Williamson, Macon and Cheatham Counties recorded the lowest rates in February
(UCBJ) – Seventy-nine of Tennessee’s 95 counties reported unemployment rates below 5% in February, even as most counties saw an increase in their rates over the previous month, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
In 87 counties, unemployment rates for February were up compared to January rates. Rates remained the same in five counties and decreased in three counties.
Williamson, Macon and Cheatham counties recorded the state’s lowest unemployment rates for February at 3%. Williamson County’s rate was up three-tenths of a percentage point over the previous month, Macon’s rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point and Cheatham’s rate was up two-tenths of a percentage point.
Pickett County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate for February at 6.7%. That was an increase of 0.7 percentage points over its January rate of 6%.
Perry County followed at 6.6%, down 4.7 percentage points from its January rate of 11.3%. Cocke County reported the third-highest rate for the month at 6.5%, an uptick of one-tenth of a percentage point.
Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6% in February. That rate was up slightly from the previous month but is still eight-tenths of a percentage point below the U.S. rate of 4.4%.
Unlike the statewide rate, county rates are not seasonally adjusted.
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