
4.734 4,498
236 5.0
1981
4,831 4,585
246 5.1
1982
5,197 4,826
371 7.1
1983
4,912 4,623
289 5.9
1984
4,878 4,603
275 5.6
1985
5,118 4,713
405 7.9
1986
5,156 4,811
345 6.7
1987
5,177 4,518
659 12.7
1988
5,188 4,669
519 10.0
1989
5,270 4,964
306 5.8
1990
6,858 6,624
234 3.4
1991
6,896 6,576
320 4.6
1992
7,122 6,758
364 5.1
1993
7,358 7,043
315 4.3
1994
7,296 7,055
241 3.3
1995
7,695 7,468
227 2.9
1996
8,603 8,265
338 3.9
QUITMAN COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
816
816
801
773
669
718
803
761
708
686
876
888
931 1,013 1,039 1,092 1.161
768
754
732
719
604
645
719
694
605
609
816
840
841
937
977 1,001 1,081
48
62
69
54
65
73
84
67
103
77
60
48
90
76
62
91
80
5.9
7.6
8.6
7.0
9.7 10.2 10.5
8.8 14.5 11.2
6.8
5.4
9.7
7.5
6.0
8.3
6.9
RABUN COUNTY
1980
4,992 4,603
389 7.8
1981
5,056 4,577
479 9.5
1982
4,959 4,545
414 8.3
1983
5,020 4,592
428 8.5
1984
5,043 4.721
322 6.4
1985
5,576 5,168
408 7.3
1986
5,818 5,335
483 8.3
1987
6,004 5,730
274 4.6
1988
6,383 6,061
322 5.0
1989
6,365 5,899
466 7.3
1990
5,789 5,484
305 5.3
1991 1992
5,655 5,283
372 6.6
5,660 5,097
... Ji63. ,. ' ,.9
1993
6,078 5,574
504 8.3
1994
6,536 6,209
327 5.0
1995 1996
6,846 ff 6,651
6,556 6,417
290
234
4.2
3.5
RANDOLPH COUNTY
1980
3,662 3,439
223 6.1
1981
3.755 3,537
218 5.8
1982
3,756 3,359
397 10.6
1983
3,651 3,309
342 9.4
1984
3,628 3,334
294 8.1
1985
3,624 3,279
345 9.5
1986
3,418 3,126
292 8.5
1987
3,521 3,278
243 6.9
1988
3,660 3,387
273 7.5
1989
3,813 3,570
243 6.4
1990
3,096 2,843
253 8.2
1991
2,931 2,723
208 7.1
1992
3,072 2,786
286 9.3
1993
3,161 2,894
267 8.4
1994
3,132 2,895
237 7.6
1995
3,122 2,850
272 8.7
1996
3,320 2,977
343 10.3
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
RICHMOND COUNTY
1980
76,235 71,263 4,972
6.5
1981
76,116 71,122 4,994
6.6
1982
76,966 71,345 5,621
7.3
1983
76,635 70,028 6,607
8.6
1984
77,557 72,215 5,342
6.9
1985
78,092 72,708 5,384
6.9
1986
82,043 76,511 5,532
6.7
1987
82,662 76,983 5,679
6.9
1988
83,460 77,716 5,744
6.9
1989
87,124 81,699 5.425
6.2
1990
85,649 80,910 4,739
5.5
1991
84,285 79,649 4,636
5.5
1992
86,211 78,771 7,440
8.6
1993
84,468 77,815 6,653
7.9
1994
83,119 77,064 6,055
7.3
1995
80,173 74,348 5,825
7.3
1996
81,224 75,333 5,891
7.3
ROCKDALE COUNTY
1980
18,721 17,868
853 4.6
1981
19,643 18,738
905 4.6
1982
20,699 19,459 1,240
6.0
1983
21,146 20,003 1,143
5.4
1984
22,213 21,416
797 3.6
1985
22,013 21,169
844 3.8
1986
24,466 23,466 1,000
4.1
1987
25,414 24,411 1,003
3.9
1988
26,807 25,559 1,248
4.7
1989
27,065 25,850 1,215
4.5
1990
