January Unemployment Rises To 11.4 Percent In Southwest Georgia Area
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Posted: 9:36 AM Mar 10, 2010
January Unemployment Rises To 11.4 Percent In Southwest Georgia Area
Georgia's unemployment rate rises to 11.4 percent in January, up 1.1 percentage point from a revised 10.3 percent in December.
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ATLANTA -

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) reported that the
preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area rose to 11.4 percent in January, up 1.1 percentage point from a revised 10.3 percent in December. Meanwhile the number of unemployed workers in the area increased to 18,858, up 1,831 from 17,027 in December.

The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.4 percent
in January, topping the previous record high of 10.3 percent reported in
December. This marks the 28th consecutive month that Georgia has
exceeded the national seasonally adjusted rate, which was 9.7 percent.

The state's January jobless rate was up 2.0 percentage points from 8.4
percent at this same time last year. The jobless rate in the Southwest
Georgia area in January 2009 was 8.5 percent.

Local area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted. Georgia labor market data are available at www.dol.state.ga.us .
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