Nearly 900 chief executives

call Fayette County home, the overwhelming majority white and male, according

to detailed information on employment and residency released Monday by

the Census bureau.

The survey of every type of

job held by Fayette County's 46,627 workers, gleaned from the 2000

Census survey, showed that 775 or 86.6 percent of 895 company executives

living here were white males, which mirrors national statistics.

Just 45 white females, 15 Hispanic

females and 15 black females were employed in the same capacity, the Census

figures show. There were no black male CEOs living in Fayette County,

according to the data.

The Census 2000 Special Equal

Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation provides detailed analysis for

every community in the nation on how many people are employed in any of

500 occupations, from actors (30 in Fayette County) to veterinarians (49).

Data cover gender, race, ethnicity, education, age, industry and earnings.

In addition, users may find where workers live, where they work and how

many who work in one place live somewhere else.

For example, at least half

of the executives who live here travel outside the county to work, according

to the report. Just 475 CEO positions of all types were reported as jobs

in Fayette County, and clearly some of those are filled by residents of

other counties.

That reflects Fayette's

complex job market overall, which is heavily dependent on service and

retail positions. The Census reported 34,990 jobs in Fayette in 2000,

almost 12,000 fewer jobs than workers who live here.

Some 1,060 Fayette residents

are employed as customer service representatives, for example.

Many more Fayette residents

travel outside the county to work than those employed at home, but that

is just part of the story, the Census report indicates.

Far more workers commute from

nearby counties into Fayette County. More than 5,000 Coweta County residents

commute to Fayette County for jobs, but fewer than 2,000 Fayette Countians

reverse the trip.

Job growth, like the recently

announced move of Cooper Wiring to Peachtree City from New York, can mean

a big boost for workers willing to drive to get to good-paying jobs.

In Meriwether County, southeast

of Coweta County down Ga. Highway 85, nearly one-fifth of all workers

commute to Fayette County for jobs, the vast majority in Peachtree City's

industrial park. Still more workers, especially those living in the northern

end of Meriwether adjacent to Coweta County and with access to I-85, work

in Fayetteville at Pavilion stores, in Newnan or around the airport.

Clearly, airline-related jobs

dominate all categories of employment for Fayette Countians and are responsible

for the large number of out-of-county jobs among Fayette's workers.

More than 6,000 work in Clayton, where Hartsfield-Jackson International

Airport is located, and more than 19,000 work in Fulton County, where

Delta Air Lines' world headquarters is based.

Among the jobs held by Fayette

Countians:

- 815 are aircraft mechanics

and service technicians;

- 1,230 are aircraft pilots

and flight engineers;

- 445 are transportation

attendants;

- 240 are air traffic

controllers;

- 425 are computer scientists

and systems analysts;

- 160 are clergy;

- 25 are directors, religious

activites and education;

- 80 are religious workers,

all other;

- 375 are real estate

brokers and sales agents;

- 235 are preschool and

kindergarten teachers;

- 255 are other teachers

and instructors;

- 1,930 are elementary

and middle school teachers;

- 355 are education administrators;

- 225 are hairdressers,

hairstylists and cosmetologists;

- 40 are dentists;

- 110 are dental hygienists;

- 860 are registered nurses;

- 240 are physicians or

surgeons;

- 105 are pharmacists;

- 205 are firefighters;

- 35 are emergency medical

technicians;

- 255 are lawyers;

- 100 are detectives and

criminal investigators;

- 30 are private detectives

and investigators;

- 235 are police officers;

- 10 are farmers or ranchers;

- 4 are animal trainers;

- 75 are editors;

- 30 are writers and authors;

- 20 are producers or

directors;

- 115 are musicians, singers

and related workers;

- 85 are athletes, coaches,

umpires and related workers.

- 0 are nuclear engineers.

A new Census 2000 EEO data

tool showing occupation information by where workers live or where they

work is available on the Census Bureau's Web site at www.census.gov.

All of the tabulations, including

the characteristics of workers, as well as the files showing the flow

of workers from residence to workplace, are available on CD-ROM.

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