The Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday that the preliminary unemployment rate in White County in November was 2.6 percent – up two-tenths of a percentage point from the revised October rate. A year ago the rate was 1.8 percent.
The Labor Department said in November the labor force in White County was 17,959, of those 17,499 were employed and 460 were unemployed. Labor Department figures show the unemployment rate for the Georgia Mountains Region was up one-tenth to 2.9 percent over the month, the rate was 2.2 percent one year ago.
