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Adult Literacy Research Center Georgia State University

June 13, 2019

Supply and Demand of Adult Basic Education and High School

Equivalency Services in Georgia

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page Numbers Abbreviations ii List of Maps, Tables, and Figures iii Map of Georgia with County Names iv Executive Summary 1-2 Scope of Work 3 Data and Data Sources 4 Findings: Supply Related 5

1. TCSG Service Delivery Areas 5 2. Number and Locations of ABE/HSE Provider Sites 6-9 3. Certified Literate Community Program 10 4. High School Equivalency Testing Sites 11-12

Findings: Demand Related 13

1. Adults with No HSD/HSE 13 2. Adults ages 18-34 who are Not in School 14 3. Unemployed Adults 15 4. Idle Youth 16

Findings: Geo-Coded Maps 17

1. Adults with No HSD/HSE and ABE/HSE Provider Sites 18-19 by County

2. Percentage of All Adults with No HSE/HSE and 20-23 Unemployment Rate

3. Percentage of Adults Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and 24-27 Unemployment Rate for Adults Ages 25-34

Concluding Remarks 28 Appendices 29-73

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Abbreviations

ABE Adult Basic Education ALRC Adult Literacy Research Center CLC Certified Literate Community CLCP Certified Literate Community Participant DTAE Department of Technical and Adult Education GOAE Georgia Office of Adult Education HSD High School Diploma HSE High School Equivalency LFA Literacy for All NCES National Center for Education Statistics PIAAC Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies SDA Service Delivery Area TCSG Technical College System of Georgia WIOA Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

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Maps, Tables and Figures

Map 1: TCSG Service Delivery Areas 5 Map 2: Locations of ABE/HSE Provider Sites by County 8

Map 3: CLC/CLCP Locations by County 10 Map 4: HSE Testing Sites by County 12 Map 5: Total Number of Adults without HSD/HSE and 18

Total Number of ABE/HSE Provider Sites Map 6: Percentage of Adults with No HSD/HSE and 21

Unemployment Rate by County Map 7: Adults Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment 25

Rate for Adults Ages 25-34 by County

Table 1: Number of All ABE/HSE Sites and Number of Counties 7 Table 2: Number of ABE/HSE Sites and Number of Counties for 9

TCSG-funded ABE/HSE sites and non-TCSG-funded ABE/HSE sites

Table 3: HSE Testing Sites and Number of Counties 11 Table 4: Sample of Counties with Total Number of Adults without 19

HSD/HSE and Total Number of ABE/HSE Sites by Color and Circle Size

Table 5: Sample of Counties with Differing Percentages of All Adults 22 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate

Table 6: Sample of Counties with Differing Percentages of Adults 26 Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate for Adults Ages 25-34

Figure 1: Adults with No HSD/HSE by Sex 13 Figure 2: Adults with No HSD/HSE by Age Bracket 13 Figure 3: Adults ages 18-34 School Enrollment 14 Figure 4: Unemployed Adults 15

Figure 5: Number of Idle Youth Ages 15-19 16 Figure 6: Idle Youth as a Percentage of All Youth Ages 15-19 16 Figure 7: Percentage of All Adults with No HSD/HSE and

Unemployment Rate 23 Figure 8: Percentage of Adults Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and

Unemployment Rate Ages 25 to 34 27

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Map of Georgia with County Names

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Executive Summary

Supply and Demand of Adult Basic Education and High School Equivalency Services in Georgia

The Adult Literacy Research Center (ALRC) at Georgia State University in collaboration with the Georgia Office of Adult Education (GOAE) at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) are pleased to provide a description of a select sample of the supply and demand of adult basic education/high school equivalency (ABE/HSE) services in the state of Georgia. Please note that due to varying issues at the student, site, and community levels, we cannot determine whether the supply of services meets the demands of adult students. Therefore, this report is purely descriptive, and does not provide any correlational or causal relationships. Our key findings are as follows:

1. ABE/HSE services are distributed throughout Georgia with 334 ABE/HSE provider sites in 158 of the 159 counties. There are 61 HSE testing sites as well as 54 mobile testing labs.

2. Community-level engagement through the Certified Literate Community

Program is active in 87 counties and 2 cities. 3. There are 1,083,602 adults with no high school diploma (HSD)/HSE in

Georgia1. a. The percentage of adults with no HSD/HSE ranges from 6.3%

(Chattahoochee County) to 38.4% (Stewart County). b. 57% of adults with no HSD/HSE are male and 43% are female. c. One-third of Georgians without a HSD or HSE are between the ages of

18-34. d. Over 50% of adults with no HSD/HSE are 45 years of age and older. e. For adults ages 25-34, the percentage with no HSD/HSE ranges from

2.9% (Chattahoochee County) to 45.9% (Hancock County). 4. Almost 1 in 5 Georgians between the ages of 18 and 34 are not in post-

secondary school and do not have a HSD/HSE. 5. There are 25,340 Idle Youth (ages 15-19) in the 26 most populous counties in

Georgia2 who are not in school and not in the work force. In Coweta County, close to 10% of their youth ages 15-19 are idle and Clarke County has only 1%.

6. In 2017, Georgia had a low unemployment rate (4.3%) that has continued to

decline.

1 Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2013-2017, 5 year estimates 2 Defined by the US Census Bureau; in Georgia, these are counties with more than 58,000 people.

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a. The unemployment rate for all adults differs county by county from 1.1% (Hancock and Telfair Counties) to 8.9% (Clay County).

b. The unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34 ranges from 0.4% (Hancock County) to 19.6% (Quitman County).

c. Close to ½ of those unemployed are between the ages of 20-34. d. Not having a HSD/HSE does not always translate to unemployment;

85 counties have low unemployment rates even though they have a high percentage of adults without a HSD/HSE.

i. For adults of all ages, 85 counties have a high percentage with no HSD/HSE and a low percentage who are unemployed.

ii. For adults ages 25-34, 54 counties have a high percentage with no HSD/HSE and a low percentage who are unemployed.

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Scope of Work

The Adult Literacy Research Center (ALRC) at Georgia State University (https://education.gsu.edu/alrc) was contracted by Literacy for All (LFA) to provide supply and demand information regarding Adult Basic Education (ABE) and High School Equivalency (HSE) services in Georgia. In collaboration with the Georgia Office of Adult Education (GOAE) at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) as noted below, a recent time period that was most closely aligned for both supply and demand was selected for review.

1. We compiled a list of ABE and HSE services throughout the state of Georgia. We used the listing that covers the TCSG’s fiscal year 2018 data (7/1/2017 -6/30/2018). As requested by LFA, our report does not include prison sites or sites that only offer English as a Second Language services.

2. We provided a description of the demand for ABE/HSE services in the state of Georgia based on Census Bureau data collected through the American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-year estimates. These data were selected for use based on the guidelines provided at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance/estimates.html. American Community Survey data are collected over 60 months and the most recent time period is 1/1/2013-12/31/2017. Data from counties with populations of at least 65,000 are included in the last year of the 5-year period (2017).

o We were asked to define demand by LFA as: § Adults with no high school diploma or HSE by sex and age; § Adults ages 18-34 who are not in school; § Unemployed adults by age (not at work, actively seeking work, and

available to accept a job); and § Idle Youth in the 26 largest counties (defined by Census Bureau as

ages 15-19 and not in school or the work force - available only for 26 largest counties in Georgia).

3. We developed geo-coded maps to show a sample of supply and demand characteristics of ABE/HSE services.

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Data and Data Sources We collected data on:

1. Locations of FY2018 adult literacy sites that are recipients of the TCSG grant and others as identified through the United Way, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, and Georgia Baptist Literacy Mission websites and offices. See Appendix A for URL or telephone listings of non-TCSG providers (Note: Given the nature of adult literacy, we assume that there are other adult literacy sites in the state that are not publicized through these sources).

2. Locations of Certified Literate Communities (CLC) and Certified Literate Community Participants (CLCP) from TCSG Data Reports.

3. Locations of HSE testing sites from TCSG Data Reports. 4. Adults with no HSD/HSE by age and sex from the Census Bureau American

Community Survey (ACS) 2017, 5-year estimates, Report B150013 . 5. Adults who are not in school by sex for ages 18-24 and 25-34 from the Census

Bureau ACS 2017, 5-year estimates, Report B140033. 6. Unemployed adults by age (not at work, actively seeking work, and available to

accept a job) from the Census Bureau ACS 2017, 5-year estimates, Report B230013.

7. Idle Youth in the 26 largest counties (ages 15-19 and not in school or the work force) from the Census Bureau ACS 2017, 5-year estimates, Report S09023.

3 Census Bureau American Community Survey Reports are available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t#none

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Supply Related Findings

1. Service Delivery Areas ABE/HSE provider sites are divided into 23 Service Delivery Areas (SDA). TCSG data reports provide the unique number of ABE/HSE participants served in each SDA and is included in Appendix B.

Map 1. TCSG Service Delivery Areas FY 2018

Source: Technical College System of Georgia

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2. Number and Locations of ABE/HSE Provider Sites There are 299 TCSG-funded ABE/HSE provider sites. These sites receive some or all of their funding for ABE/HSE services from TCSG through Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding. There may be one type of class at each site or multiple types of classes at each site. The sites also vary by the number of students enrolled, by the number of classes provided, and by when classes are provided. This does not include prison sites or sites that only offer English as a Second Language services.

We were able to locate 35 non-TCSG-funded ABE/HSE provider sites4. These sites include 21 Georgia Baptist Literacy Mission sites, 2 CobbWorks Literacy Council sites, 2 ThinkSmart sites and one each as follows: Franklin County School District, Future Minds Literacy and Adult Education, Inc., Royce Learning Center, Action Ministries, North Fulton Community Charities, B.R.I.D.G.E., Conyers Seventh-Day Adventist Church, University of North Georgia, Gilmer Learning Center and Americus Literacy Action. This does not include prison sites or sites that only provide English as a Second Language. Given the nature of adult literacy, we assume that there are other adult literacy programs in the state that we were not able to locate. As can be seen in Table 1 and Map 2, the number of service providers sites per county ranges from 0 (Murray County) to 28 (Fulton County). Table 2 shows the breakdown of the number of TCSG-funded ABE/HSE sites per county and the number of non-TCSG-funded ABE/HSE sites (that we were able to locate) per county. Please see Appendix C for a listing of number of sites by county.

