The University of Georgia
Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Calculating Georgia’s Economic Vitality Index:
2012 Update
Prepared by:
John C. McKissick and Sharon P. Kane
Center Report: CR-12-03
January 2012
Table of Contents
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. i Brief Data Description ......................................................................................................................... 1 Data Calculations Overview................................................................................................................. 1 Grading Scale/Benchmark.................................................................................................................... 2 Data/Methodology Limitations ............................................................................................................ 2 Interpreting the Index ........................................................................................................................... 3
Appendix I: 2009 Southeast Index County Grades & Averages ........................................................ 10
Appendix II: 2009 U.S. Index County Grades & Averages. .............................................................. 12
Appendix III: Individual County Variable for 2009 .......................................................................... 14
Appendix IV: 1980 Southeast Index County Grades & Averages ..................................................... 16
Appendix V: 1980 U.S. Index County Grades & Averages............................................................... 18
Appendix VI: Individual County Variable for 1980 .......................................................................... 20
Appendix VII: 1980-2009 SE Index Grade Changes by Variable and Average ................................ 22
Appendix VIII: 1980-2009 U.S. Index Grade Changes by Variable and Average ............................ 24
List of Tables
Table 1. Grading Classification Scale .................................................................................................. 2 Table 2. 1980 Grading Scale in Comparison to the Southeast (Ratio of County to SE Average for
Grade Point) ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Table 3. 1980 Grading Scale in Comparison to the United States (Ratio of County to US Average
for Grade Point) .................................................................................................................................... 2 Table 4. Summary of Economic Vitality “Grades”, 1980 and 2009 .................................................... 3 Table 5. Avg. County Grades by Indicator, 2009 vs. Base 1980 ......................................................... 4 Table 6. Grade Change Summary, 1980-2009 ..................................................................................... 5 Table 7. Grade Average by Variable, SE Benchmark 1980 & 2009.................................................... 5 Table 8. Grade Average by Variable, US Benchmark 1980 & 2009 ................................................... 5 List of Figures
Figure 1. U.S. Benchmark, 1980 and 2009 .......................................................................................... 6 Figure 2. U.S. Grade Change, 1980 to 2009 ........................................................................................ 7 Figure 3. S.E. Benchmark, 1980 and 2009........................................................................................... 8 Figure 4. S.E. Grade Change, 1980 to 2009 ......................................................................................... 9 i
Calculating Georgia’s Economic Vitality Index
The Economic Vitality Index was developed by the Georgia Rural Development Council in
order to evaluate the overall county economic conditions using a number of different indicators and
to be able to measure progress over time. In addition, the index was to be an aid in:
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Prioritization and allocation of resources
Evaluation of relative economic progress
Evaluation of policy success
Evaluation of policy options
In order to rank the index relative to a meaningful benchmark, the data calculations are
performed in relation to how Georgia counties compare to the average of the Southeastern States
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) and to the
overall average in the United States for an initial year (1980) and then compared to that year in
order to view progression over time. Further, this task required the use of consistent data that is
readily available for calculations, collected on a regular basis, and the same across all of the
counties and states to be analyzed.
Brief Data Description
The calculations for the Economic Vitality Index as recommended by the Governor’s Rural
Development council are based on the following variables.
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Employment – 3 year moving average of growth rate (employment figures are by place of
work). Data source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Population – 3 year moving average of growth rate. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau
Poverty Rate – last Census figure as applicable, model-based estimate for yearly following
Census. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau
Wages – 3 year moving average of growth rate in average weekly wage (average wage and
salary disbursements/number of wage and salary jobs). Data source: Bureau of Economic
Analysis
Unemployment Rate – 3 year moving average of unemployment rate. Data source: U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, historical Georgia data from Georgia Department of Labor.
Per Capita Income – 3 year moving average of per capita income. Data source: Bureau of
Economic Analysis.
Data Calculations Overview
To form the basis for the initial “grade”, the variables described above are calculated for each
Georgia County and for the Southeast (SE) and U.S. (US) for 1980. Then, each Georgia county
figure is compared to the figure for SE and US in the form of a ratio and ranked from “good” to
“bad” in order to make the initial grade assignment per variable. Note that for some variables,
“good” would be a high number (i.e. per capita income) and for others “good” would be a low
number (i.e. unemployment rate). Then the ratio is assigned an initial grade based on separation by
quintiles, resulting in a classification ranging from 0 to 4 for each individual variable. For each
county, the average of all six quintile classifications is determined and assigned a grade based on
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this average. Future year’s analysis will be assigned grades based on the individual variable ratio
quintile cut points of the 1980 data in order to show progression over time (Tables 2 and 3).
Table 1. Grading Classification Scale
Average Range Grade Classification
0 to .49
F
.50 to 1.49
D
1.50 to 2.49
C
2.50 to 3.49
B
3.50 to 4.00
A
Grading Scale/Benchmark
Table 2. 1980 Grading Scale in Comparison to the Southeast (Ratio of County to SE Average
for Grade Point)
Avg. Weekly
Wage
% of
% of
% of
Grade
SE
Grade
SE
Grade
SE
Avg
Avg
Avg
4
154.04
4
172.14
4
114.49
3
92.64
3
96.50
3
104.10
2
57.31
2
56.38
2
94.38
1
3.24
1
11.73
1
86.29
0
< 3.24
0
<11.73
0
<86.29
1980 Overall average of counties – 2.00
Employment
Population
Per Capita
Income
% of
Grade
SE
Avg
4
92.62
3
86.37
2
79.67
1
73.07
0
<73.07
Poverty
Unemployment
Grade
% of SE
Avg
Grade
% of SE
Avg
4
3
2
1
0
85.76
106.62
126.32
158.77
>158.77
4
3
2
1
0
84.67
95.45
105.70
119.72
>119.72
Table 3. 1980 Grading Scale in Comparison to the United States (Ratio of County to US
Average for Grade Point)
Avg. Weekly
Wage
% of
% of
% of
Grade
SE
Grade
SE
Grade
SE
Avg
Avg
Avg
4
152.63
4
255.42
4
121.75
3
91.79
3
143.19
3
110.71
2
56.78
2
83.65
2
100.36
1
3.21
1
17.41
1
91.77
0
< 3.21
0
<17.41
0
<91.77
1980 Overall average of counties – 2.00
Employment
Population
Per Capita
Income
% of
Grade
SE
Avg
4
75.18
3
70.11
2
64.67
1
59.31
0
<59.31
Poverty
Unemployment
Grade
% of SE
Avg
Grade
% of SE
Avg
4
3
2
1
0
120.16
148.39
175.81
220.97
>220.97
4
3
2
1
0
82.63
93.16
103.16
116.84
>116.84
Data/Methodology Limitations
The calculation method of comparing Georgia County variables to a SE or US variable, though
valuable in pursuit of stated goals, has some limitations including the following. First, many of
the variables compare percentage changes, which can result in apparently inflated numbers
depending on the starting point. For example, if looking at the percentage change in employment
in a county that went from 50 to 100 employees over a time period would be a 100% change,
which might be a great deal larger than the percentage change in the SE or US. Therefore,
individual variables with very high scores might require further analysis at times. Further, in
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comparing the county figures with the SE or US figures, an average across the states in the
Southeast (or US), not the average of the calculation for the counties in each of these states is used.
Another methodology issue would be present the SE or US average figure were negative in the
case of change variables. If this were the case, adjustments to the ratio would be necessary to
account for sign and magnitude based on negative values in the denominator of the ratio
comparison.
The data itself might have some limitations, though an in-depth analysis of each of these
variables and how and when they are collected are beyond the scope of this research. However, it is
important to keep in mind that there are imperfections in any type of data collection process. For
example, the poverty figures used in calculating the index utilize a decennial census data point for
the 1980, 1990, and 2000 calculations. However, for the 2011 update using the most recent data
(2009), there is no updated census estimate yet available, so we use the model-based estimates that
are available because they represent the most current and valid figure. Further, because the index
needs to be calculated on a regular basis and consistent across all geographic regions considered,
researchers must use the best available information in the construction of the figures.
Interpreting the Index
It is critical to remember when viewing the Economic Vitality Indices over time that the figures
are relative not only to the base year of 1980, but are also relative to the comparative region of
either the SE or the US. For example, if a county receives an “F” ranking in 1980, this means that
the county’s average of all six variables in comparison to the SE or US resulted in a grade point
below .49. If that county then moves up to another rating, it means that the variable combinations
compared to 1980 and the SE or US improved over the time period. It is also important to remember
the indices are averages of all 159 Georgia counties, each counting the same in weight. Fulton and
Echols counties, for instance, both count for 1/159th of Georgia’s total even though each is vastly
different is size and population.
Table 4 summarizes the 2009 SE index and US index county grades as compared to the 1980
benchmark. In 2009, 12 fewer Georgia counties ranked a C or higher than in 1980 and the overall
“grade point average” dropped from 2.00 to 1.89 as compared to 1980’s position against the rest of
the Southeastern states. This means that Georgia lost ground relative to the Southeast in the six
variable composite grades as compared to their position in 1980. By the US index, 11 more
counties fell below the C grade than in 1980 and the overall “grade point average” dropped from
2.00 to 1.89 as compared to 1980’s position against all other US states. As with the SE index, the
average Georgia county fell from the 1980 position in the six variable composite as compared to
other US states.
Table 4. Summary of Economic Vitality “Grades”, 1980 and 2009
1980 Grade
(Benchmark)*
A
B
C
D
F
# of
Counties
% of
Counties
10
35
76
34
4
6.29
22.01
47.80
21.38
2.52
2009
SE Grade
A
B
C
D
F
# of
Counties
% of
Counties
7
44
58
46
4
4.40
27.67
36.48
28.93
2.52
2009
US Grade
A
B
C
D
F
# of
Counties
% of
Counties
6
37
67
47
2
3.77
23.27
42.14
29.56
1.26
Total
159
100.00 Total
159
100.00 Total
159
100.00
2009 Overall average of counties compared to SE – 1.89, 2009. Overall average of counties compared to US – 1.89
*Based on the methodology, the initial benchmark is the same for both the SE and US comparisons.
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Table 5 breaks the overall grade into the county average for each of the 6 grading variables. As
can be seen, Georgia did lose ground against most variables in both the SE and US index.
However, the average Georgia County improved significantly in the employment variable as
measured against the SE and in poverty rates as compared to the US.
Table 5. Avg. County Grades by Indicator, 2009 vs. Base 1980
SE
Benchmark
U.S.
Benchmark
Employment
Population
Poverty
Avg. Wkly
Wage
Unemployment
PCI
Grade Point
Average
2.26
1.89
1.91
1.77
1.74
1.79
1.89 or C-
2.03
1.74
2.47
1.72
1.10
2.30
1.89 or C-
Figures 1 and 3 “map” the 1980 and 2009 county grades for the US and SE index with shades of
red indicating the upper grades and blue the lower grades. The overall pattern shows that top grades
and bottom grades exist around the state. However, the overall cluster of top grades has moved
away from the metro Atlanta area to other areas of the state. Clusters of poorer performing 1980
counties in deep southwest and Southeast Georgia have been replaced with a solid string of counties
from Northeast Georgia to Southwest Georgia in 2009. Most coastal area counties improved in
overall grades. Only one county, Columbia, remained in the very top county grade in both time
periods and no counties repeated in the lowest grade. Almost all the A counties are near major
employment centers, have highly regarded public school systems, superior medical facilities, and
continue to maintain and support rural open space inside the county. Such community
characteristics appear to make desirable communities in which to live while working in nearby
counties with limited commutes.
