26 COUNTY DRAW AREA - MARCH 2006

County

Labor Force

Employed

Unemployed

Rate

Baldwin

20,494

19,551

943

4.6

Bibb

73,924

69,848

4,076

5.5

Bleckley

5,162

4,876

286

5.5

Butts

10,234

9,736

498

4.9

Crawford

6,315

5,999

316

5.0

Crisp

8,572

8,221

351

4.1

Dodge

9,113

8,689

424

4.7

Dooly

4,917

4,626

291

5.9

Hancock

3,411

3,157

254

7.4

Houston

63,106

60,501

2,605

4.1

Jasper

6,473

6,202

271

4.2

Johnson

3.813

3,624

189

5.0

Jones

13,501

12,911

591

4.4

Lamar

8,258

7,825

433

5.2

Laurens

22,623

21,488

1,135

5.0

Macon

5,427

5,025

402

7.4

Monroe

12,559

12,054

505

4.0

Peach

11,519

10,842

677

5.9

Pulaski

4,405

4,199

206

4.7

Putnam

10,100

9,680

420

4.2

Taylor

3,303

3,070

233

7.1

Twiggs

4,721

4,459

262

5.5

Upson

12,239

7,789

479

6.0

Washington

8,268

7,789

479

5.8

Wilcox

3,378

3,195

183

5.4

Wilkinson

4,533

4,290

243

5.4

TOTAL

336,559

319,646

16,752

5.3 (average)

 

Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Workforce Information & Analysis, Local Area Unemployment Statistics

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