Wilkinson County, Georgia

	1990	1990	1995	% Change	2000	% Change
	Census	Rank	Estimate	1990-95	Projected	1990-2000
Wilkinson County	10,228	113	10,627	4	10,797	5.6
City or Irwinton	641
City of Gordon	2,468
Wilkinson Area	158,162		166,817	6	175,325	10.9
Georgia						18.9
U.S.						11.1

INDUSTRY MIX - 1995
	Wilkinson County				Wilkinson County Area
Industry	# of	employment		wkly	# of	employment		wkly
	firms	#	%	wage	firms	#	%	wage
Agriculture	5	28	0.8	$239	64	380	0.6	$238
Mining	4	242	7.3	$733	21	3,158	5.1	$881
Construction	18	189	5.7	$333	327	2,560	4.1	$381
Manufacturing	25	1,469	44.5	$709	183	15,296	24.5	$448
food and kindred products	0	0	0	$0	11	355	0.6	$276
textiles	0	0	0	$0	13	4,905	7.9	$373
apparel	*	*	*	*	12	1,668	2.7	$218
lumber and wood products	17	276	8.4	$419	77	1,325	2.1	$410
furniture and fixtures	0	0	0	$0	*	*	*	*
paper and allied products	0	0	0	$0	*	*	*	*
printing and publishing	*	*	*	*	15	193	0.3	$345
chemicals and allied products	*	*	*	*	5	94	0.2	$483
rubber and misc. plastic products	0	0	0	$0	*	*	*	*
stone, clay, glass and concrete	3	1,045	31.7	$845	16	1,589	2.5	$778
fabricated metal products	*	*	*	*	6	302	0.5	$484
industrial machinery, incl. computer	0	0	0	$0	*	*	*	*
electronic, other electrical equip.	0	0	0	$0	*	*	*	*
transportation equipment	*	*	*	*	7	599	1	$635
misc. mfg. industries	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transportation and public utilities	18	265	8	$435	180	2,369	3.8	$536
Wholesale trade	8	54	1.6	$629	181	1,264	2	$476
Retail trade	34	264	8	$227	846	10,589	17	$224
Finance, insurance, and real estate	11	58	1.8	$437	226	1,327	2.1	$444
Services	37	542	16.4	$333	991	19,852	31.8	*
hotels, other lodging places	0	0	0	$0	17	328	0.5	$170
personal services	*	*	*	*	81	365	0.6	$207
business services	*	*	*	*	78	949	1.5	$207
auto repair, services, garages	*	*	*	*	86	357	0.6	$289
misc. repair services	0	0	0	$0	24	45	0.1	$256
motion pictures	*	*	*	*	10	126	0.2	$110
amusement and recreation services	*	*	*	*	30	311	0.5	$197
health services	7	98	3	$318	215	9,939	15.9	$470
legal services	*	*	*	*	66	139	0.2	$350
educational services	7	322	9.8	$369	87	6,020	9.7	$372
social services	*	*	*	*	74	646	1	$211
museums, botanical, zoological gdns.	0	0	0	$0	*	*	*	*
membership organizations	3	27	0.8	$118	19	101	0.2	$141
engineering and mgmt. Services	*	*	*	*	70	292	0.5	$543
private households	4	4	0.1	$193	137	229	0.4	$172
Public Administration	12	190	5.8	$249	137	5,537	8.9	$417
ALL INDUSTRIES	171	3,300	100	$531	3156	62,332	100	$412
ALL INDUSTRIES - GA								$506

Ten Largest Employers
Wilkinson Area
Employer	County
Forstmann & Company	Baldwin
Rheem Manufacturing	Baldwin
State Correctional Institute	Baldwin
State Hospital	Baldwin
Lithonia Lighting	Baldwin
Forstmann & Company	Laurens
Mohawk Carpet Corp.	Laurens
Veterans Administration Hospital	Laurens
ECC International	Washington
Englehard Corp	Wilkinson
Five Largest Employers
Wilkinson County
Employer
Dundee Mills Inc.
Englehard Corp.
Shepherd Brothers Timber
Springhill Services Inc.
Wilco Wood Works Inc.