4Provider sites were identified from websites of and follow-up phone calls with United Way, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, and Georgia Baptist Literacy Mission offices.

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Table 1. Number of All ABE/HSE sites and Number of Counties

Number of ALL ABE/HSE sites (TCSG funded and non-TCSG-funded sites)

Number of Counties

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Map 2. Locations of 334 ABE/HSE Sites by County

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Table 2. Breakdown of TCSG-Funded and Non-TCSG-Funded ABE/HSE Sites by

County

Number of TCSG-Funded ABE/HSE Sites (299)

Number of Counties

(159)

Number of Non-TCSG-Funded ABE/HSE Sites (35)

Number of Counties

(159) 0 1 0 126 1 109 1 15 2 23 2 7 3 10 3 2 4 6 5 3 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2

11 1 25 1

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3. Certified Literate Community Program

The Certified Literate Community Program was created in 1990 by the State Board of the Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE), now TCSG, in an effort to engage community-level resources in collaboration with state and federal funding to address the issue of low adult literacy in the state. There are two designated levels of participation in this program. The first is to become a CLCP; there are 48 counties and 1 city with the designation of CLCP in the state. The second designation after meeting a goal to serve the majority of adult literacy students in their local community is called a CLC; there are 39 counties and 1 city with the designation of CLC in the state. Please see Map 3 for a visual mapping of the CLCPs and CLCs in the state, as well as Appendix D for a listing of CLC/CLCPs by county. As can be seen in Map 3, there are 39 counties with CLCs and 48 counties with CLCPs.

Map 3. CLC/CLCP Locations by County

Source: Technical College System of Georgia

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4. HSE Testing Sites

There are 61 HSE testing sites and 54 mobile testing labs in Georgia. Please see Appendix E for listing of testing sites by county. As can be seen in Table 3 and Map 4, the majority of counties that have testing sites have one site, two counties (Ben Hill and Cobb) have two sites, and one county (Fulton) has three testing sites.

Table 3. HSE Testing Sites and Number of Counties

Number of HSE Testing Sites

Number of Counties

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Map 4. HSE Testing Sites by County

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Demand Related Findings

1. Adults with No HSD or HSE by Sex and Age

o There are 1,083,602 adults with no HSD/HSE in Georgia. As indicated inFigure 1, 53% are male and 47% are female.

o As indicated in Figure 2, close to a 1/3 of adults with no HSD/HSE arebetween the ages of 18-34.

o As indicated in Figure 2, over 50% of adults with no HSD/HSE are 45years of age and older.

Figure 1. Adults with No HSD/HSE by Sex

Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2013-2017, 5-year estimates

Figure 2. Adults with No HSD/HSE by Age Bracket


See Appendix F for listings of no HSD/HSE for males by age and by county and Appendix G for listings of no HSD/HSE for females by age and by county.

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2. Adults ages 18-34 who are Not in School

As indicated in Figure 3, almost 1 in 5 Georgians between the ages of 18 and 34 who are not in post-secondary school do not have a HSD/HSE. See Appendix H for listing of adults who do not possess a HSD/HSE and who are not in school by age and by county.

Figure 3. Adults ages 18-34 School Enrollment


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3. Unemployed Adults

Georgia’s unemployment rate in December 2017 was 4.3%.5 As indicated in Figure 4, close to ½ of those unemployed are between the ages of 20-346. See Appendix I for a listing of unemployed adults by age and by county7.

Figure 4. Unemployed Adults, Georgia

Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2013- 2017, 5-year estimates

5 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017 https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST130000000000003?amp%253bdata_tool=XGtable&output_view=data&include_graphs=true 6 The Census Bureau reports unemployment beginning at age 20. Unemployment is defined as not at work, actively looking for work, and available to accept a job. 7 Only reflects employment status, not wage status.

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4. Idle Youth There were 25,340 youth ages 15-19 in the 26 most populous counties in Georgia (over 58,000 people) who were not in school and not in the labor force. See Appendix J for a listing of Idle Youth by county. Figure 5 shows the number of Idle Youth. Figure 6 shows the Idle Youth as a percentage of all youth ages 15-19. Coweta County has close to 10% of their youth ages 15-19 who are idle; Clarke County has only 1%.

Figure 5. Number of Idle Youth, Ages 15-19


Figure 6. Idle Youth as a Percentage of All Youth Ages 15-19


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Geo-Coded Maps Geo-coded maps were designed using ArcGIS in collaboration with Dr. Daijun Dai of the Geosciences Department at Georgia State University. Categories of interest (based on discussion with LFA) were entered into the mapping system which allows us to analyze multiple categories of geo-spatial data. Please note that the information provided in these maps are purely descriptive and do not provide any correlational or causal relationships. In order to determine whether the supply of services meets the demands of adults, more information is required. To truly explore whether supply is meeting demand, analysis of the following types of information are required for each county:

• how many students are served at each site, • does the site have a waiting list, and • does the county border another county where there are sites with adequate

access for students who live in a different county.

It is also critical to explore the culture of the county. Not every adult who has literacy difficulties wants or needs adult literacy services to meet their individual goals. Finally, employment also matters; if many adults are employed there may be low demand for HSE services. Without this information, we do not know if sites in any particular county serve the number of students who need or want services. Without considering how many adults in any given county want or need HSE, it is difficult to determine whether the demand is being satisfied.

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1. Adults with no HSD/HSE and Number of ABE/HSE Provider Sites By County This map shows total number of adults without a HSD/HSE in Georgia and the number of ABE/HSE provider sites by county. The lighter color indicates a larger number of adults with no HSD/HSE; the size of the circle indicates the total number of provider sites in the county (larger circle = more sites).

Map 5. Total Number of Adults without HSD/HSE and Total Number of ABE/HSE

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Total Adults without HSD or HSE384 - 3,260

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To help clarify the map, Table 4 shows three counties with differing colors (representing a differing number of adults without HSD/HSE) and differing circle sizes (representing differing numbers of ABE/HSE sites).

Table 4. Sample of Counties with Total Number of Adults without HSD/HSE by Color and Total Number of ABE/HSE Sites by Circle Size

County Name Total Number of Adults

without HSD/HSE Total Number of ABE/HSE Sites

Fulton 67,666 28 Dougherty 12,411 4 Rabun 2,284 1

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2. Percentage of All Adults with No HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate

This section shows the relationship between the percentage of all adults with no HSD/HSE and the percentage of unemployed adults in Georgia in map, table, and figure formats.

The percentage of adults with no HSD/HSE ranges from 6.3% (Chattahoochee County) to 38.4% (Stewart County).

The unemployment rate for adults ranges from 1.1% (Hancock and Telfair Counties) to 8.9% (Clay County).

Map 6 shows the the relationship between the percentage of all adults without a HSD/HSE (14.1%) and the unemployment rate for all adults (4.3%)8

Counties shaded dark brown have both a high percentage of adults without a HSD/HSE and a high percentage of unemployed; counties shaded beige have a low percentage of adults without a HSD/HSE and a low unemployment rate.

Counties shaded bright blue have a high percentage of adults without a HSD/HSE and a low percentage of unemployed. Counties shaded bright orange have a low percentage of adults without a HSD/HSE and a high unemployment rate.

See Appendix K for a listing of percentage of adults with no HSD/HSE and unemployment rate by county.

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Figure 7 shows the percentage of adults with no HSD/HSE and unemployment rate divided into quadrants. The quadrants are based on the rate of adults with no HSD/HSE (14.1%) and the unemployment rate (4.3%).

Figure 7. Percentage of All Adults with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate

The largest cluster of 86 counties falls in Cluster 3 (high % no HSD/HSE and low % unemployed). The smallest cluster of 12 counties falls in Cluster 1 (low % no HSD/HSE and high % unemployed). See Appendix L for a listing of percentage of adults with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate by Cluster.

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3. Percentage of Adults Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate for Adults Ages 25-34

In this section, we explore the relationship between the percentage of adults ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and the unemployment rate of adults ages 25-34 in map, table, and figure formats. The percentage range of adults ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE is 2.9% (Chattahoochee County) to 45.9% (Hancock County). The unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34 ranges from 0.4% (Hancock County) to 19.6% (Quitman County). Map 7 shows the the relationship between the percentage of adults ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE (12.5%) and the unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34 (6.4%).9 Counties shaded dark brown have both a high percentage of adults ages 25-34 without a HSD/HSE and a high unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34; counties shaded beige have a low percentage of adults without a HSD/HSE ages 25-34 and a low unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34. Counties shaded bright blue have a high percentage of adults ages 25-34 without a HSD/HSE and a low unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34. Counties shaded bright orange have a low percentage of adults ages 25-34 without a HSD/HSE and a high unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34. See Appendix K for a listing of percentage of adults ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and unemployment rate by county.

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Table 6. Sample of Counties with Differing Percentages of Adults Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate for Adults Ages 25-34

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Figure 8 shows the percentage of adults ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34 divided into quadrants. The quadrants are based on the rate of adults ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE (12.5%) and the unemployment rate for adults ages 25-34 (6.4%). Figure 8. Percentage of Adults Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate

Ages 25 to 34

For adults ages 25-34, the largest cluster of 54 counties falls in Cluster 3 (high % no HSD/HSE and low % unemployed). The smallest cluster of 25 counties falls in Cluster 4 (low % no HSD/HSE and low % unemployed). See Appendix M for a listing of percentage of adults ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate by Cluster.

