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September 24, 2009

Metro Dalton's jobless rate declines

Due to "work force shrinkage"

From Staff Reports

The preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the metro Dalton area declined to 12.5 percent in August, down .6 percent from a revised 13.1 percent in July, according to the Georgia Department of Labor . The reduction in the rate is primarily due to work force shrinkage.

In Dalton, the number of unemployed workers decreased in August to 8,004, down 481 from 8,485 in July. There were 4,657 jobless workers in Dalton in August 2008, when the unemployment rate was 7.1 percent. The number of payroll jobs in metro Dalton was 67,800, a loss of 5,700, or 7.8 percent, from 73,500 in August 2008.

Read Friday's Daily Citizen for a full report.

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