Clay County, GA Unemployment Rate Report

Clay County, GA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Clay County, Georgia has ranged from 3.0% in November 1991 to 17.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Clay County is 8.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Clay County, GA Unemployment Rate by Month

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Clay County, GA Current Unemployment - 8.3%

Clay County, GA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2022	9.5%	3.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	9.5%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	9.4%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	7.9%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	6.9%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2022	8.0%	3.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	8.3%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	8.3%	3.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2021	11.3%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.5%	4.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.8%	4.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	10.7%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	9.4%	4.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	11.7%	4.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	11.1%	4.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	11.1%	3.9%	5.2%
9 / 2021	9.7%	3.3%	4.7%
10 / 2021	8.9%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	8.4%	2.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.0%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2020	7.5%	3.5%	3.6%
2 / 2020	7.1%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.4%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.7%	12.2%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.7%	9.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.8%	8.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	16.1%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	12.2%	6.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	12.3%	6.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.2%	4.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	10.9%	5.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	12.6%	5.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2019	8.0%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	7.5%	3.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.3%	3.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.8%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.7%	3.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.3%	3.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	8.0%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	7.6%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.4%	3.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.2%	3.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.3%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.6%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2018	7.9%	4.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.9%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.6%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.7%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	7.4%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.5%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.8%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	7.5%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.9%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	7.4%	3.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	6.6%	3.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	7.6%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2017	10.8%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	10.7%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	9.7%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	8.3%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	8.7%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2017	9.3%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	9.7%	4.9%	4.3%
8 / 2017	9.2%	4.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	8.3%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.8%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	7.8%	4.1%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.2%	4.2%	4.1%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2016	10.6%	5.6%	4.9%
2 / 2016	11.6%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	10.8%	5.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	10.4%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	9.8%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	10.0%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	11.1%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	10.8%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	10.5%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	9.7%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	9.4%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	10.1%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2015	12.4%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	12.5%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 2015	12.2%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	11.6%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 2015	12.9%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	12.2%	6.4%	5.3%
7 / 2015	13.3%	6.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	12.5%	6.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	10.8%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	10.6%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	10.1%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	10.8%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2014	11.9%	7.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	12.4%	7.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	12.4%	7.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	11.0%	6.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	11.0%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	11.3%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	11.7%	8.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	11.1%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.9%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	10.4%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	10.6%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	10.9%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2013	11.6%	9.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.5%	8.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	11.1%	8.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	11.3%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	10.6%	8.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.8%	8.9%	7.5%
7 / 2013	11.9%	8.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.8%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.0%	7.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	13.4%	8.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.3%	7.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.9%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2012	14.1%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	14.3%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2012	13.6%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	12.5%	8.9%	8.2%
5 / 2012	11.7%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.6%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	13.1%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	12.5%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.8%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	11.8%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	11.1%	8.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	11.7%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2011	12.7%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.4%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.7%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.3%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.3%	10.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.5%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.3%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	12.2%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.9%	10.4%	9.0%
10 / 2011	13.1%	10.1%	8.8%
11 / 2011	13.2%	9.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	13.7%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2010	11.4%	10.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	12.0%	10.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.6%	10.4%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.8%	9.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.6%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.7%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.4%	10.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.7%	10.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.4%	10.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.3%	10.5%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.5%	10.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.8%	10.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2009	8.7%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.1%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.8%	9.4%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.5%	9.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.0%	9.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.4%	10.5%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.2%	10.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.5%	10.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.4%	10.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.6%	10.5%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.5%	10.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.1%	10.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2008	8.0%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.6%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.9%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.1%	5.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	8.2%	5.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.5%	6.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.5%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.8%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.6%	6.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.7%	7.2%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.5%	7.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.8%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2007	4.9%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.7%	4.3%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.6%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.1%	4.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.5%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.7%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.2%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.2%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.6%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.2%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.5%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.2%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2006	4.4%	4.9%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.4%	4.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.4%	4.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.0%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.2%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.8%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.0%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.0%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.5%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.8%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.7%	4.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.6%	4.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2005	6.2%	5.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.0%	5.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.9%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.0%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.6%	5.3%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.1%	5.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.6%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.4%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.6%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.7%	5.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.6%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.1%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2004	4.8%	4.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.1%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.8%	4.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.0%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.8%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.6%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.4%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.7%	5.0%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.4%	4.8%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.9%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.2%	5.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.6%	5.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2003	5.0%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.8%	4.9%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.2%	4.8%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.8%	4.8%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.8%	4.9%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.2%	5.7%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.2%	5.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.5%	4.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.2%	4.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.9%	4.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.9%	4.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.9%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2002	7.5%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.6%	5.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.9%	5.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.6%	4.9%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.4%	4.8%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.8%	5.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.4%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.9%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.5%	4.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.8%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.1%	4.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.4%	4.9%	6.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2001	7.5%	3.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.3%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.9%	3.7%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.7%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.9%	3.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.7%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.0%	4.0%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.6%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.0%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.5%	4.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.5%	4.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.1%	4.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2000	6.4%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.7%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.2%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.6%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.3%	3.7%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.1%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.8%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.6%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.6%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.8%	3.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.3%	3.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.4%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1999	9.3%	4.2%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.0%	4.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.8%	3.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.9%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.0%	3.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.9%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.0%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.8%	4.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.6%	4.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	8.4%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	8.7%	3.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.5%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1998	8.5%	4.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	8.8%	4.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.5%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.6%	3.8%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.3%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.1%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.0%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.5%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.2%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	8.2%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.7%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.2%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1997	12.6%	5.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.8%	5.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	10.7%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.4%	4.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.6%	4.4%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.3%	4.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.8%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.1%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.8%	4.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.4%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.3%	3.9%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.1%	4.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1996	10.2%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.1%	4.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.5%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.5%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.2%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	9.8%	4.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.9%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.4%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.8%	4.6%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.8%	4.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.5%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.4%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1995	6.0%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.2%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	11.7%	4.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.6%	4.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.9%	4.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.5%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.2%	5.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.7%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.9%	5.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	8.0%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.8%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.2%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1994	8.5%	6.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.6%	6.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.3%	5.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.8%	5.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.7%	4.9%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.6%	5.5%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.9%	5.6%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.1%	5.0%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.7%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.1%	4.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.6%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.3%	4.0%	5.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1993	9.7%	7.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.7%	6.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.6%	6.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.8%	5.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.1%	5.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.5%	6.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.9%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.2%	5.9%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.9%	5.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.8%	5.9%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.0%	5.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.0%	5.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1992	4.7%	5.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.6%	7.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.9%	7.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.0%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.8%	6.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.4%	7.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.0%	7.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.6%	7.2%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.6%	7.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.9%	6.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.4%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.6%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1991	5.7%	6.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.1%	6.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.8%	5.8%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.4%	5.0%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.8%	5.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.1%	5.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.4%	5.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.3%	4.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.2%	4.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.2%	4.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.0%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.5%	4.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Clay County, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1990	4.4%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.3%	5.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.6%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.0%	5.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.0%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.2%	5.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.1%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.4%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.7%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.3%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.0%	5.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.6%	5.6%	6.3%