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Concluding Remarks

As indicated, due to varying issues at the student, site, and community levels, based on the information provided in this report it is not possible to determine whether the supply of ABE/HSE services meets the demands of adult students. It is highly recommended that GOAE staff be consulted before any conclusions are drawn. More information regarding supply and demand will be forthcoming in the next few years. For example, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) will be providing information on the literacy skill levels at the county-level using the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2017 National Supplement data. The report is expected to be released by December 2021. As another example, the Georgia Partnership for Adult Education and Research, a federally funded research project involving both GOAE and ALRC, focuses on investigating a multitude of factors related to retention rates and learner gains at differing levels of the adult education system (i.e., site-level, teacher-level, and student-level factors).

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Appendix A: URL or Telephone Listing for Non-TCSG-funded ABE/HSE Provider Sites

Georgia Baptist Literacy Mission: https://gabaptist.org/literacymissions/ CobbWorks Literacy Council: https://www.worksourcecobb.org/ged ThinkSmart: 404-408-8046 Franklin County School District: 706-384-4554 Future Minds Literacy and Adult Education, Inc.: 912-596-1420 Royce Learning Center: https://roycelearningcenter.org/Adult-Community-Education Action Ministries: https://actionministries.net/programs/adult-literacy-and-ged-programming/ North Fulton Community Charities: https://nfcchelp.org/contact/ B.R.I.D.G.E.: http://bridgecolumbus.org/ Conyers Seventh-Day Adventist Church: https://www.conyerschurch.org/ University of North Georgia: https://ung.edu/campuses/gainesville/index.php Gilmer Learning Center: 706-276-1110 Americus Literacy Action (ALAI): 229-924-9010

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Appendix B: List of TCSG Service Delivery Areas and Unique Number of ABE/HSE Participants Served, FY 2018 (7/1/17-6/30/18)

NAME ABE/HSE Participants

Albany Tech 950 Athens Tech 995 Atlanta Tech 1,976 Augusta Tech 1,086 Central Georgia Tech 2,040 Chattahoochee Tech 933 Coastal Pines Tech 1,315 Cobb County School District 1,026 Columbus Tech 980 Georgia Northwestern Tech 1,350 Georgia Piedmont Tech 2,543 Gwinnett Tech 2,721 Lanier Tech 1,391 North Georgia Tech 794 Oconee Fall Line Tech 528 Ogeechee Tech 358 South Georgia Tech 415 Southern Regional Tech 1,255 Savannah Tech 2,042 Southeastern Tech 621 Southern Crescent Tech 1,275 West Georgia Tech 2,084 Wiregrass Tech 1,520 TOTAL 30.198

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Appendix C: List of Number of TCSG/non-TCSG ABE/HSE Provider Sites by County, FY2018

County Name TCSG Funded Sites Non-TCSG Funded Sites

Total Sites

Appling 1 0 1 Atkinson 1 0 1 Bacon 1 0 1 Baker 1 0 1 Baldwin 3 0 3 Banks 1 0 1 Barrow 2 0 2 Bartow 2 0 2 Ben Hill 1 1 2 Berrien 1 0 1 Bibb 8 0 8 Bleckley 1 0 1 Brantley 1 0 1 Brooks 1 0 1 Bryan 3 0 3 Bulloch 2 0 2 Burke 1 0 1 Butts 1 0 1 Calhoun 1 0 1 Camden 1 0 1 Candler 1 0 1 Carroll 3 1 4 Catoosa 1 0 1 Charlton 1 0 1 Chatham 11 2 13 Chattahoochee 1 0 1 Chattooga 1 0 1 Cherokee 1 1 2 Clarke 5 2 7 Clay 1 0 1 Clayton 7 2 9 Clinch 1 0 1 Cobb 1 3 4 Coffee 1 0 1 Colquitt 1 0 1 Columbia 1 0 1 Cook 1 0 1 Coweta 4 0 4 Crawford 1 0 1 Crisp 2 0 2 Dade 1 0 1 Dawson 1 0 1 Decatur 1 0 1 DeKalb 5 2 7 Dodge 1 0 1 Dooly 1 0 1 Dougherty 4 0 4 Douglas 3 0 3 Early 1 0 1 Echols 1 0 1

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Appendix C: List of Number of TCSG/non-TCSG ABE/HSE Provider Sites by County, FY 2018

County Name TCSG Sites Non-TCSG Sites Total Sites Effingham 1 0 1 Elbert 1 0 1 Emanuel 1 0 1 Evans 1 0 1 Fannin 1 0 1 Fayette 3 1 4 Floyd 2 0 2 Forsyth 4 0 4 Franklin 2 1 3 Fulton 25 3 28 Gilmer 1 1 2 Glascock 1 0 1 Glynn 3 0 3 Gordon 1 0 1 Grady 1 1 2 Greene 1 0 1 Gwinnett 9 2 11 Habersham 3 0 3 Hall 4 2 6 Hancock 1 0 1 Haralson 1 0 1 Harris 2 0 2 Hart 1 0 1 Heard 1 0 1 Henry 2 1 3 Houston 4 1 5 Irwin 1 0 1 Jackson 6 0 6 Jasper 1 0 1 Jeff Davis 1 0 1 Jefferson 2 0 2 Jenkins 1 0 1 Johnson 1 0 1 Jones 2 0 2 Lamar 1 1 2 Lanier 1 0 1 Laurens 2 0 2 Lee 1 0 1 Liberty 3 0 3 Lincoln 1 0 1 Long 1 0 1 Lowndes 5 1 6 Lumpkin 1 0 1 Macon 1 0 1 Madison 1 0 1 Marion 1 0 1 McDuffie 2 0 2 McIntosh 2 0 2 Meriwether 1 0 1 Miller 1 0 1 Mitchell 2 0 2

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County Name TCSG Sites Non-TCSG Sites Total Sites Monroe 1 0 1 Montgomery 1 0 1 Morgan 1 0 1 Murray 0 0 0 Muscogee 9 2 11 Newton 2 0 2 Oconee 1 0 1 Oglethorpe 1 0 1 Paulding 2 0 2 Peach 1 0 1 Pickens 1 0 1 Pierce 1 0 1 Pike 1 0 1 Polk 1 0 1 Pulaski 1 0 1 Putnam 1 0 1 Quitman 1 0 1 Rabun 1 0 1 Randolph 1 0 1 Richmond 4 1 5 Rockdale 1 1 2 Schley 1 0 1 Screven 1 0 1 Seminole 1 0 1 Spalding 3 0 3 Stephens 2 0 2 Stewart 1 0 1 Sumter 3 1 4 Talbot 1 0 1 Taliaferro 1 0 1 Tattnall 2 0 2 Taylor 2 0 2 Telfair 1 0 1 Terrell 1 0 1 Thomas 1 0 1 Tift 2 0 2 Toombs 1 0 1 Towns 1 0 1 Treutlen 1 0 1 Troup 2 0 2 Turner 1 0 1 Twiggs 2 0 2 Union 1 0 1 Upson 1 0 1 Walker 1 1 2 Walton 2 0 2 Ware 1 0 1 Warren 1 0 1 Washington 1 0 1 Wayne 1 0 1 Webster 1 0 1

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County Name TCSG Sites Non-TCSG Sites Total Sites Wheeler 1 0 1 White 1 0 1 Whitfield 1 0 1 Wilcox 1 0 1 Wilkes 1 0 1 Wilkinson 1 0 1 Worth 1 0 1 TOTAL 299 35 334

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Appendix D: List of Counties with CLC/CLCP, FY 2018 CLC Counties CLCP Counties Barrow Atkinson Bibb Baker Burke Baldwin Carroll Ben Hill Cherokee Berrien Clarke Brooks Cobb Calhoun Coweta Camden Crisp Catoosa Decatur Chattooga Dawson Clinch Dooley Coffee Elbert Colquitt Fannin Cook Forsyth DeKalb Gilmer Dodge Gordon Dougherty Habersham Douglas Hall Early Haralson Echols Hart Floyd Houston Glynn Lowndes Grady Lumpkin Gwinnett Macon Irwin Monroe Jackson Muscogee Laurens Newton Lee Peach McDuffie Pickens McIntosh Pulaski Mitchell Schley Pierce Stephens Randolph Tattnall Seminole Taylor Spalding Tift Terrell Toombs Thomas Treutlen Towns Washington Troup

Turner Union Upson Walker Wayne Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Worth

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Appendix E: High School Equivalency Degree Testing Sites by County, FY 2018

County Name Testing Sites Appling 0 Atkinson 0 Bacon 0 Baker 0 Baldwin 1 Banks 0 Barrow 1 Bartow 0 Ben Hill 2 Berrien 0 Bibb 1 Bleckley 0 Brantley 0 Brooks 0 Bryan 0 Bulloch 1 Burke 0 Butts 0 Calhoun 0 Camden 0 Candler 0 Carroll 1 Catoosa 0 Charlton 0 Chatham 1 Chattahoochee 0 Chattooga 0 Cherokee 0 Clarke 1 Clay 0 Clayton 1 Clinch 0 Cobb 2 Coffee 1 Colquitt 1 Columbia 0 Cook 0 Coweta 1 Crawford 0 Crisp 1 Dade 0 Dawson 1 Decatur 1 DeKalb 1 Dodge 0 Dooly 0 Dougherty 1 Douglas 1 Early 0 Echols 0

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County Name Testing Sites Effingham 1 Elbert 1 Emanuel 1 Evans 0 Fannin 0 Fayette 0 Floyd 1 Forsyth 1 Franklin 0 Fulton 3 Gilmer 0 Glascock 0 Glynn 1 Gordon 1 Grady 0 Greene 0 Gwinnett 1 Habersham 1 Hall 1 Hancock 0 Haralson 0 Harris 0 Hart 1 Heard 0 Henry 0 Houston 1 Irwin 0 Jackson 1 Jasper 0 Jeff Davis 0 Jefferson 0 Jenkins 0 Johnson 0 Jones 0 Lamar 0 Lanier 0 Laurens 1 Lee 0 Liberty 1 Lincoln 0 Long 0 Lowndes 1 Lumpkin 1 Macon 0 Madison 1 Marion 0 McDuffie 0 McIntosh 0 Meriwether 0 Miller 0 Mitchell 0

