Ben Hill County, GA Unemployment Rate Report

Ben Hill County, GA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Ben Hill County, Georgia has ranged from 3.4% in April 2022 to 17.9% in June 2011. The current unemployment rate for Ben Hill County is 4.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Ben Hill County, GA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Ben Hill County, GA Current Unemployment - 4.5%

Ben Hill County, GA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2022	4.5%	3.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.4%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.6%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.4%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.6%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.5%	3.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.6%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.5%	3.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2021	7.1%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.0%	4.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.3%	4.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.1%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.1%	4.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.9%	4.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.3%	4.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.0%	3.9%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.3%	3.3%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.4%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.8%	2.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.9%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2020	5.8%	3.5%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.6%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.2%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.9%	12.2%	14.7%
5 / 2020	6.8%	9.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.0%	8.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.5%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.2%	6.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.5%	6.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.3%	4.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.7%	5.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.2%	5.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2019	7.1%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.5%	3.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.4%	3.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.6%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.2%	3.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.7%	3.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.9%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.5%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.8%	3.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.9%	3.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.9%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.5%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2018	7.3%	4.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.5%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.1%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.6%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.1%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.9%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.7%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.0%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.1%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.4%	3.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.8%	3.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.8%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2017	9.8%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.2%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.8%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.5%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.4%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.6%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.5%	4.9%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.5%	4.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.8%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.7%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.8%	4.1%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.9%	4.2%	4.1%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2016	9.1%	5.6%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.3%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.8%	5.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.5%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.3%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.2%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	9.3%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.4%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.4%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.5%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.4%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.2%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2015	9.6%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.2%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.8%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.0%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 2015	10.1%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.5%	6.4%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.4%	6.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.3%	6.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.2%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.5%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.3%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.8%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2014	10.2%	7.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.0%	7.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.1%	7.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.5%	6.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	9.7%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.1%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	11.8%	8.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	10.7%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.8%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	9.6%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.1%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.8%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2013	15.1%	9.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	13.3%	8.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.3%	8.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	12.0%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	12.1%	8.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.2%	8.9%	7.5%
7 / 2013	13.7%	8.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	12.3%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.7%	7.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	11.8%	8.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.2%	7.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	11.0%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2012	14.9%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	14.6%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2012	13.8%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	13.3%	8.9%	8.2%
5 / 2012	13.4%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	14.3%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	14.4%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	14.2%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	13.6%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	13.5%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	13.2%	8.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	13.8%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2011	16.1%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	15.5%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	14.6%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	13.9%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	14.3%	10.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	17.9%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	15.4%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	15.6%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	15.9%	10.4%	9.0%
10 / 2011	16.6%	10.1%	8.8%
11 / 2011	15.7%	9.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	15.5%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2010	17.1%	10.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	17.0%	10.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	15.1%	10.4%	9.9%
4 / 2010	14.3%	9.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	14.4%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	14.6%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	15.6%	10.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	16.5%	10.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	16.1%	10.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	16.3%	10.5%	9.4%
11 / 2010	17.4%	10.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	16.2%	10.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2009	17.0%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	16.0%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.3%	9.4%	8.7%
4 / 2009	14.4%	9.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	14.0%	9.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	15.5%	10.5%	9.5%
7 / 2009	15.2%	10.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	15.7%	10.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	15.8%	10.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	16.2%	10.5%	10.0%
11 / 2009	16.4%	10.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	15.9%	10.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2008	9.7%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	9.3%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	9.4%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	8.0%	5.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.1%	5.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	9.5%	6.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	10.5%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	11.7%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	12.5%	6.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	11.9%	7.2%	6.5%
11 / 2008	12.6%	7.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	15.9%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2007	6.4%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.4%	4.3%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.2%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.0%	4.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.0%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.3%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.6%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.1%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.1%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2007	7.2%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	9.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	10.3%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2006	5.4%	4.9%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.1%	4.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.2%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.6%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.6%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.1%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.5%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.8%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.4%	4.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.6%	4.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2005	5.8%	5.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.1%	5.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.7%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.7%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.5%	5.3%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.7%	5.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.7%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.1%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.1%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.5%	5.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.1%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.5%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2004	5.2%	4.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.4%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.6%	4.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.2%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.3%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.9%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.9%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.7%	5.0%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.8%	4.8%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.9%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.3%	5.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.9%	5.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2003	5.9%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.8%	4.9%	5.9%
3 / 2003	10.6%	4.8%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.4%	4.8%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.1%	4.9%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.9%	5.7%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.0%	5.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.8%	4.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.7%	4.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.3%	4.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.1%	4.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.6%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2002	5.7%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.0%	5.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.4%	5.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.5%	4.9%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.7%	4.8%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.7%	5.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.2%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.5%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.0%	4.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.6%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.8%	4.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.2%	4.9%	6.0%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2001	5.2%	3.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.8%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.0%	3.7%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.4%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.9%	3.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.8%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.8%	4.0%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.0%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.0%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.4%	4.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.7%	4.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.7%	4.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2000	4.7%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.7%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.6%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.5%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.1%	3.7%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.1%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.0%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.1%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.8%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.8%	3.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.6%	3.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.8%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1999	4.9%	4.2%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.1%	4.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.1%	3.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.1%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.7%	3.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.3%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	8.0%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.7%	4.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.2%	4.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.6%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	8.6%	3.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.9%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1998	6.3%	4.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.9%	4.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.7%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.5%	3.8%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.7%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.3%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.6%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.3%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	11.8%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.7%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.0%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.3%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1997	7.6%	5.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.1%	5.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.3%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.9%	4.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.9%	4.4%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.0%	4.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.4%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.9%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.9%	4.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.0%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.5%	3.9%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.5%	4.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1996	8.2%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.6%	4.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.1%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.8%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.7%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.0%	4.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	7.6%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	6.6%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.8%	4.6%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.9%	4.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.6%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.6%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1995	5.5%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.1%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.0%	4.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.3%	4.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.8%	4.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.3%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.6%	5.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.9%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.1%	5.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.3%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.4%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.4%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1994	6.0%	6.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.9%	6.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.4%	5.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.5%	5.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.1%	4.9%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.9%	5.5%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.1%	5.6%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.4%	5.0%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.5%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.9%	4.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.0%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.2%	4.0%	5.5%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1993	8.5%	7.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.0%	6.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	16.3%	6.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.4%	5.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.6%	5.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.3%	6.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.5%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.1%	5.9%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.1%	5.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.2%	5.9%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.2%	5.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.1%	5.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1992	4.5%	5.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.8%	7.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.9%	7.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.1%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.9%	6.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.6%	7.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.7%	7.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.1%	7.2%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.7%	7.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	8.7%	6.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.7%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.5%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1991	9.5%	6.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.1%	6.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.6%	5.8%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.9%	5.0%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.6%	5.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.7%	5.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.6%	5.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	4.6%	4.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.7%	4.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.4%	4.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.1%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.9%	4.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ben Hill County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1990	5.9%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.2%	5.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.2%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.2%	5.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.0%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.5%	5.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.0%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.4%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.4%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.0%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.9%	5.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.7%	5.6%	6.3%