Georgia Department of Labor has reported May's Decatur County unemployment jumped .7% to 11.5% from April's revised 10.8%. The GDOL has also reported the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped to 9.7% in May, the highest rate ever recorded in Georgia.
Southwest Georgia's unemployment rate rose to 9.1% from April's revised rate of 8.6%. In our surrounding counties, Baker County jumped 2.7%, Mitchell County .9% while Thomas and Grady Counties jumped .6%.
April's unemployment showed a significant improvement across many counties but May's numbers seemed to indicate April was only an aberration.
SW GA
Counties |
Unemployment Rates |
| May |
Apr
| Mar |
Feb |
Jan |
Dec |
Nov |
Oct |
Sept |
Aug |
July |
June |
| Colquitt |
8.0% |
8.0% |
8.0% |
8.9% |
8.1% |
7.3% |
6.8% |
7.8% |
6.4% |
6.4% |
6.5% |
5.9% |
| Thomas |
8.4% |
7.8% |
7.9% |
8.5% |
7.7% |
6.8% |
6.3% |
6.4% |
6.3% |
5.9% |
5.8% |
5.6% |
| Miller |
8.4% |
8.1% |
8.3% |
8.8% |
7.2% |
6.4% |
7.1% |
4.9% |
4.6% |
5.5% |
5.0% |
5.0% |
| Grady |
9.0% |
8.4% |
8.7% |
9.5% |
9.3% |
7.5% |
6.9% |
6.8% |
6.5% |
6.0% |
6.6% |
5.6% |
| Mitchell |
9.2% |
8.3% |
8.4% |
9.1% |
8.7% |
8.0% |
7.4% |
7.2% |
7.2% |
7.6% |
7.0% |
6.9% |
| Baker |
9.8% |
7.1% |
7.7% |
8.5% |
8.0% |
7.2% |
7.2% |
6.5% |
6.9% |
6.9% |
6.0% |
6.1% |
| Early |
10.2% |
10.0% |
10.3% |
10.9% |
8.7% |
8.0% |
7.5% |
7.8% |
7.5% |
7.6% |
7.0% |
6.4% |
| Seminole |
10.3% |
9.8% |
10.7% |
11.5% |
9.8% |
8.9% |
8.9% |
7.9% |
8.0% |
7.7% |
8.3% |
7.8% |
| Decatur |
11.5% |
10.8% |
11.5% |
12.8% |
11.2% |
10.1% |
10.4% |
8.2% |
8.0% |
7.9% |
7.8% |
7.3% |
State of Georgia Labor Stats
