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Total Employment Impact by Impacted Industry of the 1996 Olympic Games on Georgia's Economy

Numerical Designation of Industrial Aggregation Industry Name Total Employment Impact (Number of Jobs) (a, b) Percent of Total
       
1 Ag, For & Fishery Services 598 0.8%
2 For & Fishery Products 6 0.0%
3 Coal Mining 2 0.0%
4 Petroleum & Gas Mining 0 0.0%
5 Other Mining 23 0.0%
6 New Construction 2,807 3.6%
7 M & R Construction 1,228 1.6%
8 Food Products 883 1.1%
9 Textile Products 238 0.3%
10 Apparel 824 1.1%
11 Paper Products 279 0.4%
12 Printing & Publishing 953 1.2%
13 Chem-Petroleum Refining 252 0.3%
14 Rubber/Leather Products 271 0.4%
15 Lumber/Furniture 317 0.4%
16 Stone/Clay/Glass 220 0.3%
17 Primary Metals 76 0.1%
18 Fabricated Metals 261 0.3%
19 Non-Electrical Machinery 183 0.2%
20 Electric and Electronic 424 0.6%
21 Motor Vehicles & Equipment 114 0.1%
22 Other Transportation 61 0.1%
23 Instruments 54 0.1%
24 Other Manufacturing 85 0.1%
25 Transportation 2,640 3.4%
26 Communication 1,012 1.3%
27 Utilities 272 0.4%
28 Wholesale Trade 1,988 2.6%
29 Retail Trade 8,871 11.5%
30 Finance 1,411 1.8%
31 Insurance 1,330 1.7%
32 Real Estate 324 0.4%
33 Lodging & Amusementsc 18,067 23.5%
34 Personal Services 1,431 1.9%
35 Business Services 10,483 13.6%
36 Eating and Drinking 11,689 15.2%
37 Health Services 2,687 3.5%
38 Other Services 3,900 5.1%
39 Households 763 1.0%
       
Total   77,026 100.0%

a Impact of spending by all industrial sectors (1-39) on specific row industry.

b Includes full and part-time jobs (temporary and permanent).

c Employees directly employed by ACOG are included in sector 33; but loaned employees and volunteers are not included in the employment total.

Source: Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, IRE Advisors, and The Selig Center for Economic

Growth.


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