30,196 28,860 1,336
4.4
1991
30,347 29,116 1,231
4.1
1992
31,369 29,643 1,726
5.5
1993
32,735 31,293 1,442
4.4
1994
33,882 32,606 1,276
3.8
1995
34,875 33,696 1,179
3.4
1996
36,536 35,425 1,111
3.0
SCHLEY COUNTY
1980
1,347 1,237
110 8.2
1981
1,438 1,341
97 6.7
1982
1,511 1,387
124 8.2
1983
1,492 1,369
123 8.2
1984
1,541 1,447
94 6.1
1985
1,564 1,430
134 8.6
1986
1,587 1,475
112 7.1
1987
1,624 1,504
120 7.4
1988
1,487 1,358
129 8.7
1989
1,503 1,386
117 7.8
1990
1,665 1,513
152 9.1
1991
1,348 1,247
101 7.5
1992
1,422 1,290
132 9.3
1993
1,484 1,378
106 7.1
1994
1,507 1,421
86 5.7
1995
1,457 1,395
62 4.3
1996
1,627 1,520
107 6.6
SCREVEN COUNTY
1980
5,905 5,511
394 6.7
1981
6,077 5,611
466 7.7
1982
5,849 5,352
497 8.5
1983
5,578 5,057
521 9.3
1984
5,536 5,042
494 8.9
1985
5,516 5,026
490 8.9
1986
5,397 4,949
448 8.3
1987
5,323 4,821
502 9.4
1988
5,382 4,961
421 7.8
1989
5,432 5,072
360 6.6
1990
6,081 5,598
483 7.9
1991
6,285 5,742
543 8.6
1992
6,551 5,926
625 9.5
1993
6,545 6,077
468 7.2
1994
6,550 6,116
434 6.6
1995
6,658 6,042
616 9.3
1996
6,595 5,860
735 11.1
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
SEMINOLE COUNTY
1980
3,786 3,596
190 5.0
1981
3,844 3,638
206 5.4
1982
3,928 3,638
290 7.4
1983
3,841 3,548
293 7.6
1984
3,766 3,541
225 6.0
1985
3,803 3,520
283 7.4
1986
3,704 3,483
221 6.0
1987
3,750 3,525
225 6.0
1988
3,713 3,465
248 6.7
1989
3,855 3,670
185 4.8
1990
4,054 3,887
167 4.1
1991
4,065 3,810
255 6.3
1992
4,392 3,915
477 10.9
1993
4,331 3,994
337 7.8
1994
4,355 4,041
314 7.2
1995
4,217 3,980
237 5.6
1996
4,321 4,077
244 5.6
SPALDING COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
24,482 23,098 1,384
5.7
25,578 23,712 1,866
7.3
26,622 24,058 2,564
9.6
26,752 24,374 2,378
8.9
27,541 25,302 2,239
8.1
25,160 23,033 2,127
8.5
26,207 24,569 1,638
6.3
26,316 24,824 1,492
5.7
26,931 25,204 1,727
6.4
27,070 25,491 1,579
5.8
26,782 25,239 1,543
5.8
26,402 24,803 1,599
6.1
26,602 24,701 1,901
7.1
27,309 25,634 1,675
6.1
27,575 26,167 1,408
5.1
27,469 26,178 1,291
4.7
28,952 27,521 1,431
4.9
STEPHENS COUNTY
1980
10,351 9,229 1,122 10.8
1981
9,995 9,077
918 9.2
1982
9,983 8,937 1,046 10.5
1983
9,985 9,167
818 8.2
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9,955 9,181
774 7.8
10,377 9,387
990 9.5
10,554 9,479 1,075 10.2
10,556 9,886
670 6.3
10,984 10,224
760 6.9
11,150 10,416
734 6.6
11,980 11,095
885 7.4
11,668 11,037
631 5.4
12,186 11,282
904 7.4
12,402 11,626
776 6.3
12,353 11,737
616 5.0
12,525 11,869
656 5.2
12,909 12,075
834 6.5
STEWART COUNTY
