By Amye Anderson
UCBJ Managing Editor
UPPER CUMBERLAND – May sales tax collections across the Upper Cumberland region fell from the previous month; falling 2.8 percent, or a loss of more than $624,000 in collections.
While many UC counties reported a dip compared to April’s collections, a handful of counties reported an increase over the previous month.
Pickett (36.6) and Jackson (17.8) counties each reported double-digit gains in collections followed by Overton County (6.5), which was the only other county to report a positive change.
The remaining UC counties including Cannon (-3.1), Clay (-10.2), Cumberland (-0.9), DeKalb (-1.0), Fentress (-6.8), Macon (-5.1), Putnam (-4.3), Smith (-4.4), Van Buren (-18.0), Warren (-4.5), and White (-3.3) all fell below April’s reported sales tax collections.
Overall, the state reported a small increase of four-tenths of a percentage point.
| Counties | May 2018 | April 2018 | Percent Change |
| Cannon | $396,526 | $409,270 | -3.1 |
| Clay | $243,516 | $271,265 | -10.2 |
| Cumberland | $4,321,405 | $4,360,322 | -0.9 |
| DeKalb | $897,209 | $906,001 | -1.0 |
| Fentress | $746,558 | $800,940 | -6.8 |
| Jackson | $203,928 | $173,102 | 17.8 |
| Macon | $1,038,795 | $1,094,207 | -5.1 |
| Overton | $966,708 | $907,515 | 6.5 |
| Pickett | $270,512 | $198,019 | 36.6 |
| Putnam | $8,261,164 | $8,632,303 | -4.3 |
| Smith | $921,299 | $963,456 | -4.4 |
| Van Buren | $98,981 | $120,710 | -18.0 |
| Warren | $2,256,849 | $2,363,913 | -4.5 |
| White | $1,375,287 | $1,422,509 | -3.3 |
| UC | $21,998,737 | $22,623,532 | -2.8 |
| TN | $733,067,000 | $729,985,000 | 0.4 |
