State, local unemployment stats remain strong
The latest round of state and local unemployment data appears to reflect a continued favorable trend.
State numbers show the labor force as down by 235 in November to 5,174,199. According to November 2021 figures, as compared to prepandemic March 2020 totals, the labor force remains down 32,000, with the number of employed up 10,000, and the number of unemployed down 42,000. The number of unemployed was reportedly down 12,218 to 146,218 in November, the lowest total since December of 2000.
Georgia jobs were up 13,500 over the month and up 4.4 percent over the year to 4,618,800. Since May, jobs have increased by 130,600.
“We have fully recovered from this pandemic when it comes to employed Georgians, employing more people today than before the pandemic struck,” State Labor Commissioner Butler said in a release. “The hard work is still in front of us as job creation is outpacing new workers in the labor force.”
Locally, the October unemployment rate for Gordon County remained steady at 2.0%, the same level as September, and half of the
October 2020 rate of 4.0%. That is down from the 2.5% mark in August of this year.
For November, county unemployment claims were 83, down from 166 in October and down significantly from 702 this time a year ago, making the claims total 88.2% (619) lower.