Employed Residents of
Wilkinson County
County Where		% of
Employed	Number	Total
Wilkinson	2,336	53.2
Baldwin	1,079	24.6
Bibb	425	9.7
Twiggs	123	2.8
Houston	119	2.7
Laurens	105	2.4
Washington	74	1.7
Other	126	2.9
Total Residents	4,387	100
Persons Working in
Wilkinson County
County of		% of
Residence	Number	Total
Wilkinson	2,336	62.1
Baldwin	342	9.1
Bibb	249	6.6
Twiggs	205	5.4
Jones	195	5.2
Laurens	140	3.7
Washington	78	2.1
Johnson	56	1.5
Other	162	4.3
Total Residents	3,763	100

Wilkinson Area
	% of	Percent Distribution by Age
	total	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-69
Not high school grad	24.8	18.6	19.1	19	20.5	31.9
High school grad	41.5	45.1	47.1	46.6	41.8	36.5
Some college/Associate deg	20.4	30	21.8	22.7	20.8	16.3
Bachelors deg	8.3	6	10.1	8.3	9.2	8
Grad degree	5.1	0.4	1.9	3.4	7.7	7.3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100

High School Graduates 1994-1995
	Public	Private
	Schools	Schools	Total
Wilkinson	107	5	112
Baldwin	278	33	311
Bleckley	119	0	119
Johnson	96	0	96
Jones	190	0	190
Laurens	480	17	497
Twiggs	82	13	95
Washington	184	37	221
Wilkinson Area	1,536	105	1,641

Colleges with Technical and Business Programs

Baldwin County

Georgia College and State University

Computer Science, Business Information Systems,

Business Admn., Logistics, Business Economics,

Accounting, Marketing, Office Admn.

Technical Institute Graduates 1994-1995
Wilkinson Area
Program	Graduates
Business Technologies
Accounting	10
Business and Office Tech.	6
Information and Office Tech.	12
Mgmt./Sup. Development	2
Microcomputer Specialist	7
Health Technologies
Medical Assisting	10
Pharmacy Technology	3
Practical Nursing	22
Industrial Technologies
Advanced Machine Tool Technology	1
Air Conditioning Technology	11
Aircraft Structural Technology	13
Auto Collision Repair	3
Automotive Technology	3
Electronics Technology	6
Truck Repair Technician	5
Welding and Joining Technology	7
Technical Certificates
Basic Emergency Medical Technology	20

Sample of Occupational Wages 1994
	Avg	Avg
Wilkinson Area	Entry	Paid	Middle Range
Engineers, mechanical	12.1	14.28	$12.35 - $15.23
Secretaries, except legal and medical	6.71	8.29	$7.50 - $9.46
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	6.86	8.19	$6.74 - $9.27
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	4.52	4.9	$4.25 - $5.10
Electricians	10.74	11.35	$11.00 - $11.00

Active Applicants - Georgia Department of Labor
		Prof.			Agr.,
		Tech. &	Clerical		Forestry		Machine		Structural
	Total	Managerial	& Sales	Services	& Fishing	Processing	Trades	Benchwork	Work	Misc.
Wilkinson	372	24	76	71	5	26	29	53	36	52
Baldwin	2,069	132	435	609	13	55	167	262	182	214
Bleckley	223	20	40	23	6	9	22	43	18	42
Johnson	208	18	33	26	8	7	13	53	30	20
Jones	450	55	90	56	4	28	45	37	74	61
Laurens	1,169	106	281	244	19	29	126	113	127	124
Twiggs	242	17	50	27	4	12	29	19	43	41
Washington	554	40	76	105	3	12	30	89	66	133
Total Area	5,287	412	1,081	1,161	62	178	461	669	576	687