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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 789,645 as of July 2020, of those 52,572 are unemployed and actively seeking employment.
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July 2020 |
June 2020 |
July 2019 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Labor Force |
Employment |
Unemployed |
Unemp. Rate |
Unemp. Rate |
Unemp. Rate |
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Bartow County |
49,167 |
45,615 | 3,552 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
3.6 |
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Bartow LDA |
789,645 | 730,999 | 52,572 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 3.6 |
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NWGA Region |
411,913 | 385,228 | 26,685 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 3.9 |
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Atlanta MSA |
3,053,798 | 2,793,097 | 260,701 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
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Georgia |
5,018,467 |
4,618,279 |
400,197 |
8.0 | 8.0 | 3.8 |
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United States |
161,374,000 |
144,492,000 |
16,882,000 |
10.5 | 11.2 | 4.0 |
| (Data from GDOL August 2020) | ||||||
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