January marked the 40th consecutive month Georgia has exceeded the national unemployment rate, which is currently 9.0%
ATLANTA -- 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.
The December rate, originally reported as a preliminary 10.2%, has been revised upward to 10.4%. The state’s jobless rate was also 10.4% in January 2010.
In January, there were 3,772,100 payroll jobs, up 2,200 from 3,769,900 in January 2010. There was a decrease of 68,800 from 3,840,900 in December.
There were 262,700 long-term unemployed Georgians in January (those who have been out of work for 27 weeks or longer). This represents an increase of 84,100, or 47.1%, from 178,600 in January 2010, and 3,500, or 1.4%, from 259,200 in December. The long-term unemployed now account for a record high 54.2% of the 484,668 jobless workers in Georgia.
January marked the 40th consecutive month Georgia has exceeded the national unemployment rate, which is currently 9.0%.
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