The unemployment rate in Chattooga County was down in February, compared to unemployment numbers in January, but was higher than this time last year.  The Georgia Department of Labor released the latest unemployment numbers on Thursday that show Chattooga County with an unemployment rate of 4.2%.  For the Northwest Georgia region, the unemployment rate was 3.3% for February, compared to 3.1% in February of 2022.  However, the number of employed residents was up 3,055 from January and up 4,812 from February 2022 to 420,418, another record.