Add It Up Georgia’s unemployment rate tops nation’s
At least you don’t live in Jenkins County
Number of counties in Georgia: 159
Number of Georgia counties with an unemployment rate in the double digits, as of March 25: 87
Percentage of working-age Americans who are jobless: 8.1
Percentage of working-age Georgians who are jobless: 9.3
Percentage of working-age Georgians who were jobless this time last year: 5.4
Number of consecutive months Georgias unemployment rate has been higher than the national average: 16
Jenkins Countys jobless rate (in percentage), the states highest: 21.3
Oconee Countys jobless rate, the states lowest: 6
Number of Georgians unemployed and looking for work: 445,500
Sources: Georgia Department of Labor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ‘’Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Capitol Impact
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