Forsyth County Unemployment Rate Hits Milestone

CUMMING, GA -- Forsyth County’s unemployment rate decreased between October and November and reached a new milestone, data released from the Georgia Department of Labor Thursday show.

Forsyth County’s overall unemployment rate declined from 4.3 to 4.0 percent, according to GDOL. In November, the county’s workforce was 98,921 strong compared to 98,659 in October. 3,909 were out of work in November, compared to 4,286 in October. In November 2014, the county unemployment rate sat at 4.7 percent.

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The statewide unemployment rate dropped by a tenth of a percent to 5.6 in November, GDOL announced last week. The unemployment rate in November of 2014 was 6.7 percent.

“Our employers created 3,700 jobs in November, which helped push the unemployment rate down to its lowest point since March 2008,” said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler in a statement.

Butler added that the state’ job growth rate of 2.2 percent is higher than the national average of 1.9 percent.