1980
2,077 1,871
206 9.9
1981
2,153 1,916
237 11.0
1982
2,222 1,915
307 13.8
1983
2,110 1,876
234 11.1
1984
2,196 1,979
217 9.9
1985
2,384 2,027
357 15.0
1986
2,052 1,758
294 14.3
1987
2,024 1,829
195 9.6
1988
2,094 1,898
196 9.4
1989
1,965 1,815
150 7.6
1990
2,153 1,967
186 8.6
1991
2,088 1,918
170 8.1
1992
2,150 1,948
202 9.4
1993
2,355 2,190
165 7.0
1994
2,347 2,183
164 7.0
1995
2,341 2,207
134 5.7
1996
2,395 2,263
132 5.5
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
SUMTER COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
13,616 12,506 1,110
8.2
13,860 12,674 1,186
8.6
13,556 12,197 1,359
10.0
13,776 12,588 1,188
8.6
14,104 13,018 1,086
7.7
14,629 13,375 1,254
8.6
14,359 13,116 1,243
8.7
14,189 13,105 1,084
7.6
14,468 13,464 1,004
6.9
14,807 13,883
924 6.2
13,740 12,514 1,226
8.9
13,361 12,470
891 6.7
13,748 12,381 1,367
9.9
13,982 12,904 1,078
7.7
14,140 13,203
937 6.6
15,154 14,402
752 5.0
15,190 14,236
954 6.3
TALBOT COUNTY
1980
2,793 2,636
157 5.6
1981
2,807 2,618
189 6.7
1982
2,774 2,436
338 12.2
1983
2,615 2,382
233 8.9
1984
2,511 2,276
235 9.4
1985
2,600 2,309
291 11.2
1986
2,557 2,310
247 9.7
1987
2,652 2,401
251 9.5
1988
2,597 2,432
165 6.4
1989
2,637 2,452
185 7.0
1990
2,883 2,679
204 7.1
1991
2,689 2,533
156 5.8
1992
2,606 2,363
243 9.3
1993
2,474 2,276
198 8.0
1994
2,572 2,397
175 6.8
1995
2,510 2,280
230 9.2
1996
2,524 2,286
238 9.4
TALIAFERRO COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
780
730
681
666
635
700
670
670
670
736
756
777
711
699
624
560
633
713
646
582
592
550
597
596
609
611
686
715
738
649
650
591
518
573
67
84
99
74
85
103
74
61
59
50
41
39
62
49
33
42
60
8.6 11.5 14.5 11.1 13.4 14.7 11.0
9.1
8.8
6.8
5.4
5.0
8.7
7.0
5.3
7.5
9.5
TATTNALL COUNTY
1980
6,588 6,208
380 5.8
1981
6,746 6,389
357 5.3
1982
6,936 6,484
452 6.5
1983
7,024 6,488
536 7.6
1984
6,979 6,485
494 7.1
1985
7,048 6,585
463 6.6
1986
6,776 6,396
380 5.6
1987
6,984 6,668
316 4.5
1988
7,274 6,864
410 5.6
1989
7,334 6,998
336 4.6
1990
6,879 6,539
340 4.9
1991
6,815 6,557
258 3.8
1992
6,818 6,344
474 7.0
1993
6,758 6,265
493 7.3
1994
6,862 6,403
459 6.7
1995
6,920 6,571
349 5.0
1996
7,241 6,877
364 5.0
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
TAYLOR COUNTY
1980
3,244 2,994
250 7.7
1981
3,220 2,985
235 7.3
1982
3,145 2,892
253 8.0
1983
3,055 2,823
232 7.6
1984
2,880 2,622
258 9.0
1985
2,961 2,657
304 10.3
1986
2,783 2,541
242 8.7
1987
2,866 2,651
215 7.5
1988
2,950 2,676
274 9.3
1989
2,871 2,617
254 8.8
1990
3,204 2,914
290 9.1
1991
3,118 2,886
