Soperton Economic Profile (Income Table)

According to the Georgia Department of Labor, the largest non-government employers in the county include: Ailey Mfg. Co., General Fibers & Fabrics, and Treutlen Co. Nursing. Between 1990 and 1994, Treutlen County’s annual unemployment rate was higher than the state’s mark, averaging 9% compared with the state’s average of 5.7%. Nationwide, unemployment for the same period averaged 6.5%. In 1990, 55% of the county’s workforce was employed within the county while the balance, 45%, commuted out of Treutlen County for employment. The county per capita income in 1992 was less than that of the state and was less than that of the nation. Treutlen County’s per capita income was $12,527, as compared with $18,549 for the state and $20,105 for the United States. Treutlen County’s median household income in 1989 was $17,391. This amount was less than the state’s median household income of $29,021 in that same year. Nationally, the median household income in 1989 was $30,056. In 1993, taxable sales in the county amounted to $3,309 per capita. This amount was less than the $10,636 per capita figure for the state as a whole. Treutlen County had 93 business establishments in 1991.