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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 847,986 as of December 2024, of those 25,252 are unemployed and actively seeking employment.
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December 2024 |
November 2024 |
December 2023 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Labor Force |
Employment |
Unemployed |
Unemp. Rate |
Unemp. Rate |
Unemp. Rate |
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Bartow County |
53,659 |
51,791 | 1,868 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
2.8 |
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Bartow LDA |
847,986 | 822,734 | 25,252 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
2.6 |
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NWGA Region |
446,671 | 429,934 | 16,737 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
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Atlanta MSA |
3,257,274 | 3,148,495 | 108,779 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
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Georgia |
5,376,670 |
5,193,719 |
182,951 |
3.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
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United States |
167,746,000 |
161,249,000 |
6,452,000 |
3.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| (Data from GDOL released January 2025) | ||||||
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