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Gainesville, Georgia Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gainesville fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Georgia rate. The unemployment rate in Gainesville peaked in April 2020 at 10.3% and is now 7.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.3% in April 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Gainesville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Georgia 3.4% 0.0 +0.3
Gainesville 2.6% 0.0 +0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Gainesville, Georgia, National

Gainesville, Georgia monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gainesville, Georgia Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gainesville peaked in April 2020 at 10,356. There are now 7,466 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,490 in May 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 400. Gainesville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Gainesville, Georgia) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Gainesville 2,890 -13 +286

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gainesville, Georgia Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Georgia
Unemployment Rate		 Gainesville
Unemployment Rate		 Gainesville
Unemployed
December
2023		 3.7% — — —
November
2023		 3.7% 3.4% 2.6% 2,890
October
2023		 3.8% 3.4% 2.6% 2,903
September
2023		 3.8% 3.4% 2.6% 2,853
August
2023		 3.8% 3.3% 2.6% 2,792
July
2023		 3.5% 3.2% 2.5% 2,690
June
2023		 3.6% 3.2% 2.5% 2,736
May
2023		 3.7% 3.2% 2.5% 2,743
April
2023		 3.4% 3.1% 2.4% 2,657
March
2023		 3.5% 3.1% 2.5% 2,683
February
2023		 3.6% 3.1% 2.4% 2,643
January
2023		 3.4% 3.1% 2.4% 2,621

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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