Table 6 summarizes how counties changed in grade during the time period and Figures 2 and 4
reveal the location and pattern of change for each comparison. An analysis of the factors leading to
change in the county economic vitality score during the time period may suggest strategies and
policy choices which could lead to EVI increase in other counties. While a detailed analysis is
beyond the scope of this paper, the maps and individual variable changes can provide insight. As
can be seen in Table 6, 40 Georgia counties improved at least one grade level as compared to other
US states and 45 counties against other SE states. Figures 2 and 4 show that most of these counties
are outside major metropolitan centers and, most notably, none are in the central Atlanta metro area.
Further, these figures highlight the fact that the counties improving the most are found in South
Georgia, while only two Northeast Georgia counties show an improvement of two grade levels in
either the SE or US index. In both indices, two counties improved from C to A counties (Chatham
in both indices, Banks in US and neighboring Stephens in the SE). All other counties showing two
or more grade level changes lie mostly in deep Southwest or Southeast Georgia and moved from a
very bottom level county to a C county.
A casual look at the characteristics leading to grade improvement from 1980 to 2009 shows that
the counties moving from the middle to top grades had major employment and/or natural attraction
infrastructure investments near or inside the county. Those counties moving from the bottom to the
middle grades share their starting point in 1980 in most characteristics, at or close to the bottom
rank. They also are mostly rural, agricultural/forestry counties. The counties showing the greatest
loss in grade are scattered across the state including several in and around metro Atlanta.
Many of the negative grade change counties suffered major industry loss during the time period.
Tables 7 and 8 show how individual variables fared in each grade-change group. In both indices,
the variable average weekly wage seems most important to both positive and negative grade change
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counties. Interesting and notable differences exist in the other variables linked to the grade-change
groups.
A more detailed examination of policies and or other characteristics explaining the EVI grade
change by county could provide further insight into specific policies or resources that are most
linked to either negative or positive changes in an area’s economic vitality
Grade Change
+2
+1
0
-1
-2
Total
Table 6. Grade Change Summary, 1980-2009
1980-2009
1980-2009
US Benchmark
SE Benchmark
Number of
Percent of
Number of
Grade Change
Counties
Counties
Counties
5
3.1
+2
7
35
22.0
+1
38
63
39.6
0
60
52
32.7
-1
47
4
2.5
-2
7
159
100.00
Total
159
Percent of
Counties
4.40
23.9
37.7
29.6
4.40
100.00
Table 7. Grade Average by Variable, SE Benchmark 1980 & 2009
Employment
Population
Poverty
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
Unemployment
PCI
Overall Avg.
Grade
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
+2
+1
0
-1
-2
Ga. Avg.
0.43
1.87
1.87
2.26
3.43
2.00
2.86
2.76
2.32
1.83
1.29
2.26
0.29
2.03
1.87
2.23
2.86
2.00
1.86
2.47
1.88
1.60
0.71
1.89
1.14
1.79
1.98
2.26
2.14
2.00
1.29
2.29
1.85
1.87
1.29
1.91
0.57
1.47
1.72
2.83
2.86
2.00
3.29
2.92
1.60
1.06
0.29
1.77
0.71
2.18
1.83
2.23
1.86
2.00
1.86
2.79
1.58
1.30
0.29
1.74
1.14
1.84
1.88
2.32
2.29
2.00
1.86
2.39
1.55
1.74
0.86
1.79
0.71
1.86
1.86
2.35
2.57
2.00
2.17
2.61
1.80
1.57
0.79
1.89
Table 8. Grade Average by Variable, US Benchmark 1980 & 2009
Employment
Population
Poverty
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
Unemployment
PCI
Overall Avg.
Grade
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
1980
2009
+2
+1
0
-1
-2
Ga. Avg
0.40
1.71
1.87
2.35
3.50
2.00
2.80
2.46
2.16
1.56
1.50
2.03
0.80
1.89
1.86
2.25
3.00
2.00
1.40
2.14
1.78
1.56
0.50
1.74
1.40
1.49
2.10
2.19
2.75
2.00
2.60
2.51
2.49
2.40
2.50
2.47
0.80
1.49
1.60
2.85
2.75
2.00
3.40
2.94
1.57
1.06
0.00
1.72
1.20
2.00
1.86
2.19
2.25
2.00
2.00
1.86
0.95
0.77
0.00
1.10
1.20
1.49
2.11
2.21
2.50
2.00
3.00
2.57
2.30
2.10
1.50
2.30
0.97
1.68
1.90
2.34
2.79
2.00
2.53
2.41
1.88
1.57
1.00
1.89
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Figure 1. U.S. Benchmark, 1980 and 2009
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Figure 2. U.S. Grade Change, 1980 to 2009
Change:
+2=5
+1=35
No Change=63
-1=52
-2=4
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Figure 3. S.E. Benchmark, 1980 and 2009
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Figure 4. S.E. Grade Change, 1980 to 2009
-2
-1
No change
+1
+2
Change:
+2=7
+1=38
No Change=60
-1=47
-2=7
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Appendix I: 2009 Southeast Index County Grades & Averages
County
Appling County
Atkinson County
Bacon County
Baker County
Baldwin County
Banks County
Barrow County
Bartow County
Ben Hill County
Berrien County
Bibb County
Bleckley County
Brantley County
Brooks County
Bryan County
Bulloch County
Burke County
Butts County
Calhoun County
Camden County
Candler County
Carroll County
Catoosa County
Charlton County
Chatham County
Chattahoochee County
Chattooga County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clay County
Clayton County
Clinch County
Cobb County
Coffee County
Colquitt County
Columbia County
Cook County
Coweta County
Crawford County
Crisp County
Dade County
Dawson County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dodge County
Dooly County
Dougherty County
Douglas County
Early County
Echols County
Effingham County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Evans County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gilmer County
Glascock County
Glynn County
Gordon County
Grady County
Greene County
Gwinnett County
Habersham County
Hall County
Hancock County
Haralson County
Harris County
Hart County
Heard County
Henry County
Houston County
Irwin County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Employment
Population
Poverty
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
Unemployment
Per Capita
Incom
Average.
Grade
2009
3
1
2
4
1
3
3
1
1
1
3
4
1
1
3
3
4
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
4
4
1
3
3
1
3
2
4
1
2
4
1
4
1
1
1
3
1
3
1
3
3
2
3
4
4
2
1
2
2
2
1
4
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
4
2
2
4
4
3
2
1
4
4
3
1
2
1
2009
1
2
2
0
1
3
4
3
0
1
1
2
1
0
4
4
0
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
3
4
1
4
3
0
2
1
3
2
2
4
2
4
0
1
1
4
1
2
0
1
1
4
0
2
4
0
2
2
2
1
1
4
1
4
2
2
3
3
2
1
4
4
4
0
2
3
0
1
4
3
0
4
3
2009
1
1
1
0
2
3
4
3
1
1
2
2
2
1
4
1
1
3
0
3
1
3
4
1
3
1
2
4
0
0
3
1
4
1
1
4
1
4
2
0
3
4
1
3
1
0
0
4
0
1
4
2
1
0
2
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
3
3
1
2
4
3
3
0
2
4
2
2
4
4
1
4
3
2009
2
0
0
4
4
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
4
4
0
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
4
2
0
1
4
0
2
1
3
0
4
4
0
4
0
0
2
0
0
2
4
0
0
1
1
0
0
4
4
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
4
0
4
3
0
0
2009
2
0
2
2
0
4
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
4
3
0
1
0
3
3
2
4
2
3
0
0
4
4
2
1
1
3
0
3
4
0
3
2
0
2
3
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
4
4
0
1
3
2
4
2
4
1
2
3
1
4
1
3
1
3
3
3
0
1
4
0
0
3
4
0
2
0
2009
1
0
0
3
1
3
2
3
1
2
4
1
0
2
4
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
2
0
4
1
0
4
1
2
0
0
4
0
1
4
0
4
2
1
1
4
1
4
0
0
2
3
3
0
3
2
0
1
2
4
3
4
2
4
2
0
4
1
1
4
4
2
3
0
2
4
1
1
3
4
0
2
2
2009
1.67
0.67
1.17
2.17
1.50
3.33
2.50
2.50
0.50
1.00
2.00
1.83
1.67
1.50
3.33
2.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
3.00
2.00
2.67
2.67
1.17
3.50
2.33
1.00
3.17
1.83
0.83
1.50
0.83
3.00
1.17
2.17
3.67
1.33
3.50
1.17
0.67
2.00
3.00
1.00
2.50
1.17
1.00
1.83
3.17
1.17
2.50
3.17
1.00
1.17
1.33
1.67
2.83
2.17
3.33
1.17
2.67
1.83
1.33
2.67
2.17
2.00
2.00
2.83
2.67
2.83
0.67
1.67
3.33
0.67
2.00
3.00
3.67
0.83
2.33
1.50
2009
C
D
D
C
C
B
B
B
D
D
C
C
C
C
B
B
C
C
C
B
C
B
B
D
A
C
D
B
C
D
C
D
B
D
C
A
D
A
D
D
C
B
D
B
D
D
C
B
D
B
B
D
D
D
C
B
C
B
D
B
C
D
B
C
C
C
B
B
B
D
C
B
D
C
B
A
D
C
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Appendix I: 2009 Southeast Index County Grades & Averages
County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jenkins County
Johnson County
Jones County
Lamar County
Lanier County
Laurens County
Lee County
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Long County
Lowndes County
Lumpkin County
McDuffie County
McIntosh County
Macon County
Madison County
Marion County
Meriwether County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Murray County
Muscogee County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County
Paulding County
Peach County
Pickens County
Pierce County
Pike County
Polk County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Quitman County
Rabun County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Rockdale County
Schley County
Screven County
Seminole County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Stewart County
Sumter County
Talbot County
Taliaferro County
Tattnall County
Taylor County
Telfair County
Terrell County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Towns County
Treutlen County
Troup County
Turner County
Twiggs County
Union County
Upson County
Walker County
Walton County
Ware County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
White County
Whitfield County
Wilcox County
Wilkes County
Wilkinson County
Worth County
Georgia County Avg.
Employment
Population
Poverty
1
1
1
1
4
4
4
1
3
4
3
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
4
3
2
1
3
3
1
3
4
4
4
2
4
3
2
1
2
1
1
4
1
2
1
3
1
4
4
1
4
1
3
4
1
3
1
1
4
1
4
2
1
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
3
1
3
4
2.26
2
0
0
3
2
3
4
2
4
2
0
4
3
3
1
2
0
2
0
0
1
1
3
0
3
0
0
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3
4
0
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
3
1
1
4
1
0
1
2
0
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1.89
1
1
0
0
4
2
2
1
4
3
2
1
1
3
2
2
0
3
1
2
1
1
4
1
3
2
3
4
4
3
4
1
4
2
4
1
1
3
1
3
1
1
4
3
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
3
2
3
4
1
1
1
1
2
0
3
1
0
1
2
2
1.91
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
3
4
0
0
4
1
0
3
0
4
4
4
0
0
1
4
0
4
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
4
0
3
4
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
0
3
4
0
0
4
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
0
4
4
1.77
Unemployment
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
1
4
3
1
4
4
1
0
3
0
4
2
0
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
4
4
3
1
3
3
2
2
4
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
3
1
2
3
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
2
3
1
0
0
1
2
1.74
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Per Capita
Incom
1
0
0
0
4
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
3
2
3
1
0
2
3
0
2
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
3
4
2
4
1
2
1
3
4
0
3
1
2
4
0
1
2
2
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
2
4
0
3
1
1
3
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
3
0
1
3
0
2
1
3
1.79
Average.