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County Name Testing Sites Monroe 0 Montgomery 0 Morgan 0 Murray 0 Muscogee 1 Newton 1 Oconee 0 Oglethorpe 0 Paulding 0 Peach 0 Pickens 1 Pierce 0 Pike 0 Polk 0 Pulaski 0 Putnam 0 Quitman 0 Rabun 0 Randolph 0 Richmond 1 Rockdale 0 Schley 0 Screven 0 Seminole 0 Spalding 1 Stephens 0 Stewart 0 Sumter 1 Talbot 0 Taliaferro 0 Tattnall 0 Taylor 0 Telfair 0 Terrell 0 Thomas 1 Tift 1 Toombs 1 Towns 0 Treutlen 0 Troup 1 Turner 0 Twiggs 0 Union 1 Upson 1 Walker 1 Walton 1 Ware 1 Warren 0 Washington 1 Wayne 1 Webster 0

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County Name Testing Sites Wheeler 0 White 0 Whitfield 1 Wilcox 0 Wilkes 1 Wilkinson 0 Worth 0 TOTAL 61

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Appendix F: Males: No HSD/HSE by Age and by County, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-year estimates

County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Appling 198 231 233 783 383 Atkinson 108 162 161 343 154 Bacon 172 181 124 228 164 Baker 22 96 11 160 99 Baldwin 557 415 353 1399 745 Banks 131 168 205 754 395 Barrow 854 803 1019 1975 895 Bartow 1009 1563 1088 2495 1331 Ben Hill 80 201 319 454 234 Berrien 168 191 174 611 319 Bibb 1612 1401 948 2717 2125 Bleckley 47 49 122 129 173 Brantley 244 108 324 645 383 Brooks 240 156 246 364 408 Bryan 449 245 100 423 286 Bulloch 635 600 346 1083 620 Burke 407 255 153 509 376 Butts 479 678 494 705 341 Calhoun 135 240 207 288 130 Camden 347 369 124 526 350 Candler 109 85 188 358 215 Carroll 1277 1389 1438 2371 1389 Catoosa 376 646 293 1198 921 Charlton 285 264 354 611 186 Chatham 2883 2682 1996 3461 2390 Chattahoochee 127 50 19 81 39 Chattooga 449 636 341 999 635 Cherokee 1768 1593 1706 3083 1760 Clarke 734 1006 802 1743 742 Clay 112 17 32 48 74 Clayton 3673 3253 3360 4953 1656 Clinch 81 86 107 137 243 Cobb 5497 6498 6767 6629 3018 Coffee 702 927 653 1390 672 Colquitt 1048 916 974 1302 834 Columbia 1043 1056 711 931 767 Cook 94 188 197 471 319 Coweta 1070 756 888 1913 1286 Crawford 179 104 100 255 298 Crisp 101 192 163 423 519 Dade 87 76 204 515 422 Dawson 259 221 300 379 306 Decatur 529 469 287 687 467 DeKalb 6400 7658 7443 9264 5017 Dodge 220 168 184 741 350 Dooly 155 497 219 559 441 Dougherty 1395 1048 893 1752 1213 Douglas 1296 904 1228 1771 1363

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County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Early 110 93 61 226 287 Echols 23 58 149 215 24 Effingham 484 405 545 820 596 Elbert 146 100 290 573 540 Emanuel 343 181 289 750 459 Evans 70 158 87 291 239 Fannin 200 46 261 468 730 Fayette 955 307 323 639 510 Floyd 851 1293 1430 2440 1507 Forsyth 1441 1202 1264 1599 1070 Franklin 176 207 320 669 580 Fulton 6649 7610 6208 8906 5332 Gilmer 126 534 505 779 466 Glascock 18 21 13 116 60 Glynn 671 839 828 1258 715 Gordon 480 859 761 1689 841 Grady 110 311 441 522 496 Greene 158 259 146 398 326 Gwinnett 8038 9460 10498 11253 4334 Habersham 436 580 667 933 987 Hall 1820 3289 3565 5343 2093 Hancock 456 615 181 311 250 Haralson 240 251 389 778 706 Harris 142 181 263 617 476 Hart 461 265 279 727 400 Heard 191 111 65 338 272 Henry 2242 1284 1171 3377 1603 Houston 990 1002 882 1640 785 Irwin 100 117 118 199 168 Jackson 296 863 942 1438 951 Jasper 134 200 218 515 230 Jeff Davis 273 389 156 427 328 Jefferson 163 180 169 607 389 Jenkins 143 91 19 248 132 Johnson 202 75 354 278 319 Jones 281 204 145 576 332 Lamar 298 236 76 205 314 Lanier 104 146 77 228 194 Laurens 573 492 441 951 645 Lee 205 328 255 404 234 Liberty 627 405 247 589 277 Lincoln 18 47 76 187 153 Long 117 140 111 371 79 Lowndes 1423 1303 928 1941 1190 Lumpkin 323 391 300 795 431 Macon 275 204 165 549 403 Madison 31 61 92 516 235 Marion 496 484 334 496 342 McDuffie 153 288 417 739 517 McIntosh 27 234 44 317 302

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County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Meriwether 304 127 289 605 558 Miller 33 26 57 189 75 Mitchell 465 573 458 666 413 Monroe 314 285 215 511 562 Montgomery 146 71 95 245 159 Morgan 122 45 62 425 220 Murray 399 529 856 2111 843 Muscogee 1589 1734 1617 2610 1583 Newton 887 863 1085 1772 1113 Oconee 202 64 106 251 205 Oglethorpe 109 114 399 402 353 Paulding 1244 627 1097 2302 1340 Peach 238 217 265 651 182 Pickens 280 437 351 859 490 Pierce 82 291 289 464 206 Pike 152 56 156 228 215 Polk 492 533 800 1116 709 Pulaski 74 10 135 266 196 Putnam 258 287 99 561 382 Quitman 15 13 43 89 86 Rabun 189 145 250 393 340 Randolph 48 12 83 348 293 Richmond 2179 2996 2378 4179 2411 Rockdale 798 858 718 1112 977 Schley 32 81 20 74 115 Screven 177 126 56 347 297 Seminole 54 19 40 193 145 Spalding 635 824 700 1653 1031 Stephens 237 209 218 676 577 Stewart 409 333 289 197 191 Sumter 328 527 313 818 605 Talbot 48 39 54 203 186 Taliaferro 33 61 42 91 40 Tattnall 797 1127 694 843 366 Taylor 230 17 146 266 220 Telfair 345 972 754 859 335 Terrell 157 126 182 203 168 Thomas 445 324 646 1100 667 Tift 390 517 487 773 579 Toombs 365 369 216 643 526 Towns 81 90 72 186 171 Treutlen 108 88 114 219 246 Troup 1058 426 649 1386 1008 Turner 49 86 224 186 160 Twiggs 72 16 53 539 381 Union 254 167 109 481 320 Upson 264 291 313 721 556 Walker 492 675 727 1770 1228 Walton 896 476 567 1610 1031 Ware 592 803 321 698 563

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County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Warren 26 20 57 214 207 Washington 288 233 236 621 387 Wayne 471 384 266 682 446 Webster 13 0 8 64 92 Wheeler 330 233 243 269 210 White 189 186 292 762 414 Whitfield 935 2214 2886 3916 1731 Wilcox 188 221 192 194 111 Wilkes 118 161 89 210 369 Wilkinson 68 33 83 215 227 Worth 244 239 162 517 430

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Appendix G: Females: No HSD/HSE by Age and by County, American Community Survey 2013-2017 5-year estimates

County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Appling 106 324 106 356 660 Atkinson 80 130 144 261 225 Bacon 96 83 161 235 132 Baker 18 15 20 33 82 Baldwin 337 232 230 551 1120 Banks 102 145 224 551 463 Barrow 606 490 524 1368 1126 Bartow 1130 842 1028 1710 1726 Ben Hill 170 81 139 346 354 Berrien 121 210 166 405 502 Bibb 969 1374 869 2053 3381 Bleckley 44 107 90 202 342 Brantley 148 174 156 322 159 Brooks 131 134 104 385 352 Bryan 165 68 94 314 345 Bulloch 440 368 392 1048 927 Burke 174 223 169 566 681 Butts 175 292 248 456 525 Calhoun 39 19 65 114 188 Camden 372 241 212 514 405 Candler 115 130 256 330 195 Carroll 683 675 831 2190 2235 Catoosa 353 427 582 956 997 Charlton 109 119 24 127 359 Chatham 1622 1772 1155 2796 4004 Chattahoochee 60 21 27 43 79 Chattooga 255 191 259 594 983 Cherokee 1251 1109 1376 1853 1823 Clarke 642 831 1051 1722 1194 Clay 43 20 33 36 97 Clayton 2425 2965 2397 5013 3213 Clinch 115 135 58 239 177 Cobb 3523 4228 4521 5966 5409 Coffee 224 302 414 865 816 Colquitt 407 650 882 1339 1054 Columbia 764 730 449 855 1779 Cook 181 112 141 503 460 Coweta 736 871 758 1654 1961 Crawford 182 60 16 193 341 Crisp 115 135 160 559 742 Dade 108 30 177 457 446 Dawson 65 104 104 391 385 Decatur 141 268 209 603 477 DeKalb 4750 5330 5624 7810 8019 Dodge 84 172 31 413 464 Dooly 61 33 158 278 538 Dougherty 927 675 501 1755 2252 Douglas 1116 661 864 1712 2092 Early 47 54 40 177 429

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County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus

