The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported Washington County’s unemployment rate for the month of October 2021.
The latest statistics from the Department of Labor show Washington County with a 3.2 percent unemployment rate, a decrease from the previous month. Washington County’s unemployment rate for the month of September 2021 was 3.4 percent. For October of 2020, Washington County’s unemployment rate was 6.1 percent.
According to data presented by the Georgia Department of Labor’s Workforce Statistics and Economic Research shows the labor force for Washington County during October of this year was 6,778 with 6,561 employed and 217 unemployed. The previous month’s work force was 6,787 with 6,558 employed and 229 unemployed. These numbers are not seasonally adjusted.
Unemployment rates for October 2021 as reported by the Georgia Department of Labor for surrounding counties are as follows:
– Baldwin: 3.0 percent, unchanged from the previous month’s unemployment rate
– Glascock: 1.8 percent, an increase from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 1.7 percent
– Hancock: 3.9 percent, a decrease from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 4.2 percent
– Jefferson: 2.9 percent, a decrease from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 3.1 percent
– Johnson: 2.3 percent, a decrease from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 2.4 percent
– Laurens: 2.7 percent, a decrease from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 2.8 percent
– Wilkinson: 2.5 percent, a decrease from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 2.6 percent
The Georgia Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) was 2.7 percent in October of 2021. This is a decrease from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 2.9 percent. The unemployment rate for the Central Savannah River Region was 5.2 percent in October of 2020.
The Central Savannah River Region includes the following counties: Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, and Wilkes.
Georgia’s “not seasonally-adjusted” unemployment rate for October 2021 was 2.4 percent, a decrease from the previous month’s unemployment rate of 2.5 percent. In October of 2020, the state unemployment rate was 5.4 percent.