Grade
0.83
0.50
0.17
0.67
2.83
1.83
2.67
1.83
3.50
3.00
2.00
2.67
3.17
2.00
1.17
2.17
0.33
2.00
1.83
0.67
2.33
1.67
3.67
1.00
2.50
0.83
2.67
2.00
3.50
2.67
3.17
2.33
3.17
2.50
2.67
1.67
2.50
2.00
0.67
1.50
0.50
2.17
2.83
1.67
0.50
2.00
1.33
2.67
2.00
0.33
1.00
0.33
1.83
1.67
0.83
1.50
2.50
1.33
2.33
2.83
1.00
2.00
1.00
0.67
2.50
1.67
1.50
3.17
1.83
0.50
0.83
1.33
1.50
1.67
1.67
1.33
1.50
0.67
2.00
2.50
1.89
D
D
F
D
B
C
B
C
A
B
C
B
B
C
D
C
F
C
C
D
C
C
A
D
B
D
B
C
A
B
B
C
B
B
B
C
B
C
D
C
D
C
B
C
D
C
D
B
C
F
D
F
C
C
D
C
B
D
C
B
D
C
D
D
B
C
C
B
C
D
D
D
C
C
C
D
C
D
C
B
C
11
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County
Appling County
Atkinson County
Bacon County
Baker County
Baldwin County
Banks County
Barrow County
Bartow County
Ben Hill County
Berrien County
Bibb County
Bleckley County
Brantley County
Brooks County
Bryan County
Bulloch County
Burke County
Butts County
Calhoun County
Camden County
Candler County
Carroll County
Catoosa County
Charlton County
Chatham County
Chattahoochee County
Chattooga County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clay County
Clayton County
Clinch County
Cobb County
Coffee County
Colquitt County
Columbia County
Cook County
Coweta County
Crawford County
Crisp County
Dade County
Dawson County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dodge County
Dooly County
Dougherty County
Douglas County
Early County
Echols County
Effingham County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Evans County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gilmer County
Glascock County
Glynn County
Gordon County
Grady County
Greene County
Gwinnett County
Habersham County
Hall County
Hancock County
Haralson County
Harris County
Hart County
Heard County
Henry County
Houston County
Irwin County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Employment
Population
Poverty
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
Unemployment
Per Capita
Income
Average.
Grade
2009
4
1
2
4
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
4
1
1
3
3
4
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
4
4
1
3
3
1
3
1
4
1
2
4
1
4
1
1
1
4
1
3
1
3
2
1
2
4
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
4
1
2
4
3
3
2
1
4
4
3
1
2
1
2009
1
1
2
0
1
3
4
3
0
1
1
2
1
0
4
3
0
3
2
3
3
3
3
0
3
3
1
4
3
0
2
1
3
2
2
3
1
4
0
1
1
4
1
2
0
1
1
4
0
2
4
0
2
2
2
1
1
4
0
3
2
2
3
3
1
1
4
3
4
0
1
3
0
1
4
3
0
4
2
2009
2
1
2
1
3
4
4
4
1
2
2
3
3
2
4
1
1
4
0
4
1
3
4
1
4
1
3
4
0
1
4
2
4
1
2
4
2
4
3
0
3
4
1
4
2
1
1
4
0
1
4
3
1
1
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
4
3
4
0
3
4
3
3
4
4
2
4
4
2009
2
0
0
4
4
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
4
4
0
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
4
2
0
1
4
0
2
1
3
0
3
4
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
0
0
1
1
0
0
4
4
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
3
3
0
0
2009
1
0
1
1
0
4
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
4
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
3
1
3
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
2
0
2
4
0
2
1
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
4
3
0
0
2
1
3
1
3
0
1
2
0
3
0
2
0
2
2
2
0
0
4
0
0
2
3
0
1
0
2009
1
0
1
3
2
4
2
3
2
3
4
2
1
3
4
1
1
1
0
4
1
2
2
0
4
2
0
4
1
3
1
0
4
1
1
4
1
4
3
2
2
4
2
4
1
1
3
3
3
0
4
3
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
4
2
0
4
2
1
4
4
2
3
0
3
4
2
2
4
4
1
3
3
2009
1.83
0.50
1.33
2.17
1.83
3.67
2.17
2.50
0.67
1.17
1.67
2.00
1.83
1.67
3.33
2.33
1.67
1.50
1.17
3.17
2.00
2.33
2.50
1.00
3.67
2.33
1.17
3.00
1.67
1.00
1.67
0.67
2.83
1.33
2.17
3.50
1.50
3.33
1.33
0.83
2.00
3.00
1.17
2.50
1.33
1.17
1.67
2.83
1.00
2.50
3.17
1.17
1.00
1.17
1.67
2.50
2.33
3.17
1.17
2.17
1.83
1.33
2.67
2.17
1.83
2.00
2.50
2.33
2.83
0.50
1.67
3.17
1.00
2.33
3.00
3.33
1.17
2.33
1.67
2009
C
D
D
C
C
A
C
B
D
D
C
C
C
C
B
C
C
C
D
B
C
C
B
D
A
C
D
B
C
D
C
D
B
D
C
A
C
B
D
D
C
B
D
B
D
D
C
B
D
B
B
D
D
D
C
B
C
B
D
C
C
D
B
C
C
C
B
C
B
D
C
B
D
C
B
B
D
C
C
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Appendix II: U.S. Index County Grades & Averages
County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jenkins County
Johnson County
Jones County
Lamar County
Lanier County
Laurens County
Lee County
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Long County
Lowndes County
Lumpkin County
McDuffie County
McIntosh County
Macon County
Madison County
Marion County
Meriwether County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Murray County
Muscogee County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County
Paulding County
Peach County
Pickens County
Pierce County
Pike County
Polk County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Quitman County
Rabun County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Rockdale County
Schley County
Screven County
Seminole County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Stewart County
Sumter County
Talbot County
Taliaferro County
Tattnall County
Taylor County
Telfair County
Terrell County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Towns County
Treutlen County
Troup County
Turner County
Twiggs County
Union County
Upson County
Walker County
Walton County
Ware County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
White County
Whitfield County
Wilcox County
Wilkes County
Wilkinson County
Worth County
Georgia County Avg.
Employment
Population
Poverty
1
1
1
1
3
3
4
1
3
4
3
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
4
2
1
1
2
3
1
3
4
4
4
1
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
3
1
3
4
1
4
1
3
4
1
2
1
1
3
1
4
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
3
2.03
2
0
0
2
2
3
4
2
3
2
0
4
3
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
3
0
0
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3
4
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
3
0
1
4
1
0
1
2
0
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1.74
2
1
1
1
4
3
2
2
4
3
3
2
2
4
3
3
1
3
2
3
2
1
4
1
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
4
3
4
2
2
4
1
3
2
2
4
3
2
1
3
3
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
4
1
3
1
2
3
3
3
4
2
1
2
2
3
0
3
2
1
2
3
3
2.47
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
3
3
4
0
0
4
1
0
3
0
4
4
4
0
0
0
4
0
4
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
4
0
3
4
0
0
0
1
4
3
4
4
2
4
4
0
3
4
0
0
4
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
0
4
4
1.72
Unemployment
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
4
2
0
4
3
1
0
2
0
3
1
0
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
4
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1.1
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Per Capita
Income
1
1
0
0
4
2
2
3
3
2
2
0
3
3
4
2
0
3
4
1
3
1
4
1
4
1
4
1
4
3
4
3
4
2
3
1
4
4
1
3
1
3
4
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
2
4
2
3
4
0
4
1
2
4
1
2
4
2
1
3
2
4
0
2
4
0
2
1
4
2.3
Average.
Grade
1.00
0.67
0.33
0.67
2.50
1.83
2.67
2.00
3.50
2.83
1.83
2.83
3.17
2.17
1.50
2.17
0.50
2.00
1.83
1.00
2.33
1.50
3.50
0.83
2.33
0.83
2.33
2.00
3.50
2.67
3.00
2.67
2.83
2.33
2.50
1.50
2.50
2.00
0.67
1.50
0.67
2.33
2.83
1.50
0.67
2.00
1.50
2.33
2.00
0.67
1.33
0.33
1.67
1.67
0.67
1.67
2.50
1.33
2.33
3.00
1.17
2.33
1.17
0.83
2.50
1.50
1.33
3.00
1.83
0.50
1.17
1.17
1.67
1.33
1.67
1.50
1.67
0.83
1.83
2.50
1.89
D
D
F
D
B
C
B
C
A
B
C
B
B
C
C
C
D
C
C
D
C
C
A
D
C
D
C
C
A
B
B
B
B
C
B
C
B
C
D
C
D
C
B
C
D
C
C
C
C
D
D
F
C
C
D
C
B
D
C
B
D
C
D
D
B
C
D
B
C
D
D
D
C
D
C
C
C
D
C
B
C
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Appendix III: Individual County Variable for 2009
County
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
B tt
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
D d
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
G d
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Employ. Growth
Rate Avg.
Pop. Growth Avg.
Poverty Rate
Avg. Wkly Wage
Unempl. Avg.
PCI Avg.
