89 Tennessee Counties Report Unemployment Rates Below 5%

Eighty-nine of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded unemployment rates below 5% in August, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Two counties had unemployment rates of exactly 5%, while four counties recorded rates above 5%.

Compared with July, unemployment rates declined in 22 counties and remained unchanged in 28. Rates increased in 45 counties.

Sevier and Cheatham counties had the state’s lowest unemployment rates at 2.9%. Macon, Dickson, Williamson, Wilson and Robertson counties followed at 3%.

Hancock and Perry counties recorded the highest rates at 5.5%, followed by Pickett County at 5.2%.

Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate for August was 3.4%. Unlike the statewide figure, county unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted.

The state is scheduled to release September unemployment data on October 15.