The metro Gainesville unemployment rate took a big jump in June, rising more than a full percentage point to an unadjusted 9 percent, the state Department of Labor reported today.

The jobless rate was up 1.1 percent from a revised 7.9 percent in May. The jobless rate in Hall County in June 2010 was 9.1 percent.

"The increase was caused primarily by two seasonal factors," State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said. "There were layoffs among non-contract public school employees, such as bus drivers and janitorial workers, and an increase in the labor force, as students began looking for permanent or part-time jobs."

Gainesville had a net loss of 1,200 jobs, with additional layoffs in manufacturing and administrative and support services.

Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent in June, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 9.8 percent in May. The state's jobless rate was 10 percent in June a year ago.

June marked the 47th consecutive month Georgia has exceeded the national unemployment rate, which is currently 9.2 percent, up from 9.1 percent in May.

The jobless rate in the Georgia Mountains region also rose by nearly a full percentage point, from 8.4 percent in May to 9.3 percent in June.

The lowest area rate, at 8 percent, was recorded in Warner Robins, while the highest, at 12.8 percent, was in the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha area near Dublin.