2009
0.77
-3.88
-1.87
-0.14
-4.07
0.61
-1.40
-3.40
-8.85
-7.73
-1.61
-0.75
-3.63
-3.33
0.12
0.06
-0.29
-3.57
3 57
-2.57
-2.02
-4.19
-1.65
-3.64
-3.58
-0.78
4.98
-6.06
-1.28
0.38
-4.58
-1.16
-2.16
-0.68
-4.95
-1.97
-0.26
-3.54
-0.18
-4.77
-4.33
-6.53
6 53
0.83
-3.01
0.24
-4.07
-1.25
-1.66
-2.62
-1.37
4.87
1.75
-2.19
2.19
-3.43
-2.27
-2.27
-2.23
-3.05
2.20
-5.18
-2.55
-3.93
0.33
-2.02
-5.86
5 86
-2.95
1.48
-2.28
-2.09
-0.69
-1.00
-1.19
-1.97
-4.47
5.69
1.13
0.58
-4.38
-1.98
-6.17
2009
0.62
0.75
0.82
-2.29
0.43
1.38
4.46
2.11
0.12
0.69
0.26
1.16
0.60
0.06
4.16
2.19
0.10
1 84
1.84
1.21
1.93
1.39
1.97
1.63
-0.12
1.78
2.30
0.58
3.47
1.42
-0.52
0.85
0.26
1.69
0.82
1.12
2.29
0.76
3.60
-1.00
0.45
0 23
0.23
2.87
0.54
0.92
0.11
0.35
0.30
2.99
-1.14
0.80
3.15
-0.50
0.50
0.91
1.13
1.06
0.62
0.45
5.61
0.16
2.37
1.02
1.14
1.51
1 52
1.52
0.76
0.55
2.66
2.19
2.99
-0.73
0.74
2.13
-0.08
0.43
3.35
1.91
-0.43
4.46
1.28
2009
22.8
26.1
22.3
29.2
21.2
16.2
12.2
14.9
26.0
23.0
21.8
20.2
19.9
22.3
12.1
26.1
26.9
16 1
16.1
33.5
15.2
25.2
17.4
13.1
25.8
16.3
26.5
19.9
8.3
36.3
31.5
16.4
25.0
11.4
25.9
22.0
6.8
22.0
10.1
20.2
31.8
18 3
18.3
11.9
25.2
17.0
23.4
30.1
28.0
12.3
35.9
27.2
10.9
20.8
26.5
27.9
18.8
5.5
19.8
6.6
20.0
17.6
20.5
18.5
16.8
17 7
17.7
23.8
19.9
13.7
17.7
15.1
31.6
19.2
8.8
19.7
20.4
7.6
13.7
23.3
14.3
15.5
2009
2.47
1.14
2.14
5.04
3.22
3.49
1.25
3.09
-1.26
2.02
1.76
-7.47
3.32
2.54
2.28
3.17
3.66
2 05
2.05
5.34
3.75
3.52
2.82
2.59
2.85
2.96
4.19
2.54
1.44
2.13
0.00
2.05
1.56
1.95
2.85
3.40
2.57
3.78
2.44
1.41
2.32
4 58
4.58
0.41
2.58
2.25
2.76
0.74
2.90
2.92
-0.92
4.65
1.36
1.16
2.39
1.38
1.75
2.55
3.13
1.84
1.02
2.28
2.22
1.86
1.88
3 01
3.01
3.20
1.83
0.36
2.59
1.67
2.06
2.03
2.64
1.84
15.97
1.85
2.88
2.78
1.04
0.38
2009
7.47
9.60
6.80
6.93
8.63
5.07
7.03
8.03
11.13
8.13
7.17
7.50
7.27
6.20
5.40
6.60
9.43
8 23
8.23
8.67
6.17
6.70
7.47
5.73
7.47
6.10
12.20
9.70
5.90
5.53
7.13
8.37
7.87
6.23
9.87
6.53
5.17
8.70
6.50
6.90
8.57
6 80
6.80
6.53
8.77
7.07
7.47
7.30
7.73
7.30
7.60
4.83
5.47
8.77
7.77
6.47
6.83
5.80
7.23
5.43
7.90
7.13
6.60
7.77
5.70
8 33
8.33
6.57
7.83
6.20
6.57
6.13
13.67
7.77
5.20
9.60
8.57
6.73
5.43
10.37
7.17
8.53
2009
$25,288
$21,431
$24,503
$29,870
$27,085
$31,449
$27,841
$29,751
$25,923
$29,409
$34,984
$27,230
$24,864
$28,057
$35,843
$24,152
$24,811
$25 412
$25,412
$22,549
$30,192
$24,625
$27,944
$27,977
$21,494
$40,479
$26,308
$21,966
$35,005
$25,654
$28,167
$24,569
$22,546
$44,598
$24,793
$25,713
$41,877
$24,203
$32,065
$28,816
$26,433
$26 584
$26,584
$33,030
$26,446
$37,863
$24,547
$24,488
$28,376
$29,670
$29,923
$21,075
$31,205
$28,180
$24,341
$25,594
$28,202
$44,740
$31,736
$38,357
$28,290
$53,071
$27,409
$23,613
$39,171
$26 736
$26,736
$25,796
$35,985
$33,381
$27,412
$29,955
$20,118
$28,522
$43,837
$26,247
$26,186
$30,342
$32,832
$23,870
$28,217
$28,155
Calculating Georgia's Economic Vitality Index
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Appendix III: Individual County Variable for 2009
County
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
McDuffie
McIntosh
Macon
Madison
Marion
Meriwether
Miller
Mitchell
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
SE Average
US Average
Employ. Growth
Rate Avg.
-3.91
-3.96
-17.67
-4.50
-0.81
-0.83
-0.28
-3.01
0.08
3.17
-1.14
3.80
-0.08
-1.78
-4.74
-4.03
-3.87
-3.57
-2.73
2 73
-2.04
-2.34
-2.02
-0.52
-1.71
-2.31
-5.39
-1.65
-1.23
-2.95
0.28
0.90
2.79
-0.68
-2.22
2.04
-1.55
-2.74
-2.92
-2.26
-4.23
-3.94
-0.37
0 37
-3.51
-2.41
-3.08
0.25
-3.72
-0.96
7.68
-4.16
2.93
-3.62
0.59
-0.19
-5.98
-1.60
-4.57
-3.38
-0.90
-3.31
3.29
-2.01
-7.05
-7.17
0 31
0.31
-2.45
-3.36
-2.22
-2.35
-3.71
-4.13
-2.48
-3.97
-2.47
-3.32
-5.67
0.19
-4.87
-1.51
-0.85
-1.67
-1.20
Pop. Growth Avg.
Poverty Rate
Avg. Wkly Wage
Unempl. Avg.
PCI Avg.
1.18
-0.07
-0.63
1.25
1.00
1.79
3.15
0.80
2.26
1.06
-0.68
3.10
2.06
2.01
0.46
0.77
-0.33
0.94
-0.38
0 38
-0.28
0.52
0.15
1.49
-0.30
1.82
-0.03
-0.18
3.32
3.05
1.54
4.45
2.69
2.27
2.19
2.20
1.09
0.46
1.00
0.23
0.57
-0.75
0 44
0.44
2.04
2.84
0.07
0.17
1.31
0.72
-0.85
-0.43
-1.05
-0.89
2.15
-0.09
-0.97
-0.35
1.05
1.15
0.81
1.10
1.03
1.05
-0.54
-0.59
1 42
1.42
0.15
0.55
3.27
0.35
-0.99
0.58
0.97
-0.58
0.88
1.14
0.86
0.93
-0.12
0.19
-0.40
1.24
0.93
23.8
26.5
28.7
31.0
13.3
18.8
21.3
22.4
10.0
17.3
20.9
23.0
23.6
16.5
20.2
21.2
28.1
18.3
24 7
24.7
20.0
23.6
26.1
13.0
25.3
15.5
20.6
17.5
12.8
8.4
15.8
7.2
22.5
12.0
20.2
12.1
22.5
23.2
16.9
26.0
17.2
24.8
22 6
22.6
13.2
18.2
23.6
27.2
20.4
21.0
26.4
29.8
24.9
31.6
27.6
26.9
33.7
30.2
24.2
27.3
28.8
16.6
31.3
21.2
27.7
23.1
17 7
17.7
19.8
17.4
12.5
25.0
27.4
24.6
23.5
19.0
40.8
17.7
23.1
30.2
23.2
20.9
20.5
17.3
14.3
0.79
2.29
1.58
2.07
1.84
0.88
2.57
3.17
4.07
3.23
2.91
2.83
3.42
2.09
2.03
4.76
2.21
0.54
2 79
2.79
1.22
3.33
3.36
3.44
-1.84
0.91
2.16
3.65
1.27
4.01
1.18
1.71
2.46
1.42
2.84
1.67
2.23
3.59
0.04
2.02
-0.20
2.00
3 20
3.20
3.48
1.47
1.88
3.88
1.61
2.66
8.43
1.97
-1.00
2.03
2.37
3.21
2.87
4.19
3.70
2.45
4.71
4.68
1.94
2.80
4.08
-1.79
1 65
1.65
3.95
0.22
3.02
4.06
1.00
1.74
2.14
0.91
3.03
1.26
1.91
3.40
1.40
3.79
3.44
2.50
2.40
10.13
10.47
14.70
8.80
6.20
8.67
6.20
7.80
5.13
6.57
7.93
4.90
5.93
7.60
8.53
6.70
9.40
5.87
6 97
6.97
9.37
6.00
7.33
6.27
7.00
6.77
8.30
6.87
8.33
4.43
5.87
6.70
7.63
6.77
6.23
7.27
7.20
5.70
7.43
8.60
7.53
9.07
7 83
7.83
7.67
8.43
8.93
7.87
9.43
7.23
8.27
9.27
7.53
10.23
6.80
8.43
10.83
7.67
6.37
7.77
7.30
6.10
8.57
8.90
9.60
7.87
6 30
6.30
9.23
7.33
7.13
7.43
11.97
9.07
8.30
6.57
7.30
6.30
8.30
8.70
8.97
7.83
7.40
7.10
6.57
$25,439
$25,049
$23,123
$20,792
$31,939
$27,980
$26,287
$29,288
$29,446
$27,441
$27,402
$23,065
$29,665
$28,499
$30,875
$26,541
$23,384
$29,314
$30 692
$30,692
$24,991
$29,437
$24,712
$36,331
$24,620
$34,136
$24,863
$37,898
$24,905
$45,920
$29,885
$32,816
$28,868
$33,742
$26,141
$29,565
$25,185
$30,418
$34,151
$23,964
$29,771
$25,275
$29 435
$29,435
$32,477
$24,908
$25,187
$28,739
$28,135
$29,659
$28,944
$27,307
$25,058
$25,250
$24,621
$24,746
$20,257
$26,799
$32,732
$27,132
$28,491
$33,745
$22,143
$30,105
$25,262
$25,893
$30 253
$30,253
$25,570
$27,566
$30,824
$26,200
$25,240
$28,967
$27,366
$30,510
$18,609
$26,775
$30,364
$23,609
$27,791
$25,579
$30,159
$34,308
$39,923
Calculating Georgia's Economic Vitality Index
15
Appendix IV: 1980 Southeast Index County Grades & Averages
County
Appling County
Atkinson County
Bacon County
Baker County
Baldwin County
Banks County
Barrow County
Bartow County
Ben Hill County
Berrien County
Bibb County
Bleckley County
Brantley County
Brooks County
Bryan County
Bulloch County
Burke County
B tt County
Butts
C
t
Calhoun County
Camden County
Candler County
Carroll County
Catoosa County
Charlton County
Chatham County
Chattahoochee County
Chattooga County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clay County
Clayton County
Clinch County
Cobb County
Coffee County
Colquitt County
Columbia County
Cook County
Coweta County
Crawford County
Crisp County
D d C
Dade
County
t
Dawson County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dodge County
Dooly County
Dougherty County
Douglas County
Early County
Echols County
Effingham County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Evans County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gilmer County
Glascock County
Glynn County
G d C
Gordon
County
t
Grady County
Greene County
Gwinnett County
Habersham County
Hall County
Hancock County
Haralson County
Harris County
Hart County
Heard County
Henry County
Houston County
Irwin County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Employment
Population
Poverty
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
Unemployment
Per Capita
Incom
Average.
