Unemployment rates improved across a vast majority of Tennessee in August. 86 of the state’s 95 counties experienced lower unemployment, according to numbers from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Warren County’s unemployment rate for August was 4.1 percent-which is down from the July rate of 4.8 percent. The jobless rate a year ago was 3.9 percent.
White County’s August unemployment rate was 4.1 percent, down from 4.3 in July. A year ago the rate was 4.0 percent.
Van Buren County’s unemployment rate went from 5.7 to 5.2 percent. Coffee County went from 3.9 to 3.7 percent. DeKalb County went from 4.9 to 4.6 percent. Grundy County went from 5.6 to 4.6. Cannon County went from 3.7 to 3.5 percent.
Williamson County had the state’s lowest unemployment at 2.8 percent, while Lauderdale County had the highest at 6.7 percent.
August County Unemployment
Sep 28, 2018 | 5:00 AM