High Unemployment Area
Wheeler County, GA Current Unemployment - 5.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
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1991
1990
Wheeler County, GA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2022
5.4%
3.3%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.2%
3.3%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.1%
3.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.8%
2.5%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.4%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.2%
3.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.6%
2.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.5%
3.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2021
6.5%
5.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.1%
4.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.4%
4.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.0%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.7%
4.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.3%
4.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.7%
4.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.8%
3.9%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.8%
3.3%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.6%
3.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.5%
2.9%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.8%
2.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2020
7.5%
3.5%
3.6%
2 / 2020
7.5%
3.5%
3.5%
3 / 2020
8.7%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2020
9.6%
12.2%
14.7%
5 / 2020
7.2%
9.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
7.4%
8.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
7.7%
8.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
6.0%
6.0%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.1%
6.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
4.5%
4.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.0%
5.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.1%
5.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2019
8.2%
4.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.3%
3.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.6%
3.6%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.1%
3.1%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.4%
3.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.7%
3.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
10.0%
3.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
8.4%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.2%
3.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
7.4%
3.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.6%
2.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.4%
2.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2018
7.7%
4.5%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.2%
4.3%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.2%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.4%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.4%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
8.2%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
12.3%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
7.0%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.2%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.5%
3.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.0%
3.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.6%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2017
8.6%
5.4%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.6%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
8.0%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2017
8.3%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
8.1%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.5%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 2017
9.8%
4.9%
4.3%
8 / 2017
9.3%
4.9%
4.4%
9 / 2017
9.2%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
12.1%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
8.0%
4.1%
4.2%
12 / 2017
8.1%
4.2%
4.1%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2016
8.0%
5.6%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.5%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.4%
5.3%
5.0%
4 / 2016
8.4%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.1%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.2%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.5%
5.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
9.0%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
9.3%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
12.0%
5.5%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.9%
5.0%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.5%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2015
12.1%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2015
11.6%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 2015
10.8%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
10.2%
5.7%
5.4%
5 / 2015
10.8%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
12.1%
6.4%
5.3%
7 / 2015
12.0%
6.4%
5.2%
8 / 2015
11.5%
6.0%
5.1%
9 / 2015
10.6%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
10.1%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
10.4%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.8%
5.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2014
11.3%
7.4%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.8%
7.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
12.6%
7.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.1%
6.7%
6.2%
5 / 2014
11.3%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
12.7%
7.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
15.9%
8.0%
6.2%
8 / 2014
13.2%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
11.9%
6.9%
5.9%
10 / 2014
12.6%
6.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
12.7%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2014
12.2%
6.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2013
12.4%
9.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.2%
8.6%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.9%
8.2%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.5%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.6%
8.2%
7.5%
6 / 2013
14.9%
8.9%
7.5%
7 / 2013
13.6%
8.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
15.2%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
12.8%
7.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
12.6%
8.0%
7.2%
11 / 2013
12.0%
7.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
12.5%
7.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2012
14.4%
9.8%
8.3%
2 / 2012
14.7%
9.7%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.8%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.1%
8.9%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.6%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.4%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.9%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
16.3%
9.3%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.7%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.7%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.5%
8.3%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.1%
8.7%
7.9%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2011
15.2%
10.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.9%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.8%
10.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
14.2%
9.7%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.4%
10.0%
9.0%
6 / 2011
15.0%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.2%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
15.4%
10.6%
9.0%
9 / 2011
15.4%
10.4%
9.0%
10 / 2011
15.3%
10.1%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.7%
9.5%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.9%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2010
13.5%
10.9%
9.8%
2 / 2010
16.0%
10.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.7%
10.4%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.5%
9.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.9%
10.1%
9.6%
6 / 2010
15.3%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
15.7%
10.7%
9.4%
8 / 2010
17.4%
10.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
15.3%
10.5%
9.5%
10 / 2010
16.3%
10.5%
9.4%
11 / 2010
17.4%
10.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
15.4%
10.6%
9.3%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2009
8.5%
9.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
9.7%
9.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
9.0%
9.4%
8.7%
4 / 2009
8.9%
9.0%
9.0%
5 / 2009
9.4%
9.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
9.8%
10.5%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.4%
10.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.1%
10.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
9.9%
10.3%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.6%
10.5%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.8%
10.2%
9.9%
12 / 2009
9.6%
10.4%
9.9%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2008
5.6%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
5.5%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.3%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.3%
5.0%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.7%
5.6%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.8%
6.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.2%
6.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.6%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.4%
6.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.5%
7.2%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.3%
7.3%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.6%
8.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2007
4.8%
4.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.3%
4.3%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.1%
4.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
3.8%
4.1%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.1%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.5%
4.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.7%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.5%
4.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.9%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.5%
4.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.0%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.4%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2006
5.0%
4.9%
4.7%
2 / 2006
4.7%
4.9%
4.8%
3 / 2006
4.4%
