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Gainesville, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gainesville fell 0.1 percentage points in July 2010 to 9.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Gainesville peaked in February 2010 at 10.5% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower.

Unemployment Rate July 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
National 9.5% 0.0 +0.1
Georgia 9.9% -0.1 0.0
Gainesville 9.1% -0.1 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is not seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with July 2010 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Gainesville, Georgia, National

Gainesville, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gainesville, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gainesville peaked in February 2010 at 8,776. There are now 818 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 7,714 in May 2010, the number of unemployed has now grown by 244. Gainesville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Gainesville, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons July 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
Gainesville 7,958 -82 -460

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gainesville, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Georgia
Unemployment Rate
Gainesville
Unemployment Rate
Gainesville
Unemployed
August
2010
9.6%
July
2010
9.5% 9.9% 9.1% 7,958
June
2010
9.5% 10.0% 9.2% 8,040
May
2010
9.7% 10.1% 8.8% 7,714
April
2010
9.9% 10.3% 8.9% 7,753
March
2010
9.7% 10.5% 9.5% 8,362
February
2010
9.7% 10.5% 10.0% 8,776
January
2010
9.7% 10.4% 9.9% 8,736
December
2009
10.0% 10.3% 9.1% 8,086
November
2009
10.0% 10.2% 9.1% 8,072
October
2009
10.1% 10.2% 9.4% 8,367
September
2009
9.8% 10.1% 9.2% 8,187
August
2009
9.7% 10.0% 9.2% 8,193

1. Metro area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted while state and national rates are. In practice this means the metro rates may be noisier on a month-to-month basis than the state and national series due to seasonal effects. It's probably better to use year-over-year comparisons.