Area Unemployment Rate and Labor Force Estimates

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Civilian Labor Force Estimates

Data  (PDF, 977.35 KB) - Preliminary estimates and revised figures, for the total labor force, total employed, total unemployed, and percent unemployed--statewide, by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), by Metropolitan Division (MD), cities over 25,000 in population, Regional Commission (RC), and county.

Bar graphs of unemployment rates for the last 13 months - - by Regional Commission (RC)

Atlanta Regional Commission  (PDF, 181.47 KB)
Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties.

Central Savannah River Regional Commission  (PDF, 188.83 KB)
Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, and Wilkes counties.

Coastal Georgia Regional Commission  (PDF, 169.93 KB)
Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Screven counties.

Georgia Mountains Regional Commission  (PDF, 184.78 KB)
Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties.

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha Regional Commission  (PDF, 194.48 KB)
Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilcox counties.

Middle Georgia Regional Commission  (PDF, 185.15 KB)
Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, and Wilkinson counties.

Northeast Georgia Regional Commission  (PDF, 187.73 KB)
Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties.

Northwest Georgia Regional Commission  (PDF, 192.15 KB)
Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties.

River Valley Regional Commission  (PDF, 176.97 KB)
Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster counties.

Southern Georgia Regional Commission  (PDF, 181.09 KB)
Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware counties.

Southwest Georgia Regional Commission  (PDF, 182.66 KB)
Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth counties.

Three Rivers Regional Commission  (PDF, 176.51 KB)
Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, and Upson counties.

Bar graphs of unemployment rates for the last 13 months - - by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and by Metropolitan Division (MD)

Albany MSA  (PDF, 174.56 KB)
Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth counties.

Athens - Clarke County MSA  (PDF, 183.47 KB)
Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe counties.

Atlanta MD  (PDF, 185.59 KB)
Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lumpkin, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties.

Atlanta MSA  (PDF, 178.24 KB)
Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lumpkin, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties.

Augusta - Richmond County MSA  (PDF, 180.38 KB)
Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina.

Brunswick - St. Simons MSA  (PDF, 173 KB)
Brantley, Glynn, and McIntosh counties.

Columbus MSA  (PDF, 182.09 KB)
Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, and Talbot counties in Georgia and Russell county in Alabama.

Dalton MSA  (PDF, 165.13 KB)
Murray and Whitfield counties.

Gainesville MSA  (PDF, 176.71 KB)
Hall county.

Hinesville MSA  (PDF, 181.28 KB)
Liberty and Long counties.

Macon - Bibb County MSA  (PDF, 184.53 KB)
Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties.

Marietta MD  (PDF, 175.07 KB)
Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Haralson, and Paulding counties.

Rome MSA  (PDF, 180.52 KB)
Floyd county.

Savannah MSA  (PDF, 178.16 KB)
Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham counties.

Valdosta MSA  (PDF, 179.62 KB)
Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties.

Warner Robins MSA  (PDF, 180.2 KB)
Houston and Peach counties.