ATLANTA - The unemployment rate in the metro Gainesville area is down two-tenths of a percent compared to a month ago, according to state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond.
The new rate is 4.1 percent.
For the 13-county Georgia Mountains Region, which includes Gainesville, the rate went down three-tenths of a percent, to 3.8 percent.
The statewide rate also declined three-tenths of a percent to 4.7 percent.