ATLANTA — Georgia’s jobless rate ticked up for the second month in a row in September, although jobs continued to rise in the state.
Slightly more people entered the labor force looking for new jobs than reported having a job, pushing up the number of unemployed Georgians to about 179,000. Both the labor force and number of people saying they were working hit another all-time high in September.
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