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GeorgiaDepartment of Labor

Mark ButlerCommissioner

Georgia’s Workforce:

An Annual Report

Georgia Department of Labor Mark Butler, Commissioner

Published by

Workforce Statistics & Economic Research Division

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-Acknowledgements- “Georgia’s Workforce: An Annual Report” is a product of the Georgia Department of Labor’s Workforce Statistics & Economic Research (WS&ER) Division with funding from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. The information and analysis provided in this publication is based on the information collected from thousands of business establishments across Georgia and data available through alternative sources. The WS&ER Division produced this book under the leadership of Dr. Rosa Hayes, Assistant Commissioner; Ralph Towler, Assistant Director WI&A, and Mark Watson, Program Chief. Faye Duzan provided planning and direction. Maps were prepared by Hans Friedrichsen. The tables, charts, and analyses were prepared and provided by Shan Lou, Michael Alzubaydi and Chris Wells. Cover art was designed by Helen Kim. Editorial services were provided by Ginger Blackstone, Director of Economic Development.

Georgia Department of Labor

Workforce Statistics & Economic Research 148 Andrew Young International Blvd.

Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404) 232-3875

(404) 232-3888 Fax www.dol.state.ga.us

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-Abstract-

“Georgia’s Workforce: An Annual Report” is an overview of the economic conditions Georgia currently faces. This publication is designed for policy makers, business leaders, workforce professionals and students seeking insight into the overall economic health of the State of Georgia. These insights include analyses of the strengths and weaknesses faced by Georgia’s population. Over the past ten years, Georgia has experienced both tremendous growth and devastating losses. The highs have meant new businesses, increased wealth, improvements to local communities and access to better school systems. The lows left record unemployment, massive job loss and the first reduction in civilian labor force in nearly twenty years. Taking into account both highs and lows, the Guide examines the last decade in three time periods: the full decade, 2000-2009; the current recession, 2007-2009; and how Georgia has fared most recently, 2009. The analyses are divided into four sections, Population and Civilian Labor Force, Unemployment Insurance Statistics, Industry Analysis and Wages. These areas are highlighted to provide detailed analyses on the health and progress of Georgia’s labor market during the decade. Population and Civilian Labor Force examines the characteristics of the individuals whom live and work in Georgia. Unemployment Insurance Statistics provide information on Georgia’s jobless workers and the impact of unemployment on the State. Industry Analysis focuses on the types of industries currently in Georgia, their locations and the types of jobs they provide. Lastly, Wages provides information on what Georgian’s earn and what industries offer the most competitive wages. Each of the four sections contains information at the state and county levels, as well as the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) areas, thereby presenting detailed analyses on various trends throughout the decade. A map showing Georgia’s 159 counties and twenty WIA areas is included for reference. Questions or comments on the content of this publication should be directed to:

Georgia Department of Labor Workforce Statistics & Economic Research

148 Andrew Young International Blvd. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751

(404) 232-3875 (404) 232-3888 Fax www.dol.state.ga.us

http://www.dol.state.ga.us/

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Area Reference Map ii 1. Population Demographics and Civilian Labor Force 1.1 Population and Demographics 1 1.2 Civilian Labor Force 6 1.3 Unemployment Rates 8 2. Unemployment Insurance Statistics 2.1 Civilian Unemployment Rate by Gender and Race 11 2.2 Claims 11 2.3 Mass Layoff Statistics 20 3. Industry Analysis 3.1 Industry Overview 22 3.2 Industry Details 24 3.3 Establishments/Employment Details 31 4. Wage Analysis 4.1 Wage Overview 36 4.2 Wage Details 39 Summary 42

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Workforce Investment Act Area Reference Map

• The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 was implemented in Georgia in July 2000 and

established 20 local Workforce Investment Boards to oversee the implementation of the Act across Georgia.

• Based on the concept of a “one-stop” system, this customer focused delivery system, streamlines access to job training, education and employment services for customers including youth, adult and older workers. Access to labor market information is a key component of WIA area services.

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Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Floyd

Lee

Worth

Bulloch

WayneCoffee

Charlton

Tift

Fulton

Long

Screven

Liberty

Harris

Emanuel

Decatur

Troup

Carroll

Bryan

Irwin

Dodge

Grady

Telfair

Polk

Wilkes

Colquitt

Camden

Brooks

Dooly

Bartow

Tattnall

Appling

Sumter

Gilmer

Thomas

Mitchell

Walker

Jones

Talbot

Cobb

Elbert

Taylor

BerrienGlynn

Hart

Echols

Stewart

Macon

Coweta

Baker

RabunFannin

WashingtonJefferson

Union

Wilcox

Jasper

Lowndes

Hancock

Greene

Terrell

Henry

Brantley

Marion

Pierce

Crisp

Monroe

Miller

Twiggs

Murray

Upson

Pike

Gwinnett

Heard

Gordon

Walton

Effingham

Clay

Chatham

Wilkinson

Morgan

Putnam

Toombs

Jenkins

Meriwether

Cherokee

Houston

Randolph

Bacon

Turner

McIntosh

Cook

White

Jackson

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Banks

Butts

Newton

Lincoln

Paulding

JohnsonCrawford

Wheeler

Whitfield

Pulaski

Lumpkin

Baldwin

Madison

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Forsyth

Calhoun

Dade

Columbia

Richmond

Ben Hill

Dougherty

Haralson

Candler

Lanier

Chattooga Pickens

Evans

Lamar

Towns

Dawson

Seminole

Fayette

Bleckley

Webster

Schley

Treutlen

Peach

Barrow

Spalding

Taliaferro

Muscogee

Catoosa

Stephens

Clayton

Clarke

Quitman

Bibb

Warren

DeKalb

McDuffie

Habersham

Douglas

Oconee

Mont-gomery

Chatta-hoochee

Glascock

Rock-dale

West Central GANortheast GAMacon-BibbMiddle GeorgiaRichmond / BurkeCountiesEast Central GA

Area 8 = Area 9 = Area 10 = Area 11 = Area 12 =

Area 13 =

Northwest GAGA MountainsCity of AtlantaCobb CountyDeKalb CountyFulton CountyAtlanta Regional

Area 1 = Area 2 = Area 3 = Area 4 = Area 5 = Area 6 = Area 7 =

Area 14 = Area 15 = Area 16 = Area 17 = Area 18 = Area 19 = Area 20 =

Lower ChattahoocheeMiddle FlintHeart of GA AltamahaSouthwest GASouth GASoutheast GA Coastal

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau


Georgia comprises 3.1 percent of the U.S. popula-tion, while the entire southeastern region accounts for approximately twenty percent.

With an estimated 9,829,211 persons covering 57,507 square miles, Georgia’s population density of 171 persons per square mile is nearly twice as high as the U.S. density of 87, but ranks third in the southeastern region behind Florida (346) and North Carolina (193).

Geographically, Georgia is the largest state in the southeastern region, and with Florida, accounts for almost half of the region’s total population.

Nationally, Georgia is ranked as the ninth most populous state and is expected to surpass Michigan as the eighth most populous state in the 2010 census.

Factors affecting population estimates include natural increase (births minus deaths) and net immigration (domestic and international).

Georgia’s population includes being ranked eighth in births, tenth in deaths, fifth in domestic immigration, and seventh in international immigration.

Over half (52%) of Georgia’s population growth is attributed to immigration - 67 percent of which are classified as domestic and 33 percent as international.

Since 2000, Georgia is ranked fourth in the U.S. in both net population growth (1,642,430 individuals) and popula-tion percent growth (20.1%).

Georgia’s total population growth over the decade is the highest in the southeastern region and has more than doubled the U.S. rate of 9.1 percent.

GEORGIA’S WORKFORCE AN ANNUAL REPORT: POPULATION AND LABOR FORCE

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Georgia’s population has

grown from 8,186,781 in 2000 to 9,829,211 in 2009.

Females have consistently made up 51 percent of Georgia’s population

throughout the decade. Georgia’s median age grew

from 33.4 in 2000 to 34.7 in 2009; comparatively, the U.S. median age went from 35.3 in 2000 to 36.8 in 2009.

At the start of the decade, Georgia’s population 55 and older made up eighteen percent of the population but has grown to 21 percent in 2009.

In 2009, Georgia had one of the most diverse populations in the U.S. Whites comprised 65 percent of the population, while African-American and Others (all other races) comprised 30 and five percent, respectively.

Whites have grown at a rate of fifteen percent, African-Americans at a rate of 25 percent and Others at a rate of 62 percent for the decade.

While Hispanics can belong to any racial group; they have grown at a rate of 88 percent.

Georgia is one of four states that has grown on average two percent a year over the past decade.

For the period 2008 to 2009, Georgia’s population grew by 131,373 persons, or 1.4 percent, placing the state fourth nationally in net increase and ninth in percentage increase.

2006 saw the greatest growth rate in the decade (2.6%).




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Georgia has 159 counties, ranked second to Texas’ 254 in the nation. Seventy-five percent of Georgia’s total population resides in less than 25 percent of

Georgia’s counties. Twelve counties, all of which are associated with metropolitan areas, account for 50

percent of total population. Another 25 percent of Georgia’s population is attributed to 24 counties. The remaining 123 counties comprise the last 25 percent of total population.

Of the twelve most populous counties, eight are located in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

A total of 121 counties have less than the state average population of 61,800. There are 70 counties with fewer than 20,000 in population. In 2008, Fulton County became Georgia’s only county to surpass one million people in

total population, which is more than 10 percent of the state’s total.


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Georgia’s Population Estimates 2009


Bulloch69,213

Floyd96,250

Liberty62,186

Troup64,653

Carroll114,778

Walker64,983

Bartow96,217

Coweta127,111

Hall187,743

Glynn76,820

Lowndes106,814

Gwinnett808,167

Walton87,311

Chatham256,992

Gordon53,292

Effingham53,541

Cherokee215,084

Cobb714,692

Houston135,715

Henry195,370

Jackson63,544

Newton99,944

DeKalb747,274

Paulding136,655

Bibb156,060

Forsyth174,520

Dougherty95,859

Fulton1,033,756

Whitfield93,698

Columbia112,958

Richmond199,768

Fayette106,788

Douglas129,703

Barrow72,158

Spalding64,708

Muscogee190,414

Catoosa64,035

Clayton275,772

Clarke116,342

Rock- dale84,569

Ware35,914

Laurens48,295

Wayne29,407

Coffee40,868

Decatur28,838

Harris30,138

Camden48,277Grady

25,187

Bryan32,559

Colquitt45,596

Sumter32,084

Thomas46,188

Gilmer29,021

Jones27,740

Lee34,410

Monroe25,425

Murray40,621

Upson27,551

Polk42,298

Toombs27,959

Tift42,959

White25,294

Madison28,232

Baldwin46,337

Lumpkin27,528

Haralson28,890

Chattooga26,619 Pickens

31,264

Habersham43,613

Oconee33,320

Peach27,247

Stephens25,700

Burke22,797

Charlton10,725

Worth21,214

Screven15,054

Emanuel23,075

Early11,568

Dodge19,749

Wilkes10,268

Brooks16,354

Tattnall24,493

Appling18,011

Mitchell23,800

Telfair12,792

Berrien17,044

Dooly11,819

Macon13,336

Fannin22,945

Washington20,879

Long12,234

Jefferson16,478

Rabun16,611

Elbert20,372

Jasper13,953

Greene15,743

Brantley15,643

Irwin10,086

Twiggs10,111

Pierce18,580

Union21,252

Terrell10,320

Wilkinson10,076

Morgan18,761

Putnam20,495

Meriwether22,783

Heard11,528

McIntosh11,378

Bacon10,601

Crisp22,210

Oglethorpe14,328

Hart24,067

Crawford12,240

Banks16,799

Franklin21,748

Jeff Davis13,659

Cook16,603

Ben Hill17,567

Pike17,721

Candler10,680

Butts24,392

Evans11,695

Lamar17,550

McDuffie21,862

Dawson22,555

Towns11,010

Bleckley12,855

Dade16,127

Chatta-hoochee14,402

Clinch6,988

Talbot6,355

Taylor8,587

Echols4,213

Stewart4,558

Baker3,637

Wilcox8,895

Hancock9,219

Marion6,995

Miller6,228

Jenkins8,450

Randolph7,180 Turner

9,254

Warren5,755

Atkinson8,230

Lincoln7,913

Johnson9,300

Wheeler7,010

Pulaski9,897

Calhoun6,306

Lanier8,423

Webster2,192

Clay 3,113

Seminole9,094

Schley4,325

Treutlen7,058

Taliaferro1,812

Mont-gomery8,930

Quitman2,659

Glascock 2,801

Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information and AnalysisData Source - U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division

