No change in CSRA rate of unemployment, Ga. rate is up to 4.1 percent

The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) was unchanged at 5.1 percent from March to April.

Meanwhile, the state's unemployment rate increased to 4.1 percent in April, up one-tenth of one percent from 4.0 percent in March. The state's April rate was two-tenths of one percent lower than the U.S. unadjusted rate of 4.3 percent.

While the state's rate was up slightly in April, it was down twotenths of one percent over the year, from 4.3 percent in April of 2006.

From March to April of 2007, Georgia added 28,300 payroll jobs, primarily in trade and the servicerelated industries.

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