232 7.4
1992
3,345 3,058
287 8.6
1993
3,361 3,025
336 10.0
1994
3,327 3,050
277 8.3
1995
3,336 3,075
261 7.8
1996
3,353 3,046
307 9.2
TELFAIR COUNTY
1980
4,781 4,324
457 9.6
1981
4,738 4,417
321 6.8
1982
4,904 4,487
417 8.5
1983
4,928 4,455
473 9.6
1984
4,938 4,499
439 8.9
1985
4,873 4,393
480 9.9
1986
4,712 4,238
474 10.1
1987
4,718 4,343
375 7.9
1988
4,914 4,457
457 9.3
1989
5,074 4,716
358 7.1
1990
4,748 4,342
406 8.6
1991
4,500 4,257
243 5.4
1992
4,852 4,361
491 10.l
1993
4,871 4,463
408 8.4
1994
4,821 4,341
480 10.0
1995
4,765 4,271
494 10.4
1996
4,847 4,256
591 12.2
TERRELL COUNTY
1980
4,865 4,432
433 8.9
1981
4,992 4,552
440 8.8
1982
5,088 4,621
467 9.2
1983
4,984 4,377
607 12.2
1984
4,774 4,243
531 11.1
1985
4,730 4,206
524 11.1
1986
4,756 4,324
432 9.1
1987
4,856 4,419
437 9.0
1988
4,851 4,396
455 9.4
1989
4,717 4,376
341 7.2
1990
4,602 4,209
393 8.5
1991
4,561 4,276
285 6.2
1992
4,732 4,280
452 9.6
1993
4,616 4,186
430 9.3
1994
4,585 4,060
525 11.5
1995
4,205 3,543
662 15.7
1996
3,909 3,388
521 13.3
THOMAS COUNTY
1980
17,072 15,936 1,136
6.7
1981
17,565 16,401 1,164
6.6
1982
17,702 16,302 1,400
7.9
1983 1984
17,627 16,286 1,341
7.6
18,297 16,857 1,440
7.9
1985
18,744 16,981 1,763
9.4
1986
18,045 16,751 1,294
7.2
1987
18,506 17,137 1,369
7.4
1988
18,914 17,680 1,234
6.5
1989
18,665 17,627 1,038
5.6
1990
18,204 17,285
919 5.0
1991
17,832 17,037
795 4.5
1992
18,059 16,729 1,330
7.4
1993
18,788 17,751 1,037
5.5
1994
19,241 18,393
848 4.4
1995
19,653 18,846
807 4.1
1996
20,558 19,684
874 4.3
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
TIFT COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
15,252 14,184 1,068
7.0
15,687 14,623 1,064
6.8
15,786 14,401 1,385
8.8
15,721 14,489 1,232
7.8
16,409 15,352 1,057
6.4
16,959 15,808 1,151
6.8
16,939 15,862 1,077
6.4
16,418 15,458
960 5.8
17,307 16,313
994 5.7
18,015 16,976 1,039
5.8
17,703 16,395 1,308
7.4
17,447 16,469
978 5.6
17,702 16,370 1,332
7.5
18,747 17,360 1,387
7.4
18,790 17,658 1,132
6.0
19,120 18,016 1,104
5.8
19,689 18,589 1,100
5.6
TOOMBS COUNTY
1980
9,567 8,966
601 6.3
1981
9,794 9,122
672 6.9
1982
10,029 9,280
749 7.5
1983
10,115 9,308
807 8.0
1984
10,433 9,682
751 7.2
1985
10,589 9,727
862 8.1
1986
10,351 9,453
898 8.7
1987
10.429 9,626
803 7.7
1988
10.453 9,730
723 6.9
1989
10,925 10,259
666 6.1
1990
10,841 10,124
717 6.6
1991
10,751 10,081
670 6.2
1992
11,100 10,014 1,086
9.8
1993
10,976 10,019
957 8.7
1994
11,487 10,582
905 7.9
1995
11,973 11,178
795 6.6
1996
12,243 11,201 1,042
8.5
TOWNS COUNTY
