Figures released this week by the Georgia Department of Labor show that unemployment claims jumped in Chattooga County over the past month, but the good news is that the numbers of unemployment claims for June of this year are down from last year’s June numbers.

According to the information from the Georgia Department of Labor, there were 120 new unemployment claims in Chattooga County in June that’s up from 97 in May of this year but down from 159 this time last year.