- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- News release (Georgia Department of Labor)
- Title:
- News release, Oct. 11, 2007C
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor, 2007-10-11
- Date of Original:
- 2007-10-11
- Subject:
- Georgia. Department of Labor--Periodicals
Labor--Georgia--Periodicals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
Each issue also has a distinctive theme title - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200 .P1 N45 2007/10-11C
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2007-s10-h11c-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2007-s10-h11c-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia
Department of Labor
NEWS RELEASE
SUITE 642
(404) 232-3685
148 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, N.E.
ATLANTA, GA 30303-1751
FAX (404) 657-9996
Communications@dol.state.ga.us
Michael Thurmond
Commissioner
Sam Hall
Director of Communications
Oct. 11, 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Georgia's initial unemployment insurance claims decline in September
ATLANTA The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that 32,139 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits in September, down 6.4 percent from August. The decrease in claims came mostly in trade and services.
While initial claims were down from August to September, they were up 4.7 percent from September of 2006 when 30,685 were filed.
The 14 metro areas of the state and the changes in their initial claims from August to September
of 2007 are as follows:
Albany, up 36, or six percent, from 600 to 636. Athens, up 38, or 7.2 percent, from 528 to 566. Atlanta, down 2,668, or 16.3 percent, from 16,407 to 13,739. Augusta, down 516, or 28.9 percent, from 1,784 to 1,268. Brunswick, down 38, or 11.4 percent, from 333 to 295. Columbus, down 97, or 11.2 percent, from 869 to 772. Dalton, up 690, or 68.3 percent, from 1,010 to 1,700. Gainesville, down 103, or 21.9 percent, from 471 to 368. Hinesville, down 18, or 10.7 percent, from 169 to 151. Macon, down 68, or 7.6 percent, from 895 to 827. Rome, down 56, or 10.7 percent, from 522 to 466. Savannah, up six, or seven-tenths of one percent, from 900 to 906. Valdosta, down one, or two-tenths of one percent, from 547 to 546. Warner Robins, down 22, or 7.1 percent, from 308 to 286.
Georgia labor market data are not seasonally adjusted and are available at www.dol.state.ga.us.
NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 232-3685. TABLES AND GRAPHS REFLECTING LABOR MARKET DATA ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.dol.state.ga.us/pr/current_data.htm
CY-07-364