Echols 3 60 78 129 95 Effingham 331 498 239 841 833 Elbert 80 176 201 481 521 Emanuel 185 257 119 372 548 Evans 42 136 145 317 324 Fannin 106 117 108 269 642 Fayette 765 255 246 631 850 Floyd 991 910 1060 1750 1993 Forsyth 1031 841 1160 1492 1519 Franklin 130 227 179 514 766 Fulton 5220 5408 5181 8650 8502 Gilmer 202 288 226 641 625 Glascock 58 4 9 111 129 Glynn 535 860 507 839 1021 Gordon 490 716 884 1601 1353 Grady 244 316 313 560 805 Greene 33 126 146 405 389 Gwinnett 5788 6534 7847 12888 7541 Habersham 423 426 661 906 1320 Hall 1732 2588 3444 4075 2796 Hancock 12 39 32 148 450 Haralson 200 227 259 693 788 Harris 118 62 48 206 661 Hart 195 229 130 575 797 Heard 93 137 73 271 289 Henry 1344 1006 980 2135 2134 Houston 978 631 633 1288 2197 Irwin 74 26 83 223 202 Jackson 438 453 651 1031 1067 Jasper 83 157 73 431 423 Jeff Davis 169 288 87 228 329 Jefferson 191 140 129 423 698 Jenkins 131 48 60 346 299 Johnson 81 23 99 179 375 Jones 143 169 73 343 428 Lamar 75 149 79 322 307 Lanier 16 116 44 262 307 Laurens 252 304 454 730 1068 Lee 331 73 189 259 389 Liberty 402 337 111 531 744 Lincoln 19 47 130 107 220 Long 117 112 83 290 284 Lowndes 1126 673 854 1731 1780 Lumpkin 295 279 162 529 416 Macon 131 178 115 534 510 Madison 58 93 85 296 437 Marion 133 71 157 308 439 McDuffie 242 177 262 477 602 McIntosh 80 85 31 148 235

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County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus

Meriwether 321 185 324 550 720 Miller 61 14 49 118 205 Mitchell 113 307 214 424 525 Monroe 151 106 230 510 579 Montgomery 37 89 60 187 209 Morgan 10 45 89 383 396 Murray 360 384 785 1776 1146 Muscogee 1097 1257 1348 2661 3323 Newton 766 914 644 1856 1649 Oconee 187 160 85 194 264 Oglethorpe 104 67 279 321 374 Paulding 1092 492 489 1555 1767 Peach 156 160 127 445 397 Pickens 235 153 317 492 500 Pierce 48 213 97 244 548 Pike 63 111 90 205 280 Polk 377 507 694 779 1211 Pulaski 128 283 182 270 346 Putnam 171 140 155 284 301 Quitman 13 14 14 72 162 Rabun 100 63 125 165 514 Randolph 100 80 50 64 381 Richmond 1644 1548 1353 3439 3839 Rockdale 477 587 765 1034 1483 Schley 50 38 14 131 153 Screven 148 82 87 361 388 Seminole 153 50 89 223 189 Spalding 488 424 772 1161 1834 Stephens 368 141 298 452 587 Stewart 32 51 26 129 265 Sumter 281 203 294 547 794 Talbot 23 2 61 159 288 Taliaferro 7 17 33 79 57 Tattnall 81 263 269 569 431 Taylor 98 97 56 175 354 Telfair 77 25 94 265 347 Terrell 86 106 117 221 347 Thomas 330 467 325 879 926 Tift 192 270 355 773 828 Toombs 278 372 283 275 700 Towns 65 9 11 126 223 Treutlen 51 29 41 189 201 Troup 678 524 565 1392 1423 Turner 79 143 96 183 228 Twiggs 100 71 73 360 393 Union 263 222 33 342 295 Upson 128 87 210 647 931 Walker 327 664 301 1430 2161 Walton 596 808 620 1256 1358 Ware 321 203 199 683 799

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County Name 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus

Warren 43 57 26 162 244 Washington 86 174 154 455 734 Wayne 309 463 164 668 702 Webster 27 33 6 64 77 Wheeler 66 2 4 167 128 White 284 179 245 256 627 Whitfield 957 1554 2398 3569 2337 Wilcox 41 21 80 150 262 Wilkes 210 54 89 128 394 Wilkinson 34 37 51 228 213 Worth 165 293 212 513 728

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Appendix H: No HSD/HSE and Not in School (NIS) by Age and by County, American Community Survey 2013-2017, 5 year estimates

County Name 18-24 NIS

18-24 No HSD/HSE

% 18-24 no HSD/HIS and NIS 25-34 NIS

25-34 No HSD/HSE

% 25-34 no HSD/HSE and NIS

Appling 1090 304 28% 2195 555 25% Atkinson 481 188 39% 1012 292 29% Bacon 682 268 39% 1305 264 20% Baker 166 40 24% 371 111 30% Baldwin 2458 894 36% 4736 647 14% Banks 937 233 25% 2004 313 16% Barrow 3621 1460 40% 9901 1293 13% Bartow 5632 2139 38% 12500 2405 19% Ben Hill 1059 250 24% 1838 282 15% Berrien 983 289 29% 2085 401 19% Bibb 8236 2581 31% 18334 2775 15% Bleckley 547 91 17% 1162 156 13% Brantley 1120 392 35% 1925 282 15% Brooks 603 371 62% 1559 290 19% Bryan 1540 614 40% 4143 313 8% Bulloch 3269 1075 33% 8047 968 12% Burke 1135 581 51% 2533 478 19% Butts 1390 654 47% 3350 970 29% Calhoun 315 174 55% 1083 259 24% Camden 5105 719 14% 7271 610 8% Candler 617 224 36% 1152 215 19% Carroll 6211 1960 32% 13026 2064 16% Catoosa 3216 729 23% 7137 1073 15% Charlton 785 394 50% 1321 383 29% Chatham 14452 4505 31% 38818 4454 11% Chattahoochee 3008 187 6% 2106 71 3% Chattooga 1488 704 47% 2942 827 28% Cherokee 8988 3019 34% 24800 2702 11% Clarke 7275 1376 19% 15128 1837 12% Clay 184 155 84% 292 37 13% Clayton 17296 6098 35% 36270 6218 17% Clinch 309 196 63% 865 221 26% Cobb 30624 9020 29% 92586 10726 12% Coffee 2667 926 35% 5387 1229 23% Colquitt 2467 1455 59% 5420 1566 29% Columbia 6050 1807 30% 17025 1786 10% Cook 961 275 29% 1803 300 17% Coweta 6804 1806 27% 15577 1627 10% Crawford 487 361 74% 1161 164 14% Crisp 1307 216 17% 2212 327 15% Dade 574 195 34% 1557 106 7% Dawson 1067 324 30% 2308 325 14% Decatur 1641 670 41% 3213 737 23% DeKalb 32737 11150 34% 105249 12988 12% Dodge 1210 304 25% 2518 340 14% Dooly 849 216 25% 1362 530 39% Dougherty 4585 2322 51% 9745 1723 18% Douglas 6660 2412 36% 15102 1565 10% Early 516 157 30% 975 147 15%

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18-24 No HSD/HSE


25-34 No HSD/HSE


Echols 140 26 19% 413 118 29% Effingham 3004 815 27% 6581 903 14% Elbert 882 226 26% 1983 276 14% Emanuel 1216 528 43% 2732 438 16% Evans 483 112 23% 1463 294 20% Fannin 985 306 31% 2025 163 8% Fayette 4399 1720 39% 8347 562 7% Floyd 4866 1842 38% 10762 2203 20% Forsyth 6904 2472 36% 18469 2043 11% Franklin 1174 306 26% 2391 434 18% Fulton 44274 11869 27% 145984 13018 9% Gilmer 1614 328 20% 2870 822 29% Glascock 213 76 36% 239 25 10% Glynn 4633 1206 26% 8914 1699 19% Gordon 3037 970 32% 6834 1575 23% Grady 1294 354 27% 2865 627 22% Greene 756 191 25% 1542 385 25% Gwinnett 41384 13826 33% 105312 15994 15% Habersham 2484 859 35% 4700 1006 21% Hall 10086 3552 35% 22972 5877 26% Hancock 670 468 70% 1386 654 47% Haralson 1429 440 31% 3144 478 15% Harris 1635 260 16% 2720 243 9% Hart 1563 656 42% 2565 494 19% Heard 671 284 42% 1126 248 22% Henry 11081 3586 32% 22523 2290 10% Houston 7581 1968 26% 19052 1633 9% Irwin 521 174 33% 1066 143 13% Jackson 2678 734 27% 7510 1316 18% Jasper 795 217 27% 1371 357 26% Jeff Davis 544 442 81% 1845 677 37% Jefferson 929 354 38% 1891 320 17% Jenkins 710 274 39% 712 139 20% Johnson 507 283 56% 898 98 11% Jones 1403 424 30% 3030 373 12% Lamar 958 373 39% 1637 385 24% Lanier 663 120 18% 1580 262 17% Laurens 2630 825 31% 5367 796 15% Lee 1017 536 53% 3001 401 13% Liberty 6653 1029 15% 10184 742 7% Lincoln 347 37 11% 711 94 13% Long 1371 234 17% 2433 252 10% Lowndes 8885 2549 29% 14446 1976 14% Lumpkin 1983 618 31% 3004 670 22% Macon 967 406 42% 2384 382 16% Madison 613 89 15% 1208 154 13% Marion 966 629 65% 1484 555 37% McDuffie 1631 395 24% 2996 465 16% McIntosh 366 107 29% 867 319 37%

