July Employment Situation Improves in Counties across Tennessee

NEWLY RELEASED DATA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REPORTS THE JULY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IMPROVED IN COUNTIES ACROSS TENNESSEE. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, SEVENTY-SEVEN COUNTIES REPORTED LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT THAN IN JUNE, WHILE RATES STAYED THE SAME IN EIGHT COUNTIES AND INCREASED IN THE REMAINING 10. UNEMPLOYMENT WAS LOWER THAN 5% IN 82 OF THE STATE’S 95 COUNTIES DURING THE MONTH, WITH THE REMAINING 13 COUNTIES AT OR ABOVE 5%. WILLIAMSON COUNTY RECORDED JULY’S LOWEST JOBLESS RATES, AT 2.5% WITH LAWRENCE AT 4.5, MAURY AND MARSHALL COUNTIES AT 4.9, AND WAYNE AND GILES COUNTIES BOTH CAME IN AT 4.2.