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Albany, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Albany fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2013 to 9.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points higher than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Albany peaked in January 2010 at 11.0% and is now 1.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Albany unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.6% -0.1 -0.6
Georgia 8.4% -0.2 -0.7
Albany 9.3% -0.1 -0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2013 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Albany, Georgia, National

Albany, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Albany, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Albany peaked in January 2010 at 8,303. There are now 1,404 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Albany employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Albany, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Albany 6,899 -96 -390

Number of Unemployed Persons

Albany, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		Georgia
Unemployment Rate 		Albany
Unemployment Rate 		Albany
Unemployed
April
2013 		7.5% 8.2% — —
March
2013 		7.6% 8.4% 9.3% 6,899
February
2013 		7.7% 8.6% 9.4% 6,995
January
2013 		7.9% 8.7% 9.5% 7,074
December
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 9.4% 7,013
November
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 9.4% 7,021
October
2012 		7.9% 8.8% 9.4% 7,042
September
2012 		7.8% 8.9% 9.4% 7,078
August
2012 		8.1% 9.0% 9.5% 7,127
July
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 9.6% 7,179
June
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 9.6% 7,226
May
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 9.7% 7,260
April
2012 		8.1% 9.1% 9.7% 7,276

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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