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18-24 No HSD/HSE


25-34 No HSD/HSE


Meriwether 1163 625 54% 2253 312 14% Miller 369 94 25% 603 40 7% Mitchell 1308 578 44% 2705 880 33% Monroe 1335 465 35% 2673 391 15% Montgomery 427 183 43% 880 160 18% Morgan 917 132 14% 1599 90 6% Murray 2511 759 30% 4567 913 20% Muscogee 11094 2686 24% 27189 2991 11% Newton 5027 1653 33% 11722 1777 15% Oconee 1031 389 38% 2793 224 8% Oglethorpe 583 213 37% 1503 181 12% Paulding 7537 2336 31% 17036 1119 7% Peach 949 394 42% 2659 377 14% Pickens 1379 515 37% 3071 590 19% Pierce 951 130 14% 2160 504 23% Pike 785 215 27% 1875 167 9% Polk 2013 869 43% 4856 1040 21% Pulaski 573 202 35% 1583 293 19% Putnam 997 429 43% 2301 427 19% Quitman 65 28 43% 212 27 13% Rabun 725 289 40% 1515 208 14% Randolph 348 148 43% 679 92 14% Richmond 14858 3823 26% 27802 4544 16% Rockdale 4509 1275 28% 9172 1445 16% Schley 242 82 34% 558 119 21% Screven 696 325 47% 1388 208 15% Seminole 453 207 46% 732 69 9% Spalding 4163 1123 27% 7389 1248 17% Stephens 1041 605 58% 2481 350 14% Stewart 619 441 71% 1187 384 32% Sumter 1628 609 37% 3253 730 22% Talbot 334 71 21% 375 41 11% Taliaferro 127 40 31% 215 78 36% Tattnall 1840 878 48% 4022 1390 35% Taylor 460 328 71% 664 114 17% Telfair 1011 422 42% 2530 997 39% Terrell 435 243 56% 828 232 28% Thomas 2006 775 39% 4801 791 16% Tift 1967 582 30% 4625 787 17% Toombs 1339 643 48% 3338 741 22% Towns 463 146 32% 552 99 18% Treutlen 379 159 42% 827 117 14% Troup 4839 1736 36% 8283 950 11% Turner 341 128 38% 856 229 27% Twiggs 494 172 35% 799 87 11% Union 781 517 66% 1773 389 22% Upson 1486 392 26% 2663 378 14% Walker 3573 819 23% 7319 1339 18% Walton 4353 1492 34% 9324 1284 14%

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18-24 No HSD/HSE


25-34 No HSD/HSE


Ware 2079 913 44% 4231 1006 24% Warren 240 69 29% 700 77 11% Washington 999 374 37% 2453 407 17% Wayne 1578 780 49% 3738 847 23% Webster 83 40 48% 287 33 11% Wheeler 894 396 44% 1034 235 23% White 1493 473 32% 2672 365 14% Whitfield 5842 1892 32% 12198 3768 31% Wilcox 557 229 41% 1181 242 20% Wilkes 594 328 55% 984 215 22% Wilkinson 472 102 22% 898 70 8% Worth 1206 409 34% 2122 532 17%

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Appendix I: Listing of Unemployed by Age by County, American Community Survey

2013-2017, 5 year estimates County Name 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus

Appling 160 107 146 106 0 Atkinson 48 91 25 115 0 Bacon 38 42 27 0 0 Baker 0 16 1 14 0 Baldwin 450 301 141 349 4 Banks 121 149 61 156 6 Barrow 291 558 472 644 155 Bartow 323 946 574 988 45 Ben Hill 61 91 44 92 0 Berrien 214 229 120 63 19 Bibb 1549 2085 1169 1387 110 Bleckley 67 87 11 73 16 Brantley 131 128 94 153 15 Brooks 131 215 202 200 0 Bryan 230 256 253 287 0 Bulloch 985 656 280 551 63 Burke 224 50 80 105 1 Butts 314 86 142 123 32 Calhoun 44 147 48 33 0 Camden 517 540 264 246 0 Candler 58 81 55 78 0 Carroll 1139 970 1008 1038 68 Catoosa 234 433 378 466 56 Charlton 202 128 89 63 13 Chatham 3108 2849 1979 2244 305 Chattahoochee 180 75 31 64 6 Chattooga 107 237 230 160 20 Cherokee 710 1277 1146 1958 239 Clarke 1389 833 635 818 57 Clay 96 16 37 61 2 Clayton 2920 3907 2808 2819 130 Clinch 40 75 19 14 0 Cobb 3753 5324 4029 7367 772 Coffee 156 331 178 183 30 Colquitt 224 446 283 338 15 Columbia 984 933 599 829 101 Cook 96 95 115 85 0 Coweta 759 924 544 1038 85 Crawford 159 99 136 78 9 Crisp 384 432 267 253 12 Dade 53 32 52 145 69 Dawson 49 180 104 207 45 Decatur 262 135 116 136 0 DeKalb 6532 8747 5755 8607 875 Dodge 325 131 139 65 0 Dooly 149 62 140 162 29 Dougherty 1857 1539 785 1072 131 Douglas 666 1490 1074 1548 168

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Appendix I: Listing of Unemployed by Age by County, American Community Survey 2013-2017, 5 year estimates

County Name 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Early 34 98 102 68 8 Echols 19 31 6 40 0 Effingham 264 244 354 248 39 Elbert 101 140 131 182 0 Emanuel 214 210 110 234 7 Evans 0 64 80 62 25 Fannin 147 118 94 311 68 Fayette 848 717 262 790 157 Floyd 644 752 622 920 74 Forsyth 818 736 821 1355 239 Franklin 97 72 114 170 15 Fulton 7152 10915 7771 10862 1141 Gilmer 83 179 341 270 43 Glascock 14 10 16 0 0 Glynn 662 579 405 698 98 Gordon 335 463 327 248 44 Grady 117 359 155 120 0 Greene 34 169 121 64 33 Gwinnett 3997 5391 5558 8264 598 Habersham 270 143 184 249 0 Hall 867 1076 794 1215 95 Hancock 9 6 33 30 6 Haralson 168 185 215 237 17 Harris 251 268 171 428 0 Hart 64 61 129 214 17 Heard 156 60 117 166 0 Henry 1466 1428 1850 2274 89 Houston 1165 1323 602 1122 100 Irwin 58 7 67 79 0 Jackson 368 418 437 538 56 Jasper 134 30 111 131 0 Jeff Davis 63 38 22 32 12 Jefferson 59 140 134 122 16 Jenkins 18 93 43 46 0 Johnson 81 80 286 74 0 Jones 238 431 111 263 33 Lamar 196 175 125 211 0 Lanier 140 154 45 40 17 Laurens 139 227 203 263 2 Lee 285 232 121 259 43 Liberty 726 955 451 469 52 Lincoln 38 61 25 70 0 Long 413 275 299 124 0 Lowndes 1211 1421 517 791 124 Lumpkin 372 146 106 174 29 Macon 218 217 101 134 0 Madison 142 71 138 120 6 Marion 191 212 226 160 19 McDuffie 230 202 163 354 12 McIntosh 73 122 66 5 0 Meriwether 179 119 140 243 1

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County Name 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Miller 3 13 51 54 6 Mitchell 339 480 184 241 17 Monroe 116 281 242 340 22 Montgomery 67 33 14 81 0 Morgan 125 92 106 83 0 Murray 260 293 373 264 7 Muscogee 1800 2245 1583 1931 154 Newton 1227 709 694 1325 124 Oconee 81 216 75 254 60 Oglethorpe 18 96 114 108 17 Paulding 515 942 729 1390 87 Peach 195 312 129 238 51 Pickens 247 183 215 168 112 Pierce 44 156 129 62 0 Pike 99 248 99 236 4 Polk 101 447 295 262 33 Pulaski 56 144 16 36 16 Putnam 141 185 145 111 5 Quitman 11 44 18 27 0 Rabun 108 39 55 155 0 Randolph 40 18 23 98 5 Richmond 2121 2963 1813 2167 195 Rockdale 519 808 577 982 145 Schley 33 119 53 44 7 Screven 89 78 63 67 7 Seminole 65 39 32 61 6 Spalding 526 499 505 386 22 Stephens 311 344 84 304 32 Stewart 67 17 6 36 8 Sumter 460 325 149 92 71 Talbot 36 49 32 20 14 Taliaferro 7 30 13 0 6 Tattnall 64 9 51 82 41 Taylor 136 64 96 129 14 Telfair 4 90 15 44 2 Terrell 64 176 75 63 5 Thomas 375 381 318 463 90 Tift 55 194 179 135 27 Toombs 177 269 393 219 9 Towns 28 19 49 114 29 Treutlen 14 7 37 46 0 Troup 682 813 286 577 55 Turner 38 114 55 8 0 Twiggs 4 42 16 42 7 Union 71 78 92 89 61 Upson 280 320 190 359 17 Walker 335 411 356 642 71 Walton 431 889 383 977 75 Ware 42 220 114 170 0 Warren 64 21 41 27 20 Washington 152 250 98 145 9

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County Name 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 plus Wayne 102 498 209 180 0 Webster 8 21 4 14 0 Wheeler 4 88 34 58 0 White 47 157 17 165 56 Whitfield 812 1085 513 879 141 Wilcox 73 33 12 34 5 Wilkes 36 76 59 40 9 Wilkinson 64 91 25 59 7 Worth 187 145 126 242 24

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Appendix J: Idle Youth in the 26 largest counties by County, American Community Survey 2013-2017, 5 year estimates

County Name Total Idle Youth Ages 15-19 Percent of All Youth Ages

15-19 Bibb 726 6.8% Bulloch 211 2.3% Carroll 383 4.0% Chatham 749 4.0% Cherokee 439 2.7% Clarke 169 1.2% Clayton 1700 8.5% Cobb 1992 4.0% Columbia 531 5.2% Coweta 936 9.8% DeKalb 2097 4.9% Douglas 495 4.7% Fayette 344 3.8% Floyd 219 3.1% Forsyth 451 2.9% Fulton 2889 4.2% Gwinnett 4776 7.2% Hall 694 5.2% Henry 822 4.5% Houston 664 6.6% Lowndes 602 6.6% Muscogee 586 4.4% Newton 534 6.3% Paulding 811 7.1% Richmond 1143 8.3% Whitfield 377 5.1%

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Appendix K: Percentage of All Adults and Adults Ages 25-34 with No HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate by County