Grade
1980
0
3
1
2
3
1
3
2
3
3
1
1
4
2
4
4
4
2
0
4
0
2
4
0
1
1
1
4
2
0
4
3
4
3
2
4
0
2
2
0
2
4
0
4
2
0
3
4
2
4
0
2
1
0
0
4
1
4
1
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
0
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
3
1
1980
0
1
0
0
0
3
3
2
3
1
0
1
4
3
4
3
0
2
0
4
3
1
4
1
1
4
0
4
3
0
3
1
4
2
2
4
2
3
4
0
2
4
2
0
0
0
2
4
1
3
4
1
1
1
1
4
0
4
1
2
0
4
3
3
1
1
4
1
3
0
2
3
2
3
4
3
2
2
0
1980
0
0
1
1
3
4
3
4
1
2
2
3
2
0
2
2
0
3
0
1
0
3
4
2
3
4
3
4
2
0
4
1
4
1
2
4
2
3
2
0
3
2
1
4
1
0
2
4
0
1
3
2
1
1
1
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
4
1
1
4
4
4
0
3
3
3
3
4
4
1
4
2
1980
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
0
4
4
3
3
0
1
4
2
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
2
2
4
3
2
3
1
2
4
1
2
2
3
3
1
3
1
3
3
4
2
4
3
0
3
3
0
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
0
2
4
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
1
1980
0
0
2
3
4
3
1
1
2
3
2
4
0
4
1
4
0
0
1
3
4
1
4
2
2
0
0
4
4
2
3
3
4
0
2
4
2
3
1
1
3
1
3
4
2
1
0
4
3
3
4
0
0
4
0
4
1
4
1
2
0
0
4
0
4
3
4
2
2
1
1
4
1
2
4
4
3
3
3
1980
1
0
1
1
3
1
3
3
2
1
4
2
1
0
2
1
2
2
0
4
0
3
3
2
4
0
2
4
4
0
4
0
4
1
2
4
1
4
3
1
2
3
1
4
1
0
4
4
0
0
3
3
0
2
1
4
4
4
2
4
2
4
4
2
1
0
4
2
4
0
4
4
2
2
4
4
0
2
3
1980
0.17
0.83
0.83
1.17
2.50
2.17
2.50
2.00
2.50
2.33
2.00
2.33
1.83
1.67
2.83
2.67
1.67
1 67
1.67
0.17
2.83
1.17
1.83
3.17
1.50
2.17
1.50
1.00
3.67
2.83
1.00
3.50
1.67
3.83
1.33
2.00
4.00
1.33
2.83
2.33
0.83
2 50
2.50
2.50
1.67
2.83
1.50
0.67
2.50
3.67
1.67
2.33
2.33
1.83
1.00
1.33
0.83
3.50
1.83
3.67
1.50
2.33
1.17
1.83
3.00
2 33
2.33
2.17
1.83
3.83
2.00
3.17
0.83
2.17
2.33
1.67
1.67
3.67
2.67
1.00
2.67
1.67
1980
F
D
D
D
B
C
B
C
B
C
C
C
C
C
B
B
C
C
F
B
D
C
B
C
C
C
D
A
B
D
A
C
A
D
C
A
D
B
C
D
B
B
C
B
C
D
B
A
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
A
C
A
C
C
D
C
B
C
C
C
A
C
B
D
C
C
C
C
A
B
D
B
C
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Appendix IV: 1980 Southeast Index County Grades & Averages
County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jenkins County
Johnson County
Jones County
Lamar County
Lanier Countyy
Laurens County
Lee County
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Long County
Lowndes County
Lumpkin County
McDuffie County
McIntosh County
Macon County
Madison County
Marion County
Meriwether County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Murray County
Muscogee County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County
Paulding County
Peach County
Pickens County
Pierce County
Pike County
Polk County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Quitman County
Rabun County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Rockdale County
Schley County
Screven County
Seminole County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Stewart County
Sumter County
Talbot County
Taliaferro County
Tattnall County
Taylor County
Telfair County
Terrell County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Towns County
Treutlen County
Troup County
Turner County
Twiggs County
Union County
Upson County
Walker County
Walton County
Ware County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
White County
Whitfield County
Wilcox County
Wilkes County
Wilkinson County
Worth County
Georgia County Avg.
Employment
Population
Poverty
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
3
4
4
2
2
1
3
1
4
4
1
0
0
1
2
4
2
3
4
1
4
3
1
4
1
2
1
3
1
0
4
0
2
1
2
4
3
3
1
2
1
0
4
0
2
1
0
3
0
2
2
1
3
2
1
3
0
4
2
0
3
1
0
3
3
1
0
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
0
2
3
1
3
2
3
2
4
4
0
4
1
3
3
0
4
4
0
1
3
3
4
0
3
4
1
2
4
2
4
3
2
1
3
0
2
4
2
4
1
3
4
3
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
4
0
3
2
3
4
2
1
1
0
3
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
3
0
0
1
4
3
0
2
3
2
3
1
2
3
2
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
3
1
2
4
3
4
4
2
4
1
3
1
4
3
1
2
0
3
0
3
4
1
0
1
3
4
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
3
0
2
1
4
4
3
2
0
1
2
0
0
3
4
0
2
3
1
2
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
4
3
4
4
4
0
1
4
0
0
3
3
3
1
3
1
4
4
1
4
1
1
4
1
4
1
1
2
1
2
2
4
1
1
0
2
3
4
3
4
0
0
4
1
3
3
1
0
3
4
4
0
2
4
4
0
2
3
1
2
2
2
4
3
0
0
2
2
3
0
3
4
4
3
1
0
2
3
4
3
2
Unemployment
2
0
1
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
1
2
3
3
0
1
0
3
1
1
4
0
2
3
1
1
2
2
4
3
3
2
0
1
2
0
3
3
0
2
2
2
4
0
2
4
3
0
0
1
3
0
4
0
0
0
3
2
2
4
1
2
0
1
3
3
0
2
1
0
2
1
1
3
2
2
1
3
4
1
2
Calculating Georgia's Economic Vitality Index
Per Capita
Incom
3
1
0
1
3
3
1
3
3
1
1
0
3
2
3
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
4
3
4
1
3
4
3
1
3
3
2
3
0
1
0
4
4
2
1
1
4
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
2
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
4
0
2
3
1
2
Average.
Grade
2.33
1.33
1.33
1.67
3.00
2.00
1.67
2.50
2.83
2.00
1.67
2.00
2.17
2.50
2.00
1.00
2.00
2.83
0 33
0.33
1.50
1.83
1.17
3.33
1.33
2.67
2.67
2.00
2.83
3.33
1.83
3.33
2.50
1.83
1.00
2.50
1.50
1.83
3.33
0.83
2.67
0.67
2 33
2.33
4.00
1.67
1.83
2.00
2.50
1.17
0.50
2.33
1.50
0.67
1.17
1.00
1.50
0.00
2.17
1.83
1.33
2.33
0.83
2.33
1.50
1.50
2 00
2.00
2.33
1.67
2.33
1.50
0.67
2.17
2.33
1.33
1.50
2.17
2.33
0.83
2.50
3.17
1.67
2
C
D
D
C
B
C
C
B
B
C
C
C
C
B
C
D
C
B
F
C
C
D
B
D
B
B
C
B
B
C
B
B
C
D
B
C
C
B
D
B
D
C
A
C
C
C
B
D
D
C
C
D
D
D
C
F
C
C
D
C
D
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
D
C
C
D
C
C
C
D
B
B
C
C
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Appendix V: 1980 U.S. Index County Grades & Averages
County
Appling County
Atkinson County
Bacon County
Baker County
Baldwin County
Banks County
Barrow County
Bartow County
Ben Hill County
Berrien County
Bibb County
Bleckley County
Brantley County
Brooks County
Bryan County
Bulloch County
Burke County
B tt County
Butts
C
t
Calhoun County
Camden County
Candler County
Carroll County
Catoosa County
Charlton County
Chatham County
Chattahoochee County
Chattooga County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clay County
Clayton County
Clinch County
Cobb County
Coffee County
Colquitt County
Columbia County
Cook County
Coweta County
Crawford County
Crisp County
D d C
Dade
County
t
Dawson County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dodge County
Dooly County
Dougherty County
Douglas County
Early County
Echols County
Effingham County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Evans County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gilmer County
Glascock County
Glynn County
G d C
Gordon
County
t
Grady County
Greene County
Gwinnett County
Habersham County
Hall County
Hancock County
Haralson County
Harris County
Hart County
Heard County
Henry County
Houston County
Irwin County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Employment
Population
Poverty
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
Unemployment
Per Capita
Incom
Average.
Grade
1980
0
3
1
2
3
1
3
2
3
3
1
1
4
2
4
4
4
2
0
4
0
2
4
0
1
1
1
4
2
0
4
3
4
3
2
4
0
2
2
0
2
4
0
4
2
0
3
4
2
4
0
2
1
0
0
4
1
4
1
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
0
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
3
1
1980
0
1
0
0
0
3
3
2
3
1
0
1
4
3
4
3
0
2
0
4
3
1
4
1
1
4
0
4
3
0
3
1
4
2
2
4
2
3
4
0
2
4
2
0
0
0
2
4
1
3
4
1
1
1
1
4
0
4
1
2
0
4
3
3
1
1
4
1
3
0
2
3
2
3
4
3
2
2
0
1980
0
0
1
1
3
4
3
4
1
2
2
3
2
0
2
2
0
3
0
1
0
3
4
2
3
4
3
4
2
0
4
1
4
1
2
4
2
3
2
0
3
2
1
4
1
0
2
4
0
1
3
2
1
1
1
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
4
1
1
4
4
4
0
3
3
3
3
4
4
1
4
2
1980
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
0
4
4
3
3
0
1
4
2
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
2
2
4
3
2
3
1
2
4
1
2
2
3
3
1
3
1
3
3
4
2
4
3
0
3
3
0
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
0
2
4
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
1
1980
0
0
2
3
4
3
1
1
2
3
2
4
0
4
1
4
0
0
1
3
4
1
4
2
2
0
0
4
4
2
3
3
4
0
2
4
2
3
1
1
3
1
3
4
2
1
0
4
3
3
4
0
0
4
0
4
1
4
1
2
0
0
4
0
4
3
4
2
2
1
1
4
1
2
4
4
3
3
3
1980
1
0
1
1
3
1
3
3
2
1
4
2
1
0
2
1
2
2
0
4
0
3
3
2
4
0
2
4
4
0
4
0
4
1
2
4
1
4
3
1
2
3
1
4
1
0
4
4
0
0
3
3
0
2
1
4
4
4
2
4
2
4
4
2
1
0
4
2
4
0
4
4
2
2
4
4
0
2
3
1980
0.17
0.83
0.83
1.17
2.50
2.17
2.50
2.00
2.50
2.33
2.00
2.33
1.83
1.67
2.83
2.67
1.67
1 67
1.67
0.17
2.83
1.17
1.83
3.17
1.50
2.17
1.50
1.00
3.67
2.83
1.00
3.50
1.67
3.83
1.33
2.00
4.00
1.33
2.83
2.33
0.83
2 50
2.50
2.50
1.67
2.83
1.50
0.67
2.50
3.67
1.67
2.33
2.33
1.83
1.00
1.33
0.83
3.50
1.83
3.67
1.50
2.33
1.17
1.83
3.00
2 33
2.33
2.17
1.83
3.83
2.00
3.17
0.83
2.17
2.33
1.67
1.67
3.67
2.67
1.00
2.67
1.67
1980
F
D
D
D
B
C
B
C
B
C
C
C
C
C
B
B
C
C
F
B
D
C
B
C
C
C
D
A
B
D
A
C
A
D
C
A
D
B
C
D
B
B
C
B
C
D
B
A
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
A
C
A
C
C
D
C
B
C
C
C
A
C
B
D
C
C
C
C
A
B
D
B
C
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Appendix V: 1980 U.S. Index County Grades & Averages
County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jenkins County
Johnson County
Jones County
Lamar County
Lanier Countyy
Laurens County
Lee County
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Long County
Lowndes County
Lumpkin County
McDuffie County
McIntosh County
Macon County
Madison County
Marion County
Meriwether County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Murray County
Muscogee County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County
Paulding County
Peach County
Pickens County
Pierce County
Pike County
Polk County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Quitman County
Rabun County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Rockdale County
Schley County
Screven County
Seminole County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Stewart County
Sumter County
Talbot County
Taliaferro County
Tattnall County
Taylor County
Telfair County
Terrell County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Towns County
Treutlen County
Troup County
Turner County
Twiggs County
Union County
Upson County
Walker County
Walton County
Ware County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
White County
Whitfield County
Wilcox County
Wilkes County
Wilkinson County
Worth County
Georgia County Avg.
