Dooly County Economic Development Commission

Labor Force Activity

2000 Annual Averages
	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Rate
Dooly	4,572	4,276	296	6.5
Crisp	9,684	9,091	593	6.1
Houston	51,999	50,266	1,733	3.3
Macon	5,763	5,208	555	9.6
Pulaski	4,602	4,402	200	4.3
Sumter	15,246	14,479	767	5.0
Wilcox	3,324	3,156	168	5.1
Dooly Area	95,190	90,878	4,312	4.5
Georgia	4,173,274	4,018,876	154,398	3.7
U.S.	140,863,000	135,208,000	5,655,000	4.0

Note: Labor force include residents of the county that are working or seeking work.
Source: Georgia Department of Labor

Employers

Ten
Largest Employers

Five
Largest Employers

Dooly Area

Dooly County

	County
Crisp Regional Hospital	Crisp
Tyson Shared Services, Inc.	Dooly
Frito-Lay Inc.	Houston
Houston County Hospital Authority	Houston
Northrop Grumman Corp.	Houston
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	Houston
Agrilink Foods	Macon
Cooper Lighting	Sumter
Sumter Regional Hospital, Inc.	Sumter
Textron Automotive Company	Sumter

Flex-Tec Inc.
Georgia Pacific Corp.
SE Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
State Correctional Institution
Tyson Shared Services, Inc.

Note: Represents employment covered by unemployment insurance, excluding all government and public schools (except correctional institutions, state hospitals, and colleges and universities). railroads and the U.S. Postal Service. Data shown for Third Quarter 1999. Employers are listed alphabetically by county. not by employment size.

Area Labor Profile

Includes information on employment trends, industry mix, per capita income, commuting patterns, and education.

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