Unemployment rates rising Fulton County's unemployment rate is on the rise.
In statistics released alst week, Fulton's rate rose from 3.5 percent in February to 3.6 percent in March. The rate is the same as last March's rate and State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said that the unemployment rate in the metropolitan Atlanta area remained steady at 3.1 percent. Meanwhile, Georgia's unemployment rate rose in March, for the third consecutive month, to 3.7 percent. The rate is up from a revised 3.6 percent in February. While the rate is below the 3.9 percent in March of 2000, it is up seven-tenths percent since the first of this year.