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Employment

Counties 1998 2003 Annual Growth Rate 1998-2003 Projected 2008 Annual Growth Rate 2003-2008
Banks 2,774 3,089 2.2 3,459 2.3
Clarke 60,505 62,224 0.6 68,331 1.9
Dawson 3,103 4,971 9.9 9,542 13.9
Elbert 6,941 7,420 1.3 7,857 1.2
Fannin 4,382 4,663 1.3 5,122 1.9
Franklin 7,062 7,747 1.9 8,812 2.6
Greene 4,848 4,788 -0.2 5,264 1.9
Habersham 13,900 39,212 0.7 15,386 1.4
Hall 58,947 64,441 1.8 75,739 3.3
Hart 6,870 7,030 0.5 7,093 0.2
Jackson 13,716 15,298 2.2 18,680 4.1
Lumpkin 4,815 5,896 4.1 7,397 4.6
Madison 3,155 3,665 3.0 4,501 4.2
Oconee 5,150 7,007 6.4 10,248 7.9
Oglethorpe         1,449 1,730 3.6 2,003 3.0
Rabun 5,303 5,751 1.6 7,001 4.0
Stephens 10,641 9,950 -1.3 9,467 -1.0
Towns 2,335 3,165 6.3 4,564 7.6
Union 4,219 5,400 5.1 6,788 4.7
White 5,417 5,992 2.0 6,905 2.9
Region Total 225,532 244,605 1.6 284,161 3.0
Georgia 3,497,961         3,699,868 1.1 4,223,048 2.7
% of State 6.4 6.6 - 6.7 -

Data from 2004 Economic Yearbook, Georgia Trend, April 2004, 66-69