Georgia 9,829,211U.S. 307,006,550

Georgia Population2009 Estimate

Population Estimate50,001 to 1,033,756

25,001 to 50,000

10,001 to 25,000

1,812 to 10,000

Georgia’s four most populous counties, Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, and Cobb, make up more than one-third of its population.

Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, and Cobb are ranked 39th, 64th, 76th, and 84th respectively as the nation’s most populous counties.

Georgia’s four least populous counties, Taliaferro, Webster, Quitman, and Glascock, all have less than 3,000 residents each.



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Over the decade, two Georgia counties have been in the top ten and six in the top 25 in population growth among all U.S. counties whose populations exceed 10,000.

Seventeen counties in Georgia’s are among the nation’s 100 fastest-growing, more than any other state.

Forsyth County ranks first in Georgia and sixth nationally in population growth rate over the decade.

Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, and Cobb counties have accounted for 38 percent of Georgia’s population growth since 2000.


Georgia’s Population Growth Percent Change from 2000 - 2009

Hall34.8

Bulloch23.6

Lee39.0

Fulton26.7

Harris27.2

Carroll31.5

Bryan39.0

Bartow26.6

Gilmer23.7

Coweta42.5

Union22.9

Jasper22.1

Henry63.7

Pike29.5

Gwinnett37.3

Walton43.9

Gordon20.8

Morgan21.4

Effingham42.6

Cherokee51.6

Houston22.5

White26.8

Jackson52.8

Newton61.2

Paulding67.3

Butts24.9

Lumpkin31.0

Forsyth77.3

Pickens36.0

Columbia26.5

Dawson41.0

Habersham21.5

Oconee27.1

Douglas40.7

Barrow56.4

Catoosa20.2

Rock- dale20.6

Wayne10.7

Long18.7

Troup10.0

Camden10.6

Polk10.9

Tift11.9

Jones17.3

Cobb17.6

Glynn13.7

Echols12.2

Rabun10.4

Fannin15.9

Lowndes16.0

Pierce18.8

Monroe16.9

Murray11.3

Chatham10.7

Oglethorpe13.4

DeKalb12.2

Banks16.5

Haralson12.5

Candler11.5

Lanier16.3

Evans11.4

Lamar10.3

Wheeler13.4

Whitfield12.2

Fayette17.0

Towns18.1

Bleckley10.2

Schley14.8

Peach15.1

Spalding10.8

Clarke14.6

Clayton16.6

Ware1.2

Burke2.5

Clinch1.6

Laurens7.6

Floyd6.3

Coffee9.2

Charlton4.3

Liberty0.9

Emanuel5.7

Decatur2.1

Irwin1.6

Dodge3.0

Grady6.5

Telfair8.5

Colquitt8.4

Dooly2.6

Tattnall9.8

Appling3.4

Thomas8.1

Walker6.4

Berrien5.0

Hart4.7

Wilcox3.7

Bibb1.4

Greene9.3

Brantley6.9

Crisp1.0

Heard4.7

Putnam8.9

Toombs7.3

Meriwether1.1

Bacon4.9 McIntosh

4.9

Cook5.3

Atkinson8.2

Johnson8.6

Pulaski3.2

Baldwin3.7

Madison9.7

Franklin7.2

Jeff Davis7.7

Dade6.4

Ben Hill0.5

Chattooga4.5

Richmond-0.0

McDuffie3.0

Treutlen3.0

Muscogee2.2

Stephens1.0

Mont-gomery

8.0

Quitman2.3

Glascock9.6

Early-6.4

Worth-3.4

Screven-2.1

Wilkes-3.9

Brooks-0.6

Sumter-3.4

Mitchell-0.6

Talbot-2.2

Elbert-0.7

Taylor-2.6

Stewart-13.2

Macon-5.2

Baker-10.7

Washington-1.4

Jefferson-4.6

Hancock-8.5

Terrell-5.9

Marion-2.1

Miller-2.4

Twiggs-4.5

Upson-0.2

Clay -7.3

Wilkinson-1.4

Jenkins-1.5

Randolph-7.8 Turner

-2.6

Warren-9.2

Lincoln-5.2

Crawford-2.0

Calhoun-0.2

Dougherty-0.2

Webster-8.3

Seminole-2.9

Taliaferro-12.8

Chatta-hoochee

-3.2

Georgia Percent Population GrowthPercent Change from 2000 to 2009

Percent Change20.2% to 77.3%

10% to 20.1%

0% to 9.9%

-13.2% to -0.1%

State Average = 20.1%


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Data Source: American Community Survey 2008

Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey

Civilian labor force (CLF) is defined as all persons sixteen years of age and older within a specified geographic area that are either employed or unemployed and actively seeking employment, excluding those serving in the military or in institutions such as prisons or mental hospitals.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor force participation rate is the "share of the population sixteen years and older working or seeking work."

Georgia’s labor force is as racially-diverse as is its population, with 66 percent classified as White, 29 percent African-American, and five percent as Other.

In 2009, men continued to make up a majority of the workforce (54%). While Hispanics can be from any racial group; they comprise 8.4 percent of Georgia’s

labor force.

According to the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS), Georgia’s total population over the age of eighteen is 7,245,419.

Twenty-four percent of Georgians eighteen years or older have received a bachelor’s degree or higher, which is consistent with the national average.

Forty-five percent of Georgians 18 to 24 have some college, an Associate degree or higher.


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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)


Over the decade, Georgia’s labor force grew by 12.4 percent from 4,242,889 in 2000 to 4,768,923 in 2009.

The largest civilian labor force on record in Georgia occurred in 2008 and exceeded 4.8 million individuals.

During the period 2000 to 2008, the civilian labor force had increased by fourteen percent, before declining by almost 1.5 percent in 2009.

Georgia’s civilian labor force eclipsed its average percentage increase of 1.24 percent per year in 2004, 2005 and 2006, with its greatest percent increase occurring in 2005 at a rate of four percent.

Georgia’s first annual decline in the civilian labor force since 1991 occurred in 2009, as the labor force shrunk one percent or nearly 70,000 individuals. In 1991 the labor force declined by almost 1,500 individuals.

Since the recession began in December 2007, Georgia’s civilian labor force has shrunk by 133,666 or 2.77 percent, from 4,832,698 to 4,699,032.

The civilian labor force participation rate fell from 68.2 in 2007 to 65.7 in 2009.

Beginning in October

2008, Georgia experienced fifteen consecutive months of decline in the labor force.

In December 2009, Georgia experienced its lowest monthly civilian labor force total since April 2006.

May 2008 was the largest monthly labor force recorded in Georgia at 4,843,126 individuals.


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Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics-Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization

Georgia’s annual unem-ployment rate exceeded the national average from 2004 to 2006 and 2008-2009, while also surpassing the southeastern region’s rate in 2005 and 2006.

The unemployment rate in Georgia went from 3.6 percent in January 2000 to 10.3 in December 2009 (unadjusted).

November 2000 was the lowest recorded unem-ployment rate (3.3%)

Civilian labor force estimates come from a cooperative program between the states and the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics to ensure comparability nationwide.

The data are routinely produced for all Georgia counties, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), cities of 50,000 or more, and statewide.

Additional statewide details about the labor force are provided by the Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization data which defines workers who identify themselves as discouraged, marginally attached to the workforce and working part-time for economic reasons.

“Discouraged” refers to individuals who are not currently searching for a job because they believe no work is available.

“Marginal” refers to individuals who are not currently searching for a job due to school, family responsibilities, poor health, or transportation issues.

“Part-Time” refers to individuals working part-time who would prefer to work full-time.


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The unemployment rates for the past three years show a fairly similar picture for each of Georgia’s twenty WIA areas. Every area experienced fairly significant increases from 2007 – 2008 and again from 2008 – 2009.

In 2007 (blue bars), Georgia’s rate was 4.6 percent. More than half of all WIA areas (12) were at or above the state rate.

By 2008 (orange bars), Georgia’s rate had climbed to 6.2 percent and thirteen WIA areas had rates at or above the state rate.

In 2009 (teal bars), Georgia’s rate was 9.6 percent, but half of Georgia’s WIA areas (10) were doing better than the state rate.

While these ten areas had unemployment rates lower than the state rate, ranging from 8.2 percent to 9.5 percent, they were still well over the 2007 rates that marked the beginning of the recession.

Increasing 7.5 percentage points, the Northwest Georgia and West Central Georgia WIA areas had the greatest increases in unemployment rates since 2000, going from 3.3 to 10.8 percent and 3.8 to 11.3 percent, respectively.




