Figures from the Georgia Department of Labor indicate that the unemployment rate in Jackson County fell by seven-tenths of a percent between September and October.
The DOL said Jackson had a 9.9 percent unemployment rate in October, compared to 10.6 percent in September.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.9 percent from September to October. The preliminary September rate of 10 percent reported last month has been revised downward by one-tenth of a percentage point. The rate was 10.2 percent in October 2009. This is the 37th consecutive month Georgia has exceeded the national unemployment rate, which is currently 9.6 percent.
Other area counties and their October unemployment rates include:
•Barrow, 9.8 percent, down from 10.1
•Clarke, 7.3 percent, down from 7.4
•Madison, 7.9 percent, down from 8.1
•Banks, 6.9 percent, up from 6.8
•Hall, 8.8 percent, unchanged from September
Oconee County, at 6.4 percent unemployment, had the lowest jobless rate in October, although that was up slightly from 6.3 percent in September. Hancock County, with a 20.6 percent jobless rate, boasts the highest unemployment rate in Georgia, although the October rate was eight-tenths of a percent better than in September.
