1. Georgia’s Tough Choices or Tough Times Working Group
Georgia’s Economic and Workforce Projections
September 18, 2008

2. Percent of Citizens Age 25 and Over with a High School Diploma or Higher (2006) U.S. Census
Georgia is in the 2nd to bottom category with 77.9% of our citizens having a HS diploma or higher.
Right in there with the rest of the south

3. Educational attainment of Georgia citizens as compared over time and to the nation.
To break down this data, we see that Georgia has narowed its gap with the nation since 2000 in percent of year olds with a HS diploma or higher. The gap has increased somewhat when looking at % with bachelors degree or higher.
For citizens over 25 years of age, we’re actually near or doing better than the national average in both categories and increasing since 2000.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

4. Short-Term Employment Projections
See handouts from the Georgia Department of Labor
Data on our short term employment projections (See handouts for notes)

5. These next 3 slides were put together for GA by NGA who did an in-depth review of Georgia’s stats. In comparing us to some industrialized nations, we have a much lower rate than Korea and Canada.

8. Georgia Workforce Foundation Skills Gap
WRC = work ready certificates
Gold = indicator of college readiness without remediation
2009 = projected
Source: Governor’s Office of Workforce Development, Georgia
WRC: Work Ready Certificate powered by ACT Workkeys® National Career Readiness Certificate
WR Job Profile: Determined by ACT certified job profiler