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Georgia’s Unemployment Rate by County 2009 Annual Average

Coffee14.8

Irwin14.8

Jefferson14.0

Hancock18.7

Jenkins19.0

Warren17.5

Atkinson14.2

Ben Hill15.3

Chatta-hoochee

15.0

Screven13.7

Decatur12.1

Troup12.7

Telfair13.6

Sumter12.6

Hart13.0

Berrien12.7

Macon12.1

Washington13.1

Jasper12.0

Heard12.4

Murray12.6

Upson12.0

Gordon12.6

Meriwether13.1

Turner13.3

Cook12.4

Jeff Davis13.4

Chattooga13.0

Lamar13.1

Whitfield12.4

Schley12.4

Spalding13.6

Taliaferro 13.6

Ware10.5

Burke11.5

Clinch10.4

Laurens10.8

Early10.1

Floyd10.2

Worth9.8

Wayne11.4

Charlton10.6

Fulton9.8

Emanuel10.3

Carroll10.5

Dodge10.4

Wilkes11.5

Polk10.4

Bartow11.6

Appling9.8

Gilmer9.9

Mitchell9.7

Walker10.4

Elbert11.7

Taylor11.5

Tift10.7

Stewart10.3

Rabun10.3

Fannin10.1

Wilcox11.4

Greene10.8

Terrell10.0

Brantley10.5

Crisp11.7

Twiggs10.5

Pike10.6

Walton10.0

Wilkinson10.6

Putnam10.5

Randolph11.7

McIntosh9.7

Jackson10.5

Butts11.4

Newton11.7

Lincoln10.6

Paulding9.7

Johnson11.8

Lumpkin11.3

Baldwin11.9

Franklin11.6

Calhoun10.9

Dade9.8

Dougherty10.2

Haralson11.5

Pickens10.1

Richmond9.8

McDuffie11.0

Seminole10.4

Bleckley9.9

Treutlen11.1

Douglas10.4

Peach10.0

Barrow10.3

Stephens10.6

Clayton11.3

Quitman11.2

Glascock 11.0

Rock- dale10.7

Hall9.0

Lee7.0

Bulloch8.9

Long6.0

Liberty7.9

Harris7.0

Bryan7.6

Grady9.5

Colquitt8.8

Camden8.7

Brooks8.2

Dooly9.6

Tattnall8.6

Thomas8.8

Jones8.3

Talbot9.1

Cobb8.8

Glynn8.2

Echols7.0

Coweta9.5

Baker8.6

Union9.2

Bibb9.4

Lowndes8.1

Henry9.3

Marion9.6

Pierce9.1

Monroe8.8

Miller8.2

Gwinnett8.7

Effingham7.9

Clay8.5

Chatham8.3

Morgan9.6

Toombs9.6

Cherokee8.6

Houston6.9

Bacon9.0

White9.5

Oglethorpe8.1

Banks7.4

DeKalb9.6

Crawford9.6

Wheeler9.3

Pulaski7.5

Madison8.3

Forsyth7.9

Columbia6.8

Candler8.9

Lanier8.6

Evans8.5

Webster9.4

Towns8.3

Dawson9.6

Fayette8.1

Habersham9.6

Oconee6.1

Muscogee8.8

Catoosa8.4

Mont-gomery

8.7

Clarke7.3

Unemployment Rate in Georgia Counties2009 Annual Average

Unemployment Rate14.0% to 19.0%

12.0% to 13.9%

9.7% to 11.9%

6.0% to 9.6%

Georgia's Unemployment Rate: 9.6%US Unemployment Rate: 9.3% There were 61 counties (38%) that had unemployment rates at or below the state rate of

9.6 percent. Comparatively, the U.S. unemployment rate was 9.3 percent. The remaining 98 counties (62%) had unemployment rates higher than the state rate.

Nine counties had unemployment rates ranging from fourteen percent to nineteen percent. None of the nine counties are a part of any metropolitan area.

In 2009, Long County had the lowest unemployment rate, six percent, while Jenkins County had the highest at nineteen percent.




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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey

Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Statistics- Continued Claims Data

According to the Current Population Survey, in 2009, there were an estimated 470,200 individuals unemployed; 53 percent were classified as White, 42 percent were African-American, and five percent were “Other.” In terms of gender, 57 percent of the unemployed were male and 43 percent were female.

African-Americans had a much higher concentration of unemployed workers in comparison to whites and individuals who identify themselves as, “Other.”

This is particularly true among African-American males, who comprised fourteen percent of the labor force and thirteen percent of the employed, but 24 percent of all unemployed individuals.

The insured unemployed refers to the jobless workers covered by the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program administered by the Georgia Department of Labor.

The difference between unemployed men and women went from four percentage points in 2007 to eleven in 2009.

This increase can be attributed to the job losses suffered in Construction and Manufacturing, two male-dominated industries.

GEORGIA’S WORKFORCE AN ANNUAL REPORT: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE STATISTICS

http://data.bls.gov:8080/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ln


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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Statistics

Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Statistics

Initial claims are counts of the first claim filed by claimants seeking UI benefits.

Annual initial claims rose from 395,401 in 2000 to a record annual high of 1,025,764 in 2009.

The largest single year percentage increase in initial claims occurred in 2001 (64%).

The largest single year net increase in initial claims occurred in 2009 (283,276).

The current recession has produced the two largest annual numbers of initial claims for the past decade. In 2008, initial claims reached nearly 750,000, while in 2009, they surpassed one million.

The average annual initial claims for the decade, was 584,408 per year. This average was exceeded during 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, and 2009.

Eight of the top ten monthly initial claims totals for the past decade occurred between December 2008 and December 2009.

2007-2009 accounted for 38 percent of the total initial claims for the decade.

From 2007 to 2009,

Georgia’s initial claims were up 552,937 or 117 percent, as initial claims filings in Manufacturing, Construction and Trade industries rose dramatically.

From 2007 to 2009, the monthly initial claims total peaked at 128,625, in December 2008.

Traditionally, there are more initial claims filed during December and January of each year.






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The Northwest Georgia and Atlanta Regional WIA areas accounted for 26 percent of initial claims filed in 2007 and 28 percent filed in both 2008 and 2009.

From 2007 to 2009, twelve WIA areas saw spikes in annual initial claims of at least 100 percent, eight of which were above the state average of 117 percent during the same period.

The Georgia Mountains WIA Area had the largest percentage increase in initial claims from 2007 to 2009 (163%).While the Northwest Georgia WIA Area had the largest net increase of initial claims filed (88,897), mainly due to the large concentration of carpet and floor covering manufacturing.

From 2000 to 2009, the Atlanta Regional WIA Area had an increase of 105,791 initial claims filed, the most of any WIA area (27,662 in 2000 to 133,453 in 2009).

This was also the largest percentage increase (382%) of any WIA area.




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Georgia’s Initial Claims by County 2009


Fulton71,622

Cobb45,901

Gwinnett51,448

DeKalb57,189

Whitfield34,948

Clayton28,004

Laurens10,878

Floyd19,505

Carroll14,633

Troup11,547

Hall19,335

Walker11,950

Bartow15,285

Coweta13,747

Lowndes10,875

Henry14,891

Murray13,738

Polk10,199

Chatham20,582

Gordon13,857

Cherokee15,153

Bibb14,133

Newton11,138

Paulding10,359

Spalding10,218

Richmond18,961

Douglas11,354

Muscogee14,396

Bulloch7,131

Coffee7,824

Colquitt5,782

Elbert5,160

Glynn7,805

Walton7,296

Tift5,857

Hart5,423

Houston8,529

Jackson6,156

Baldwin5,613

Forsyth8,782

Columbia7,517

Dougherty8,558

Fayette5,204

Barrow6,682

Habersham7,789

Catoosa7,426

Stephens5,311

Clarke9,731

Rock- dale7,399

Ware4,708

Burke3,778

Clinch616

Worth2,878

Wayne3,278

Early1,029

Charlton669

Long595

Screven4,615

Liberty2,829

Harris2,398

Emanuel4,825

Decatur4,031

Bryan2,207

Dodge2,572

Grady3,550

Telfair2,742

Wilkes2,315

Camden2,725

Brooks1,606

Dooly1,407

Tattnall1,608

Appling3,662

Sumter4,439

Gilmer4,452

Thomas4,747

Mitchell2,242

Jones2,021

Talbot781

Irwin1,669

Lee2,267

Taylor1,280

Berrien4,534

Echols305

Stewart732

Macon2,697

Baker293

Rabun2,386

Fannin3,149

Washington2,709

Jefferson3,410

Union2,380

Wilcox916

Jasper2,066 Hancock

2,108

Greene2,497

Terrell988

Brantley1,770

Marion975

Pierce2,049

Monroe2,464

Miller729

Twiggs1,069

Upson3,731

Crisp3,055

Heard1,889

Effingham4,417

Clay404

Wilkinson1,203

Morgan1,965

Putnam4,565

Toombs4,642

Jenkins2,330

Meriwether4,212

Randolph1,509

Bacon1,687

Turner1,776

McIntosh1,160

White3,369

Cook2,971

Oglethorpe1,820

Warren1,975

Atkinson1,952

Pike2,326

Banks2,341

Lincoln1,251

Johnson2,056

Crawford1,181

Wheeler994

Pulaski847

Lumpkin3,530

Madison4,078

Butts2,594

Franklin4,183

Jeff Davis3,650

Calhoun651

Ben Hill3,940

Haralson3,650

Dade1,219

Candler1,399

Lanier1,036

Chattooga1,538

Pickens3,813

Evans1,007

Lamar2,835

Dawson2,068

Seminole934

Webster354

Schley713

Treutlen1,137

McDuffie4,489

Towns1,058

Bleckley1,642

Oconee1,883

Peach3,058

Taliaferro 333

Mont-gomery1,405

Quitman46

Chatta-hoochee

220

Glascock 346

Georgia Initial Claims2009

Claims25,001 to 71,622

10,001 to 25,000

5,001 to 10,000

46 to 5,000

State Total = 1,025,764

In 2009, Georgia’s four largest counties, Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, and Cobb, accounted for nearly one quarter of all initial claims filed in the state.

Georgia’s four smallest counties, Taliaferro, Webster, Quitman, and Glascock, had a combined 1,079 initial claims filed, making up less than one percent of all claims filed.




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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Statistics Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Statistics

Of Georgia’s 159 counties, only Calhoun County - one of Georgia’s smallest counties where more than half the jobs are in the Government sector - had a net decrease (-57) in initial claims filings from 2007 to 2009.

Fulton County, which has the largest labor force and the most employment, had the largest net increase (37,613) in initial claims among counties from 2007-2009.

With few exceptions, the largest net change in initial claims filings occurred in metropolitan counties.

From 2007 to 2009, 77 of Georgia’s 159 counties had initial claims increases greater than the statewide average of 117 percent.

Berrien County, which has a much higher than average concentration of Manufacturing jobs, saw a 391 percent increase in initial claims from 2007 (923) to 2009 (4,534).

The largest rates of increase were concentrated in the northern half of the state and along the coastal plain.

