Gainesville, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gainesville fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.7 percentage points lower than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Gainesville peaked in October 2009 at 9.6% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Gainesville 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
Gainesville	8.0%	-0.2	-1.2

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: Gainesville, Georgia, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gainesville, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gainesville peaked in October 2009 at 8,486. There are now 1,315 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Gainesville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Gainesville, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Gainesville	7,171	-134	-1,003

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gainesville, Georgia Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Georgia Unemployment Rate	Gainesville Unemployment Rate	Gainesville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.7%	8.0%	7,171
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	8.2%	7,305
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	8.5%	7,579
September 2011	9.0%	10.3%	8.6%	7,648
August 2011	9.1%	10.2%	8.5%	7,547
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	8.5%	7,515
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	8.4%	7,469
May 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.3%	7,380
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.4%	7,483
March 2011	8.9%	10.0%	8.5%	7,617
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	8.7%	7,765
January 2011	9.1%	10.3%	8.9%	7,963