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Table 8-17: 2006 Business Establishments

 

Newton County

Atlanta MSA

Georgia

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing

*

*

286

0.2%

2,327

0.9%

Mining

*

*

70

0.1%

241

0.1%

Construction

339

22.4%

14,448

10.3%

26,316

10.1%

Manufacturing

97

6.4%

4,954

3.5%

9,990

3.8%

Transportation and public utilities

54

3.6%

3,522

2.5%

7,083

2.7%

Wholesale trade

78

5.2%

11,556

8.3%

22,856

8.7%

Retail trade

199

13.2%

16,143

11.5%

33,245

12.7%

Finance, insurance, and real estate

130

8.6%

16,517

11.8%

27,051

10.3%

Services

539

35.6%

66,655

47.7%

111,545

42.7%

Federal government 

9

0.6%

494

0.4%

1,868

0.7%

Local government

25

1.7%

698

0.5%

2,762

1.1%

State government

18

1.2%

1,560

1.1%

3,856

1.5%

Not elsewhere classified

25

1.7%

2,885

2.1%

12,297

4.7%

All industries

1,513

100.0%

139,788

100.0%

261,437

100.0%

Georgia Department of Labor Statistics