6,553

7,952

5,026

9,070

5,943

8,844

5,994

37,613

9,71010,677

6,120

5,353

30,072

11,737

12,179

7,574

8,2448,726

6,558

6,555 26,608

6,371

6,611

6,269

27,3856,794

20,958

5,809

13,607

2,768

1,210

2,592

4,641

1,456

2,789

1,616

1,8171,674

3,7821,313

2,701

2,708

1,180

1,071

2,053

2,549

1,232

2,191

1,040

3,210

1,005

1,453

3,611

1,916

1,128

1,424

2,760

1,053

1,169

1,657

1,177

1,909

1,201 1,050

1,533

2,785

4,459

1,179

2,027

2,839

1,127

1,254

1,144

4,139

1,270

1,512

4,331

1,840

3,229

1,860

4,830

1,184

1,219

1,507

2,575

2,289

4,918

1,475

2,413

2,567

2,820

2,733

1,194

1,4452,779

2,000

4,968

1,433

1,523

4,932

3,203

1,417

4,325

3,923

1,592

2,330

3,211

1,219

1,530

4,036

156368

335

908

575

745292

553

606

169

299

790

602

355

388

800

80 601

569

477

106 863

419

619

732

498

790

379

542

212

557

811

359

475450

19

211

907

126

511

144

688

974

483

648 566

507

184

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Georgia Initial Claims Change2007 to 2009

Net Change

5,000 to 37,613

1,000 to 4,999

0 to 999

-57 to -1

State Total = 552,937

142.7

151.5

122.3

186.4

152.7

159.3132.8

120.9

119.0

127.6

153.3

265.9

145.9

153.8

117.3

391.2

180.4

163.0

181.9

140.7

163.1

178.4

146.9

170.2

132.7

124.3

197.3

154.0

213.5

117.3

179.7

166.7

132.9

160.7

218.3

164.5

134.5

123.8

122.9

137.9

205.2

163.0

174.2

146.1

141.5

172.5

179.9

179.8

135.8

181.9

149.8

171.3

168.2

171.3

133.6

136.3

249.5

127.7

137.9

161.3268.8

206.0

160.5

279.4

147.6

149.0

197.7

151.9

139.5

142.2

224.3

123.4

161.1

183.6

246.1

120.0

148.1

97.2

82.1

93.683.9

116.1

87.7

116.2

85.9

91.9

97.5 86.3

97.4

76.7

98.9

85.1

110.6

77.4

95.1

83.3

77.5

79.1

96.5

107.9

79.2

76.9

99.4

90.8

101.0

108.1

109.6

113.8

93.4

91.9

84.3

92.9

80.3

110.1

101.7

87.9

100.4

101.6

81.6

93.3

76.2

99.9

92.2

94.5

113.5 115.0

100.1

113.6

47.1

33.9

71.6

45.8

48.368.1

55.8

66.4

74.3

67.1

74.8

73.5

40.0

56.7

73.6

60.6

74.5

66.7

27.1

47.3

41.0

55.0

62.4

43.5

57.147.1

52.7

45.3

60.1

70.4

-8.1

Percent Change

117.1% to 391.2%

75.1% to 117.0%

0.0% to 75.0%

-8.1% to -0.1%

State Total = 117%

6,553

7,952

5,026

9,070

5,943

8,844

5,994

37,613

9,71010,677

6,120

5,353

30,072

11,737

12,179

7,574

8,2448,726

6,558

6,555 26,608

6,371

6,611

6,269

27,3856,794

20,958

5,809

13,607

2,768

1,210

2,592

4,641

1,456

2,789

1,616

1,8171,674

3,7821,313

2,701

2,708

1,180

1,071

2,053

2,549

1,232

2,191

1,040

3,210

1,005

1,453

3,611

1,916

1,128

1,424

2,760

1,053

1,169

1,657

1,177

1,909

1,201 1,050

1,533

2,785

4,459

1,179

2,027

2,839

1,127

1,254

1,144

4,139

1,270

1,512

4,331

1,840

3,229

1,860

4,830

1,184

1,219

1,507

2,575

2,289

4,918

1,475

2,413

2,567

2,820

2,733

1,194

1,4452,779

2,000

4,968

1,433

1,523

4,932

3,203

1,417

4,325

3,923

1,592

2,330

3,211

1,219

1,530

4,036

156368

335

908

575

745292

553

606

169

299

790

602

355

388

800

80 601

569

477

106 863

419

619

732

498

790

379

542

212

557

811

359

475450

19

211

907

126

511

144

688

974

483

648 566

507

184

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Georgia Initial Claims Change2007 to 2009

Net Change

5,000 to 37,613

1,000 to 4,999

0 to 999

-57 to -1


142.7

151.5

122.3

186.4

152.7

159.3132.8

120.9

119.0

127.6

153.3

265.9

145.9

153.8

117.3

391.2

180.4

163.0

181.9

140.7

163.1

178.4

146.9

170.2

132.7

124.3

197.3

154.0

213.5

117.3

179.7

166.7

132.9

160.7

218.3

164.5

134.5

123.8

122.9

137.9

205.2

163.0

174.2

146.1

141.5

172.5

179.9

179.8

135.8

181.9

149.8

171.3

168.2

171.3

133.6

136.3

249.5

127.7

137.9

161.3268.8

206.0

160.5

279.4

147.6

149.0

197.7

151.9

139.5

142.2

224.3

123.4

161.1

183.6

246.1

120.0

148.1

97.2

82.1

93.683.9

116.1

87.7

116.2

85.9

91.9

97.5 86.3

97.4

76.7

98.9

85.1

110.6

77.4

95.1

83.3

77.5

79.1

96.5

107.9

79.2

76.9

99.4

90.8

101.0

108.1

109.6

113.8

93.4

91.9

84.3

92.9

80.3

110.1

101.7

87.9

100.4

101.6

81.6

93.3

76.2

99.9

92.2

94.5

113.5 115.0

100.1

113.6

47.1

33.9

71.6

45.8

48.368.1

55.8

66.4

74.3

67.1

74.8

73.5

40.0

56.7

73.6

60.6

74.5

66.7

27.1

47.3

41.0

55.0

62.4

43.5

57.147.1

52.7

45.3

60.1

70.4

-8.1

Percent Change

117.1% to 391.2%

75.1% to 117.0%

0.0% to 75.0%

-8.1% to -0.1%

State Total = 117%


Georgia’s Initial Claims 2007 – 2009





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Continued claims are counts of weeks for which eligible UI claimants certify they were unemployed.

Annual continued claims filings jumped from 1,792,382 in 2000 to 8,078,717 in 2009, an increase of 351 percent.

The largest year-over-year increase was 85 percent in 2009, whereas the largest decrease occurred in 2004 at eighteen percent.

Georgia experienced increases in continued claims for the past four consecutive years (2006 to 2009).

Over the past decade, Georgia experienced more continued claims in 2009 than in any other two years combined.

Over the past ten years, Georgia has averaged 3,627,352 continued claims a year. This average was exceeded in 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2009.

Dating back to the year 2000, continued claims filings have occurred most often in the months of January (3,361,729) and December (3,532,218).

The ten highest monthly totals on record for continued claims occurred from December 2008 to December 2009.

This increase resulted not only from record high job losses, but from individuals remaining unemployed for extended periods of time, due to the weak job market.

Forty-two percent of all continued claims filed during the decade occurred from 2007 to 2009.


http://www.ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claimssum.asp




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The job market bottomed out in 2009, while record numbers of individuals exhausted benefits on a monthly basis.

The number of claimants exhausting their benefits in 2009 (237,433) eclipsed the previous record high from 1975 (140,645) by nearly 100,000.

Benefit exhaustions increased by 456 percent in 2009, as compared with 2000.

A benefit exhaustion, or final payment, is the last payment for which a claimant is entitled to draw unemployment insurance benefits.

Claimants receiving final payments are called, “Exhaustees.” As the economy worsened in the recent recession, increasing numbers of claimants

exhausted their regular state unemployment insurance benefits. Beginning July 2008, a claimant who exhausted their regular state benefits could

potentially qualify for additional weeks of Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC).

The top ten monthly totals on record occurred during 2009, reaching its highest point in June at 24,834.

These monthly totals are as much as four times higher than same month totals from 2007.






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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Statistics, US Department of Labor

Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Statistics, US Department of Labor

“Average Duration” refers to the average number of weeks claimants received UI payments before returning to work or exhausting benefits.

Georgia’s average duration of individuals receiving unemployment benefits has been consistently shorter than the national average, with the year 2000 showing the greatest difference of five weeks.

Georgia’s average duration grew from 8.3 weeks in December 2000 to 15.3 in December 2009.

Georgia has consistently had one of the lowest average duration of benefits in the nation, currently ranking fourth behind South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska.

In December 2009, Georgia’s duration was 3.5 weeks shorter than the U.S. duration, as the State continues to be ranked as one of the best in getting individuals back to work.

In December 2009, Georgia reached the highest recorded average duration ever for the state (15.3 weeks).

In 2009, average duration in Georgia was as low as 11.5 weeks (January), but rose to 15.3 weeks in December, the largest increase in duration over the course of a calendar year.


http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/content/data.asp

http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/content/data.asp

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Georgia’s Average Duration by County 2009

Clinch16.4

Hall16.1

Early17.2

Wayne16.8

Charlton20.8

Fulton17.8

Decatur16.7

Grady16.2

Irwin16.8

Sumter17.3

Cobb18.0

Tift16.7

Berrien20.6

Coweta16.2

Echols17.3

Baker17.2

Union16.8

Greene16.2

Hancock16.5

Henry17.3

Bibb16.5

Brantley16.1

Crisp16.6

Miller16.0

Gwinnett18.1

Walton17.9

Morgan16.4

Cherokee17.5

Wilkinson16.5

Turner18.0

Cook17.0

Jackson16.2

Warren16.6

DeKalb17.7

Newton17.7

Paulding17.6

Butts16.8

Crawford16.1

Johnson16.2

Baldwin16.0

Lumpkin18.3

Forsyth18.0

Dougherty16.6

Lanier16.9

Chattooga18.0 Pickens

16.8

Lamar17.2

Fayette17.9

Dawson18.3

Towns16.3

Webster16.3

Douglas17.7

Barrow17.6

Spalding17.5

Clayton17.4

Chatta-hoochee

17.7

Rock- dale17.3

Ware15.5

Worth15.8

Screven15.8

Liberty15.6

Camden15.9

Brooks15.4

Bartow15.6

Mitchell15.3

Glynn15.5

Fannin15.7

Washington16.0

Jefferson15.6

Jasper15.6

Lowndes15.4

Terrell15.5

Monroe15.6

Pike15.6

Upson15.7

White15.5

Ben Hill15.4

Haralson15.8

Seminole15.9

Oconee15.9

Quitman15.9

Burke13.9

Floyd14.0

Coffee15.0

Long15.3

Harris14.2

Troup14.3

Carroll14.8

Dodge14.5

Polk14.1

Colquitt15.1

Tattnall14.6

Appling14.8

Gilmer15.2

Thomas14.7

Jones15.2

Talbot14.2

Stewart14.0

Hart15.1

Wilcox15.2

Pierce15.0

Twiggs14.1

Heard14.7

Chatham15.3

Putnam14.3

Toombs14.0

Jenkins14.7

Meriwether14.1

Houston15.3

Bacon14.5 McIntosh

15.1

Oglethorpe14.8

Atkinson14.2

Banks14.1

Franklin14.4

Jeff Davis14.5

Calhoun14.8

Dade14.4

Richmond14.9

McDuffie14.5

Schley14.2

Taliaferro15.2

Muscogee14.5

Stephens15.2

Clarke15.1

Glascock 14.1

Laurens13.7 Bulloch

12.5

Lee13.7

Emanuel12.4

Bryan13.6

Telfair11.1

Wilkes13.6

Dooly13.9

Walker13.1

Elbert11.9

Taylor13.4

Macon12.6

Rabun12.9

Marion13.4

Murray12.1

Gordon13.7

Effingham12.4

Clay 12.4

Randolph10.1

Lincoln13.9

Wheeler12.6

Pulaski12.4

Madison13.7

Columbia13.8

Candler12.4

Evans13.3

Whitfield11.0

Bleckley11.0

Treutlen11.7

Habersham13.7

Peach13.2

Catoosa13.5

Mont-gomery

13.4

Georgia Average Duration of Unemployment2009

Duration in Weeks16.1 to 20.8

15.4 to 16.0

14.0 to 15.3

10.1 to 13.9

State Average = 15.3 weeks

Seventy-five of Georgia’s 159 counties’ average duration was less than the state average of 15.3 weeks.

