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The State's Highest Unemployment Rate |
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Thursday, 14 March 2013 |
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March 14-- The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate in the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region rose to 11.9 percent in January, up six-tenths of a percentage point from 11.3 percent in December. The rate was 11.8 percent in January 2012. The rate rose because 2,593 more job seekers entered the labor force looking for work. Of that number, 1,540 found jobs, but 1,053 did not and that forced the rate up. Metro Athens had the lowest area jobless rate at 6.6 percent, while metro Dalton and the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region had the highest at 11.9 percent. Meanwhile, Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January was 8.7 percent, unchanged from December. The rate was 9.3 percent in January a year ago. | COUNTY | JANUARY 2013 | JANUARY 2012 | | APPLING | 11% | 10.9% | | CANDLER | 11.2% | 10.6% | | EMANUEL | 11.4% | 11.1% | | JEFF DAVIS | 14% | 14.1% | | MONTGOMERY | 10.5% | 11.1% | | TATTNALL | 10.8% | 10.5% | | TOOMBS | 11.7% | 11.2% | | TREUTLEN | 14.5% | 14.6% | | WHEELER | 9.8% | 10.5% | | GEORGIA | 8.7% | 9.3% |
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