Employment
Population
Poverty
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
3
4
4
2
2
1
3
1
4
4
1
0
0
1
2
4
2
3
4
1
4
3
1
4
1
2
1
3
1
0
4
0
2
1
2
4
3
3
1
2
1
0
4
0
2
1
0
3
0
2
2
1
3
2
1
3
0
4
2
0
3
1
0
3
3
1
0
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
0
2
3
1
3
2
3
2
4
4
0
4
1
3
3
0
4
4
0
1
3
3
4
0
3
4
1
2
4
2
4
3
2
1
3
0
2
4
2
4
1
3
4
3
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
4
0
3
2
3
4
2
1
1
0
3
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
3
0
0
1
4
3
0
2
3
2
3
1
2
3
2
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
3
1
2
4
3
4
4
2
4
1
3
1
4
3
1
2
0
3
0
3
4
1
0
1
3
4
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
3
0
2
1
4
4
3
2
0
1
2
0
0
3
4
0
2
3
1
2
Avg. Wkly.
Wage
4
3
4
4
4
0
1
4
0
0
3
3
3
1
3
1
4
4
1
4
1
1
4
1
4
1
1
2
1
2
2
4
1
1
0
2
3
4
3
4
0
0
4
1
3
3
1
0
3
4
4
0
2
4
4
0
2
3
1
2
2
2
4
3
0
0
2
2
3
0
3
4
4
3
1
0
2
3
4
3
2
Unemployment
2
0
1
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
1
2
3
3
0
1
0
3
1
1
4
0
2
3
1
1
2
2
4
3
3
2
0
1
2
0
3
3
0
2
2
2
4
0
2
4
3
0
0
1
3
0
4
0
0
0
3
2
2
4
1
2
0
1
3
3
0
2
1
0
2
1
1
3
2
2
1
3
4
1
2
Calculating Georgia's Economic Vitality Index
Per Capita
Incom
3
1
0
1
3
3
1
3
3
1
1
0
3
2
3
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
4
3
4
1
3
4
3
1
3
3
2
3
0
1
0
4
4
2
1
1
4
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
2
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
4
0
2
3
1
2
Average.
Grade
2.33
1.33
1.33
1.67
3.00
2.00
1.67
2.50
2.83
2.00
1.67
2.00
2.17
2.50
2.00
1.00
2.00
2.83
0 33
0.33
1.50
1.83
1.17
3.33
1.33
2.67
2.67
2.00
2.83
3.33
1.83
3.33
2.50
1.83
1.00
2.50
1.50
1.83
3.33
0.83
2.67
0.67
2 33
2.33
4.00
1.67
1.83
2.00
2.50
1.17
0.50
2.33
1.50
0.67
1.17
1.00
1.50
0.00
2.17
1.83
1.33
2.33
0.83
2.33
1.50
1.50
2 00
2.00
2.33
1.67
2.33
1.50
0.67
2.17
2.33
1.33
1.50
2.17
2.33
0.83
2.50
3.17
1.67
2
C
D
D
C
B
C
C
B
B
C
C
C
C
B
C
D
C
B
F
C
C
D
B
D
B
B
C
B
B
C
B
B
C
D
B
C
C
B
D
B
D
C
A
C
C
C
B
D
D
C
C
D
D
D
C
F
C
C
D
C
D
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
D
C
C
D
C
C
C
D
B
B
C
C
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Appendix VI: Individual County Variable for 1980
County
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Employ. Growth
Rate Avg.
Pop. Growth Avg.
Poverty Rate
Avg. Wkly Wage
Unempl. Avg.
PCI Avg.
1980
-0.60
2.97
0.38
2.05
3.70
1.07
4.25
2.46
3.13
2.64
0.86
0.16
5.18
1.87
8.71
5.02
6.31
1.70
-0.50
21.43
-1.64
2.24
4.94
-0.82
1.52
0.53
0.21
4.78
1.65
-1.66
7.67
3.21
8.40
2.64
2.32
10.86
-0.59
2.06
1.66
-0.70
2.11
10.16
0.00
7.05
1.63
-0.33
3.39
6.33
2.62
6.80
-1.55
2.63
1.16
-1.42
-0.37
10.61
0.48
4.55
1.60
3.01
3.15
0.10
3.29
3.22
2.68
3.06
13.79
3.27
4.38
-1.62
2.11
-2.16
-0.28
-16.63
4.71
0.88
-0.49
3.14
0.67
1980
0.16
0.23
-0.06
0.09
-0.09
2.42
2.21
1.40
2.40
0.57
-0.10
0.21
6.62
1.98
4.97
1.82
0.09
1.43
-2.14
6.26
1.46
0.81
3.26
0.69
0.47
11.20
-0.96
5.29
1.48
-0.44
2.24
0.82
3.85
1.27
1.04
5.50
1.24
2.19
3.16
0.16
1.45
2.76
0.93
-0.32
-0.08
-0.83
1.26
4.09
0.66
1.60
3.57
0.83
0.32
0.55
0.34
11.60
-0.29
4.65
0.41
1.34
0.05
2.76
1.49
1.69
0.24
0.27
7.20
0.30
2.04
-0.12
0.98
2.41
0.89
2.25
6.10
1.64
1.10
1.00
-0.94
1979
29.0
31.3
23.1
27.4
16.4
11.6
16.8
12.9
24.6
20.2
19.5
18.3
18.6
32.2
20.0
21.8
28.5
16.5
29.2
21.8
28.9
15.7
11.3
21.3
18.4
11.8
16.4
10.7
20.7
40.7
8.0
26.4
6.3
24.0
19.5
10.9
19.1
16.7
18.5
28.6
17.3
19.1
23.7
9.7
27.4
34.0
20.8
7.9
31.1
25.6
16.9
19.7
26.5
25.4
23.1
5.3
12.4
10.7
19.8
21.2
20.4
20.7
16.1
12.9
25.8
26.6
5.6
14.7
10.9
39.3
15.2
17.2
16.6
16.8
10.5
11.2
24.7
14.1
20.4
1980
6.92
8.41
5.91
6.55
9.14
8.02
9.20
7.01
12.70
10.41
9.77
9.30
7.07
8.29
14.85
8.59
16.68
8.02
7.17
8.33
7.55
7.70
6.76
8.44
9.16
5.88
6.99
8.45
8.90
10.26
9.53
8.89
10.20
7.99
9.23
12.41
7.97
9.16
8.82
9.49
9.72
8.18
9.34
8.10
9.79
9.37
10.57
8.44
10.27
9.49
7.24
10.11
9.43
6.19
8.61
8.31
8.31
8.90
8.77
7.81
7.28
1.26
8.04
8.56
9.50
9.54
9.46
7.63
9.27
10.58
8.14
6.79
8.51
-1.54
8.98
4.10
6.55
8.82
8.00
1980
7.73
7.57
6.43
5.60
5.03
5.43
7.27
7.30
6.23
5.33
6.30
4.80
7.43
4.40
6.53
4.93
10.70
7.57
6.70
5.47
4.83
6.53
5.13
6.43
6.10
13.47
9.03
5.20
5.20
6.10
5.37
5.70
4.43
7.87
6.10
4.23
6.20
5.67
6.93
7.40
5.83
6.87
5.67
5.07
6.53
6.57
7.67
4.47
5.50
5.87
4.90
7.67
7.57
4.97
8.57
3.27
7.20
4.90
7.20
6.47
7.50
7.77
5.17
7.77
5.10
5.70
4.93
6.27
5.93
7.27
6.73
5.00
6.70
6.20
4.97
5.07
5.37
5.50
5.60
1980
$5,735
$5,003
$5,493
$5,445
$6,537
$5,775
$6,784
$6,843
$5,946
$5,674
$7,581
$6,173
$5,822
$4,684
$6,322
$5,713
$6,043
$6,382
$5,031
$7,440
$5,393
$6,829
$6,747
$6,202
$8,266
$5,102
$6,106
$7,535
$7,105
$3,717
$8,277
$5,415
$9,926
$5,562
$6,340
$7,649
$5,490
$7,615
$6,631
$5,780
$6,005
$6,581
$5,871
$9,715
$5,815
$5,137
$6,893
$7,440
$5,381
$4,975
$6,783
$6,595
$5,277
$5,969
$5,481
$10,368
$7,384
$8,009
$6,015
$10,160
$6,126
$7,580
$7,955
$6,189
$5,438
$5,277
$9,506
$6,069
$7,478
$4,814
$6,950
$7,113
$6,241
$6,229
$8,247
$7,304
$5,257
$6,163
$6,702
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Appendix VI: Individual County Variable for 1980
County
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
McDuffie
McIntosh
Macon
Madison
Marion
Meriwether
Miller
Mitchell
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
SE Average
US Average
Employ. Growth
Rate Avg.
1.67
1.98
-0.19
-0.02
-1.75
2.14
1.10
3.31
5.33
6.57
2.61
2.06
1.00
3.21
0.12
6.75
11.55
0.60
-0.36
-0.04
1.00
2.38
10.55
1.89
4.31
5.95
0.09
4.46
3.49
1.25
5.72
0.10
1.79
0.72
4.35
1.55
-1.64
6.96
-6.69
2.24
0.58
2.35
10.07
3.11
3.69
1.37
2.04
0.87
-1.59
6.47
-0.36
2.55
1.37
-1.58
3.01
-2.24
1.90
2.08
1.40
3.10
2.03
1.03
4.11
-0.12
4.47
1.69
-5.34
2.68
1.58
-6.07
2.89
3.66
1.44
-0.44
2.25
1.66
0.96
4.13
4.33
3.85
2.84
2.87
Pop. Growth Avg.
Poverty Rate
Avg. Wkly Wage
Unempl. Avg.
PCI Avg.
