Jobless rates up

ATLANTA - New jobless rates for the Gainesville area show only one county - Habersham - with a decline over the past month.

All the others showed an increase, except Banks, where the rate was unchanged.

Dawson, Gwinnett, Jackson and Lumpkin counties recorded the biggest increases and Hall County was up .5 percent to 4.7 percent. (See link below).

The unemployment rate increased because layoffs in manufacturing and other industries, according to state Labor Department officials.

Last week, the department reported that the statewide jobless rate reached the highest level for the month of May in 15 years.

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On the Net. http://www.dol.state.ga.us/pr/laborforce.htm