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Thursday, January 17, 2013  Updated with video, The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 8.6 percent in December, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 8.5 percent in November.

Friday, January 20, 2012  Job seekers get some good news on unemployment numbers.

Thursday, August 25, 2011  Updated with video; The preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area decreased to 10.4 percent in July, down one-tenth of a percentage point from 10.5 percent in June.

Thursday, July 28, 2011  Southwest Georgia and Metro Albany's unemployment rate rises in June due to seasonal factors.

Thursday, March 31, 2011  State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the metro Albany area declined to 10.7 percent in February, down one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 10.8 percent in January.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  The Georgia Department of Labor says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined slightly last month.

Thursday, March 03, 2011  The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.4% in January, once again hitting the all-time high.

Thursday, January 27, 2011  The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that Albany’s unemployment rate dropped to 10.5% in December, down from 10.7% in November.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010  The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that the unemployment rate in Albany and all of Southwest Georgia dropped in October.

Thursday, November 18, 2010  The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) reported today that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.9 percent from September to October.

Thursday, September 23, 2010  The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that the unemployment rate in Albany increased to 10.9 percent in August, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 10.8 percent in July.

Friday, May 21, 2010  The decrease isn’t staggering, but unemployment is down from 10.5 to 10.4 percent in Georgia.

Thursday, April 15, 2010  Georgia's unemployment rates hit a record high in 2010.

Thursday, April 01, 2010  Albany’s unemployment rate dropped to 11.4% in February.  The unemployment rate for all of Southwest Georgia dropped to 11.2% in February.

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