Albany, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Albany fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Albany peaked in February 2010 at 11.1% and is now 1.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Albany unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Georgia	9.7%	-0.1	-0.7
Albany	10.1%	-0.2	-0.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Albany, Georgia, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Albany, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Albany peaked in February 2010 at 8,360. There are now 587 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Albany employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Albany, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Albany	7,773	-121	-408

Number of Unemployed Persons

Albany, Georgia Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Georgia Unemployment Rate	Albany Unemployment Rate	Albany Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.7%	10.1%	7,773
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	10.3%	7,894
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	10.5%	8,079
September 2011	9.0%	10.3%	10.5%	8,096
August 2011	9.1%	10.2%	10.4%	7,994
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	10.3%	7,958
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	10.3%	7,979
May 2011	9.0%	9.8%	10.3%	7,892
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	10.4%	7,918
March 2011	8.9%	10.0%	10.5%	7,951
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	10.6%	7,979
January 2011	9.1%	10.3%	10.7%	8,060