High Unemployment Area
Burke County, GA Current Unemployment - 5.2%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Burke County, GA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2022
5.5%
3.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.5%
3.3%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.5%
3.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.5%
2.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.8%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.0%
3.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.8%
2.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.2%
3.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2021
6.5%
5.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.9%
4.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.7%
4.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.8%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.7%
4.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.9%
4.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.9%
4.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.1%
3.9%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.4%
3.3%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.1%
3.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.5%
2.9%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.5%
2.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2020
5.3%
3.5%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.0%
3.5%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.6%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.2%
12.2%
14.7%
5 / 2020
8.7%
9.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
8.0%
8.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.1%
8.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
6.5%
6.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.9%
6.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.3%
4.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.0%
5.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.9%
5.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2019
7.2%
4.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.1%
3.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.8%
3.6%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.5%
3.1%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.9%
3.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.4%
3.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.2%
3.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.4%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.7%
3.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.3%
3.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.1%
2.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.2%
2.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2018
7.6%
4.5%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.2%
4.3%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.1%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.5%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.6%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.6%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.4%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.2%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.6%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.4%
3.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.0%
3.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.6%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2017
8.9%
5.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.0%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.0%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.5%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.9%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.1%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.0%
4.9%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.3%
4.9%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.1%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.8%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.0%
4.1%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.2%
4.2%
4.1%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2016
8.4%
5.6%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.4%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2016
7.2%
5.3%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.0%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.1%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.5%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.0%
5.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.9%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.0%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
8.9%
5.5%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.1%
5.0%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.1%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2015
8.8%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.2%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.9%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.3%
5.7%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.1%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.6%
6.4%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.3%
6.4%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.6%
6.0%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.9%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.1%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.6%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.6%
5.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2014
10.9%
7.4%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.0%
7.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.3%
7.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.7%
6.7%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.2%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.7%
7.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
12.0%
8.0%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.4%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.4%
6.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.3%
6.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.6%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.1%
6.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2013
13.1%
9.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.4%
8.6%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.9%
8.2%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.4%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.0%
8.2%
7.5%
6 / 2013
13.0%
8.9%
7.5%
7 / 2013
13.3%
8.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
12.3%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.4%
7.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.6%
8.0%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.8%
7.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.8%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2012
13.0%
9.8%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.6%
9.7%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.1%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.9%
8.9%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.1%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.0%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.7%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.7%
9.3%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.7%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.5%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.4%
8.3%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.1%
8.7%
7.9%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2011
13.6%
10.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.8%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.0%
10.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.5%
9.7%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.0%
10.0%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.7%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.0%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.1%
10.6%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.4%
10.4%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.4%
10.1%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.1%
9.5%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.4%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2010
12.5%
10.9%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.6%
10.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.7%
10.4%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.0%
9.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.5%
10.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.4%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
12.8%
10.7%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.1%
10.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.9%
10.5%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.1%
10.5%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.6%
10.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.5%
10.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2009
11.8%
9.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.7%
9.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.8%
9.4%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.2%
9.0%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.8%
9.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.3%
10.5%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.4%
10.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.7%
10.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.4%
10.3%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.2%
10.5%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.9%
10.2%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.2%
10.4%
9.9%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2008
9.0%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.2%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.0%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.4%
5.0%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.4%
5.6%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.7%
6.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.7%
6.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.7%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.4%
6.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.0%
7.2%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.4%
7.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.4%
8.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2007
6.1%
4.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.7%
4.3%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
4.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.1%
4.1%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.4%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.3%
4.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.1%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2007
9.4%
4.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
9.4%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2007
8.9%
