Politics & Government
Forsyth County's Unemployment Rate Continues to Drop
The county's jobless rate is down three-tenths of a percentage point from 6.7 percent in January.
The unemployment rate in Forsyth County declines to 6.4 percent in February down three-tenths of a percentage point from 6.7 percent in January, according to the Georgia Department of Labor calculates statistics.
Forsyth County had 6,088 people who are counted as jobless in February, 270 fewer than in January. The number of people employed dropped, but so did the labor force, down 663 to 94,674 workers.
A year ago Forsyth's jobless rate was 7.2 percent. The workforce was smaller by 1,233 people.
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County
Rate
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Forsyth
6.4%
Cherokee
6.9%
Hall
6.9%
Gwinnett 7.4%Fulton
8.9%
The Georgia Mountains regionβs unemployment rate declined to 7.5 percent in February, down five-tenths of a percentage point from 8.0 percent in January. The rate was 8.4 percent in February a year ago.
The rate declined because there were fewer new layoffs, which were represented by initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits.
Editor's Note: The Georgia Mountains region includes, Forsyth, Banks, Dawson, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties.
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