County All Adults % no HSD/HSE

All Adults Unemployment Rate

Ages 25-34 % no HSD/HSE

Ages 25-34 Unemployment

Rate Appling 24.4 3.6 24.0 4.6 Atkinson 29.5 4.5 26.3 8.2 Bacon 18.8 1.2 18.4 2.9 Baker 21.4 1.2 28.3 4.1 Baldwin 16.2 3.3 12.3 5.7 Banks 22.3 3.4 14.9 7.1 Barrow 17.6 3.7 11.6 5.0 Bartow 18.1 3.6 18.0 7.1 Ben Hill 18.5 2.2 14.5 4.7 Berrien 19.8 4.3 17.7 10.1 Bibb 15.1 5.2 13.4 10.1 Bleckley 13.0 2.4 12.2 6.8 Brantley 19.2 3.6 13.3 6.0 Brooks 20.6 5.9 16.5 12.2 Bryan 10.1 3.9 6.8 5.5 Bulloch 11.0 4.2 9.6 6.5 Burke 21.0 2.7 17.1 1.8 Butts 23.6 3.6 27.9 2.5 Calhoun 26.8 5.0 20.8 11.8 Camden 8.8 3.9 7.5 6.6 Candler 24.4 3.2 16.9 6.4 Carroll 16.6 4.7 13.7 6.4 Catoosa 13.4 3.0 13.4 5.4 Charlton 23.4 4.7 26.4 8.8 Chatham 11.1 4.6 9.4 6.0 Chattahoochee 6.3 4.1 2.9 3.1 Chattooga 27.8 3.8 26.5 7.6 Cherokee 9.9 2.9 9.7 4.6 Clarke 10.3 3.6 9.0 4.1 Clay 22.1 8.9 12.1 5.2 Clayton 16.7 6.1 15.0 9.4 Clinch 27.7 2.9 23.6 8.0 Cobb 9.3 3.7 10.1 5.0 Coffee 21.5 2.6 20.9 5.6 Colquitt 27.9 3.7 26.3 7.5 Columbia 8.5 3.1 9.1 4.7 Cook 21.0 2.9 14.4 4.6

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Age 25-34 Unemployment

Rate Coweta 11.6 3.1 9.7 5.5 Crawford 17.8 4.8 11.8 7.1 Crisp 18.0 7.5 12.2 16.1 Dade 19.2 2.6 6.2 1.9 Dawson 13.7 3.1 12.4 6.9 Decatur 20.3 3.1 21.5 3.9 DeKalb 12.0 5.3 10.6 7.1 Dodge 16.9 3.8 12.4 4.8 Dooly 25.7 4.6 34.6 4.1 Dougherty 18.0 7.5 13.9 12.4 Douglas 12.6 4.6 9.0 8.5 Early 19.5 3.8 13.8 9.2 Echols 29.0 3.2 26.8 7.0 Effingham 13.4 2.6 12.0 3.3 Elbert 20.7 3.6 12.7 6.4 Emanuel 20.8 4.5 15.1 7.2 Evans 22.9 2.8 19.2 4.2 Fannin 14.6 3.6 7.7 5.6 Fayette 6.5 3.2 6.1 7.8 Floyd 19.3 4.0 18.6 6.3 Forsyth 8.4 2.5 9.8 3.5 Franklin 21.7 2.6 16.6 2.8 Fulton 8.7 4.7 7.8 6.5 Gilmer 18.6 3.8 26.9 5.8 Glascock 23.1 1.7 10.2 4.1 Glynn 12.5 3.7 16.7 5.7 Gordon 23.0 3.2 21.3 6.3 Grady 22.0 3.9 19.1 10.9 Greene 17.7 3.0 21.9 9.6 Gwinnett 13.1 3.5 13.4 4.5 Habersham 21.7 2.4 20.0 2.8 Hall 21.6 2.7 23.4 4.3 Hancock 33.6 1.1 45.9 0.4 Haralson 20.8 3.6 13.6 5.3 Harris 10.7 4.2 7.8 8.6 Hart 20.1 2.3 16.8 2.1 Heard 20.6 5.4 20.4 4.9

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Age 25-34 Unemployment

Rate Henry 10.8 4.3 9.0 5.6 Houston 9.9 3.7 7.3 6.0 Irwin 18.1 2.8 13.1 0.6 Jackson 17.1 3.7 16.3 5.2 Jasper 23.5 3.8 23.6 2.0 Jeff Davis 24.4 1.5 35.1 2.0 Jefferson 25.4 3.8 16.2 7.1 Jenkins 22.4 2.8 17.6 11.7 Johnson 25.4 6.5 9.6 7.9 Jones 12.4 4.8 11.6 13.4 Lamar 14.3 4.7 20.5 9.3 Lanier 19.3 5.0 14.3 8.4 Laurens 16.6 2.3 13.6 3.9 Lee 12.5 4.2 10.8 6.2 Liberty 9.6 5.8 6.2 7.9 Lincoln 16.0 3.0 12.2 7.9 Long 13.4 8.5 8.8 9.6 Lowndes 14.9 4.5 11.5 8.3 Lumpkin 15.2 3.1 20.2 4.4 Macon 19.4 4.1 15.2 8.6 Madison 16.5 4.0 11.1 5.1 Marion 29.6 7.1 32.2 12.3 McDuffie 17.6 4.2 14.4 6.2 McIntosh 22.5 3.9 33.4 12.8 Meriwether 24.1 4.0 13.0 5.0 Miller 18.3 2.7 6.1 2.0 Mitchell 24.1 7.1 29.2 15.9 Monroe 16.3 4.5 12.9 9.3 Montgomery 18.5 2.7 16.4 3.4 Morgan 12.9 2.8 5.6 5.7 Murray 31.2 3.9 18.6 6.0 Muscogee 12.6 5.0 9.2 6.9 Newton 15.0 5.1 13.9 5.5 Oconee 6.5 2.5 6.9 6.7 Oglethorpe 22.0 3.0 10.6 5.6 Paulding 10.9 3.2 5.8 4.9 Peach 13.4 4.2 11.5 9.5

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All Adults Unemployment

Rate


Ages 25-34 Unemployment Rate

Pickens 17.0 3.7 17.5 5.4 Pierce 17.3 2.6 22.4 6.9 Pike 11.5 4.8 8.1 12.0 Polk 23.5 3.6 19.1 8.2 Pulaski 20.0 2.7 17.8 8.7 Putnam 15.3 3.3 17.0 7.4 Quitman 29.5 5.5 12.1 19.6 Rabun 16.9 2.6 12.8 2.4 Randolph 26.3 3.3 12.7 2.5 Richmond 16.8 5.8 13.9 9.1 Rockdale 13.4 4.4 14.2 7.9 Schley 18.4 6.3 18.4 18.4 Screven 18.9 2.7 13.0 4.9 Seminole 17.3 2.9 8.8 5.0 Spalding 19.6 3.9 15.2 6.1 Stephens 18.9 5.2 13.0 12.8 Stewart 38.4 2.6 31.7 1.4 Sumter 20.1 4.5 19.4 8.6 Talbot 20.1 2.8 10.4 12.4 Taliaferro 29.7 3.5 33.5 12.9 Tattnall 27.1 1.2 32.2 0.2 Taylor 25.4 6.5 14.4 8.1 Telfair 30.2 1.1 37.3 3.4 Terrell 25.2 5.4 23.5 17.8 Thomas 17.9 4.6 14.3 6.9 Tift 17.0 1.9 15.1 3.7 Toombs 20.3 5.2 20.6 7.5 Towns 10.7 2.4 12.9 2.5 Treutlen 24.2 1.9 12.8 0.8 Troup 17.5 4.5 10.4 8.9 Turner 23.7 3.4 25.5 12.7 Twiggs 30.6 1.6 10.7 5.2 Union 13.3 2.1 19.7 3.9 Upson 20.4 5.5 13.2 11.2 Walker 18.3 3.3 16.5 5.1 Walton 13.9 4.0 12.7 8.8 Ware 19.1 1.9 21.7 4.8 Warren 24.8 3.9 11.0 3.0

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All Adults Unemployment

Rate


Ages 25-34 Unemployment Rate

Washington 21.2 4.0 15.8 9.7 Wayne 20.3 4.2 20.8 12.3 Webster 19.1 2.2 11.5 7.3 Wheeler 25.0 2.7 21.3 8.0 White 15.2 1.9 13.0 5.6 Whitfield 29.6 4.3 27.2 7.8 Wilcox 20.4 2.1 19.7 2.7 Wilkes 23.2 2.7 21.4 7.6 Wilkinson 16.9 3.4 7.6 9.9 Worth 22.0 4.4 22.1 6.0

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Appendix L: Percentage of All Adults with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate by Cluster

Cluster 1: Low % no HSD/HSE and

High Unemployment Rate

County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Fulton 8.7 4.7 Liberty 9.6 5.8 Henry 10.8 4.3 Chatham 11.1 4.6 Pike 11.5 4.8 DeKalb 12.0 5.3 Jones 12.4 4.8 Lee 12.5 4.2 Muscogee 12.6 5.0 Douglas 12.6 4.6 Long 13.4 8.5 Rockdale 13.4 4.4

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Appendix L, Cluster 2: High % no HSD/HSE and High Unemployment Rate

County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Lamar 14.3 4.7 Lowndes 14.9 4.5 Newton 15.0 5.1 Bibb 15.1 5.2 Monroe 16.3 4.5 Carroll 16.6 4.7 Clayton 16.7 6.1 Richmond 16.8 5.8 Troup 17.5 4.5 Crawford 17.8 4.8 Thomas 17.9 4.6 Crisp 18.0 7.5 Dougherty 18.0 7.5 Schley 18.4 6.3 Stephens 18.9 5.2 Lanier 19.3 5.0 Berrien 19.8 4.3 Sumter 20.1 4.5 Toombs 20.3 5.2 Upson 20.4 5.5 Brooks 20.6 5.9 Heard 20.6 5.4 Emanuel 20.8 4.5 Worth 22.0 4.4 Clay 22.1 8.9 Charlton 23.4 4.7 Mitchell 24.1 7.1 Terrell 25.2 5.4 Taylor 25.4 6.5 Johnson 25.4 6.5 Dooly 25.7 4.6 Calhoun 26.8 5.0 Quitman 29.5 5.5 Atkinson 29.5 4.5 Whitfield 29.6 4.3 Marion 29.6 7.1