4.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
9.2%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.8%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2006
6.4%
4.9%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.5%
4.9%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.7%
4.5%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.8%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.9%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.6%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.0%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.6%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.1%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.4%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.2%
4.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.1%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2005
6.8%
5.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.0%
5.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.9%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.7%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.5%
5.3%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.5%
5.7%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.4%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
8.2%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.8%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.9%
5.3%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.0%
5.2%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.1%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2004
6.7%
4.5%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.9%
4.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.2%
4.4%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.4%
4.2%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.4%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.4%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.0%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.5%
5.0%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.1%
4.8%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.3%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.4%
5.0%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.5%
5.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2003
7.4%
5.2%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.8%
4.9%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.9%
4.8%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.0%
4.8%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.0%
4.9%
6.1%
6 / 2003
10.3%
5.7%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.9%
5.4%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.2%
4.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.9%
4.6%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.9%
4.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.5%
4.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.1%
4.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2002
6.6%
5.2%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.2%
5.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.0%
5.1%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.1%
4.9%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.4%
4.8%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.5%
5.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.1%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.8%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.6%
4.8%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.4%
4.8%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.9%
4.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.4%
4.9%
6.0%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2001
4.9%
3.8%
4.2%
2 / 2001
4.6%
3.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
4.6%
3.7%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.2%
3.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.2%
3.4%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.3%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.0%
4.0%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.9%
4.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.2%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.8%
4.6%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.8%
4.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.6%
4.7%
5.7%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2000
5.5%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.3%
3.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.7%
3.8%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.0%
3.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.7%
3.7%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.8%
4.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.6%
3.9%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.0%
3.9%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.4%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.1%
3.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.1%
3.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.1%
3.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1999
11.5%
4.2%
4.3%
2 / 1999
11.4%
4.4%
4.4%
3 / 1999
9.8%
3.9%
4.2%
4 / 1999
10.0%
3.9%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.1%
3.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.8%
4.1%
4.3%
7 / 1999
12.4%
4.2%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.2%
4.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.2%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.7%
3.8%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.8%
3.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.7%
3.5%
4.0%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1998
14.8%
4.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
14.2%
4.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
13.7%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 1998
13.6%
3.8%
4.3%
5 / 1998
13.3%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 1998
14.7%
4.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
13.8%
4.7%
4.5%
8 / 1998
14.9%
4.2%
4.5%
9 / 1998
12.0%
4.2%
4.6%
10 / 1998
11.9%
4.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
11.6%
3.9%
4.4%
12 / 1998
10.9%
3.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1997
16.6%
5.3%
5.3%
2 / 1997
16.0%
5.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
14.0%
4.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
14.3%
4.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
10.8%
4.4%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.6%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
18.6%
4.7%
4.9%
8 / 1997
16.8%
4.5%
4.8%
9 / 1997
15.6%
4.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
13.9%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 1997
13.2%
3.9%
4.6%
12 / 1997
14.2%
4.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1996
13.6%
4.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
14.1%
4.6%
5.5%
3 / 1996
12.9%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
13.7%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.7%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
15.1%
4.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
22.5%
5.1%
5.5%
8 / 1996
18.6%
4.5%
5.1%
9 / 1996
19.9%
4.6%
5.2%
10 / 1996
19.0%
4.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
19.5%
4.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
16.9%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1995
11.0%
4.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.3%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.7%
4.3%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.1%
4.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
10.0%
4.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
17.6%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
23.7%
5.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
20.6%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1995
17.6%
5.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
15.2%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
11.9%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.1%
4.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1994
11.7%
6.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
11.1%
6.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.8%
5.8%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.5%
5.3%
6.4%
5 / 1994
12.2%
4.9%
6.1%
6 / 1994
14.2%
5.5%
6.1%
7 / 1994
18.2%
5.6%
6.1%
8 / 1994
16.9%
5.0%
6.0%
9 / 1994
14.1%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.4%
4.8%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.2%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.2%
4.0%
5.5%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1993
13.7%
7.0%
7.3%
2 / 1993
14.3%
6.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.5%
6.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
11.4%
5.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
11.9%
5.6%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.6%
6.4%
7.0%
7 / 1993
16.4%
6.3%
6.9%
8 / 1993
14.4%
5.9%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.8%
5.7%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.2%
5.9%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.5%
5.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
9.7%
5.2%
6.5%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1992
10.8%
5.5%
7.3%
2 / 1992
14.5%
7.5%
7.4%
3 / 1992
13.8%
7.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
15.2%
6.8%
7.4%
5 / 1992
17.5%
6.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
20.2%
7.9%
7.8%
7 / 1992
19.2%
7.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
17.7%
7.2%
7.6%
9 / 1992
16.5%
7.0%
7.6%
10 / 1992
14.9%
6.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
14.5%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
12.4%
6.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1991
13.2%
6.1%
6.4%
2 / 1991
11.3%
6.3%
6.6%
3 / 1991
11.2%
5.8%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.7%
5.0%
6.7%
5 / 1991
12.5%
5.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.7%
5.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
13.3%
5.1%
6.8%
8 / 1991
14.1%
4.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
12.3%
4.7%
6.9%
10 / 1991
11.2%
4.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.2%
4.4%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.5%
4.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Burke County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1990
10.0%
5.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
9.3%
5.4%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.0%
4.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.8%
5.0%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.4%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.6%
5.5%
5.2%
7 / 1990
14.2%
5.8%
5.5%
8 / 1990
15.9%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
14.2%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
11.7%
5.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.5%
5.7%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.3%
5.6%
6.3%