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Macon, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Macon fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2013 to 8.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Macon peaked in January 2010 at 10.5% and is now 1.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Macon 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
Macon 8.7% -0.1 -1.0
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: Macon, Georgia, National

Macon, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Macon, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Macon peaked in February 2010 at 11,760. There are now 1,898 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Macon employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Macon, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Macon 9,862 -211 -1,191

Number of Unemployed Persons

Macon, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		Georgia
Unemployment Rate 		Macon
Unemployment Rate 		Macon
Unemployed
May
2013 		7.6% — — —
April
2013 		7.5% 8.2% 8.7% 9,862
March
2013 		7.6% 8.4% 8.8% 10,073
February
2013 		7.7% 8.6% 9.0% 10,330
January
2013 		7.9% 8.7% 9.1% 10,498
December
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 9.2% 10,528
November
2012 		7.8% 8.7% 9.2% 10,581
October
2012 		7.9% 8.8% 9.3% 10,649
September
2012 		7.8% 8.9% 9.4% 10,733
August
2012 		8.1% 9.0% 9.5% 10,821
July
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 9.5% 10,904
June
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 9.6% 10,973
May
2012 		8.2% 9.1% 9.6% 11,023

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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