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Cartersville-Bartow County Economic Development P.O. Box 2224 Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770.607.1199 |
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Labor Force
The labor force available to companies doing business in Bartow County extends beyond our borders into the northern arc of the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as well as into our neighboring counties in northwestern Georgia. The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) definition of Bartow County's Labor Draw Area (LDA) includes Bartow and its seven contiguous counties.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (GDOL not seasonally adjusted)
Bartow's LDA labor force (based on place of residence and persons 16 years and older) is 833,401 as of December 2022, of those 19,244 are unemployed and actively seeking employment.
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December 2022 |
November 2022 |
December 2021 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Labor Force |
Employment |
Unemployed |
Unemp. Rate |
Unemp. Rate |
Unemp. Rate |
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Bartow County |
52,807 |
51,447 | 1,360 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
2.6 |
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Bartow LDA |
833,401 | 814,157 | 19,244 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
2.5 |
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NWGA Region |
430,458 | 418,157 | 11,973 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
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Atlanta MSA |
3,216,104 | 3,133,430 | 82,674 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
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Georgia |
5,258,315 |
5,116,477 |
141,838 |
2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
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United States |
162,244,000 |
158,872,000 |
5,352,000 |
3.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| (Data from GDOL released November 2022) | ||||||
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