1980
2,198 2,074
124 5.6
1981
2,331 2,176
155 6.6
1982
2,512 2,303
209 8.3
1983
2,649 2,441
208 7.9
1984
2,816 2,617
199 7.1
1985
2,946 2,748
198 6.7
1986
3,075 2,918
157 5.1
1987
3,203 3,065
138 4.3
1988
3,434 3,260
174 5.1
1989
3,381 3,198
183 5.4
1990
2,836 2,652
184 6.5
1991
2,593 2,456
137 5.3
1992
2,594 2,406
188 7.2
1993
2,749 2,529
220 8.0
1994
2,994 2,849
145 4.8
1995
3,137 3,008
129 4.1
1996
3,504 3,305
199 5.7
TREUTLEN COUNTY
1980
2,331 2,153
178 7.6
1981
2,379 2,217
162 6.8
1982
2,358 2,127
231 9.8
1983
2,366 2,133
233 9.8
1984
2,389 2,207
182 7.6
1985
2,489 2,295
194 7.8
1986
2,529 2,322
207 8.2
1987
2,589 2,391
198 7.6
1988
2,591 2,393
198 7.6
1989
2,720 2,559
161 5.9
1990
2,680 2,475
205 7.6
1991
2,635 2,457
178 6.8
1992
2,720 2,383
337 12.4
1993
2,601 2,365
236 9.1
1994
2,731 2,495
236 8.6
1995
2,926 2,586
340 11.6
1996
2,826 2,591
235 8.3
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
TROUP COUNTY
1980
22,789 21,076 1,713
7.5
1981
23,429 22,013 1,416
6.0
1982
25,049 22,830 2,219
8.9
1983
24,589 22,564 2,025
8.2
1984
26,076 24,313 1,763
6.8
1985
27,356 25,194 2,162
7.9
1986
27,841 25,657 2,184
7.8
1987
27,780 25,729 2,051
7.4
1988
28,131 26,348 1,783
6.3
1989
29,433 27,850 1,583
5.4
1990
26,425 24,786 1,639
6.2
1991
25,189 23,244 1,945
7.7
1992
25,737 23,111 2,626
10.2
1993
25,793 23,669 2,124
8.2
1994
25,869 24,145 1,724
6.7
1995
27,040 25,633 1,407
5.2
1996
27,839 26,435 1,404
5.0
TURNER COUNTY
1980
4,199 3,887
312 7.4
1981
4,435 4,009
426 9.6
1982
4,677 4,137
540 11.5
1983
4,318 3,829
489 11.3
1984
3,926 3,424
502 12.8
1985
3,659 3,293
366 10.0
1986
3,324 2,918
406 12.2
1987
3,253 2,947
306 9.4
1988
3,351 3,022
329 9.8
1989
3,158 2,753
405 12.8
1990
3,551 3,269
282 7.9
1991
3,559 3,369
190 5.3
1992
3,812 3,477
335 8.8
1993
3,935 3,640
295 7.5
1994
3,987 3,722
265 6.6
1995
4,006 3,716
290 7.2
1996
4,121 3,816
305 7.4
1WIGGS COUNTY
1980
3,470 3,253
217 6.3
1981
3,553 3,327
226 6.4
1982
3,471 3,178
293 8.4
1983
3,470 3,149
321 9.3
1984
3,397 3,112
285 8.4
1985
3,548 3,227
321 9.0
1986
3,729 3,454
275 7.4
1987
3,554 3,320
234 6.6
1988
3,637 3,353
284 7.8
1989
3,598 3,364
234 6.5
1990
4,043 3,795
248 6.1
1991 1992
3,875 3,664
211 5.4
3,849 3,580
<)69 , \0
1993
3,864 3,632
232 6.0
1994
4,019 3,731
288 7.2
1995 1996
4,018 . 4,181
3,793 3,933
225
248
5.6
5.9
UNION COUNTY
1980
3,848 3,581
267 6.9
1981
4,084 3,759
325 8.0
1982
4,187 3,803
384 9.2
1983
4,098 3,688
410 10.0
1984
4,070 3,689
381 9.4
1985
4,285 3,892
393 9.2
1986
4,806 4,505
301 6.3
1987
