http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/01/atlanta-keeps-growing/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Fri, 19 Sep 2014 02:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/01/atlanta-keeps-growing/#comment-12581 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:12:02 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-12581 Looking at the labor stats, the labor force from May ’08 to May ’09 in the ATL MSA declined from 2,756,018 to 2,665,772 (-3.27%) and DeKalb declined from 396,705 to 381,854 (-3.74%). The unemployment rates went from 5.6% to 9.6% and 5.8% to 9.4%, respectively. [Source: http://explorer.dol.state.ga.us/mis/current/clabcurrent.pdf ]
But it’s nice that the AJC is reporting positive news from last year!

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