By Michelle Price
UCBJ Managing Editor
UPPER CUMBERLAND – All 95 of the counties in Tennessee reported lower unemployment in November 2018 according to data recently released by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development.
While the county-by-county unemployment rates are down slightly across the UC, Warren County (3.8) is the only county to see over a one percentage point drop.
Smith County (2.9) continued to lead the UC with the only rate below 3.0 percent.
| Counties | November 2018 | October 2018 | Rate Change |
| Cannon | 3.1 | 3.5 | -0.4 |
| Clay | 4.1 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| Cumberland | 3.9 | 4.2 | -0.3 |
| DeKalb | 4.1 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| Fentress | 3.9 | 4.3 | -0.4 |
| Jackson | 4.5 | 4.9 | -0.4 |
| Macon | 3.0 | 3.4 | -0.4 |
| Overton | 3.6 | 3.9 | -0.3 |
| Pickett | 3.8 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Putnam | 3.4 | 3.6 | -0.2 |
| Smith | 2.9 | 3.1 | -0.2 |
| Van Buren | 4.5 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| Warren | 3.8 | 4.9 | -1.1 |
| White | 3.5 | 3.9 | -0.4 |
| UC | 3.6 | 4.0 | -0.4 |
| TN | 3.3 | 3.7 | -0.4 |
| US | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
Source: Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
According to the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, nearly all of the state’s 95 counties reported unemployment rates below 5 percent. Lauderdale, Bledsoe, McNairy and Hardeman counties topped 5 percent with 5.8, 5.2, 5.0 and 5.0, respectively.
All data is not seasonally adjusted.