As of December 2009, Berrien and Charlton counties’ average durations were the highest in the state, reaching 20.6 and 20.8 weeks, respectively.

Both counties have a high concentration of manufacturing employment, an industry that has been in sharp decline during the recession, as well as the decade as a whole.

Randolph County, which has a high percentage of local government employment (34.5%) compared to the State and the remaining counties, recorded Georgia’s lowest average duration in 2009 (10.1 weeks).




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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Mass Layoff Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics


Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) reports on mass layoff actions that result in workers being separated from their jobs for at least 30 days. A mass layoff occurs when an establishment has at least 50 initial claims for UI filed against them during a five-week period.

Workers in the Manufacturing sector have been hardest hit and accounted for 67 percent of all individuals affected by a mass layoff event, more than in all other industries combined.

Within Manufacturing, 70 percent of all events occurred in the Textile Mills, Transportation Equipment, and Machinery sub-sectors.

From 2007 to 2009 there were 82,109 initial claims filed as part of a confirmed mass layoff event.

Initial claimants rose 186 percent during this time, peaking at 16,008 in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Mass layoff events accounted for 3.6 percent of the total initial claims filed during this three year period (2007-2009).

The most common reason associated with an event was lack of demand for business.


http://www.bls.gov/data/


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The number of workers impacted by mass layoffs increased each year during the 2007 to 2009 recession. There were 13,334 confirmed initial claimants in 2007; 25,255 in 2008; and 40,044 in 2009.

The heavily-hit carpet industry, including the manufacture of yarns and fibers, caused some areas of Georgia to fare much worse than others. These industries were prevalent in north Georgia, and as a result, the Northwest Georgia WIA Area accounted for 31 percent of all confirmed initial claimants from 2007 to 2009.

While all of Georgia has suffered, the Northwest Georgia WIA Area has been extremely hard hit. In 2007, this area comprised 28 percent of all initial claimants affected by layoffs, 38 percent in 2008 and 27 percent in 2009.

In many cases, permanent layoffs were avoided, as employers scheduled temporary and rotating layoffs in order to control production and maintain an attachment to their trained work force.



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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Current Employment Statistics


At the end of 2009, Georgia had seen 21 consecutive months of over-the-year job loss dating back to April 2008.

This followed 51 consecutive months of over-the-year job growth dating back to January 2004.

The highest rates of decline for Georgia and the U.S. were during the summer months of 2009.

The above graph measures the change in monthly employment compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. This eliminates the seasonal biases that would be present if measuring from one month to the next.

The job loss during the past two years completely wiped out all of the growth that had occurred during the decade (January 2000: 3,851,700 – December 2009: 3,835,000).

During periods of growth, Georgia’s rate exceeded that of the U.S.; conversely, during periods of decline, Georgia’s rate of job loss also exceeded that of the U.S.

In the adjacent graph, the blue horizontal line indicates annual average employment and measures change from year to year.

The loss of 225,600 jobs in 2009 represented a 5.5 percent overall decline in total employment over the period of just one year.

Employment levels are currently still above the lowest levels seen during parts of 2002 - 2004.

GEORGIA’S WORKFORCE AN ANNUAL REPORT: INDUSTRY ANALYSIS



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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Quarterly Census Employment and Wages


The only size classes to show a net gain during the recession were those that averaged four or fewer employees.

More than 200 large firms (250 or more employees) have been lost due to the latest recession.

Of these 200+ establishments, 76 were from the Manufacturing sector.

Large firms (250 employees or more) combine to employ 30 percent of Georgia’s total current work force, but account for less than one percent of the total number of establishments.

For the decade, Georgia gained over 43,000 establishments. Unfortunately, this failed to translate into job growth, as the overall employment level fell by over 175,000 jobs (total employment fourth quarter 2009 minus total employment fourth quarter 2000).

Goods-producing (Mining and Natural Resources, Construction, and Manufacturing) industries suffered the most, losing over 215,000 jobs during the decade, dropping from 771,105 in the year 2000, to 553,092 in the year 2009.

There has been a shift in employment patterns throughout the decade, as more people have begun to work for smaller companies.

Employment has decreased in each size class since 2007.

The losses from 2007 to 2009 total nearly 350,000 jobs (total employment fourth quarter 2009 minus total employment fourth quarter 2007)






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The above graph shows a comparison of total employment levels for each super sector for the last decade.

Manufacturing started the decade as the third highest industry in employment, but finished the decade as the sixth highest. This was the only industry to suffer such a dramatic shift during this time period.

The graph below shows that Manufacturing, Information, and Natural Resources & Mining are the only super sectors that lost more jobs during the decade than in the last recession.

Four sectors showed growth over the decade, whereas only Government and Education & Health Services sectors have shown growth during the last recession.

Manufacturing job losses for the decade totaled more than all other industries combined.


*Not Seasonally Adjusted



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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Current Employment Statistics *Not Seasonally Adjusted


Construction and Manufacturing are the two most recognized industries hurt by the current recession.

Construction employment peaked in 2007 but dropped drastically over the past two years, while manufacturing has declined steadily the entire decade.

For the decade, Construction has lost close to 40,000 jobs, and Manufacturing has lost almost 175,000 jobs.

Both of these industries predominantly employ men (Construction 91%, Manufacturing 69%).




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Retail and Wholesale Trade have accounted for most of the job losses in this super sector during both recessions of the past decade, whereas Utilities has shown positive gains in employment.

During the current recession, Retail Trade has lost over 40,000 jobs, Wholesale Trade has lost over 20,000 jobs, and Utilities has lost just under 100 jobs.

As gas/oil prices have climbed during the current recession, the Transportation sub-sector has seen losses totaling more than 7,000 jobs.

Employment in the Information sector dropped in the early part of the decade but remained fairly constant throughout the recession.




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Financial Services grew throughout the decade up until the current recession, when the housing and stock market crashes took a heavy toll on employment.

Financial Services finished the decade at its lowest point for employment, resulting in a net loss of about 2,000 jobs, during that time.

Professional and Business Services lost over 30,000 jobs during the first recession of the decade, but was able to bounce back and recoup those losses by adding 67,000 jobs over the next four years, reaching its peak in 2007.

Unfortunately, the next two years (2008 and 2009) have seen these positive gains nearly wiped out, leaving this industry only slightly above its decade lows of 2003.




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Education and Health Services is the only super sector to experience job growth in every year of the decade.

Of these gains, Health Services has seen an increase of almost 95,000 jobs, while private Education Services has seen an increase of nearly 25,000 jobs.

Leisure and Hospitality has very seasonal employment, with the summer tourism season resulting in significant temporary job gains each year.

The overall levels of employment for Leisure and Hospitality have dropped off since the beginning of the current recession, due to reduced disposable income in the average family household.




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The industries making up the Other Services sector have remained fairly constant, with the only job gains coming in the Religious, Grant Making, Civic sub-sector, with over 5,000 new jobs in the decade.

Local and State Government Education Services account for three quarters of the gains seen in the Government Employment sector for the decade, amassing nearly 70,000 new jobs in education during this time frame.

The Government sector suffered its first decrease in annual employment in 2009. This was in part attributed to the loss of 4,000 jobs in local government employment.




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Manufacturing’s share of employment has now dropped below double digits, to 9.2 percent, losing more than one full percentage point over a two-year period. Manufacturing employed more than a half million people in Georgia at the beginning of the decade and was the dominate industry in many parts of the state. The current recession claimed 75,000 more manufacturing jobs, many of which will not return.

Construction lost more than 50,000 jobs during the recession, and its share of total employment slipped a full percentage point, to 4.3 percent.

Employment growth in Education and Health Services was regarded throughout the economic downturn as a recession-proof industry sector and the source of many promising career opportunities. Consequently, this super-sector increased its share of employment from 11.1 percent to 12.3 percent.

The Government sector recorded the largest gain, increasing by 1.6 percentage points to 17.8 percent, due in large part to the infusion of federal stimulus funds.


*


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Most Georgians work for small employers (50 or fewer employees), many of whom have suffered during the recession.

The negative change in establishments for most WIA areas will slowly turn around, as new small start-up businesses and entrepreneurs begin to emerge.

For the decade, every WIA area had a positive net change in the number of establishments (not shown in graph).

The Atlanta Regional WIA Area led the way, adding nearly 12,500 new establishments in the decade. Fulton WIA Area was second, adding over 6,300 new establishments during this same time period.

Five WIA areas have had a positive establishment change since 2007. However, this did not translate into job growth, as all WIA areas had less employment in 2009 than they did in 2007.

Over half (51%) of the state’s current employment is contained within four WIA areas: Fulton, Atlanta Regional, Cobb, and DeKalb.

The Atlanta Regional WIA Area has gained the most jobs (38,224) over the decade, while the Fulton WIA Area has lost the most jobs (54,978).






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Georgia’s Establishments 2009

Fulton39,307

Cobb20,695

Gwinnett23,632

Chatham7,686

DeKalb17,540

Ware1,022

Laurens1,142

Floyd2,131

Bulloch1,584

Hall4,306

Troup1,592

Carroll2,147

Colquitt1,005

Thomas1,394

Bartow2,108

Glynn2,883

Coweta2,228

Lowndes2,920

Henry3,542

Tift1,218

Bibb4,635

Walton1,747

Gordon1,059

Cherokee5,197

Houston2,566

Jackson1,347

Newton1,488

Paulding1,761

Forsyth5,167

Dougherty2,753

Whitfield2,531

Columbia2,171

Richmond4,765

Fayette3,314

Douglas2,689

Barrow1,165

Spalding1,284

Muscogee4,727

Clarke3,197

Clayton4,364

Rock- dale2,137

Wayne598

Coffee933

Liberty947

Emanuel513

Decatur686

Bryan650

Polk663

Camden950

Sumter760

Gilmer617

Walker788

Elbert561

Rabun536

Fannin584 Union

665

Crisp607

Monroe501

Upson503

Effingham756

Morgan512

Putnam510

Toombs813

White678

Lumpkin544

Baldwin895

Haralson525

Pickens703 Dawson

678

Habersham890

Oconee991

Peach563

Catoosa908

Stephens632

Burke357

Clinch183

Early324

Lee454

Worth374

Charlton177

Long91

Screven275

Harris464

Irwin164

Dodge395

Grady495

Telfair240

Wilkes274

Brooks287

Dooly235

Tattnall360

Appling431

Mitchell479

Jones357

Talbot91

Taylor165

Berrien322

Hart452

Echols45

Stewart107

Macon243

Baker57

Washington453

Jefferson405

Wilcox125

Jasper206 Hancock

83

Greene463

Terrell230

Brantley228

Marion105

Pierce368

Miller180

Twiggs95

Murray480

Pike270

Heard152

Clay69

Wilkinson183

Jenkins148

Meriwether372

Randolph190

Bacon272

Turner187

McIntosh235

Cook377

Oglethorpe220

Warren101

Atkinson133

Banks306

Butts429

Lincoln169

Johnson146

Crawford135

Wheeler95

Pulaski236

Madison430

Franklin492

Jeff Davis304

Calhoun119

Dade238

Ben Hill398

Candler240

Lanier145

Chattooga320

Evans283

Lamar282

Webster43

McDuffie496

Towns400

Seminole228

Bleckley208

Schley75

Treutlen117

Taliaferro 39

Mont-gomery

161

Quitman42

Chatta-hoochee

87

Glascock 34

Establishments7,000 - 39,307

1,000 - 6,999

500 - 999

34 - 499

Georgia Establishments2009


Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties are home to over 37 percent of the state’s total number of establishments. Cobb and DeKalb both have shown increases in the number of establishments during the recession.