5,365 5,127
238 4.4
1988
5,310 5,039
271 5.1
1989
5,228 4,966
262 5.0
1990
5,194 4,956
238 4.6
1991
5,482 5,242
240 4.4
1992
5,884 5,485
399 6.8
1993
6,041 5,671
370 6.1
1994
6,201 5,941
260 4.2
1995
6,268 6,021
247 3.9
1996
6,756 6,356
400 5.9
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
UPSON COUNTY
1980
12,087 11,349
738 6.1
1981
12,302 11,557
745 6.1
1982
12,668 11,020 1,648
13.0
1983
11,912 10,902 1,010
8.5
1984
12,049 10,985 1,064
8.8
1985
11,743 10,600 1,143
9.7
1986
11,610 10,633
977 8.4
1987
11,463 10,828
635 5.5
1988
11,396 10,675
721 6.3
1989
11,441 10,802
639 5.6
1990
12,439 11,720
719 5.8
1991
12,238 11,596
642 5.2
1992
12,553 11,845
708 5.6
1993
12,821 12,087
734 5.7
1994
12,676 12,031
645 5.1
1995
12,760 12,175
585 4.6
1996
12,981 12,214
767 5.9
WALKER COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
26,485 23,920 2,565
9.7
26,385 24,080 2,305
8.7
25,971 23,490 2,481
9.6
25,622 23,236 2,386
9.3
25,234 23,232 2,002
7.9
24,652 22,545 2,107
8.5
25,631 23,805 1,826
7.1
26,520 25,007 1,513
5.7
27,282 25,606 1,676
6.1
27,716 25,905 1,811
6.5
28,566 26,735 1,831
6.4
28,566 26,784 1,782
6.2
29,207 26,724 2,483
8.5
29,383 27,649 1,734
5.9
29,614 27,961 1,653
5.6
29,470 27,779 1,691
5.7
29,253 27,725 1,528
5.2
WALTON COUNTY
1980
15,895 15,018
877 5.5
1981
16,238 15,116 1,122
6.9
1982
16,580 15,248 1,332
8.0
1983
16,463 15,207 1,256
7.6
1984
17,100 16,036 1,064
6.2
1985
15,908 14,636 1,272
8.0
1986
16,547 15,541 1,006
6.1
1987
16,828 15,875
953 5.7
1988
17,294 16,260 1,034
6.0
1989
17,496 16,444 1,052
6.0
1990
19,607 18,260 1,347
6.9
1991
19,181 18,191
990 5.2
1992
19,774 18,248 1,526
7.7
1993
20,917 19,625 1,292
6.2
1994
21,949 21,006
943 4.3
1995
22,861 21,777 1,084
4.7
1996
23,892 22,894
998 4.2
WARE COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
15,791 14,580 1,211
7.7
15,585 14,496 1,089
7.0
16,638 14,754 1,884
11.3
16,482 14,748 1,734
10.5
16,316 15,102 1,214
7.4
16,822 15,266 1,556
9.2
16,497 14,933 1,564
9.5
16,063 14,583 1,480
9.2
16,148 14,810 1,338
8.3
16,084 15,068 1,016
6.3
14,840 13,923
917 6.2
14,557 13,738
819 5.6
14,678 13,548 1,130
7.7
15,036 14,037
999 6.6
15,384 14,528
856 5.6
15,182 14,293
889 5.9
15,050 14,223
827 5.5
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WARREN COUNTY
1980
2,171 1,776
395 18.2
1981
2,352 2,089
263 11.2
1982
2,658 2,173
485 18.2
1983
2,848 2,500
348 12.2
1984
2,597 2,373
224 8.6
1985
2,741 2,529
212 7.7
1986
2,944 2,744
200 6.8
1987
2,953 2,732
221 7.5
1988
2,909 2,683
226 7.8
1989
2,741 2,545