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Appendix L, Cluster 3: High % no HSD/HSE and Low Unemployment Rate

County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Fannin 14.6 3.6 White 15.2 1.9 Lumpkin 15.2 3.1 Putnam 15.3 3.3 Lincoln 16.0 3.0 Baldwin 16.2 3.3 Madison 16.5 4.0 Laurens 16.6 2.3 Dodge 16.9 3.8 Rabun 16.9 2.6 Wilkinson 16.9 3.4 Tift 17.0 1.9 Pickens 17.0 3.7 Jackson 17.1 3.7 Seminole 17.3 2.9 Pierce 17.3 2.6 McDuffie 17.6 4.2 Barrow 17.6 3.7 Greene 17.7 3.0 Bartow 18.1 3.6 Irwin 18.1 2.8 Miller 18.3 2.7 Walker 18.3 3.3 Montgomery 18.5 2.7 Ben Hill 18.5 2.2 Gilmer 18.6 3.8 Bacon 18.8 1.2 Screven 18.9 2.7 Ware 19.1 1.9 Webster 19.1 2.2 Brantley 19.2 3.6 Dade 19.2 2.6 Floyd 19.3 4.0 Macon 19.4 4.1 Early 19.5 3.8 Spalding 19.6 3.9 Pulaski 20.0 2.7 Talbot 20.1 2.8 Hart 20.1 2.3 Wayne 20.3 4.2 Decatur 20.3 3.1

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County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate

Wilcox 20.4 2.1 Elbert 20.7 3.6 Haralson 20.8 3.6 Cook 21.0 2.9 Burke 21.0 2.7 Washington 21.2 4.0 Baker 21.4 1.2 Coffee 21.5 2.6 Hall 21.6 2.7 Habersham 21.7 2.4 Franklin 21.7 2.6 Grady 22.0 3.9 Oglethorpe 22.0 3.0 Banks 22.3 3.4 Jenkins 22.4 2.8 McIntosh 22.5 3.9 Evans 22.9 2.8 Gordon 23.0 3.2 Glascock 23.1 1.7 Wilkes 23.2 2.7 Jasper 23.5 3.8 Polk 23.5 3.6 Butts 23.6 3.6 Turner 23.7 3.4 Meriwether 24.1 4.0 Treutlen 24.2 1.9 Candler 24.4 3.2 Appling 24.4 3.6 Jeff Davis 24.4 1.5 Warren 24.8 3.9 Wheeler 25.0 2.7 Jefferson 25.4 3.8 Randolph 26.3 3.3 Tattnall 27.1 1.2 Clinch 27.7 2.9 Chattooga 27.8 3.8 Colquitt 27.9 3.7 Fannin 28.1 2.9 Echols 29.0 3.2 Taliaferro 29.7 3.5

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County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Telfair 30.2 1.1 Twiggs 30.6 1.6 Murray 31.2 3.9 Hancock 33.6 1.1 Stewart 38.4 2.6

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Appendix L, Cluster 4: Low % no HSD/HSE and Low Unemployment Rate

County Name % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Chattahoochee 6.3 4.1 Fayette 6.5 3.2 Oconee 6.5 2.5 Forsyth 8.4 2.5 Columbia 8.5 3.1 Camden 8.8 3.9 Cobb 9.3 3.7 Cherokee 9.9 2.9 Houston 9.9 3.7 Bryan 10.1 3.9 Clarke 10.3 3.6 Towns 10.7 2.4 Harris 10.7 4.2 Paulding 10.9 3.2 Bulloch 11.0 4.2 Coweta 11.6 3.1 Glynn 12.5 3.7 Morgan 12.9 2.8 Bleckley 13.0 2.4 Gwinnett 13.1 3.5 Union 13.3 2.1 Catoosa 13.4 3.0 Effingham 13.4 2.6 Peach 13.4 4.2 Dawson 13.7 3.1 Walton 13.9 4.0

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Appendix M: Percentage of Adults Ages 25-34 with no HSD/HSE and Unemployment Rate for Adults Ages 25-34 by Cluster

Cluster 1: Low % no HSD/HSE and

High Unemployment Rate

County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Fayette 6.1 7.8 Liberty 6.2 7.9 Oconee 6.9 6.7 Camden 7.5 6.6 Wilkinson 7.6 9.9 Harris 7.8 8.6 Fulton 7.8 6.5 Pike 8.1 12.0 Long 8.8 9.6 Douglas 9.0 8.5 Muscogee 9.2 6.9 Chatham 9.4 6.0 Bulloch 9.6 6.5 Johnson 9.6 7.9 Talbot 10.4 12.4 Troup 10.4 8.9 DeKalb 10.6 7.1 Peach 11.5 9.5 Webster 11.5 7.3 Lowndes 11.5 8.3 Jones 11.6 13.4 Crawford 11.8 7.1 Quitman 12.1 19.6 Crisp 12.2 16.1 Lincoln 12.2 7.9 Bleckley 12.2 6.8 Dawson 12.4 6.9

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Appendix M, Cluster 2: High % no HSD/HSE and High Unemployment Rate

County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Walton 12.7 8.8 Monroe 12.9 9.3 Stephens 13.0 12.8 Upson 13.2 11.2 Bibb 13.4 10.1 Carroll 13.7 6.4 Early 13.8 9.2 Dougherty 13.9 12.4 Richmond 13.9 9.1 Rockdale 14.2 7.9 Thomas 14.3 6.9 Lanier 14.3 8.4 Taylor 14.4 8.1 Banks 14.9 7.1 Clayton 15.0 9.4 Emanuel 15.1 7.2 Macon 15.2 8.6 Washington 15.8 9.7 Jefferson 16.2 7.1 Brooks 16.5 12.2 Candler 16.9 6.4 Putnam 17.0 7.4 Jenkins 17.6 11.7 Berrien 17.7 10.1 Pulaski 17.8 8.7 Bartow 18.0 7.1 Schley 18.4 18.4 Polk 19.1 8.2 Grady 19.1 10.9 Sumter 19.4 8.6 Lamar 20.5 9.3 Toombs 20.6 7.5 Calhoun 20.8 11.8 Wayne 20.8 12.3 Wheeler 21.3 8.0 Wilkes 21.4 7.6 Greene 21.9 9.6 Pierce 22.4 6.9

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Appendix M, Cluster 2: High % no HSD/HSE and High Unemployment Rate

County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Terrell 23.5 17.8 Clinch 23.6 8.0 Turner 25.5 12.7 Colquitt 26.3 7.5 Atkinson 26.3 8.2 Charlton 26.4 8.8 Chattooga 26.5 7.6 Echols 26.8 7.0 Whitfield 27.2 7.8 Mitchell 29.2 15.9 Marion 32.2 12.3 McIntosh 33.4 12.8 Taliaferro 33.5 12.9

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Appendix M, Cluster 3: High % no HSD/HSE and Low Unemployment Rate

County % no HSD/HSE Unemployment Rate Elbert 12.7 6.4 Randolph 12.7 2.5 Rabun 12.8 2.4 Treutlen 12.8 0.8 Towns 12.9 2.5 Screven 13.0 4.9 Meriwether 13.0 5.0 White 13.0 5.6 Irwin 13.1 0.6 Brantley 13.3 6.0 Catoosa 13.4 5.4 Gwinnett 13.4 4.5 Haralson 13.6 5.3 Laurens 13.6 3.9 Newton 13.9 5.5 McDuffie 14.4 6.2 Cook 14.4 4.6 Ben Hill 14.5 4.7 Tift 15.1 3.7 Spalding 15.2 6.1 Jackson 16.3 5.2 Montgomery 16.4 3.4 Walker 16.5 5.1 Franklin 16.6 2.8 Glynn 16.7 5.7 Hart 16.8 2.1 Burke 17.1 1.8 Pickens 17.5 5.4 Bacon 18.4 2.9 Floyd 18.6 6.3 Murray 18.6 6.0 Evans 19.2 4.2 Union 19.7 3.9 Wilcox 19.7 2.7 Habersham 20.0 2.8 Lumpkin 20.2 4.4 Heard 20.4 4.9

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Appendix M, Cluster 3: High % no HSD/HSE and Low Unemployment Rate


Coffee 20.9 5.6 Gordon 21.3 6.3 Decatur 21.5 3.9 Ware 21.7 4.8 Worth 22.1 6.0 Hall 23.4 4.3 Jasper 23.6 2.0 Appling 24.0 4.6 Gilmer 26.9 5.8 Butts 27.9 2.5 Baker 28.3 4.1 Stewart 31.7 1.4 Tattnall 32.2 0.2 Dooly 34.6 4.1 Jeff Davis 35.1 2.0 Telfair 37.3 3.4 Hancock 45.9 .4

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Appendix M, Cluster 4: Low % no HSD/HSE and Low Unemployment Rate


Chattahoochee 2.9 3.1 Morgan 5.6 5.7 Paulding 5.8 4.9 Miller 6.1 2.0 Dade 6.2 1.9 Bryan 6.8 5.5 Houston 7.3 6.0 Fannin 7.7 5.6 Seminole 8.8 5.0 Clarke 9.0 4.1 Henry 9.0 5.6 Columbia 9.1 4.7 Cherokee 9.7 4.6 Coweta 9.7 5.5 Forsyth 9.8 3.5 Cobb 10.1 5.0 Glascock 10.2 4.1 Oglethorpe 10.6 5.6 Twiggs 10.7 5.2 Lee 10.8 6.2 Warren 11.0 3.0 Madison 11.1 5.1 Barrow 11.6 5.0 Effingham 12.0 3.3 Clay 12.1 5.2

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