Middle Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 7.2%
Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate in the Middle Georgia region in July was 7.2 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 7.1 percent in June. The rate in July 2014 was 8.8 percent.
The rate rose as the number of unemployed residents increased by 249 to 15,213. The number of unemployed residents in July 2014 was 19,106.
Metro Gainesville had the lowest area jobless rate at 5.5 percent, while the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region had the highest at 8.3 percent.
Meanwhile, Georgia’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for July was 6.0 percent, down from 6.1 percent in June. It was 7.2 percent in July 2014.
