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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 8.26
The average living wage for the state of Georgia is $32.23/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Georgia a minimum wage score of 3.35 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Georgia a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Georgia is $179.52, resulting in a UI benefit score of 23.52 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 11.9

X Georgia does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Georgia does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Georgia does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Georgia does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Georgia does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Georgia does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Georgia does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Georgia does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Georgia does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Georgia does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Georgia does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
X Georgia does not provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Georgia does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Georgia does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 0

X Georgia does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Georgia does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Georgia does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
X Georgia does not require collective bargaining for public workers.
X Georgia does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Georgia does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Laurens County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 44.29% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 63.76%
Democratic: 35.52%
Libertarian: 0.72%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 31065
Latitude : 32.561668
Longitude : -83.153101
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 394 ft.
Area Code(s) : 478

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.60
Male Population Estimate : 47.32%
Female Population Estimate : 52.68%
Median Age : 42.8
Male Median Age : 42.5
Female Median Age : 43.1

White Population Estimate : 51.52%
Black Population Estimate : 46.87%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.88%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.54%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.18%
Other Population Estimate : 1.52%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Montrose specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Laurens County: About 9 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Laurens County: About 359 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Laurens County is about 56% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 20% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.