Georgia reported one of the best changes in its unemployment rate of any state in the union, a new analysis found.
According to the report from WalletHub, Georgia has the 15th best change in unemployment. That trailed neighboring Florida (No. 6) and Alabama (12) but was better than South Carolina (28), Tennessee (32) and North Carolina (35).
The ranking, from WalletHub, comes as the nation could soon be in a recession — if it is not already in one.
“The state has experienced an almost 18 percent drop in the number of unemployed people compared to September 2019, before the pandemic,” WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez told The Center Square. “This is among the biggest decreases in the country….