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Area
Preliminary
AUG 2015
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
Georgia
Georgia
4,727,267 4,771,817 4,759,336 -44,550 -32,069
4,445,740 4,464,036 4,391,670 -18,296 54,070
281,527 307,781 367,666 -26,254 -86,139
6.0 6.4 7.7
93,651 93,750 94,231
-99 -580
88,409 87,840 87,518 569 891
5,242 5,910 6,713 -668 -1,471
5.6 6.3 7.1
2,810,168 2,840,231 2,812,866 -30,063
-2,698
2,650,797 2,667,625 2,606,620 -16,828
44,177
159,371 172,606 206,246 -13,235 -46,875
5.7 6.1 7.3
256,914 258,627 255,804 -1,713 1,110
240,158 240,494 235,348
-336 4,810
16,756 18,133 20,456 -1,377 -3,700
6.5 7.0 8.0
125,786 127,526 126,607 -1,740
-821
116,989 118,055 115,848 -1,066 1,141
8,797 9,471 10,759 -674 -1,962
7.0 7.4 8.5
90,112 90,549 90,134
85,767 85,643 84,305
4,345 4,906 5,829
4.8 5.4 6.5
(Seasonally adjusted)
(Not seasonally
adjusted)
Albany MSA
Athens- Clarke
County MSA
Atlanta MSA
Augusta-Richmond
County MSA
Brunswick MSA
Columbus MSA
Dalton MSA
Gainesville MSA
-437
-22
124 1,462
-561 -1,484
Note: MSA data are not seasonally adjusted. Employment includes Nonfarm wage and salary employment, self-employment, unpaid family and private
household workers and agricultural workers. Persons in labor disputes are counted as employed. The use of unrounded data does not imply that the numbers are
exact.
Albany MSA: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth counties.
Athens - Clarke County MSA: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties.
Atlanta MSA: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard,
Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties.
Augusta - Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina.
Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties.
Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama.
Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties.
Gainesville MSA: Hall County.
Hinesville MSA: Liberty and Long counties.
Macon MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties.
Rome MSA: Floyd County.
Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties.
Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties.
Warner Robins MSA: Houston, Peach and Pulaski counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available Upon Request to Individuals With Disabilities
Hinesville MSA
Macon MSA
Rome MSA
Savannah MSA
Valdosta MSA
Preliminary
AUG 2015
Employment
Status
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
101,529 102,571 103,929 -1,042 -2,400
94,895 95,410 95,278 -515 -383
6,634 7,161 8,651 -527 -2,017
6.5 7.0 8.3
172,631 174,880 174,104 -2,249 -1,473
162,960 164,282 160,857 -1,322 2,103
9,671 10,598 13,247 -927 -3,576
5.6 6.1 7.6
-358 -2,504
52 -1,271
-410 -1,233
78,561 79,356 81,539
73,601 73,909 75,099
4,960 5,447 6,440
6.3 6.9 7.9
-795 -2,978
-308 -1,498
-487 -1,480
Area
United States
(Seasonally adjusted)
United States
(Not Seasonally
adjusted)
Employment
Status
Change From
AUG 2015
JUL 2015
AUG 2014
JUL 2015
AUG 2014
157,065,000 157,106,000 156,018,000
149,036,000 148,840,000 146,451,000
8,029,000 8,266,000 9,568,000
5.1 5.3 6.1
157,390,000 158,527,000 156,434,000 -1,137,000
956,000
149,228,000 149,722,000 146,647,000
-494,000 2,581,000
8,162,000 8,805,000 9,787,000 -643,000 -1,625,000
5.2 5.6 6.3
-41,000 1,047,000
196,000 2,585,000
-237,000 -1,539,000
Note: MSA data are not seasonally adjusted. Employment includes Nonfarm wage and salary employment, self-employment, unpaid family and private
household workers and agricultural workers. Persons in labor disputes are counted as employed. The use of unrounded data does not imply that the numbers are
exact.
Albany MSA: Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth counties.
Athens - Clarke County MSA: Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties.
Atlanta MSA: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard,
Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties.
Augusta - Richmond County MSA: Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina.
Brunswick MSA: Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties.
Columbus MSA: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, and Muscogee counties in Georgia and Russell County in Alabama.
Dalton MSA: Murray and Whitfield counties.
Gainesville MSA: Hall County.
Hinesville MSA: Liberty and Long counties.
Macon MSA: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties.
Rome MSA: Floyd County.
Savannah MSA: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties.
Valdosta MSA: Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties.
