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-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS -WEDNESDAY, 3EPTEM3ER 24,1900
Metro Atlanta Jobless Rate Takes Dip
ATLANTA The jobless
rate for metro Atlanta
dropped seven-tenths per
cent over the month, from a
revised 6.7 in June to a pre
liminary 6.0 in July, the
Georgia Department of La
bor reported today.
At this same time last
year, the unemployment
rate for the Atlanta metro
area was 4.5 per cent.
A total of 904,455 persons
in the Atlanta Standard Met
ropolitan Statistical Area
(SMSA) were employed at
the end of July, while 54,868
others were still without
jobs.
At this same time last
year, 895,127 area residents
were working, and 42,598
others were unemployed.
The Atlanta SMSA is com
prised of Butts, Cherokee,
Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb,
Douglas, Fayett, Forsyth,
Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry,
Newton, Paulding, Rockdale
and Walton Counties.
The total number of per
sons working in the metro
Atlanta area rose 2,480 over
the month and 9,328 over the
year.
At the same time, the total
number of persons jobless in
the Atlanta area dropped 6,-
392 over the year.
And the total civilian labor
force the number of per
sons working and unem
ployed dropped 3,912 over
the month but rose 24,598
over the year. (These fig
ures are by place of resi
dence for persons 16 years
old and older.)
At the end of June, 901,975
persons in the metro Atlanta
area were working, while
64,260 others were still seek
ing jobs.
The state’s jobless rate re
mained unchanged at 7.6
per cent from June to
July. But at the same time
last year, the state’s unem
ployment rate was much
lower at 5.3 per cent.
Georgia’s total work force
rose by more than 85,000
(87,758) persons over the
year, but the gains were on
the negative side (61,617 un
employed and 26,141 em
ployed) since July of last
year.
Last year at this same
time, 2,222,126 Georgians
were working on jobs, while
124,408 were out looking for
employment.
At the end of this past
July, 2,248,267 were on jobs
and 186,025 were not.
Over the month, employ
ment rose 1,990, while job
lessness was rising 474,
pushing the labor force up
by 2,464 persons, from June
to July.
At the end of this past
June, 2,246,277 Georgians
were working, while 185,551
were without work.
“Reports have it that the
Midwest and the Southeast
have been the hardest hit by
the recession,” said Com
missioner of Labor Sam
Caldwell. “Ordinarily, the
Southeast is not seriously af
fected by a recession,” he
said, “but this time it is
worse because of sharp de
clines in housing starts and
lagging purchases of furni
ture and clothing.”
On a national scale, the
construction industry has
been relatively slow. But in
Atlanta, where 39 per cent of
the state’s overall jobs are
located, both housing and
heavy construction have
been strong.
“Even though the nation
and the Southeast continue
to feel the effects of the re
cession,” Caldwell said’
“Georgia seems to be hold
ing its business economy at
a relatively stable level.
“So long as inventories do
not build and housing is not
over-produced, Georgia
should not suffer any perma
nently damaging setback
from the recession,” Cald
well said.
“Metro Atlanta’s six
month non-residential build
ing contracts were 41 per
cent ahead of the same pe
riod last year, while
Georgia’s non-residential
building contracts were 27
per cent above last year’s
level,” Caldwell said.
Residential construction
reflected an 11 per cent gain
over last July in permits for
single-family houses in
metro Atlanta. The most ac
tive areas for residential
construction are Gwinnett
and Cobb Counties, account
ing for more than half of all
permits issued this year.
Two sectors of Georgia
business that have helped
curb recessionary effects
are high-technology busi
nesses and conventions.
“They both offer ways to im
prove productivity,” Cald-
well said.
‘‘High-technology firms
provide products such as
computers that improve effi
ciency and productivity and
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