From Staff Reports
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) reported recently the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the River Valley area rose to 11.1 percent in January, up 1.1 percentage point from a revised 10.0 percent in December. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed workers in the area increased to 17,509, up 1,739 from 15,770 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 time last year. The jobless rate in the River Valley area in January 2009 was 8.9 percent.
Local area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted. Georgia labor market data are available at www.dol.state.ga.us.
