Sparta, GA Unemployment Rate Report

Sparta, GA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Sparta, Georgia has ranged from 3.6% in February 1995 to 25.4% in January 2010. The current unemployment rate for Sparta is 5.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Sparta, GA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Sparta, GA Current Unemployment - 5.4%

Sparta, GA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2022	5.5%	3.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.5%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.7%	3.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.4%	2.5%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.6%	2.7%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.5%	3.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.4%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.4%	3.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2021	8.1%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.9%	4.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.4%	4.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.9%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.3%	4.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.2%	4.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.6%	4.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.1%	3.9%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.5%	3.3%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.2%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.9%	2.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.8%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2020	5.8%	3.5%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.5%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.2%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.8%	12.2%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.7%	9.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.6%	8.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.8%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.3%	6.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.9%	6.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.8%	4.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.0%	5.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.5%	5.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2019	6.9%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.0%	3.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.4%	3.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.0%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.9%	3.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.5%	3.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.6%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.3%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.2%	3.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.6%	3.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.5%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.6%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2018	7.5%	4.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.7%	4.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.3%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.5%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.2%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.9%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.1%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.3%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.5%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.3%	3.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.9%	3.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.0%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2017	8.4%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.9%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.4%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.6%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.1%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.0%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.0%	4.9%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.8%	4.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.5%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.4%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.2%	4.1%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.1%	4.2%	4.1%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2016	9.0%	5.6%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.7%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.4%	5.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.9%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	8.1%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.6%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	9.3%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.7%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.3%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.3%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.4%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.9%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2015	12.1%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.1%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.0%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.1%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.6%	6.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.8%	6.4%	5.3%
7 / 2015	10.7%	6.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.8%	6.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.9%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.7%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	10.2%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.9%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2014	12.0%	7.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	12.6%	7.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.6%	7.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	11.9%	6.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	11.6%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	12.0%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	13.4%	8.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	12.8%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	10.7%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	11.0%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	10.3%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	10.1%	6.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2013	17.1%	9.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	15.9%	8.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	15.7%	8.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	14.6%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	14.3%	8.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	15.0%	8.9%	7.5%
7 / 2013	16.7%	8.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	14.0%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	14.0%	7.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	13.8%	8.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	13.0%	7.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	13.1%	7.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2012	18.0%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	17.1%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2012	16.2%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	15.2%	8.9%	8.2%
5 / 2012	15.4%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	16.2%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	17.9%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	17.8%	9.3%	8.1%
9 / 2012	16.9%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	20.4%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	16.0%	8.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	16.0%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2011	22.5%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	21.8%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	21.0%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	19.4%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	19.4%	10.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	19.9%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	20.0%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	19.6%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	19.3%	10.4%	9.0%
10 / 2011	18.6%	10.1%	8.8%
11 / 2011	17.9%	9.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	18.3%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2010	25.4%	10.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	24.4%	10.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	23.7%	10.4%	9.9%
4 / 2010	22.6%	9.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	22.9%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	22.8%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	22.5%	10.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	21.9%	10.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	22.2%	10.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	21.5%	10.5%	9.4%
11 / 2010	22.6%	10.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	22.1%	10.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2009	20.9%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	19.7%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	17.1%	9.4%	8.7%
4 / 2009	17.5%	9.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	17.0%	9.5%	9.4%
6 / 2009	19.7%	10.5%	9.5%
7 / 2009	17.7%	10.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	18.3%	10.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	18.5%	10.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	21.9%	10.5%	10.0%
11 / 2009	23.8%	10.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	23.2%	10.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2008	10.1%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	10.5%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.4%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.7%	5.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	10.8%	5.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	11.0%	6.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	10.6%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	10.2%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	13.6%	6.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	16.9%	7.2%	6.5%
