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Table 8-13: Unemployment Rate

 

Newton

County

NERDC

Atlanta MSA

Georgia

 

Newton

County

NERDC

Atlanta MSA

Georgia

Jan-00

3.6%

3.5%

3.3%

3.7%

Feb-04

4.8%

4.0%

4.3%

4.3%

Feb-00

3.4%

3.4%

3.2%

3.6%

Mar-04

5.1%

4.1%

4.5%

4.4%

Mar-00

3.5%

3.4%

3.2%

3.6%

Apr-04

4.4%

3.7%

4.2%

4.1%

Apr-00

3.0%

3.0%

2.8%

3.1%

May-04

4.8%

4.1%

4.5%

4.4%

May-00

3.4%

3.4%

3.1%

3.4%

Jun-04

5.6%

4.9%

5.2%

5.2%

Jun-00

3.7%

3.7%

3.5%

3.9%

Jul-04

5.4%

4.8%

5.0%

5.1%

Jul-00

3.5%

3.6%

3.4%

3.8%

Aug-04

5.4%

4.7%

5.0%

4.9%

Aug-00

3.4%

3.5%

3.4%

3.8%

Sep-04

5.1%

4.5%

4.7%

4.8%

Sep-00

3.1%

3.2%

3.1%

3.5%

Oct-04

5.4%

4.5%

4.8%

4.9%

Oct-00

2.7%

2.8%

2.8%

3.2%

Nov-04

5.2%

4.5%

4.8%

4.8%

Nov-00

2.5%

2.8%

2.6%

3.0%

Dec-04

5.5%

4.7%

4.9%

5.0%

Dec-00

2.6%

2.8%

2.6%

3.1%

Jan-05

5.7%

4.9%

5.2%

5.2%

Jan-01

3.2%

3.8%

3.2%

3.7%

Feb-05

6.3%

5.2%

5.4%

5.5%

Feb-01

3.3%

3.6%

3.2%

3.6%

Mar-05

6.0%

4.8%

5.1%

5.1%

Mar-01

3.3%

3.7%

3.2%

3.7%

Apr-05

5.8%

4.6%

4.9%

4.9%

Apr-01

3.1%

3.3%

3.0%

3.5%

May-05

5.6%

4.8%

5.1%

5.1%

May-01

3.0%

3.3%

3.0%

3.4%

Jun-05

6.1%

5.2%

5.5%

5.6%

Jun-01

3.7%

4.1%

3.7%

4.2%

Jul-05

6.5%

5.2%

5.4%

5.5%

Jul-01

3.6%

4.0%

3.7%

4.2%

Aug-05

5.6%

4.7%

5.1%

5.2%

Aug-01

3.8%

4.0%

4.0%

4.3%

Sep-05

5.8%

4.7%

5.4%

5.3%

Sep-01

3.8%

4.0%

4.0%

4.3%

Oct-05

5.4%

4.4%

5.1%

5.0%

Oct-01

3.5%

3.9%

3.9%

4.2%

Nov-05

5.3%

4.3%

5.0%

4.9%

Nov-01

3.6%

4.0%

4.1%

4.3%

Dec-05

5.0%

4.3%

4.7%

4.7%

Dec-01

3.9%

4.1%

4.2%

4.4%

Jan-06

5.1%

4.3%

4.8%

4.7%

Jan-02

4.8%

4.7%

4.8%

4.9%

Feb-06

5.3%

4.5%

4.8%

4.8%

Feb-02

4.7%

4.7%

4.9%

4.9%

Mar-06

5.0%

4.2%

4.5%

4.5%

Mar-02

4.8%

4.7%

4.9%

4.9%

Apr-06

4.8%

4.0%

4.3%

4.3%

Apr-02

4.6%

4.3%

4.7%

4.6%

May-06

5.1%

4.3%

4.5%

4.5%

May-02

4.5%

4.3%

4.7%

4.7%

Jun-06

5.4%

4.7%

4.9%

5.0%

Jun-02

5.3%

4.8%

5.3%

5.3%

Jul-06

5.6%

4.7%

4.9%

5.1%

Jul-02

5.0%

4.6%

5.1%

5.1%

Aug-06

5.4%

4.4%

4.7%

4.8%

Aug-02

5.1%

4.5%

5.0%

5.0%

Sep-06

5.3%

4.3%

4.5%

4.6%

Sep-02

4.7%

4.3%

4.8%

4.7%

Oct-06

5.3%

4.2%

4.3%

4.5%

Oct-02

4.8%

4.1%

4.7%

4.7%

Nov-06

5.4%

4.3%

4.2%

4.4%

Nov-02

4.9%

4.3%

4.7%

4.6%

Dec-06

5.3%

4.2%

4.3%

4.4%

Dec-02

5.0%

4.3%

4.7%

4.7%

Jan-07

5.3%

4.5%

4.4%

4.5%

Jan-03

5.7%

4.7%

5.2%

5.0%

Feb-07

5.1%

4.3%

4.2%

4.3%

Feb-03

5.6%

4.4%

5.0%

4.9%

Mar-07

4.9%

4.0%

3.9%

4.1%

Mar-03

5.4%

4.4%

4.8%

4.8%

Apr-07

4.7%

4.0%

3.9%

4.0%

Apr-03

4.8%

4.1%

4.6%

4.6%

May-07

4.6%

3.9%

4.0%

4.1%

May-03

4.8%

4.4%

4.8%

4.7%

Jun-07

5.2%

4.6%

4.5%

4.7%

Jun-03

5.7%

5.0%

5.6%

5.6%

Jul-07

5.8%

4.8%

4.6%

4.8%

Jul-03

5.3%

4.6%

5.2%

5.2%

Aug-07

5.3%

4.4%

4.4%

4.5%

Aug-03

5.4%

4.5%

4.9%

4.9%

Sep-07

5.1%

4.3%

4.4%

4.5%

Sep-03

5.1%

4.2%

4.7%

4.6%

Oct-07

5.2%

4.4%

4.4%

4.5%

Oct-03

5.2%

4.1%

4.5%

4.4%

Nov-07

5.0%

4.1%

4.1%

4.2%

Nov-03

4.9%

4.0%

4.3%

4.3%

Dec-07

5.5%

4.5%

4.5%

4.6%

Dec-03

4.5%

3.8%

4.1%

4.1%

Jan-08

6.3%

5.1%

5.0%

5.1%

Jan-04

5.0%

4.3%

4.6%

4.5%

Feb-08

6.1%

5.2%

5.1%

5.3%

Source: Georgia Department of Labor Statistics