Unemployment Rate Falls in Kennesaw

Kennesaw's unemployment rate had a slight drop of one tenth of a percent, with the April unemployment rate standing at 8.4 percent.

There were 1,413 people unemployed in the northwest Cobb city. Kennesaw had a much worse problem in April 2012, when the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent.

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Smyrna's 7.5 percent jobelss rate also was two tenths of a percent lower in April. Out of 29,975 people in the labor pool, 2,244 were unemployed. In April 2012, the unemployment rate was 8.6 perent.

Marietta's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 7.7 percent. Other Cobb County cities had similar reductions. Marietta had 2,444 people out of work last month out of the 31,679 in the labor force. A year ago was a different story with a 9.2 percent jobless rate.

Over in Douglas County, Douglasville had a significant drop in unemployment by eight tenths of a percent. The 9.3 percent unemployment rate was still higerh than many cities. The city had 1,419 jobless out of 15,218 workers in the labor force. Still, this was much better than in April last year when the jobless rate was 9.9 percent.

City                     Rate
Alpharetta            5.6%
Atlanta                 9.6
Douglasville          9.3
Johns Creek          6.2
Kennesaw           8.4
Marietta                7.7

Roswell                 5.6

Sandy Springs       5.9

Smyrna                7.5
Metro Atlanta        7.6

Georgia                8.2

The Georgia Department of Labor also announced today in a news release that metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate declined to 7.6 percent in April, down three-tenths of a percentage point from March. The rate was 8.5 percent in April 2012.

The number of jobs in metro Atlanta increased by 12,900 to 2,394,100 in one month. Most of the growth came in:

• Professional and business services, 5,900;
• Trade and transportation, 3,700
• Leisure and hospitality, 2,700;
• Education and health services, 2,400; and
• Construction, 1,400.