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Coweta

County's unemployment rate continues to drop.

The

county's rate for April was 2.6 percent, down from 2.9

percent in March, according to state Labor Commissioner

Michael Thurmond.

The

unemployment news was also good for the rest of the

Chattahoochee-Flint area with the region's rate falling

from 4.4 percent in March to 3.8 percent in April.

"Chattahoochee-Flint

continues to enjoy periods of low unemployment and

economic growth that began seven years ago, just as we've

seen throughout Georgia," Thurmond said.

While

historical data has not been compiled for demographic

groups in the Chattahoochee-Flint area, the jobless rate

for all residents in the area has declined sharply from

1992 when the rate was 9 percent.

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