(Atlanta)- The Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday that the preliminary unemployment rate in White County in February was 2.4 percent, which is the same as the revised January rate.
During February the labor department said the labor force in the county was 16,710, of those 16,303 were employed while 407 were unemployed.
Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said that in the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission area, which includes White County the February preliminary unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.6 percent, the rate was 3.2 percent one year ago.
According to the labor department, the number of initial claims decreased in all Regional Commissions in the month of February.