The vast majority of Georgia counties actually have fewer than 1,000 establishments. Many rural counties have 300 or less.




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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Quarterly Census Employment and Wages Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Quarterly Census Employment and Wages


Over the recession, the State lost close to 3,000 establishments spread out across the state. The news was not all bad, however, as many Georgia counties have shown increases in establishments.

The continued high unemployment rates across the state are evidence that no area was completely spared, and additional new establishments and expansions are needed.

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-869

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-53

-60

-113

-117

Georgia Establishment Change2007 to 2009

Net Change

51 to 1,237

1 to 50

-49 to 0

-869 to -50

State Total = -2,806

2.6

1.4

0.3

0.60.8

5.4

4.9

4.5

0.6

1.0

1.7

4.2

5.9

1.9

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0.7

0.8

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1.5

4.7

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4.6

1.7

1.8

4.2

0.8

3.6 0.36.4

0.4

0.9

3.9

2.7

2.3

2.0

7.6

11.0

8.0

8.8

3.9

0.3

0.9

5.4

3.6

2.4

0.8

0.7

5.3

17.7

2.7

2.3

16.9

0.3

1.1

-0.4

-0.9

-0.7

0.0

-0.9

-0.9

-0.1

-0.6

0.0

-0.1

-0.2

0.0

-0.5

-0.1

-0.5

-0.6

-0.0

-0.4

0.0

-0.2

-0.3

-0.2

-4.9

-3.8

-3.9

-1.2

-3.2

-1.6

-2.2

-1.7

-1.3

-4.8

-3.7

-4.6

-4.4

-4.5

-1.4

-1.8

-3.4

-3.3

-2.0

-2.8

-3.8

-3.9

-3.6

-3.8

-3.4

-3.0 -4.7

-1.4

-2.9

-1.7

-3.6

-1.8

-3.9

-3.0

-2.3

-1.5

-3.8

-2.5

-1.6

-2.6

-2.4

-2.4

-2.1

-2.5

-4.2

-4.9

-4.1

-2.3

-2.3

-4.0

-1.8

-3.7

-1.2

-5.7

-5.5

-8.7

-7.4

-5.5

-5.9

-5.2

-6.0

-8.8

-6.4

-5.4

-5.9

-5.7

-8.7

-5.5

-6.3

-5.4

-7.9

-5.6

-5.6

-5.6

-6.4

-6.3

-8.0

-6.7

-5.2

-12.8

Percent Change

0.1% to 17.7%

-1.0% to 0.0%

-5.0% to -1.1%

-12.8% to -5.1%

State Average = -1.0%

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-15

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-19

-12

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-22

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-30

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-5

-16

-18

-18

-11

-53

-98

-63

-869

-68-63

-147

-77

-150

-53

-60

-113

-117

Georgia Establishment Change2007 to 2009

Net Change

51 to 1,237

1 to 50

-49 to 0

-869 to -50


2.6

1.4

0.3

0.60.8

5.4

4.9

4.5

0.6

1.0

1.7

4.2

5.9

1.9

3.30.5

0.4

1.9

0.7

0.8

4.3

1.5

4.7

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4.6

1.7

1.8

4.2

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3.6 0.36.4

0.4

0.9

3.9

2.7

2.3

2.0

7.6

11.0

8.0

8.8

3.9

0.3

0.9

5.4

3.6

2.4

0.8

0.7

5.3

17.7

2.7

2.3

16.9

0.3

1.1

-0.4

-0.9

-0.7

0.0

-0.9

-0.9

-0.1

-0.6

0.0

-0.1

-0.2

0.0

-0.5

-0.1

-0.5

-0.6

-0.0

-0.4

0.0

-0.2

-0.3

-0.2

-4.9

-3.8

-3.9

-1.2

-3.2

-1.6

-2.2

-1.7

-1.3

-4.8

-3.7

-4.6

-4.4

-4.5

-1.4

-1.8

-3.4

-3.3

-2.0

-2.8

-3.8

-3.9

-3.6

-3.8

-3.4

-3.0 -4.7

-1.4

-2.9

-1.7

-3.6

-1.8

-3.9

-3.0

-2.3

-1.5

-3.8

-2.5

-1.6

-2.6

-2.4

-2.4

-2.1

-2.5

-4.2

-4.9

-4.1

-2.3

-2.3

-4.0

-1.8

-3.7

-1.2

-5.7

-5.5

-8.7

-7.4

-5.5

-5.9

-5.2

-6.0

-8.8

-6.4

-5.4

-5.9

-5.7

-8.7

-5.5

-6.3

-5.4

-7.9

-5.6

-5.6

-5.6

-6.4

-6.3

-8.0

-6.7

-5.2

-12.8

Percent Change

0.1% to 17.7%

-1.0% to 0.0%

-5.0% to -1.1%

-12.8% to -5.1%

State Average = -1.0% Even with business closings and layoffs across the state, some counties have shown positive change over the recession period. Thirty-six percent (57 counties) of Georgia’s counties showed positive establishment change from 2007 to 2009.

Just over half of the counties (80) fared worse than the State average decline of negative one percent.

Georgia’s Establishments 2007 - 2009





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Georgia’s Average Monthly Employment 2009

Gwinnett297,243

Chatham128,686

Cobb298,050

DeKalb279,794Fulton

699,025Clayton107,899

Ware14,227

Laurens18,393

Coffee14,446

Bulloch22,701

Floyd37,641

Liberty17,721

Carroll36,392

Camden14,128

Troup29,432

Colquitt15,087

Hall68,601

Sumter11,102

Thomas20,053

Walker12,868

Bartow31,180

Coweta30,255

Glynn36,548

Lowndes47,757

Henry46,261

Murray10,337

Polk10,966

Walton17,839

Gordon18,678

Cherokee44,355

Toombs11,240

Houston56,497

Jackson16,741

Tift18,200

Bibb80,011

Newton19,952

Paulding18,866

Baldwin17,457

Forsyth53,665

Dougherty48,553

Whitfield53,061

Columbia28,255

Richmond98,605

Fayette36,490

Habersham13,311

Douglas37,593

Barrow14,753

Spalding20,660

Muscogee91,629

Catoosa13,626

Clarke64,637

Rock- dale28,899

Burke5,876

Wayne8,229

Emanuel6,975

Decatur9,011

Bryan5,820

Dodge5,701

Grady5,589

Tattnall5,646

Appling6,400

Gilmer7,852

Mitchell8,114

Elbert6,423

Lee5,217

Fannin5,150

Washington6,814

Union5,893

Greene5,274

Monroe5,840

Upson7,197

Crisp7,612

Effingham9,268

Morgan5,818

Putnam6,581

Hart5,833

White5,842

Lumpkin6,042

Butts5,410

Franklin6,661

Ben Hill5,993

Haralson7,147

Chattooga5,758

Pickens7,017

McDuffie6,787

Dawson7,229

Oconee7,960

Peach8,185

Stephens9,584

Clinch2,420

Worth3,447

Early4,023

Charlton2,115

Long942

Screven3,407

Harris3,727

Telfair3,853

Wilkes3,015

Brooks2,755

Dooly3,255

Jones3,418

Talbot820

Irwin2,183

Taylor1,882

Berrien3,894

Echols682

Stewart1,282

Macon3,241

Baker507

Rabun4,932

Jefferson4,936

Wilcox1,250

Jasper2,120 Hancock

1,269

Terrell2,326

Brantley1,839

Marion1,579

Pierce3,730

Twiggs990

Miller1,538

Heard2,626

Clay689

Wilkinson2,889

Jenkins1,340

Meriwether4,667

Randolph1,867

Bacon3,522

Turner2,016

McIntosh2,056

Cook4,538

Oglethorpe1,733

Warren1,129

Atkinson1,511

Pike2,276

Banks4,759

Lincoln1,456

Johnson1,702

Crawford1,153

Wheeler1,353

Pulaski2,754

Madison3,292

Jeff Davis3,991

Calhoun1,383

Candler2,659

Lanier1,372

Evans4,318

Lamar3,509

Webster471

Dade2,878

Towns3,365

Seminole2,344

Bleckley3,545

Schley1,346

Treutlen1,213

Taliaferro 207

Mont-gomery1,684

Quitman384

Chatta-hoochee

2,110

Glascock 388

Employment100,000 - 699,025

10,000 - 99,999

5,000 - 9,999

207 - 4,999

Georgia Average Monthly Employment2009

State Total = 3,796,595

There are more people employed in each of the “top five” counties (Cobb, Chatham, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett) than the total population counts of 142 Georgia counties.

There are eight counties that have employment of 75,000 or more. There are 129 Georgia counties that have total populations of less than 75,000. The majority (63 percent) of counties (100 counties total) have employment less than 8,000.




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Overall, the state has lost 279,768 jobs since 2007.

While more than a third (36%) of Georgia counties experienced positive establishment change over the period of the recession, employment did not fare as well.

Only fifteen counties (9%) posted positive employment change during the same period. The largest areas of loss occurred in four of the five counties which had the highest levels of employment.

The fifteen counties posting positive employment change helped to partially offset the overall state job loss.

The state average was a 6.9 percent decrease in employment. Eighty-seven counties were at or below this rate.

Of note is the 42 percent increase in employment in Chattahoochee County, a 117 percent increase from 2008. This was a significant change for a county of this size.


