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Table 18: 2006 Business Employment

 

Newton County

Atlanta MSA

Georgia

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing

*

*

2,880

0.1%

26,044

0.6%

Mining

*

*

1,595

0.1%

6,988

0.2%

Construction

1,771

8.6%

133,237

6.1%

218,487

5.4%

Manufacturing

4,942

24.0%

178,285

8.1%

447,877

11.1%

Transportation and public utilities

54

0.3%

14,158

0.6%

176,807

4.4%

Wholesale trade

474

2.3%

143,095

6.5%

215,703

5.4%

Retail trade

2,309

11.2%

263,458

12.0%

469,722

11.7%

Finance, insurance, and real estate

770

3.7%

155,299

7.1%

227,035

5.6%

Services

6,000

29.1%

980,058

44.8%

  1,562,796

38.8%

Federal government 

145

0.7%

45,413

2.1%

94,709

2.4%

Local government

358

1.7%

59,596

2.7%

152,301

3.8%

State government

3,738

18.2%

208,692

9.5%

410,433

10.2%

Not elsewhere classified

24

0.1%

2,854

0.1%

14,672

0.4%

All industries

20,585

100.0%

2,188,620

100.0%

  4,023,574

100.0%

Georgia Department of Labor Statistics