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Douglas County, Metro Atlanta See Rise in Jobless Rate

The unemployment rate was 7.6 in both the metro and in Douglas.

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The unemployment rose for the second straight month in metro Atlanta, rising four-tenths of a point in June, according to labor force estimates released by the Georgia Department of Labor.

The June jobless rate was 7.6 percent, up from 7.2 in May. The metro rate in April was 6.5. The rate in June 2013 was 8.6 percent.

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Preliminary figures in Douglas County showed a slight increase in the jobless rate, from 7.5 in May to 7.6 in June.

The Douglas labor force decreased from 68,159 to 68,099, while the number of unemployed workers grew from 5,140 to 5,202. The number of employed workers in the county fell from 63,019 to 62,897.

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Seasonal factors accounted for much of the increase β€” summer job loss by non-contract school workers, temporary layoffs in manufacturing and an increased job force with the addition of graduates and students entering the job market.

The number of jobs in metro Atlanta fell 4,000 month-to-month to 2,460,900 in June, the labor department said, but that was still a 2.4 percent increase since June 2013.

Additionally, there was a 13.4 percent increase in new claims for unemployment insurance from May to June.

Metro Athens had the lowest area jobless rate in Georgia at 6.3 percent, while the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region had the highest at 10.4 percent.

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Note: Local area unemployment data is not seasonally adjusted. Georgia labor market data are available at www.employgeorgia.com


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