Employers/Workforce

Major Employers 

Manufacturing

Company                                             Employees    

                                                    Primary Product/Service

PCS Phosphate White Springs                   500      Phosphate

 Non-Manufacturing

School Board of Hamilton County              310

Hamilton County Government                  120

Suwannee Valley Nursing Center               100

Hitchcock’s Jasper Foodway                      67

Coggins Farms                                       50

Hamilton Downs Jai Alai & Poker                 50

Taylor Industrial Construction, Inc.             35

Ag-Mart Corp.                                        30

Jasper Hardware & Supply Company, Inc.   20

Workforce

Population (2009)                     14,783

Labor Force (2009)                      4,919

Per Capita Income (2009)        $ 17,142

Unemployment Rate (11/ 2009)     10.9%

Hamilton County is ideally located in that it is situated to draw not only from within, but from surrounding counties as well.  Within 30-40 miles are Columbia, Madison, and Suwannee Counties in Florida and Echols and Lowndes (Valdosta) Counties in Georgia.  There are approximately 3,000 unemployed people in the area.