On Numbers: Gov. Deal No. 7 in nation for job creation – Atlanta Business Chronicle

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has one of the best job-creation records of all the governors in the United States, according to a new On Numbers study.

Deal, who took office in January 2011, is tied for seventh-best in the nation with an annual private-sector employment growth rate of 2.37 percent. That compares with the national rate of 1.97 percent. Under the Republican’s watch, the Peach State has added 177,500 private-sector jobs.

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