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-1,840

-697

-2,252

-956

-1,908

-1,075

-238

-78

-545

-377

-126

-82

-444

-775

-948

-177

-12

-915 -803

-2,408

-459

-337

-926

-1,840

-213

-749

-2,401

-2,421

-436

-1,078

-1,411

-44

-569

-187

-115

-1,173

-1,489

-374

-2,160

-346

-1,376

-139

-369

-1,533

-133

-1,841-1,975

-1,616

-851

-667 -355

-1,970 -1,525

-3,024

-2,544

-3,259

-2,935

-3,712 -3,813-5,335

-8,894

-3,268

-2,504

-3,637

-3,757

-2,784

-5,172

-3,022

-2,644

-9,683

-4,069

-6,306 -4,183

-28,299-21,009

-59,979-17,827

Georgia Employment Change2007 to 2009

Net Change

1 to 1,010

-2,499 to 0

-9,999 to -2,500

-59,979 to -10,000


0.2

6.00.5

0.0

3.0

0.4

9.0

0.12.9

7.0

0.8

18.0

9.442.0

7.2

-1.0

-3.4

-1.6

-4.5

-6.3

-6.0

-1.1

-6.6

-5.8-4.7

-3.4

-3.5

-3.8

-1.8

-6.1

-6.5

-5.6

-5.6

-6.8 -4.1

-6.7

-4.1

-6.2

-3.5

-6.1

-5.4

-6.2

-6.8

-1.4

-6.6

-6.7 -6.8

-3.6

-4.7

-5.0

-5.4

-4.8

-3.4

-6.6

-4.8

-5.6

-4.6

-6.0 -4.3

-4.5

-2.5

-4.9

-1.6

-5.3-5.0

-5.5

-6.5

-3.5

-3.8

-5.5

-1.8

-2.3

-7.5

-8.4

-8.9

-9.0

-8.8-9.8

-7.9

-8.8

-8.2

-9.5

-7.6

-6.9

-8.6

-8.7

-7.9-7.2

-9.6

-8.6 -9.3

-9.5

-8.8

-9.9

-7.5 -9.7-7.9

-9.7

-7.5

-8.0

-8.3

-9.8

-7.0

-9.6

-8.8

-7.3

-7.4

-7.7

-9.7

-7.9

-9.5

-9.0

-11.2

-13.1

-11.5

-13.3

-13.1

-11.7

-10.4

-10.6

-12.5

-12.8

-19.6

-12.0

-10.9

-17.0

-12.7

-20.7

-14.9

-13.9

-16.0

-39.0

-12.3

-22.9

-10.8

-12.3

-15.4

-10.3

-10.0

-18.0

-16.4

-11.0

-12.1 -12.1

-11.2

-11.2

-20.4

-14.3

-13.7

-10.2

-14.8

-11.3

-10.0

-11.9

-11.8

-10.3

-19.2

-18.8

-12.6

Percent Change

0.0% to 42.0%

-6.8% to -0.1%

-9.9% to -6.9%

-39.0% to -10.0%


6

1

3

33

37

78

7853

90

1,010

18

400

624104

552

-62

-55

-267

-53

-678

-804

-811

-443

-47

-1,154

-31

-867

-1,696

-703

-35

-478

-46

-255

-90

-577

-753

-74

-137

-1,028

-329

-317

-41

-308-113

-820

-948

-549

-224

-789

-199

-1,537

-2,221

-47

-314

-194

-486

-298

-425 -147

-234

-507

-74

-421

-555

-724

-483

-160

-65

-228

-563

-857

-60

-1,291

-400-129

-633

-167 -291

-79

-584

-7

-342

-1,840

-697

-2,252

-956

-1,908

-1,075

-238

-78

-545

-377

-126

-82

-444

-775

-948

-177

-12

-915 -803

-2,408

-459

-337

-926

-1,840

-213

-749

-2,401

-2,421

-436

-1,078

-1,411

-44

-569

-187

-115

-1,173

-1,489

-374

-2,160

-346

-1,376

-139

-369

-1,533

-133

-1,841-1,975

-1,616

-851

-667 -355

-1,970 -1,525

-3,024

-2,544

-3,259

-2,935

-3,712 -3,813-5,335

-8,894

-3,268

-2,504

-3,637

-3,757

-2,784

-5,172

-3,022

-2,644

-9,683

-4,069

-6,306 -4,183

-28,299-21,009

-59,979-17,827

Georgia Employment Change2007 to 2009

Net Change

1 to 1,010

-2,499 to 0

-9,999 to -2,500

-59,979 to -10,000


0.2

6.00.5

0.0

3.0

0.4

9.0

0.12.9

7.0

0.8

18.0

9.442.0

7.2

-1.0

-3.4

-1.6

-4.5

-6.3

-6.0

-1.1

-6.6

-5.8-4.7

-3.4

-3.5

-3.8

-1.8

-6.1

-6.5

-5.6

-5.6

-6.8 -4.1

-6.7

-4.1

-6.2

-3.5

-6.1

-5.4

-6.2

-6.8

-1.4

-6.6

-6.7 -6.8

-3.6

-4.7

-5.0

-5.4

-4.8

-3.4

-6.6

-4.8

-5.6

-4.6

-6.0 -4.3

-4.5

-2.5

-4.9

-1.6

-5.3-5.0

-5.5

-6.5

-3.5

-3.8

-5.5

-1.8

-2.3

-7.5

-8.4

-8.9

-9.0

-8.8-9.8

-7.9

-8.8

-8.2

-9.5

-7.6

-6.9

-8.6

-8.7

-7.9-7.2

-9.6

-8.6 -9.3

-9.5

-8.8

-9.9

-7.5 -9.7-7.9

-9.7

-7.5

-8.0

-8.3

-9.8

-7.0

-9.6

-8.8

-7.3

-7.4

-7.7

-9.7

-7.9

-9.5

-9.0

-11.2

-13.1

-11.5

-13.3

-13.1

-11.7

-10.4

-10.6

-12.5

-12.8

-19.6

-12.0

-10.9

-17.0

-12.7

-20.7

-14.9

-13.9

-16.0

-39.0

-12.3

-22.9

-10.8

-12.3

-15.4

-10.3

-10.0

-18.0

-16.4

-11.0

-12.1 -12.1

-11.2

-11.2

-20.4

-14.3

-13.7

-10.2

-14.8

-11.3

-10.0

-11.9

-11.8

-10.3

-19.2

-18.8

-12.6

Percent Change

0.0% to 42.0%

-6.8% to -0.1%

-9.9% to -6.9%

-39.0% to -10.0%


Georgia’s Employment 2007 - 2009





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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Georgia’s annual average weekly wage has compared favorably to the southeastern region but continues to trail national averages.

Since 2000, Georgia’s wage has increase by $166 (or 25%), the southeastern region has increased by $180 (or 31%), and the U.S. has increased by $192 (or 28%).

In 2007, Georgia saw the highest single annual increase in average weekly wage in the decade, rising by $35 (or 4.5%) over the previous year.

From 2007 to 2009, Georgia’s wage growth (2%) was comparable to the U.S. (2%) and southeast (3%), but the wage increase was only $13, compared to $16 and $20 for the U.S. and southeast, respectively.

Per capita income is an alternative method for measuring the wealth of people. Per capita income is calculated by dividing the total income of an area (state, country, county, etc) by the total population of that area (PCI = Total Income / Population).

Georgia ranked 39th in the U.S. in per capita income for 2009.

The gap between the U.S. and Georgia’s per capita income has increased from $1,787 in 2000 to $5,352 in 2009, the largest discrepancy on record.

2009 marked the first decrease in per capita income since 1954.

This followed the highest recorded per capita income for Georgia in 2008 ($34,849).

GEORGIA’S WORKFORCE AN ANNUAL REPORT: WAGE ANALYSIS




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Since 2007, wages in Transportation and Warehousing have decreased by twelve percent, the most among all industry sectors.

During the same time period, wages in Utilities have increased by 6.5 percent, the largest among all industry sectors.

Construction and Manufacturing continued to lose jobs from 2007-2009, but wages grew by three and four percent respectively.

In 2009, goods-producing industries comprised fifteen percent of employment, with

average wages of $879 per week. Service-providing industries accounted for 67 percent of employment, with average wages

of $819 per week. Government comprised the remaining eighteen percent averaging $798 per week. State government wages in Georgia have increased at a slower rate (25% since 2000) as

compared to local (29%) and federal (50%), but each of the three has fared better than all private industries combined (24%).

Since 2007, Federal (4%), State (5%) and Local (5%) government wages have outgrown private industry wages (1%).

Within the private sector in Georgia, goods-producing jobs have had higher average wages than have service- providing jobs.

The difference between the two was $15 in 2001 and has grown to $60 in 2009.






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The American Community Survey takes into account all Georgian’s that are eighteen years of age or older.

Fifty-six percent of women and 53 percent of men over 25 years of age have attained some level of higher education.

The most educated age group in Georgia is between the ages of 35 and 44, where 90 percent of women and 85 percent of men have attained at least a high school diploma.

Women in Georgia stay in school longer than men and enroll in and complete higher learning in greater numbers. This is especially true among the population between the ages of 18 and 44.

The income gap between men and women increases in each educational category. Overall, regardless of education attainment, this amounts to $11,000 more per year for

men ($39,600) versus women ($28,600).

The average annual wage for the population in Georgia over the age of 25 was $33,300.

Those with less than a high school diploma earn $7,367 a year less than a high-school graduate and up to $41,253 less than an individual with a graduate or professional degree.

Over a 30-year period, that translates into total earnings lost ranging from $221,000 to $1,237,590.




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Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Quarterly Census Employment and Wages Data Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Quarterly Census Employment and Wages

Atlanta Regional was the only WIA area to see an overall decrease in average weekly wage from 2007 to 2009.

Gwinnett and Clayton counties, the two biggest counties in the Atlanta Regional WIA area in terms of population, labor force, employment, establishments and wages were the only counties in that area to have wages decrease ($-16.00 and $-173 respectively).

Middle Georgia WIA Area saw the largest percentage gain during this time, increasing its average weekly wage by over six percent.

Only the Fulton ($6.00) and Atlanta Regional (-$32.50) WIA areas were below the statewide average wage increase of $13.00 per week.

Statewide average weekly wage growth was equal to $166 for the decade, representing a 25 percent increase since 2000.

The Richmond/Burke WIA Area had the highest overall rate of increase in average weekly wages for the decade by gaining more than 35 percent over levels from 2000.






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Georgia’s Average Weekly Wage 2009

Fulton$1150

Cobb$926

Heard$957

Gwinnett$853

DeKalb$924

Burke$765

Laurens$651

Early$701

Wayne$669

Floyd$690

Hall$732

Troup$701

Liberty$687

Carroll$677

Camden$666Thomas

$659

Bartow$692

Appling$678

Glynn$687

Bibb$699

Walton$652

Chatham$751

Effingham$675

Wilkinson$778

Houston$804

Newton$701

Forsyth$819

Dougherty$709

Whitfield$687

Richmond$746

Fayette$726

Muscogee$706

Clarke$710

Clayton$782

Chatta-hoochee

$723

Rock- dale$741

Ware$587

Polk$589

Taylor$590

Macon$598

Coweta$646

Washington$602

Jefferson$600

Union$578

Lowndes$578

Greene$593

Henry$642

Tift$595

Monroe$644

Hart$580

Twiggs$626

Murray$602

Upson$590

Gordon$646

Cherokee$648

Jackson$621

Paulding$581

Pulaski$609

Lumpkin$601

Dade$594

Columbia$628

Haralson$610

Pickens$600

Spalding$602

Schley$616

Habersham$587

Douglas$597

Oconee$645

Peach$602

Barrow$616

Catoosa$596

Stephens$601

Worth$555

Bulloch$570

Coffee$568

Charlton$560

Screven$529

Decatur$537

Bryan$572

Grady$545

Lee$572

Dooly$542

Sumter$557

Gilmer$543

Walker$551

Jones$560

Talbot$540

Elbert$555

Berrien$536

Stewart$564

Baker$560

Fannin$531

Jasper$546

Terrell$547

Pierce$534

Crisp$536

Miller$527

Morgan$567

Putnam$555

Toombs$569

Meriwether$551

Randolph$537

Pike$529

White$533

Warren$538

Atkinson$538

Butts$574

Crawford$540

Wheeler$547

Baldwin$571

Madison$534

Franklin$555

Chattooga$562

Evans$529

Lamar$555

McDuffie$573

Seminole$539 Clinch

$514

Long$493

Harris$509

Emanuel$520

Dodge$509

Telfair$446

Wilkes$523

Colquitt$517

Irwin$503

Brooks$506

Tattnall$515

Mitchell$507

Echols$448

Rabun$519

Wilcox$493

Hancock$505

Brantley$511

Marion$495

Jenkins$496

Bacon$487

Turner$503

McIntosh$519

Cook$484

Oglethorpe$481

Banks$517

Lincoln$500

Johnson$506

Jeff Davis$521

Calhoun$495

Ben Hill$504

Candler$509

Lanier$514

Webster$513

Clay $509

Towns$507

Dawson$499

Bleckley$468

Treutlen$464

Taliaferro$465

Mont-gomery

$513

Quitman$506

Glascock $423

Georgia Average Weekly Wage2009

Average Weekly Wage$824 to $1150

$650 to $823

$550 to $649

$423 to $549

State Average = $824

The State average wage for 2009 was $824 per week. Only five counties were above the state’s average weekly wage in 2009: Fulton, Heard,

Cobb, DeKalb and Gwinnett. Heard County ($957), which had 152 establishments with 2,626 employees, ranked

second behind Fulton County ($1,150) in average weekly wages.




