Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Atlanta fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Atlanta peaked in October 2009 at 10.4% and is now 0.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Atlanta 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
Atlanta	9.6%	-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: Atlanta, Georgia, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Atlanta, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Atlanta peaked in November 2009 at 279,534. There are now 20,936 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Atlanta employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Atlanta, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Atlanta	258,598	-5,213	-17,892

Number of Unemployed Persons

Atlanta, Georgia Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Georgia Unemployment Rate	Atlanta Unemployment Rate	Atlanta Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.7%	9.6%	258,598
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	9.8%	263,811
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	10.1%	270,621
September 2011	9.0%	10.3%	10.2%	272,082
August 2011	9.1%	10.2%	10.1%	270,071
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	10.0%	268,244
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	10.0%	266,967
May 2011	9.0%	9.8%	9.9%	262,733
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	10.0%	263,351
March 2011	8.9%	10.0%	10.0%	265,187
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	10.2%	269,037
January 2011	9.1%	10.3%	10.3%	273,015