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.
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Local News
September 24, 2009
Metro Dalton's jobless rate declines
Due to "work force shrinkage"
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Tricia Pridemore, center, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development, speaks to Henry Kelly, left, and Ann Kaiser, both with Georgia Power, Tuesday night at the Northwest Georgia College and Career Academy. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)
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