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Abstract
Rapid economic growth in a 10-county rural area in south Georgia during 1976-81 favored employment of whites, men, and inmigrants. They earned higher average weekly salaries than blacks, women, and long-term residents. This study of growth in a mixed manufacturing- and agricultural-based economy flows from a research project on the impacts of economic expansion in nonmetro economies with different industrial bases. The Georgia area's job growth was greatest in the trades and services sectors. Few businesses used public sector funds to start or expand their operations. Government employed 25 percent of the area's wage and salary workers.