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9.1

9.1

9.2

9.4

17.0

9.3

10.3

12.3

28.8

10.8

19.0

24.910.9

10.3

9.9

11.7

6.1

6.5

4.9

5.5

5.2

1.7

2.1

2.6

4.95.7

4.44.7

2.2

4.4

6.2

4.9

8.7

2.0

4.0

4.5

2.2

7.2

6.8

4.5

1.8

2.8

4.0

5.1

4.6

2.4

4.1

6.0

3.4

5.1

1.8

8.5

6.4

3.0

4.7

3.3

2.4

6.4

2.3

3.4

6.1

6.3

6.5

8.2

2.3

4.7

6.2

3.3

6.5

2.4

5.8

3.0

1.98.0

4.5

4.7

5.8

6.1

1.9

2.0

3.43.9

5.4

7.0

4.8

5.43.0

1.7

2.3

5.8

6.8

1.7

6.9

2.2

4.4

2.3

4.6

8.2

7.2

4.7

3.0

4.3

3.2

2.4

2.9

2.2

3.7

7.6

3.4

6.5

2.9

6.5

6.0

5.1

2.3 4.6

0.5

1.2

0.7

0.3

1.3

0.0

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.3

0.5

0.4

1.0 0.0

0.2

-3.7

-3.8

-3.8

-1.6-1.8

-6.9

-2.6

-0.5

-3.2 -3.0

-0.5

-2.3

-1.8

-11.7

-1.6

-7.6

-5.1

-6.2

-1.0 -1.4

-5.4

-2.5-1.3

-27.7

-0.2

-0.2

-18.1

Georgia Average Weekly Wage Change

9.1% to 28.8%

1.7% to 9.0%

0.0% to 1.6%

-27.7% to -0.1%

$49

$55

$82

$65

$57

$49

$47

$47

$50

$49

$79

$60

$214

$60

$144

$62

$67

$44

$40

$26

$27

$28

$17

$25$36

$24$25

$28

$40

$28

$14

$26

$29

$34

$37

$22

$14

$20

$33

$23

$16

$20

$31

$21

$34

$40

$27

$21

$34

$17

$42

$14

$36

$16

$37

$29

$43

$29

$40

$16

$35

$14

$27

$18

$40

$25

$29

$41

$41

$19$22

$32

$33

$25

$31$17

$16

$29

$34

$15

$37

$21

$31

$41

$34

$24

$15

$20

$22

$14

$26

$33

$17

$35

$17

$31

$35

$29

$14 $31

$6

$6

$10

$11

$4

$2

$7

$0

$11

$7

$12

$8

$10 $10

$7

$3

$8

$12

$11

$3

$13

$10

$11

$5

$12

$10

$0

$13

$13

$1

$13

$13

-$20

-$8

-$3

-$3

-$22

-$21

-$16

-$40

-$14

-$18

-$9

-$17

-$83

-$12

-$6 -$7

-$10

-$47

-$7

-$27

-$34

-$1

-$29

-$1

-$13

-$179

-$173

$46 to $214

$14 to $45

$0 to $13

-$179 to -$1

2007 to 2009 Net Change

2007 to 2009 Percent Change

From 2007 to 2009, the net change in the state’s average weekly wage was $13.00.

There were 100 counties whose average weekly wages increased more than the state’s average.

Heard and Chattahoochee were the only counties that saw an increase of more than $100 per week.

Clayton County and Bleckley County were the only two that saw a decrease of more than $100 in their average weekly wages.

From 2007 to 2009, the average statewide percent change was 1.6 percent.

There were 43 counties below the state’s average.

Of theses 43 counties, 27 had a negative change overall in their average weekly wage.

Heard and Chattahoochee counties also had the largest percent increase in wage growth at 29 percent and 25 percent respectively.

9.1

9.1

9.2

9.4

17.0

9.3

10.3

12.3

28.8

10.8

19.0

24.910.9

10.3

9.9

11.7

6.1

6.5

4.9

5.5

5.2

1.7

2.1

2.6

4.95.7

4.44.7

2.2

4.4

6.2

4.9

8.7

2.0

4.0

4.5

2.2

7.2

6.8

4.5

1.8

2.8

4.0

5.1

4.6

2.4

4.1

6.0

3.4

5.1

1.8

8.5

6.4

3.0

4.7

3.3

2.4

6.4

2.3

3.4

6.1

6.3

6.5

8.2

2.3

4.7

6.2

3.3

6.5

2.4

5.8

3.0

1.98.0

4.5

4.7

5.8

6.1

1.9

2.0

3.43.9

5.4

7.0

4.8

5.43.0

1.7

2.3

5.8

6.8

1.7

6.9

2.2

4.4

2.3

4.6

8.2

7.2

4.7

3.0

4.3

3.2

2.4

2.9

2.2

3.7

7.6

3.4

6.5

2.9

6.5

6.0

5.1

2.3 4.6

0.5

1.2

0.7

0.3

1.3

0.0

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.3

0.5

0.4

1.0 0.0

0.2

-3.7

-3.8

-3.8

-1.6-1.8

-6.9

-2.6

-0.5

-3.2 -3.0

-0.5

-2.3

-1.8

-11.7

-1.6

-7.6

-5.1

-6.2

-1.0 -1.4

-5.4

-2.5-1.3

-27.7

-0.2

-0.2

-18.1

Georgia Average Weekly Wage Change

9.1% to 28.8%

1.7% to 9.0%

0.0% to 1.6%

-27.7% to -0.1%

$49

$55

$82

$65

$57

$49

$47

$47

$50

$49

$79

$60

$214

$60

$144

$62

$67

$44

$40

$26

$27

$28

$17

$25$36

$24$25

$28

$40

$28

$14

$26

$29

$34

$37

$22

$14

$20

$33

$23

$16

$20

$31

$21

$34

$40

$27

$21

$34

$17

$42

$14

$36

$16

$37

$29

$43

$29

$40

$16

$35

$14

$27

$18

$40

$25

$29

$41

$41

$19$22

$32

$33

$25

$31$17

$16

$29

$34

$15

$37

$21

$31

$41

$34

$24

$15

$20

$22

$14

$26

$33

$17

$35

$17

$31

$35

$29

$14 $31

$6

$6

$10

$11

$4

$2

$7

$0

$11

$7

$12

$8

$10 $10

$7

$3

$8

$12

$11

$3

$13

$10

$11

$5

$12

$10

$0

$13

$13

$1

$13

$13

-$20

-$8

-$3

-$3

-$22

-$21

-$16

-$40

-$14

-$18

-$9

-$17

-$83

-$12

-$6 -$7

-$10

-$47

-$7

-$27

-$34

-$1

-$29

-$1

-$13

-$179

-$173

$46 to $214

$14 to $45

$0 to $13

-$179 to -$1

2007 to 2009 Net Change

2007 to 2009 Percent Change


Georgia’s Average Weekly Wage 2007 - 2009

Percent Change

Net Change





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-Summary-

Over the past decade, Georgia and our nation has experienced two recessions, caused by the attacks on September 11th, the dot.com bust, and a housing crisis. To determine the impact of the nation’s crises on the state, “Georgia’s Workforce: An Annual Report” analyzed Georgia’s population, labor force, unemployment insurance statistics, industry, and wages. In short, Georgia was able to grow in many areas throughout the past decade, but the events from 2000 to 2009, were too much for the state to sustain the level of economic growth it experienced throughout the 1990s.

One area in which Georgia grew was population adding 1,642,430 individuals during the decade finishing with a total population of 9,829,211. This represented a 20.1 percent rate of growth – which ranked fourth nationally in net population gain and percent growth rate. As Georgia grew, signs of its attractiveness to both domestic and international migrants were illustrated as 52 percent of Georgia’s growth was attributed to immigration. This also contributed to Georgia’s diversity, as the increase in minority groups outpaced that of whites. Over the decade, Georgia’s white population increased at a rate of fifteen percent and African-Americans at 25 percent, while all other races combined grew by 62 percent. Hispanics (which can be a part of any racial group) grew at a rate of 88 percent. By 2009, Georgia had four counties ranked in the nation’s 100 most populous counties and seventeen in the nation’s 100 fastest growing counties with a population above 10,000 (more than any other state).

Georgia’s civilian labor force also showed resilience by weathering many of the events of the decade. The state’s civilian labor force topped 4.8 million individuals during 2008, the highest total ever recorded in Georgia. Although the decade ended with Georgia experiencing its first decline since 1991, the numbers continued to show Georgia as having one of the largest and most diverse labor forces in the nation. Conversely, as Georgia’s labor force increased, so did its unemployment rate. While Georgia entered the decade with one of the nation’s lowest rates at 3.5 percent- compared to the U.S. rate of four percent- by 2009 Georgia’s unemployment rate of 9.6 percent had surpassed the U.S. rate of 9.3 percent.

Georgia’s industry employment was one area that experienced significant ups and downs throughout the decade. Job growth occurred during the year 2000 and from 2004-2007, but employment declined during 2001-2003 and again in 2008-2009. Manufacturing and Construction were the two most recognized sectors to experience losses, accounting for 175,000 and 40,000 jobs, respectively. Education and Health Services was the only sector that was able to grow each year of the decade, gaining over 120,000 total jobs.

As Georgia experienced both the greatest of highs and lows throughout the decade, signs of Georgia’s entrepreneurial spirit prevailed as Georgia gained over 43,000 new establishments and average wages rose throughout the decade. Wages and population were two areas analyzed for this publication to demonstrate how Georgia made positive gains even during these difficult times. Georgia’s labor force and industry employment had mixed results, but as 2009 ended signs of Georgia’s resiliency have once again emerged.

GEORGIA’S WORKFORCE AN ANNUAL REPORT

Georgia Department of LaborWorkforce Statistics & Economic Research

148 Andrew Young International Blvd.Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751

(404) 232-3875(404) 232-3888 Faxwww.dol.state.ga.us

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