A look at job growth in Georgia finds the last few months have been the strongest stretch of growth since the start of the Great Recession in December 2007. Though job creation ticked above the national average over the past six months, Georgia was among the hardest hit states by the Great Recession and remains years away from full recovery. Download Fact Sheet
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