State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond says the rates increased by two-tenths of a percent.
The Gainesville jobless rate is now at 4.5 percent; in the mountains area, which includes Gainesville, the new rate is 4.3 percent.
Of the 13 counties that make up the region, only one shows a decline in the unemployment rate - Dawson, which fell a tenth-of-a-percent to 3.8.
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