-0.36
1.12
2.13
0.24
2.28
1.45
1.56
0.92
3.63
8.37
-0.40
3.34
0.63
1.51
2.15
-1.37
3.05
2.78
-2.96
0.53
2.17
2.00
2.67
-0.41
2.02
3.22
0.26
0.95
4.47
1.27
2.85
1.72
1.33
0.85
2.52
0.09
0.95
3.09
0.85
2.93
0.35
2.23
4.67
2.42
1.08
0.97
1.36
0.09
-0.58
1.23
-1.29
-2.59
-0.29
-0.40
0.18
-0.77
0.27
0.27
0.44
2.74
-0.07
1.51
1.11
1.74
2.60
0.91
0.22
0.77
-0.10
1.49
0.62
1.24
0.59
1.03
2.50
0.97
0.82
1.10
0.88
0.68
1.51
1.02
17.1
30.4
33.8
26.1
14.9
16.3
28.4
20.1
16.7
20.9
18.3
24.5
19.2
16.6
20.5
31.4
32.5
16.1
29.8
20.9
27.3
29.5
15.9
23.5
21.7
14.1
18.0
14.2
10.1
18.8
12.4
26.2
17.1
22.8
14.8
16.0
25.1
20.1
40.7
17.1
33.7
18.3
8.2
26.8
34.1
23.4
17.6
14.8
38.8
23.2
20.6
32.4
28.3
28.1
26.5
31.1
21.4
22.6
26.0
22.7
29.3
18.0
32.0
18.5
26.2
13.0
12.3
16.9
21.1
28.3
25.4
20.2
31.0
30.4
16.4
11.9
30.4
20.6
17.6
23.8
17.3
12.4
11.81
9.61
10.47
10.22
10.70
5.88
8.25
10.32
6.08
7.44
9.92
9.29
9.68
8.08
10.12
7.97
23.66
11.02
8.03
10.46
8.35
8.27
18.51
8.25
12.92
8.00
7.96
8.86
8.06
8.84
8.45
11.86
8.06
7.97
7.61
9.13
9.80
11.32
9.39
11.35
7.53
6.88
10.55
8.23
9.75
9.56
8.38
6.57
10.01
10.47
11.28
5.77
8.84
12.07
10.38
7.11
8.51
9.45
7.95
8.64
8.43
9.28
14.67
9.81
7.34
7.09
8.42
8.73
9.83
6.92
9.67
12.41
10.85
9.95
7.97
7.34
8.59
9.83
11.98
9.30
8.93
8.39
6.00
8.20
6.57
5.60
4.77
6.23
5.10
7.00
5.73
6.57
7.30
6.13
5.60
5.57
7.50
6.83
9.17
5.90
6.57
7.20
4.50
7.83
6.07
5.73
7.03
7.37
6.37
6.37
4.27
5.77
5.50
6.03
7.63
7.33
6.07
8.47
5.67
5.30
8.03
6.23
6.30
6.47
4.23
7.47
6.13
4.97
5.70
7.73
8.53
7.20
5.90
7.57
5.23
8.03
8.03
8.30
5.67
6.03
6.20
5.17
6.80
6.40
7.50
7.30
5.80
5.47
7.47
5.97
6.97
11.17
5.90
6.70
6.63
5.30
5.97
6.47
6.87
5.70
4.90
7.00
6.18
6.33
$6,594
$5,541
$5,136
$5,585
$6,662
$6,551
$5,830
$6,603
$6,462
$5,652
$5,702
$5,158
$6,723
$6,220
$6,658
$5,163
$5,249
$6,245
$4,969
$5,739
$5,446
$5,658
$6,834
$5,676
$6,806
$6,166
$7,458
$6,870
$7,393
$5,722
$6,428
$7,099
$6,682
$5,569
$6,740
$6,559
$6,062
$6,552
$4,722
$5,620
$4,721
$6,960
$8,381
$6,023
$5,678
$5,525
$7,068
$6,425
$5,098
$6,140
$4,984
$6,000
$5,077
$5,985
$5,239
$4,666
$6,625
$6,231
$5,968
$4,620
$5,166
$6,826
$5,375
$5,060
$4,673
$6,489
$6,720
$6,447
$6,412
$5,635
$6,473
$6,165
$5,690
$5,457
$5,929
$7,828
$5,104
$6,358
$6,532
$5,476
$7,442
$9,168
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Appendix VII: 1980-2009 SE Index Grade Changes by Variable and Average
County
Appling County
Atkinson County
Bacon County
Baker County
Baldwin County
Banks County
Barrow County
Bartow County
Ben Hill County
Berrien County
Bibb County
Bleckley County
Brantley County
Brooks County
Bryan County
Bulloch County
Burke County
Butts County
Calhoun County
Camden County
Candler County
Carroll County
Catoosa County
Charlton County
Chatham County
Chattahoochee County
Chattooga County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clay County
Clayton County
Clinch County
Cobb County
Coffee County
Colquitt County
Columbia County
Cook County
Coweta County
Crawford County
Crisp County
Dade County
Dawson County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dodge County
Dooly County
Dougherty County
Douglas County
Early County
Echols County
Effingham County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Evans County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gilmer County
Glascock County
Glynn County
Gordon County
Grady County
Greene County
Gwinnett County
Habersham County
Hall County
Hancock County
Haralson County
Harris County
Hart County
Heard County
Henry County
Houston County
Irwin County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Employment
1980-2009
3
-2
1
2
-2
2
0
-1
-2
-2
2
3
-3
-1
-1
-1
0
-1
2
-2
1
1
-3
1
3
3
0
-1
1
1
-1
-1
0
-2
0
0
1
2
-1
1
-1
-1
1
-1
-1
3
0
-2
1
0
4
0
0
2
2
-2
0
0
0
-1
-2
2
-1
-2
-2
1
-2
-1
0
4
1
2
1
4
0
2
1
-1
0
Population
1980-2009
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
-3
0
1
1
-3
-3
0
1
0
1
3
-1
0
2
-1
-1
2
0
1
0
0
0
-1
0
-1
0
0
0
0
1
-4
1
-1
0
-1
2
0
1
-1
0
-1
-1
0
-1
1
1
1
-3
1
0
0
2
2
-2
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
-2
-2
0
0
-2
2
3
Poverty
1980-2009
1
1
0
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
0
-1
0
-1
0
1
2
-1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
-1
0
-3
-1
0
-2
0
-1
0
0
0
-1
0
-1
1
0
0
0
2
0
-1
0
0
-2
0
0
0
1
0
0
-1
1
0
-2
0
0
1
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0
-1
-1
0
-1
1
-1
-1
0
0
0
0
1
Avg. Wkly. Wage
1980-2009
2
-1
0
4
2
3
-2
4
-4
-4
-3
-3
4
1
-3
2
0
-1
4
3
4
2
2
1
2
4
2
-2
-2
-4
-3
-2
-3
2
2
-2
3
0
-2
-2
1
-1
-1
0
0
-3
0
2
-4
1
0
-3
-1
0
-2
1
3
-2
-2
0
1
0
-1
2
1
-3
-3
2
-2
-4
-1
3
-2
4
-2
4
3
-2
-1
Unemployment
1980-2009
2
0
0
-1
-4
1
1
0
-2
-2
0
-2
2
-1
3
-1
0
1
-1
0
-1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
-2
-2
-1
0
1
0
-2
0
1
-1
-1
2
-3
-2
0
1
1
-2
-2
1
0
0
1
-1
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
-1
-2
-1
1
1
-1
0
0
-1
-2
-1
0
-3
-1
-3
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Per Capita Income
1980-2009
0
0
-1
2
-2
2
-1
0
-1
1
0
-1
-1
2
2
-1
-2
-1
0
-1
0
-1
-1
-2
0
1
-2
0
-3
2
-4
0
0
-1
-1
0
-1
0
-1
0
-1
1
0
0
-1
0
-2
-1
3
0
0
-1
0
-1
1
0
-1
0
0
0
0
-4
0
-1
0
4
0
0
-1
0
-2
0
-1
-1
-1
0
0
0
-1
Average.
1980-2009
1.50
-0.17
0.33
1.00
-1.00
1.17
0.00
0.50
-2.00
-1.33
0.00
-0.50
-0.17
-0.17
0.50
-0.17
-0.17
-0.17
1.33
0.17
0.83
0.83
-0.50
-0.33
1.33
0.83
0.00
-0.50
-1.00
-0.17
-2.00
-0.83
-0.83
-0.17
0.17
-0.33
0.00
0.67
-1.17
-0.17
-0.50
0.50
-0.67
-0.33
-0.33
0.33
-0.67
-0.50
-0.50
0.17
0.83
-0.83
0.17
0.00
0.83
-0.67
0.33
-0.33
-0.33
0.33
0.67
-0.50
-0.33
-0.17
-0.17
0.17
-1.00
0.67
-0.33
-0.17
-0.50
1.00
-1.00
0.33
-0.67
1.00
-0.17
-0.33
-0.17
Grade
1980-2009
+2
0
0
1
-1
1
0
1
-2
-1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+2
0
1
1
0
-1
+2
0
0
-1
-1
0
-2
-1
-1
0
0
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
0
-1
0
-1
0
-1
-1
-1
1
1
-1
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
-1
1
1
-1
0
0
0
0
-1
1
0
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
1
0
-1
0
22
Appendix VII: 1980-2009 SE Index Grade Changes by Variable and Average
County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jenkins County
Johnson County
Jones County
Lamar County
Lanier County
Laurens County
Lee County
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Long County
Lowndes County
Lumpkin County
McDuffie County
McIntosh County
Macon County
Madison County
Marion County
Meriwether County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Murray County
Muscogee County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County
Paulding County
Peach County
Pickens County
Pierce County
Pike County
Polk County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Quitman County
Rabun County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Rockdale County
Schley County
Screven County
Seminole County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Stewart County
Sumter County
Talbot County
Taliaferro County
Tattnall County
Taylor County
Telfair County
Terrell County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Towns County
Treutlen County
Troup County
Turner County
Twiggs County
Union County
Upson County
Walker County
Walton County
Ware County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
White County
Whitfield County
Wilcox County
Wilkes County
Wilkinson County
Worth County
Georgia County Avg.
Employment
-1
-1
1
1
4
2
3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
0
0
-3
-3
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
-1
-3
2
-1
-2
2
0
3
2
1
1
2
2
-3
2
-1
0
2
-3
-1
-2
2
-1
3
4
-3
4
-1
2
4
-2
3
-1
-1
3
-2
2
1
-2
1
-1
0
1
-1
1
1
-2
-1
0
2
-1
-1
2
-2
0
1
0.26
Population
2
-2
-3
2
-1
1
1
0
0
-2
0
0
2
0
-2
2
-4
-2
0
-1
-2
-2
-1
0
0
-4
-1
2
0
1
0
1
2
3
1
2
-1
-2
-1
-3
-1
-2
-1
1
-2
-1
1
2
0
-2
0
0
4
0
-1
0
1
1
1
-2
2
-1
-2
-3
-1
-1
0
3
1
-3
0
0
-1
0
-1
0
1
-2
-1
-1
-0.11
Poverty
-2
1
0
-1
0
-1
2
-1
1
1
-1
0
-1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
-2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
-2
0
1
1
0
1
-2
0
2
1
0
-1
-2
1
-1
-1
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
0
-1
2
0
-1
0
-1
2
-2
-1
1
-1
1
0
-1
2
0
0
-3
0
-1
-1
1
-0.09
Avg. Wkly. Wage
-4
-2
-4
-4
-4
0
1
0
4
4
1
0
1
-1
-3
3
-3
-4
2
-4
3
3
0
-1
-4
0
3
-2
3
-2
-2
-2
-1
2
0
-1
1
-4
-3
-4
0
4
0
-1
-3
1
-1
3
1
-4
-4
0
0
0
0
4
2
-1
3
2
-2
1
0
-3
0
4
-2
2
1
0
-3
-4
-4
1
-1
0
2
-3
0
1
-0.23
Unemployment
-2
0
-1
-3
-1
-2
-1
0
1
2
0
2
1
-2
0
2
0
1
1
-1
0
2
1
-1
2
0
0
-1
0
1
0
-1
3
2
0
2
1
-1
0
-1
-2
-1
-3
1
-2
-3
-3
2
1
-1
-2
0
-2
1
0
1
0
-1
0
-1
-1
-2
0
0
0
-3
2
0
1
0
-2
0
2
-1
1
-1
-1
-3
-3
1
-0.26
Calculating Georgia's Economic Vitality Index
Per Capita Income
-2
-1
0
-1
1
-1
0
-1
-1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
-1
1
-1
1
-1
1
-2
0
-3
0
2
1
-2
1
0
-1
-2
1
1
0
2
1
-2
0
-2
0
1
-2
1
2
-1
0
-1
0
-2
0
1
1
-1
0
4
0
0
1
1
3
-2
-1
0
-1
0
-1
0
2
-1
-1
-1
0
0
-2
2
-0.11
Average.
