Chattooga County was one of only four counties in the state to have an unemployment rate above 5% during the month of December.  According to numbers released on Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor, unemployment in Chattooga County stood at 5.1% for December 2022.  The data shows that there were 9,204 eligible workers in the county and 8,739 people were employed.  There were 465 unemployed workers – 129 more than the previous month when unemployment was 3.9%.  Chattooga County was the only county north of Atlanta to post an unemployment rate above 5%.  Wheeler, Telfair and Clay Counties – all rural south Georgia Counties – also had unemployment rates above 5%.