West Point, GA jobs, layoffs and employers
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No layoff notices naming West Point in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in West Point
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Point University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Troup County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 10.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 5.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,543 jobs), admin & staffing (+848 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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Troup County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.0% the month before
40,939
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
69,821
people in Troup County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,905
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Georgia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Georgia unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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