DeKalb County's unemployment rate for February dipped slightly from the reported January rate. The February rate was reported at 7.8 percent, down 1.2 percent from the January rate of 8.6 percent and from the 2014 rate of 8.3 percent in February. The county’s labor force was estimated at 7,090 for the month, with 6,540 employed and 550 looking for work.