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Roswell Shares Lowest Unemployment Rate at 5.9%

Metro Atlanta's jobless rate dropped because of an increase in jobs and fewer new layoffs.

Roswell's unemployment rate was down to 5.9 percent in March, three-tenths of a percent lower than the February rate.

Alpharetta and Roswell share the lowest unemployment rate in preliminary figures from the Georgia Depatment of Labor.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate declined to 7.9 percent in March from 8.3 percent in February. The rate was 8.9 percent in March a year ago.

The rate declined because of an increase in the number of jobs and fewer new layoffs.

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Roswell had 2,972 people who are counted as jobless in February, 155 fewer than in January. The number of people employed rose by 158, while the labor force increased by 3 people, up to 50,205 workers.

A year ago Roswell's jobless rate was six tenths of a percent higher at 6.6 percent. The workforce is larger by 600 people than it was in March 2012.

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City                     Rate
Alpharetta             5.9%
Atlanta                 9.9
Douglasville         10.1
Johns Creek          6.4
Kennesaw             8.5
Marietta                7.9

Roswell                 5.9
Sandy Springs       6.1

Smyrna                7.7
Metro Atlanta        7.9

Georgia                8.4

 

The number of jobs in metro Atlanta increased to 2,381,200, up by 13,100 from 2,368,100 in February. Most of the growth came in leisure and hospitality, 5,900; administrative and support services, 4,600; and professional and business services, 4,200. The number of government jobs declined by 1,400.


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