Metro Atlanta Unemployment Inches Up ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - One week after we learned of record-high unemployment in the state, the Georgia Department of Labor Thursday released numbers specific to metro Atlanta. WABE's Jim Burress reports.

10.1% of metro Atlantans were looking for work last month. That's up one-tenth of one percentage point from November.

Even so, it's slightly better than the state average, which for December climbed to 10.3%.

County-specific data show Fulton County matched the state average, while DeKalb was a slightly lower 10.1%. Gwinnett and Cobb fared better, at 9 and 9.3% respectively. Clayton County's unemployment rate, however, was 12.3%.

In all, nearly 270,000 people in the metro area were looking for work in December.

Jim Burress, WABE News.
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