196 7.2
1990
2,578 2,356
222 8.6
1991
2,419 2,159
260 10.7
1992
2,585 2,330
255 9.9
1993
2,473 2,270
203 8.2
1994
2,421 2,239
182 7.5
1995
2,520 2,349
171 6.8
1996
2,815 2,539
276 9.8
WASHINGTON COUNTY
1980
7,828 7,282
546 7.0
1981
8,019 7,442
577 7.2
1982
8,023 7,424
599 7.5
1983
8,015 7,399
616 7.7
1984
7,958 7,421
537 6.7
1985
8,159 7,515
644 7.9
1986
8,047 7,535
512 6.4
1987
8,309 7,863
446 5.4
1988
8,884 8,416
468 5.3
1989
9,076 8,599
477 5.3
1990
8,538 8,030
508 5.9
1991
8,295 7,872
423 5.1
1992
8,702 8,217
485 5.6
1993
8,917 8,520
397 4.5
1994
9,157 8,808
349 3.8
1995
9,220 8,713
507 5.5
1996
9,367 8,805
562 6.0
WAYNE COUNTY
1980
8,396 7,933
463 5.5
1981
9,003 8,470
533 5.9
1982
9,077 8,156
921 10.1
1983
8,730 7,653 1,077 12.3
1984
8,563 7,827
736 8.6
1985
8,653 7,727
926 10.7
1986
8,370 7,584
786 9.4
1987
8,344 7,662
682 8.2
1988
8,483 7,819
664 7.8
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9,140 8,564
576 6.3
10,369 9,682
687 6.6
10,772 10,110
662 6.1
11,033 9,877 1,156 10.5
11,138 10,071 1,067
9.6
10,884 9,919
965 8.9
10,771 10,002
769 7.1
10,719 9,945
774 7.2
WEBSTER COUNTY
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
893
953
944
817
826
658
689
718
747
831 1,070 1,021 1,089 1,115 1,087 1,073 1,057
831
866
855
742
736
541
611
647
668
750
982
951 1,004 1,060 1.025 1.028 1,001
62
87
89
75
90
117
78
71
79
81
88
70
85
55
62
45
56
6.9
9.1
9.4
9.2 10.9 17.8 11.3
9.9 10.6
9.7
8.2
6.9
7.8
4.9
5.7
4.2
5.3
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Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employinent Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WHEELER COUNTY
1980
2,096 1,979
117 5.6
1981
2,181 2,066
115 5.3
1982
2,402 2,219
183 7.6
1983
2,401 2,221
180 7.5
1984
2,454 2,308
146 5.9
1985
2,652 2,466
186 7.0
1986
2,695 2,534
161 6.0
1987
2.760 2,610
150 5.4
1988
2.795 2,635
160 5.7
1989
2.797 2,646
151 5.4
1990
2,056 1,904
152 7.4
1991
1,963 1.854
109 5.6
1992
1,962 1,782
180 9.2
1993
2,029 1,897
132 6.5
1994
1,944 1.768
176 9.1
1995
1,929 1.739
190 9.8
1996
1,983 1,733
250 12.6
WHITE COUNTY
1980
4,878 4,519
359 7.4
1981
4,964 4,608
356 7.2
1982
5,013 4,545
468 9.3
1983
5,168 4.780
388 7.5
1984
5,680 5,361
319 5.6
1985
5,988 5,552
436 7.3
1986
6,110 5,719
391 6.4
1987
6,309 6,026
283 4.5
1988
6,678 6,354
324 4.9
1989
6,699 6,370
329 4.9
1990
6,863 6,539
324 4.7
1991
7,048 6,683
365 5.2
1992
7,760 7,322
438 5.6
1993
8,081 7,735
346 4.3
1994
8,398 8,048
350 4.2
1995
8,713 8,437
276 3.2
1996
9,212 8,894
318 3.5
WHITFIELD COUNTY
1980
