Georgia's unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in November, this tops the national mark of 9.8 percent. (Photo: Khalil Shah)
It’s now a stretch of more than three years that Georgia’s jobless rate has topped the national mark—which is currently 9.8 percent.
Officials say there are more than a quarter of a million Georgians (252,200) are considered long term jobless--out of work for 27 weeks or longer. That group rose by almost 5 percent in the past month.
“The unemployment rate is up because of increases in new layoffs and in the number of long-term unemployed,” said State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond. “Georgia’s economy must have sustained job growth in the private sector.”
