5/2/19

(Atlanta)- The latest figures released Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor has White County’s unemployment rate in March at 3 percent.  That’s a decrease from the three-point-two percent revised figures in February.  The labor department said in March the labor force in White County was 16,214, with 15,724 having jobs and 490 unemployed. 

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said that the Georgia Mountains region posted a strong March with key indicators trending in the right directions.    

The Georgia Mountains region unemployment rate in March was 3.4 percent. The rate declined across all 12 counties in the region, according to the labor department.