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Dalton, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Dalton fell 0.4 percentage points in November 2021 to 3.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Dalton peaked in April 2020 at 20.3% and is now 17.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Dalton unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Georgia 2.8% -0.3 -2.8
Dalton 3.0% -0.4 -2.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Dalton, Georgia, National

Dalton, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Dalton, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Dalton peaked in April 2020 at 12,279. There are now 10,490 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Dalton employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Dalton, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Dalton 1,789 -232 -1,196

Number of Unemployed Persons

Dalton, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Georgia
Unemployment Rate		 Dalton
Unemployment Rate		 Dalton
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 2.8% 3.0% 1,789
October
2021		 4.6% 3.1% 3.4% 2,021
September
2021		 4.7% 3.3% 3.8% 2,238
August
2021		 5.2% 3.5% 4.0% 2,383
July
2021		 5.4% 3.7% 4.2% 2,473
June
2021		 5.9% 4.0% 4.3% 2,572
May
2021		 5.8% 4.1% 4.2% 2,497
April
2021		 6.0% 4.3% 4.2% 2,489
March
2021		 6.0% 4.5% 4.5% 2,662
February
2021		 6.2% 4.8% 5.1% 3,042
January
2021		 6.4% 5.1% 5.9% 3,507

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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