Statewide unemployment numbers for April show the jobless rate decreased in all 95 counties and all counties are at or below 5 percent.
Warren County’s unemployment rate for April was 3.1 percent, down from the March rate of 3.8. The rate one year ago was 3.4 percent.
White County’s unemployment rate for April was 2.9 percent, down from 3.5 in March. White County’s rate a year ago was 3.6 percent.
Van Buren County’s unemployment went from 4.3 to 4.0 percent. Coffee County went from 3.4 to 2.9 percent. DeKalb County went from 4.3 to 3.4 percent. Grundy County went from 4.2 to 3.6 percent. Cannon County went from 3.1 to 2.5 percent.
Williamson County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 2.0 percent, while Houston County had the highest at 5.0 percent.
April County Unemployment
By Ciphertek Systems
May 25, 2018 | 5:00 AM