-1.50
-0.83
-1.17
-1.00
-0.17
-0.17
1.00
-0.67
0.67
1.00
0.33
0.67
1.00
-0.50
-0.83
1.17
-1.67
-0.83
1.50
-0.83
0.50
0.50
0.33
-0.33
-0.17
-1.83
0.67
-0.83
0.17
0.83
-0.17
-0.17
1.33
1.50
0.17
0.17
0.67
-1.33
-0.17
-1.17
-0.17
-0.17
-1.17
0.00
-1.33
0.00
-1.17
1.50
1.50
-2.00
-0.50
-0.33
0.67
0.67
-0.67
1.50
0.33
-0.50
1.00
0.50
0.17
-0.33
-0.50
-0.83
0.50
-0.67
-0.17
0.83
0.33
-0.17
-1.33
-1.00
0.17
0.17
-0.50
-1.00
0.67
-1.83
-1.17
0.83
-0.11
Grade
-1
0
-1
-1
0
0
1
-1
1
1
0
1
1
-1
-1
1
-2
-1
+2
-1
0
1
1
0
0
-2
1
-1
1
1
0
-1
1
+2
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
0
0
-1
0
-1
0
-2
+2
1
-2
-1
-1
1
1
-1
+2
1
-1
1
1
0
0
-1
-1
1
0
0
1
0
0
-1
-1
1
0
0
-1
1
-2
-1
1
0
23
Appendix VIII: 1980-2009 US Index Grade Changes by Variable and Average
County
Appling County
Atkinson County
Bacon County
Baker County
Baldwin County
Banks County
Barrow County
Bartow County
Ben Hill County
Berrien County
Bibb County
Bleckley County
Brantley County
Brooks County
Bryan County
Bulloch County
Burke County
Butts County
Calhoun County
Camden County
Candler County
Carroll County
Catoosa County
Charlton County
Chatham County
Chattahoochee County
Chattooga County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clay County
Clayton County
Clinch County
Cobb County
Coffee County
Colquitt County
Columbia County
Cook County
Coweta County
Crawford County
Crisp County
Dade County
Dawson County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dodge County
Dooly County
Dougherty County
Douglas County
Early County
Echols County
Effingham County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Evans County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gilmer County
Glascock County
Glynn County
Gordon County
Grady County
Greene County
Gwinnett County
Habersham County
Hall County
Hancock County
Haralson County
Harris County
Hart County
Heard County
Henry County
Houston County
Irwin County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Employment
1980-2009
4
-2
1
2
-2
2
-1
-1
-2
-2
1
3
-3
-1
-1
-1
0
-1
1
-2
1
0
-3
1
3
3
0
-1
1
1
-1
-2
0
-2
0
0
1
2
-1
1
-1
0
1
-1
-1
3
-1
-3
0
0
4
-1
0
1
1
-3
0
0
0
-2
-2
2
-1
-2
-2
1
-3
-1
0
3
1
2
1
4
0
2
1
-1
0
Population
1980-2009
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
-3
0
1
1
-3
-3
0
0
0
1
2
-1
0
2
-1
-1
2
-1
1
0
0
0
-1
0
-1
0
0
-1
-1
1
-4
1
-1
0
-1
2
0
1
-1
0
-1
-1
0
-1
1
1
1
-3
1
0
-1
1
2
-2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
-1
0
-2
-2
0
0
-2
2
2
Poverty
1980-2009
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
-1
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
-1
1
-3
0
0
-2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
-1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
-1
0
1
1
1
1
1
-1
1
2
0
-1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
Avg. Wkly. Wage
1980-2009
2
-1
0
4
2
3
-2
4
-4
-4
-3
-3
4
1
-3
2
0
-1
4
3
4
2
2
1
2
4
2
-2
-2
-4
-3
-2
-3
2
2
-2
3
0
-2
-2
1
-1
-1
0
0
-3
-1
2
-4
1
0
-3
-2
0
-2
1
3
-2
-2
0
1
0
-1
2
1
-3
-3
2
-2
-4
-1
2
-2
4
-2
3
3
-2
-1
Unemployment
1980-2009
1
0
-1
-2
-4
1
0
-1
-2
-3
-1
-3
1
-2
3
-2
0
0
-1
-1
-2
0
-1
-1
1
0
0
-1
-1
-1
-3
-3
-2
0
0
0
-2
-1
0
-1
-2
1
-3
-3
-1
0
0
-3
-2
1
-1
0
0
-2
1
-1
0
-1
-1
-1
2
0
-1
0
-2
-3
-2
0
0
-1
-1
0
-1
-2
-2
-1
-3
-2
-3
Calculating Georgia's Economic Vitality Index
Per Capita Income
1980-2009
0
0
0
2
-1
3
-1
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
2
0
-1
-1
0
0
1
-1
-1
-2
0
2
-2
0
-3
3
-3
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
-1
-1
3
0
1
0
1
-1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
-4
0
0
0
4
0
0
-1
0
-1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Average.
1980-2009
1.67
-0.33
0.50
1.00
-0.67
1.50
-0.33
0.50
-1.83
-1.17
-0.33
-0.33
0.00
0.00
0.50
-0.33
0.00
-0.17
1.00
0.33
0.83
0.50
-0.67
-0.50
1.50
0.83
0.17
-0.67
-1.17
0.00
-1.83
-1.00
-1.00
0.00
0.17
-0.50
0.17
0.50
-1.00
0.00
-0.50
0.50
-0.50
-0.33
-0.17
0.50
-0.83
-0.83
-0.67
0.17
0.83
-0.67
0.00
-0.17
0.83
-1.00
0.50
-0.50
-0.33
-0.17
0.67
-0.50
-0.33
-0.17
-0.33
0.17
-1.33
0.33
-0.33
-0.33
-0.50
0.83
-0.67
0.67
-0.67
0.67
0.17
-0.33
0.00
Grade
1980-2009
+2
0
0
1
-1
+2
-1
1
-2
-1
0
0
0
0
0
-1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
-1
+2
0
0
-1
-1
0
-2
-1
-1
0
0
0
1
0
-1
0
-1
0
-1
0
-1
0
-1
-1
-1
1
1
-1
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
-1
0
1
-1
0
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
0
0
-1
0
24
Appendix VIII: 1980-2009 US Index Grade Changes by Variable and Average
County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jenkins County
Johnson County
Jones County
Lamar County
Lanier County
Laurens County
Lee County
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Long County
Lowndes County
Lumpkin County
McDuffie County
McIntosh County
Macon County
Madison County
Marion County
Meriwether County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Murray County
Muscogee County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County
Paulding County
Peach County
Pickens County
Pierce County
Pike County
Polk County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Quitman County
Rabun County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Rockdale County
Schley County
Screven County
Seminole County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Stewart County
Sumter County
Talbot County
Taliaferro County
Tattnall County
Taylor County
Telfair County
Terrell County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Towns County
Treutlen County
Troup County
Turner County
Twiggs County
Union County
Upson County
Walker County
Walton County
Ware County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
White County
Whitfield County
Wilcox County
Wilkes County
Wilkinson County
Worth County
Georgia County Avg.
Employment
-1
-1
1
1
3
1
3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
-1
0
-3
-3
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
-2
-3
1
-1
-2
2
0
3
2
0
1
1
1
-3
1
-1
0
2
-3
-2
-2
2
-1
2
4
-3
4
-1
2
4
-2
2
-1
-1
2
-2
2
1
-2
1
-1
-1
1
-2
0
1
-2
-2
0
1
-1
-1
2
-2
-1
0
0.03
Population
2
-2
-3
1
-1
1
1
0
-1
-2
0
0
2
0
-2
1
-4
-2
0
-1
-2
-3
-1
0
0
-4
-1
2
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
2
-1
-2
-1
-3
-1
-2
-1
1
-2
-1
0
1
0
-2
0
0
3
0
-1
0
1
1
1
-2
2
-1
-2
-3
-1
-2
0
3
1
-3
0
0
-1
0
-1
0
1
-2
-1
-1
-0.26
Poverty
-1
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
2
-1
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
-1
1
2
1
0
2
-1
0
2
2
0
0
-1
1
0
0
0
1
1
-1
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
2
-1
-1
1
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
-2
1
0
0
2
0.47
Avg. Wkly. Wage
-4
-2
-4
-4
-4
0
1
0
4
4
0
0
1
-1
-3
3
-3
-4
2
-4
3
3
0
-1
-4
-1
3
-2
3
-2
-2
-2
-1
2
0
-1
1
-4
-3
-4
0
4
0
-1
-3
1
-1
3
1
-4
-4
0
-1
0
-1
4
2
-1
3
2
-2
1
0
-3
0
4
-2
2
1
0
-3
-4
-4
1
-1
0
2
-3
0
1
-0.28
Unemployment
-2
0
-1
-3
-2
-2
-2
-1
1
1
-1
2
0
-2
0
1
0
0
0
-1
-1
1
0
-2
1
-1
-1
-2
0
0
-1
-1
2
1
-1
1
0
-2
0
-1
-2
-2
-3
0
-2
-4
-3
1
0
-1
-2
0
-3
0
0
1
-1
-2
-1
-1
-1
-2
0
-1
-1
-3
1
-1
0
0
-2
-1
1
-2
0
-2
-1
-3
-4
0
-0.9
Calculating Georgia's Economic Vitality Index
Per Capita Income
-2
0
0
-1
1
-1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
4
0
2
0
1
0
1
-1
0
-2
0
2
1
-1
1
1
0
-2
2
1
1
2
1
-1
0
-1
0
2
-1
1
3
0
1
-1
1
-1
0
2
1
0
1
4
0
1
1
2
4
-2
-1
1
0
0
0
0
3
-1
0
0
0
0
-2
3
0.3
Average.
-1.33
-0.67
-1.00
-1.00
-0.50
-0.17
1.00
-0.50
0.67
0.83
0.17
0.83
1.00
-0.33
-0.50
1.17
-1.50
-0.83
1.50
-0.50
0.50
0.33
0.17
-0.50
-0.33
-1.83
0.33
-0.83
0.17
0.83
-0.33
0.17
1.00
1.33
0.00
0.00
0.67
-1.33
-0.17
-1.17
0.00
0.00
-1.17
-0.17
-1.17
0.00
-1.00
1.17
1.50
-1.67
-0.17
-0.33
0.50
0.67
-0.83
1.67
0.33
-0.50
1.00
0.67
0.33
0.00
-0.33
-0.67
0.50
-0.83
-0.33
0.67
0.33
-0.17
-1.00
-1.17
0.33
-0.17
-0.50
-0.83
0.83
-1.67
-1.33
0.83
-0.11
Grade
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-1
0
0
1
-1
1
1
0
1
1
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1
-1
-1
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0
1
1
0
-1
-2
0
-1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
-1
0
-1
0
0
-1
0
-1
0
-1
1
1
-1
-1
-1
1
1
-1
+2
1
-1
1
1
0
0
-1
-1
1
0
-1
1
0
0
-1
-1
1
-1
0
0
1
-2
-1
1
0
25
The Center for Agribusiness
& Economic Development
The Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development is a unit of the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Georgia, combining the
missions of research and extension. The Center has among its objectives:
To provide feasibility and other short term studies for current or potential Georgia
agribusiness firms and/or emerging food and fiber industries.
To provide agricultural, natural resource, and demographic data for private and
public decision makers.
To find out more, visit our Web site at: http://www.caed.uga.edu
Or contact:
Kent L. Wolfe, Director
Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
Lumpkin House
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-7509
Phone (706)542-2434
The University of Georgia and Fort Valley State University, and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and counties of the state cooperating. The Cooperative Extension Service
offers educational programs, assistance and materials to all people without regard to race,
color, national origin, age, sex or disability.
An equal opportunity/affirmative action organization committed to a diverse work force.
Report Number: CR-12-03
January 2012
Issued in furtherance of Cooperation Extension Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, the
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture cooperating.
J. Scott Angle, Dean and Director