{"id":14823,"date":"2019-09-30T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=14823"},"modified":"2019-09-30T20:45:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T01:45:51","slug":"unemployment-in-tennessee-drops-in-every-county-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2019\/09\/30\/unemployment-in-tennessee-drops-in-every-county-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment in Tennessee Drops in Every County in August"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TennesseeNashville, TN <\/strong>– The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) reports unemployment rates for each of Tennessee\u2019s 95 counties dropped during August 2019 according to data it released Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"Tennessee<\/a><\/p>\n

Unemployment is now less than 5 percent in 89 of the state’s counties. The August rates in six counties currently sit at 5 percent or greater. <\/p>\n

“Many counties saw unemployment decrease by more than a percentage point in August, while several dropped by two percentage points,” said TDLWD Commissioner Jeff McCord. “To see lower rates in every county across the state is always a positive sign coming out of the summer months.”<\/p>\n

Sevier County and Williamson County had Tennessee’s lowest unemployment in August with a rate of 2.5 percent. Williamson County’s rate dropped by 0.7 of a percentage point when compared to the previous month, while Sevier County decreased by 0.8 of a percentage point.<\/p>\n

At 2.6 percent, Davidson County and Cheatham County had the next lowest rates in the state. When compared to July, Davidson County saw a decrease of 0.6 of a percentage point and Cheatham County experienced a 0.7 of a percentage point drop in unemployment.<\/p>\n

Rutherford County, Wilson County, Sumner County, Maury County, Robertson County, and Smith County are the remaining counties that have the 10 lowest unemployment rates for August.<\/p>\n

Clay County recorded the state’s highest August unemployment rate at 6.1 percent, but that represents a 1.9 percent drop from July’s rate. At 6 percent, Hancock County has the second-highest rate which is 2.1 percent lower than the previous month’s statistic.<\/p>\n

Statewide, seasonally adjusted unemployment across Tennessee held steady in August matching July’s rate of 3.5 percent.<\/p>\n

Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate also remained the same in August at 3.7 percent for the second consecutive month.<\/p>\n

The state of Tennessee offers a complete analysis of the August 2019 county unemployment rates through a report you can access with this link.<\/a><\/p>\n

Job seekers can find more than 200,000 current openings from across the state on Tennessee’s workforce development website www.Jobs4TN.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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