Warner Robins MSA: Houston, Peach and Pulaski counties.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
Labor
Employ-
Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
*Albany
29,858
27,381
2,477
8.3
30,212
27,535
2,677
8.9
31,099
27,868
3,231 10.4
*Alpharetta
33,591
32,069
1,522
4.5
33,907
32,266
1,641
4.8
33,457
31,530
1,927
5.8
*Athens
57,261
53,803
3,458
6.0
57,312
53,394
3,918
6.8
57,571
53,216
4,355
7.6
*Atlanta
230,742
216,176
14,566
6.3
233,114
217,503
15,611
6.7
231,803
212,540
19,263
8.3
Fulton Part
213,405
199,684
13,721
6.4
215,621
200,909
14,712
6.8
214,487
196,328
18,159
8.5
Dekalb Part
17,337
16,492
845
4.9
17,493
16,594
899
5.1
17,316
16,212
1,104
6.4
*Augusta
84,904
78,488
6,416
7.6
85,533
78,486
7,047
8.2
85,095
77,209
7,886
9.3
*Brookhaven
30,826
30,032
794
2.6
31,163
30,217
946
3.0
30,591
29,521
1,070
3.5
Carrollton
10,814
*Columbus
79,884
Dalton
14,100 13,228
Douglasville
15,937
Duluth
15,168 14,352
*Dunwoody
25,801
24,656
1,145
4.4
26,114
24,808
1,306
5.0
25,755
24,237
1,518
East Point
16,912
15,481
1,431
8.5
17,052
15,576
1,476
8.7
17,045
15,221
1,824 10.7
Gainesville
16,112
15,255
5.3
16,201
15,233
6.0
16,211
14,995
1,216 7.5
Hinesville
14,595 13,739
*Johns Creek
43,025
41,047
Kennesaw
18,499
LaGrange
15,246 14,260
9,890
74,016
14,870
924 8.5
5,868
7.3
872 6.2
1,067
6.7
816 5.4
857
856 5.9
1,978
4.6
11,108
81,035
6,352
7.8
10,978
80,881
7,476
9.2
16,076
16,002
14,966
15,344 14,463
14,468 13,541
43,439
41,299
18,687 17,566
1,110
6.9
881 5.7
968
927 6.4
2,140
4.9
1,121 6.0
14,621
1,381
8.6
40,357
2,505
5.8
18,458
986 6.5
944 6.6
*Macon
34,743
31,930
2,813
8.1
35,148
32,101
3,047
8.7
35,732
32,047
3,685 10.3
*Marietta
33,895
32,057
1,838
5.4
34,230
32,283
1,947
5.7
33,915
31,530
2,385
Milton
17,965 17,167
Newnan
Ptree Corners
22,006
22,287
21,875
Rome
*Roswell
52,007
49,729
2,278
4.4
52,567
50,034
2,533
4.8
51,803
48,893
2,910
5.6
*Sandy Springs
58,645
56,014
2,631
4.5
59,300
56,357
2,943
5.0
58,593
55,072
3,521
6.0
*Savannah
64,452
60,266
4,186
6.5
65,179
60,767
4,412
6.8
65,247
59,490
5,757
8.8
*Smyrna
32,346
30,780
1,566
4.8
32,690
30,997
1,693
5.2
32,357
30,275
2,082
6.4
Statesboro
13,559
12,488
1,071
7.9
13,440
12,248
1,192
8.9
13,399
12,058
1,341 10.0
Stockbridge
13,184
12,227
957
7.3
13,275
12,264
1,011
7.6
13,226
12,001
1,225
9.3
*Valdosta
24,502
22,901
1,601
6.5
24,617
22,880
1,737
7.1
25,596
23,401
2,195
8.6
*Warner Robins
30,303
28,373
1,930
6.4
30,613
28,484
2,129
7.0
31,424
28,941
2,483
7.9
Woodstock
14,220
13,464
5.3
14,374
13,567
5.6
14,255
13,248
1,007
7.1
21,333
798 4.4
673
756
3.1
18,191 17,272
21,499
919 5.1
788
807
3.5
17,875 16,878
20,991
997 5.6
884
Note: City estimates were prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
All cities listed have total population of 25,000 or more and an asterisks (*) designates cities with population of 50,000 or more.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
7.0
4.0
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
Area
Employment
Status
Atlanta Regional
Commission
2,227,969 2,251,612 2,230,096 -23,643
-2,127
2,101,642 2,115,226 2,066,523 -13,584
35,119
126,327 136,386 163,573 -10,059 -37,246
5.7 6.1 7.3
Central Savannah
River Area
Coastal
Georgia
308,874 312,019 311,681 -3,145 -2,807
290,794 292,176 287,317 -1,382 3,477
18,080 19,843 24,364 -1,763 -6,284
5.9 6.4 7.8
Georgia
Mountains
Heart of Georgia
Altamaha
115,264 115,678 118,543
106,412 106,100 106,934
8,852 9,578 11,609
7.7 8.3 9.8
Middle
Georgia
Northeast
Georgia
277,030 278,943 277,697 -1,913 -667
261,422 261,622 257,356
-200 4,066
15,608 17,321 20,341 -1,713 -4,733
5.6 6.2 7.3
Northwest
Georgia
River Valley
147,642 149,324 150,073 -1,682 -2,431
136,724 137,497 136,259
-773
465
10,918 11,827 13,814 -909 -2,896
7.4 7.9 9.2
Southern
Georgia
Southwest
Georgia
Three Rivers
-414 -3,279
312
-522
-726 -2,757
-804 -6,136
180 -2,775
-984 -3,361
Note: Effective December 1, 2009, Georgias Regional Development Centers were restructured and transitioned into Regional Commissions (RCs) reducing the
total number of RCs from 16 to 12.
