County Unemployment Rates in September

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EVERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE RECORDED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BELOW 5% IN SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER ALSO MARKED THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH THAT RATES DECREASED IN EACH OF THE STATE’S 95 COUNTIES. WILLIAMSON COUNTY CONTINUED TO HAVE THE LOWEST RATE IN THE STATE AT 2.1 PERCENT, WHILE PERRY COUNTY HAD THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SEPTEMBER AT 4.9 PERCENT. GILES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES CAME IN AT 2.9 PERCENT, MARSHALL COUNTY CAME IN AT 3 PERCENT, LEWIS COUNTY CAME IN AT 3.3 PERCENT, WAYNE AT 4.3 PERCENT, MAURY AT 2.7 PERCENT AND LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 3.2 PERCENT.

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