ATLANTA — Metro Hinesville’s unemployment rate for September was 8.2 percent, down 0.9 percent from 9.1 percent in August, the Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday. The rate last September was 8.6 percent. The rate dropped because there were 313 fewer unemployed people in the Hinesville area in September, according to the federal government’s monthly household survey, and there were fewer new layoffs.
Metro Hinesvilles unemployment rate falls in September
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