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Aladdin Manufacturing
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Fairview Park Hospital
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Flexsteel Industries Inc
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Graham Brothers Co
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Veterans Administration Hospital
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In the year 2004, the average weekly wage
for employment sectors in the county
was $555, compared to the statewide
average of $728.
- In 2004, the total number of employees located in Laurens County
was 20,085. Of the total employees,
24.7%
were employed in the goods producing sector, followed by
53.3%
in the service producing sector and
21.9%
employed in government.
Statewide, the service producing industry is the largest employment sector,
contributing
65.4% of the state’s jobs.
- Between 2000 and 2004, Laurens County's annual
unemployment rate
averaged 5.4%,
compared with the state's average of
4.4%.
Nationally, the unemployment rate for the same period averaged
5.5%.
- The county per capita personal income
in 2004 was $23,855,
compared to $29,782 for Georgia and
$33,050 for the United States.
- Laurens County's median household income
in 1999 was $32,010,
compared to the state's median household income of
$42,433.
Nationally, the median household income in 1999 was
$41,994.
- During 1999, 18.4%
of the county's population
lived below the poverty level,
compared with Georgia's rate of 13.0%
and the national rate of 12.4%.
In addition,
26.3% of the children under the age
of 18 lived below the poverty level in Laurens County. Nationally,
16.6% of the population under the
age of 18 years lived below the level of poverty.
- Residents
of Laurens County received total government transfer payments
amounting to $5,035
per capita in 2003, compared
to $3,762 per capita statewide.
Transfer payments include retirement and disability insurance benefit payments,
medical benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, and veteran's benefits
payments.
- According to the Georgia Department of Revenue's Net Property and Utility Digest,
Laurens County's assessed property value
amounted to $1.0 billion
in 2004, resulting in a per capita assessed property value of
$21,826.
At the state level, per capita assessed property value in 2004 equaled
$31,373.
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