Area
Preliminary
AUG 2015
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
256,914
258,627 255,804
240,158
240,494
235,348
16,756
18,133
20,456
6.5
7.0 8.0
-1,713 1,110
-336 4,810
-1,377 -3,700
Residing in Georgia
171,212
172,574 171,554 -1,362 -342
159,665
159,849
157,215
-184 2,450
11,547
12,725
14,339
-1,178 -2,792
6.7
7.4 8.4
85,702
86,053
84,250
80,493
80,645
78,133
5,209
5,408
6,117
6.1
6.3 7.3
-351 1,452
-152 2,360
-199 -908
Note: The Augusta Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties, Georgia, and Aiken
and Edgefield counties, South Carolina.
Employment
Status
Preliminary
AUG 2015
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
Revised
JUL 2015
Revised
AUG 2014
125,786
127,526 126,607 -1,740 -821
116,989
118,055 115,848 -1,066 1,141
8,797
9,471
10,759
-674 -1,962
7.0
7.4 8.5
Residing in Georgia
101,064
102,512
102,142 -1,448 -1,078
93,852
94,691 93,106 -839 746
7,212
7,821
9,036
-609 -1,824
7.1 7.6 8.8
Residing in Alabama
24,722
25,014 24,465
23,137
23,364 22,742
1,585
1,650
1,723
6.4
6.6 7.0
-292 257
-227 395
-65 -138
Note: The Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Chattahoochee, Harris, and Muscogee counties, Georgia, and Russell county, Alabama.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
Produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Statistics & Economic Research
in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Georgia
6.0
Labor
Employ-
Unemployment
Force
ment Number Rate
6.4
Labor
Force
Employ-
Unemployment
ment Number Rate
7.7
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
8,572
7,915
657
7.7
3,663
3,468
195
5.3
4,999 4,728 271 5.4
1,111 1,024
87 7.8
17,647 16,278 1,369 7.8
8,586
7,877
709
8.3
3,646
3,427
219
6.0
4,972 4,667 305 6.1
1,109 1,015
94 8.5
17,543 16,047 1,496 8.5
8,769
7,922
847
9.7
3,696
3,405
291
7.9
4,978 4,619 359 7.2
1,157 1,046 111 9.6
17,889 16,116 1,773 9.9
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
34,543
9,310
10,355
2,117
22,500
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
2,405
2,179
226 9.4
10,514 9,777 737 7.0
118,643 112,606 6,037 5.1
57,312 53,394 3,918 6.8
895
785
110 12.3
2,413 2,156
257 10.7
10,442 9,606 836 8.0
117,055 109,956 7,099 6.1
57,571 53,216 4,355 7.6
936
832 104 11.1
Clayton
124,456 115,095 9,361 7.5
125,477 115,614 9,863 7.9
125,353 113,071 12,282 9.8
Clinch
2,769 2,576 193 7.0
2,737 2,541 196 7.2
2,769 2,516 253 9.1
Cobb
393,452 373,539 19,913 5.1
397,823 376,171 21,652 5.4
393,186 367,403 25,783 6.6
Coffee
18,076 16,962 1,114 6.2
18,127 16,873 1,254 6.9
17,522 15,977 1,545 8.8
Colquitt 19,396
18,121
1,275
6.6 19,274
17,898
1,376
7.1 20,677
18,868
1,809
8.7
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
4,558 4,181
377 8.3
37,270 34,032 3,238 8.7
68,291 63,778 4,513 6.6
4,236 3,906
330 7.8
1,773 1,671 102 5.8
4,720 4,245
475 10.1
38,349 34,444 3,905 10.2
67,658 62,305 5,353 7.9
4,345 3,879
466 10.7
1,848 1,732 116 6.3
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
26,267
24,930
1,337
5.1
7,711 7,150 561 7.3
8,279 7,574
705 8.5
4,696 4,443 253
5.4
9,870 9,295 575 5.8
