Georgia Regional Commissions See Unemployment Rates Decrease

Georgia’s Regional Commissions saw their unemployment rates tick downward in April.

Statewide, the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission, which includes 13 counties around Gainesville and the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, reported the lowest unemployment rate at 2.3% in April, up from 2.1% last year.

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Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Remains Flat in February

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Georgia’s February unemployment rate remained unchanged from the revised January rate, labor officials said Thursday.

State officials said the Peach State’s 3.1% unemployment rate is below the national rate of 3.9%. Last week, state officials said Georgia’s January unemployment rate dropped to 3.1%, the first drop in more than a year after holding at 3.2% in 2023.

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