11 / 2008	21.0%	7.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	20.7%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2007	9.3%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.3%	4.3%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.5%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.0%	4.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.5%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.1%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.6%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.8%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	9.7%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2007	11.0%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	10.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	10.6%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2006	6.9%	4.9%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.5%	4.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.2%	4.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	7.4%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	7.2%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.4%	5.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	8.1%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.5%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	8.1%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	13.8%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	11.0%	4.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	9.5%	4.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2005	8.3%	5.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.6%	5.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.6%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	8.0%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	8.6%	5.3%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.7%	5.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.5%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.0%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	9.4%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	8.0%	5.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.3%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.3%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2004	6.4%	4.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.3%	4.2%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.5%	4.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.2%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.6%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.5%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.1%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.5%	5.0%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.9%	4.8%	5.4%
10 / 2004	7.9%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.0%	5.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.9%	5.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2003	9.3%	5.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.6%	4.9%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.2%	4.8%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.5%	4.8%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.7%	4.9%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.1%	5.7%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.4%	5.4%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.5%	4.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.7%	4.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.3%	4.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.5%	4.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.8%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2002	11.0%	5.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.6%	5.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.6%	5.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	9.1%	4.9%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.7%	4.8%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.1%	5.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.0%	5.2%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.7%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.9%	4.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	8.1%	4.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.9%	4.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.2%	4.9%	6.0%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2001	9.1%	3.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.4%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	10.5%	3.7%	4.3%
4 / 2001	9.7%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	8.0%	3.4%	4.3%
6 / 2001	8.8%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	9.0%	4.0%	4.6%
8 / 2001	9.0%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	9.3%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	10.8%	4.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	9.5%	4.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	10.1%	4.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 2000	9.0%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.4%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.8%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	7.3%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	7.2%	3.7%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.9%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.8%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	8.7%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	8.3%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	7.8%	3.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	7.7%	3.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	8.1%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1999	13.6%	4.2%	4.3%
2 / 1999	17.4%	4.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	13.8%	3.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	12.8%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1999	11.3%	3.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	11.9%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	10.3%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	10.4%	4.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	11.2%	4.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	14.1%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	12.3%	3.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	10.8%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1998	9.5%	4.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	19.9%	4.6%	4.6%
3 / 1998	9.4%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	10.5%	3.8%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.6%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 1998	11.1%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.3%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	10.4%	4.2%	4.5%
9 / 1998	11.3%	4.2%	4.6%
10 / 1998	13.3%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	13.0%	3.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	14.2%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1997	14.7%	5.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	13.3%	5.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	11.3%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.6%	4.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	10.6%	4.4%	4.9%
6 / 1997	11.6%	4.9%	5.0%
7 / 1997	11.3%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	11.2%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	10.3%	4.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	9.1%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.0%	3.9%	4.6%
12 / 1997	10.2%	4.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1996	8.1%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	10.9%	4.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	14.3%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	14.0%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	15.0%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	15.7%	4.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	16.9%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	14.6%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	22.4%	4.6%	5.2%
10 / 1996	15.9%	4.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	15.6%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	17.0%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1995	4.6%	4.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.6%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.6%	4.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.1%	4.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.1%	4.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.4%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.2%	5.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.4%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.5%	5.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	14.1%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	9.8%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	9.5%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1994	8.6%	6.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	12.4%	6.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.7%	5.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.8%	5.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.1%	4.9%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.7%	5.5%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.8%	5.6%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.0%	5.0%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.0%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.9%	4.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.9%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.6%	4.0%	5.5%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1993	12.6%	7.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.0%	6.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.2%	6.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.3%	5.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.7%	5.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	9.8%	6.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.1%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.1%	5.9%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.1%	5.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.5%	5.9%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.3%	5.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.5%	5.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1992	10.7%	5.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.8%	7.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.1%	7.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.7%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	15.0%	6.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.4%	7.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.5%	7.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.6%	7.2%	7.6%
9 / 1992	13.4%	7.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	11.3%	6.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.6%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	12.2%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1991	6.4%	6.1%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.9%	6.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.0%	5.8%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.8%	5.0%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.9%	5.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	13.6%	5.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.4%	5.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.8%	4.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.8%	4.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.7%	4.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.5%	4.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.8%	4.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Sparta, GA%	Georgia%	National %
1 / 1990	4.3%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.3%	5.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.9%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.3%	5.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.1%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.0%	5.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.6%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.6%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.5%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.9%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	14.3%	5.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	11.0%	5.6%	6.3%