| Top Employers - 2004 |
Baby's Dream Furniture
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CRHS Long Term and Home Care Inc
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Oakcrest Lumber Inc
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Tyson Farms Inc
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Unimin Corp
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In the year 2004, the average weekly wage
for employment sectors in the county
was $439, compared to the statewide
average of $728.
- In 2004, the total number of employees located in Marion County
was 1,769. Of the total employees,
50.9%
were employed in the goods producing sector, followed by
21.9%
in the service producing sector and
27.1%
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, Marion 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 $23,696,
compared to $29,782 for Georgia and
$33,050 for the United States.
- Marion County's median household income
in 1999 was $29,145,
compared to the state's median household income of
$42,433.
Nationally, the median household income in 1999 was
$41,994.
- During 1999, 22.4%
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,
31.2% of the children under the age
of 18 lived below the poverty level in Marion County. Nationally,
16.6% of the population under the
age of 18 years lived below the level of poverty.
- Residents
of Marion County received total government transfer payments
amounting to $4,273
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,
Marion County's assessed property value
amounted to $138.1 million
in 2004, resulting in a per capita assessed property value of
$9,902.
At the state level, per capita assessed property value in 2004 equaled
$31,373.
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