The unemployment rate in the metro Dalton area declined to 4.6 percent in November from 4.7 percent in October, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Friday.
The unemployment rate in the North Georgia area declined to 4.2 percent in November, down from 4.3 percent in October. The North Georgia area includes Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield counties.
The state’s unemployment rate declined to 4.2 percent in November, down from 4.7 percent in October and 4.4 percent in November of 2006. The state rate is .3 percent lower than the U.S. unadjusted rate of 4.5 percent.
The state’s unemployment rate decreased in November because the number of people unemployed declined by 21,675 due in part to temporary holiday hiring in the retail trade industry, according to the Department of Labor.
Local News
December 28, 2007
Area unemployement rates down
- Local News
-
-
Kiwanis Club to try new fundraiser
The Kiwanis Club of Dalton has started a new fundraiser club members hope will supplement income for the group’s annual “Pancake Day” breakfast at Dalton Green.
Continued ... - Crown Gardens to raise money using Pampered Chef
- Update: No sign of alleged double murderer
- Teacher of the year sings through the day
- 911 call — ‘Somebody had killed him’
- Olympic hopeful’s horses killed in wreck
- ‘We are D’ sign mystery solved
- Investigation clears Dalton Middle erasures questions
- Chambliss, Graves say Congress must act to avoid big tax increase
- May 29, 2012
- Remembering once a year not enough
- Couple looks to raspberries to salvage season
- Camp AIM to hold 20th reunion
- May 28, 2012
- Stem cell treatment regrows Whitfield man’s foot
- Authorities continue to search for Neal
- MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE: Death at sea
-
Kiwanis Club to try new fundraiser
Police: Seattle Cafe Gunman May Have Shot Self
No Limits for Disabled Hunters at Mich. Base
Victim Identified in Fla. Face-chewing Attack
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Crossed the Pacific
90 Guns Seized, Dozens Arrested in Oakland
Raw Video: Hail Storm Batters Oklahoma City
6-Year-Old Going to National Spelling Bee
California's Foie Gras Ban About to Begin
Video Essay: Funky Winkerbean Comic Turns 40
Hurricane Andrew Remembered, 20 Years Later
Judge's Ruling Halts Tenn. Mosque Construction
Romney in Las Vegas on Texas Primary Day
Sister Says She Reported Brother in Patz Killing
Even Fla. Police Shocked by Face-Mauling Attack
Angry Birds Spreading Their Wings