34,921 31,924 2,997
8.6
1981
35,219 32,233 2,986
8.5
1982
35,275 31,407 3,868
11.0
1983
36,374 33,637 2,737
7.5
1984
37,721 35,234 2,487
6.6
1985
39,014 36,026 2,988
7.7
1986
40,182 37,831 2,351
5.9
1987
41,979 40,032 1,947
4.6
1988
44,732 42,339 2,393
5.3
1989
44,808 42,430 2,378
5.3
1990
39,817 37,629 2,188
5.5
1991
39,168 36,922 2,246
5.7
1992
41.145 38,530 2,615
6.4
1993
42,835 40,920 1,915
4.5
1994
43,941 42,303 1,638
3.7
1995
43,454 41,535 1,919
4.4
1996
44,510 42,679 1,831
4.1
WILCOX COUNTY
1980
3,010 2,771
239 7.9
1981
2,958 2,764
194 6.6
1982
3,155 2,878
277 8.8
1983
3,173 2,905
268 8.4
1984
3,045 2,810
235 7.7
1985
2,919 2,673
246 8.4
1986
2.725 2.478
247 9.1
1987
3,005 2,840
165 5.5
1988
3,315 3,155
160 4.8
1989
3,335 3,214
121 3.6
1990
2,876 2,733
143 5.0
1991
2,818 2,679
139 4.9
1992
2,914 2,692
222 7.6
1993
3,006 2,816
190 6.3
1994
3,082 2,929
153 5.0
1995
3,227 3,053
174 5.4
1996
3,314 3,054
260 7.8
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Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
Labor Force Employment Unemployed Rate
ANNUAL AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WILKES COUNTY
1980
4,867 4,536
331 6.8
1981
4,917 4,518
399 8.1
1982
5,050 4,413
637 12.6
1983
5,064 4,531
533 10.5
1984
5,129 4,699
430 8.4
1985
5,098 4,338
760 14.9
1986
4,847 4,436
411 8.5
1987
5,006 4,752
254 5.1
1988
5,154 4,806
348 6.8
1989
4,624 4,357
267 5.8
1990
4,863 4,596
267 5.5
1991
4,793 4,553
240 5.0
1992
5,091 4,801
290 5.7
1993
5,311 4,994
317 6.0
1994
5,381 5,113
268 5.0
1995
5,401 5,094
307 5.7
1996
5,424 5,076
348 6.4
WILKINSON COUNTY
1980
4,335 4,126
209 4.8
1981
4,503 4,271
232 5.2
1982
4,410 4,107
303 6.9
1983
4,221 3,950
271 6.4
1984
4,260 4,043
217 5.1
1985
4,327 4,026
301 7.0
1986
4,354 4,114
240 5.5
1987
4,338 4,110
228 5.3
1988
4,615 4,386
229 5.0
1989
4,758 4,528
230 4.8
1990
4,646 4,459
187 4.0
1991
4,529 4,341
188 4.2
1992
4,475 4,217
258 5.8
1993
4,530 4,283
247 5.5
1994
4,478 4,276
202 4.5
1995
4,449 4,233
216 4.9
1996
4,578 4,309
269 5.9
WORTH COUNTY
1980
7,496 6,982
514 6.9
1981
7,681 7,053
628 8.2
1982
7,443 6,582
861 11.6
1983
7,063 6,128
935 13.2
1984
6,973 6,252
721 10.3
1985
7,072 6,252
820 11.6
1986
6,882 6,020
862 12.5
1987
6,860 6,150
710 10.3
1988
6,934 6,259
675 9.7
1989
6,859 6,177
682 9.9
1990
9,031 8,474
557 6.2
1991
8,961 8,551
410 4.6
1992
9,109 8,378
731 8.0
1993
9,234 8,610
624 6.8
1994
9,178 8,566
612 6.7
1995
8,916 8,349
567 6.4
1996
9,167 8,564
603 6.6
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