4.5%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.5%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.1%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.4%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.3%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.7%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.6%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.0%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.2%
4.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.4%
4.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2005
7.0%
5.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.8%
5.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.9%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.6%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.0%
5.3%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.7%
5.7%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.9%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.4%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.8%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.1%
5.3%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.9%
5.2%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.7%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2004
5.7%
4.5%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.1%
4.2%
5.6%
3 / 2004
4.9%
4.4%
5.8%
4 / 2004
4.9%
4.2%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.4%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.8%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.2%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.6%
5.0%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.2%
4.8%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.3%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.2%
5.0%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.3%
5.1%
5.4%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2003
5.7%
5.2%
5.8%
2 / 2003
5.5%
4.9%
5.9%
3 / 2003
5.8%
4.8%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.2%
4.8%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.1%
4.9%
6.1%
6 / 2003
8.2%
5.7%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.9%
5.4%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.7%
4.9%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.1%
4.6%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.0%
4.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.5%
4.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.3%
4.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2002
7.1%
5.2%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.3%
5.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.0%
5.1%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.1%
4.9%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.2%
4.8%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.1%
5.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.9%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.9%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.1%
4.8%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.1%
4.8%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.0%
4.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.7%
4.9%
6.0%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2001
6.5%
3.8%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.9%
3.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.8%
3.7%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.5%
3.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.4%
3.4%
4.3%
6 / 2001
8.7%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.1%
4.0%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.8%
4.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.6%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.1%
4.6%
5.3%
11 / 2001
8.5%
4.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.9%
4.7%
5.7%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 2000
6.9%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.3%
3.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.2%
3.8%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.4%
3.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.7%
3.7%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.2%
4.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.5%
3.9%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.6%
3.9%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.4%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.8%
3.3%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.1%
3.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.6%
3.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1999
10.2%
4.2%
4.3%
2 / 1999
9.3%
4.4%
4.4%
3 / 1999
9.3%
3.9%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.8%
3.9%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.0%
3.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
12.6%
4.1%
4.3%
7 / 1999
11.3%
4.2%
4.3%
8 / 1999
11.8%
4.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
13.8%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
15.7%
3.8%
4.1%
11 / 1999
14.5%
3.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
11.2%
3.5%
4.0%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1998
7.9%
4.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
11.3%
4.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
8.6%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.5%
3.8%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.2%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.3%
4.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.9%
4.7%
4.5%
8 / 1998
10.1%
4.2%
4.5%
9 / 1998
12.8%
4.2%
4.6%
10 / 1998
10.9%
4.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.7%
3.9%
4.4%
12 / 1998
12.5%
3.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1997
13.7%
5.3%
5.3%
2 / 1997
12.4%
5.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
11.6%
4.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
10.2%
4.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
10.5%
4.4%
4.9%
6 / 1997
10.7%
4.9%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.1%
4.7%
4.9%
8 / 1997
9.2%
4.5%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.9%
4.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
9.2%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.4%
3.9%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.9%
4.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1996
15.1%
4.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
13.9%
4.6%
5.5%
3 / 1996
14.3%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
10.8%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.5%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
12.7%
4.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
13.1%
5.1%
5.5%
8 / 1996
14.2%
4.5%
5.1%
9 / 1996
13.8%
4.6%
5.2%
10 / 1996
13.0%
4.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
11.5%
4.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
12.4%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1995
7.0%
4.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
6.4%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.7%
4.3%
5.4%
4 / 1995
6.6%
4.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.0%
4.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.3%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
10.4%
5.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.0%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1995
13.1%
5.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
16.5%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
15.7%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
14.4%
4.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1994
6.8%
6.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
6.6%
6.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
7.9%
5.8%
6.5%
4 / 1994
8.5%
5.3%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.2%
4.9%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.7%
5.5%
6.1%
7 / 1994
13.6%
5.6%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.5%
5.0%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.0%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
11.9%
4.8%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.1%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.4%
4.0%
5.5%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1993
9.0%
7.0%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.4%
6.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
6.9%
6.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
4.9%
5.7%
7.1%
5 / 1993
3.3%
5.6%
7.1%
6 / 1993
6.3%
6.4%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.6%
6.3%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.8%
5.9%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.7%
5.7%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.4%
5.9%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.6%
5.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.4%
5.2%
6.5%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1992
6.6%
5.5%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.5%
7.5%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.9%
7.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.5%
6.8%
7.4%
5 / 1992
7.2%
6.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
9.2%
7.9%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.3%
7.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.3%
7.2%
7.6%
9 / 1992
12.8%
7.0%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.5%
6.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
6.6%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.0%
6.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1991
6.6%
6.1%
6.4%
2 / 1991
7.3%
6.3%
6.6%
3 / 1991
7.3%
5.8%
6.8%
4 / 1991
5.0%
5.0%
6.7%
5 / 1991
4.8%
5.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
6.5%
5.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
5.0%
5.1%
6.8%
8 / 1991
6.8%
4.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
5.1%
4.7%
6.9%
10 / 1991
5.0%
4.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
4.5%
4.4%
7.0%
12 / 1991
4.5%
4.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Wheeler County, GA%
Georgia%
National %
1 / 1990
5.9%
5.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
5.1%
5.4%
5.3%
3 / 1990
15.8%
4.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
3.7%
5.0%
5.4%
5 / 1990
3.9%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
6.2%
5.5%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.5%
5.8%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.9%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
8.4%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.9%
5.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
5.5%
5.7%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.8%
5.6%
6.3%