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Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent in April.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate in metro Albany rose to 9.7 percent in January, up three-tenths of a percentage point from 9.4 percent in December.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Updated with video; The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in metro Albany rose to 9.7 percent in December, up five-tenths of a percentage point from 9.2 percent in November.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  The average number of people seeking unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Updated with video; Southwest Georgia’s jobless rate saw an uptick in July.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  Metro Albany unemployment rose to 10.8 percent in September according to the Georgia Department of Labor.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Southwest Georgia's jobless rate took a drop during the month of April.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010  For 28 straight months now, Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009  The Georgia Department of Labor says metro Atlanta's unemployment rate rose to 10.5 percent last month, up two-tenths of 1 percent from August.