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Brunswick, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Brunswick fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2013 to 9.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Brunswick peaked in June 2011 at 10.8% and is now 1.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Brunswick unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.5% -0.1 -0.6
Georgia 8.2% -0.2 -0.9
Brunswick 9.3% -0.1 -0.9
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2013 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Brunswick, Georgia, National

Brunswick, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Brunswick, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Brunswick peaked in August 2011 at 5,494. There are now 803 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Brunswick employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Brunswick, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Brunswick 4,691 -100 -504

Number of Unemployed Persons

Brunswick, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		Georgia
Unemployment Rate 		Brunswick
Unemployment Rate 		Brunswick
Unemployed
May
2013 		7.6% — — —
April
2013 		7.5% 8.2% 9.3% 4,691
March
2013 		7.6% 8.4% 9.4% 4,791
February
2013 		7.7% 8.6% 9.6% 4,898
January
2013 		7.9% 8.7% 9.7% 4,952
December
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 9.6% 4,917
November
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 9.7% 4,945
October
2012 		7.9% 8.8% 9.7% 4,981
September
2012 		7.8% 8.9% 9.8% 5,026
August
2012 		8.1% 9.0% 9.9% 5,073
July
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 10.0% 5,114
June
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 10.1% 5,146
May
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 10.1% 5,172

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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