26,589
25,093
1,496
5.6
7,756 7,152 604 7.8
8,313 7,543
770 9.3
4,672 4,388 284
6.1
10,060 9,404 656 6.5
Employ-
Unemployment
ment Number Rate
26,358
24,593
1,765 6.7
8,087 7,363 724 9.0
8,501 7,563 938 11.0
4,750 4,411 339
7.1
9,814 9,012 802 8.2
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
6,313 5,890 423 6.7
Gwinnett
443,057 420,044 23,013 5.2
Habersham 18,703 17,673 1,030 5.5
Hall
90,112 85,767 4,345 4.8
Hancock
2,515 2,263
252 10.0
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
6,477 5,893
3,210 2,952
3,816 3,553
13,283 12,543
7,734
7,135
6,518
3,239
3,826
13,410
7,847
6,621 5,835
3,288 2,945
3,896 3,541
13,562 12,602
7,806 7,028
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
McDuffie
McIntosh
Macon
Madison
Marion
Meriwether
Miller
4,584 4,180
12,688 12,019
3,432 3,105
8,849 8,124
2,680 2,540
4,613
4,176
12,731 11,975
3,475 3,139
8,995 8,188
2,661 2,504
4,587 4,020
12,830 11,914
3,356 3,088
8,958 8,010
2,706 2,514
584 9.0
258 8.0
263 6.9
740 5.6
599 7.7
404 8.8
669 5.3
327 9.5
725 8.2
140 5.2
Mitchell
8,531 7,941 590
6.9
Monroe
12,410 11,664 746 6.0
Montgomery 3,759 3,420
339 9.0
Morgan
8,377 7,939 438 5.2
Murray
15,740 14,599 1,141 7.2
5,854
2,937
3,539
12,614
7,203
664 10.2
302 9.3
287 7.5
796 5.9
644 8.2
437 9.5
756 5.9
336 9.7
807 9.0
157 5.9
786 11.9
343 10.4
355 9.1
960 7.1
778 10.0
567 12.4
916 7.1
268 8.0
948 10.6
192 7.1
Employ-
Unemployment
ment Number Rate
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
11,146 10,248
898 8.1
13,803 13,098 705 5.1
7,959 7,447 512 6.4
8,313 7,834 479 5.8
17,955 16,786 1,169 6.5
11,267 10,303
964 8.6
13,962 13,176 786 5.6
8,009 7,453 556 6.9
8,413 7,899 514 6.1
18,156 16,851 1,305 7.2
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
3,963
7,798
861
6,416
2,605
4,022
7,944
868
6,698
2,605
3,720
7,245
803
6,239
2,359
302 7.5
699 8.8
65 7.5
459 6.9
246 9.4
4,133
8,063
885
6,719
2,717
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
582
9,398
2,722
4,755
3,430
536
8,835
2,466
4,350
3,158
46 7.9
563 6.0
256 9.4
405 8.5
272 7.9
590
9,435
2,735
4,777
3,466
539
8,798
2,471
4,341
3,177
51 8.6
637 6.8
264 9.7
436 9.1
289 8.3
605
9,629
2,862
4,846
3,517
534
8,893
2,555
4,319
3,216
71 11.7
736 7.6
307 10.7
527 10.9
301 8.6
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
29,142 27,448 1,694 5.8
Walton
41,233 39,063 2,170 5.3
Ware
14,598 13,643 955 6.5
Warren
2,692 2,447
245 9.1
Washington 7,396 6,897 499 6.7
Wayne
11,588 10,701 887 7.7
11,627 10,675 952 8.2
11,779 10,680 1,099 9.3
Webster 1,026 920
106
10.3
1,022 911 111
10.9 1,008 923 85
8.4
Wheeler
1,687 1,499
188 11.1
1,682 1,486
196 11.7
1,904 1,656
248 13.0
White
13,892 13,223 669 4.8
14,070 13,289 781 5.6
13,946 13,018 928 6.7
Whitfield
44,396
41,723
2,673
6.0
44,958
41,781
3,177
7.1
45,355
41,345
4,010 8.8
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
2,762 2,552
210 7.6
3,721 3,452 269 7.2
3,636 3,372 264
7.3
8,645 8,068 577 6.7
2,759 2,534
225 8.2
3,764 3,459 305 8.1
3,651 3,352 299
8.2
8,736 8,092 644 7.4
2,880 2,593
287 10.0
3,806 3,435 371 9.7
3,714 3,365 349
9.4
8,972 8,218 754 8.4