September 2009 County/City Unemployment Rates for Tennessee
Rates Increase in 11 Counties, Decrease in 83, Remain the Same in One
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September 2009 was released last week at 10.5 percent, 0.2 percentage point lower than the August rate of 10.7 percent. The United States’ unemployment rate for the month of September was 9.8 percent.
County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for September 2009, released today, show that the rate increased in 11 counties, decreased in 83 counties and remained the same in one county.
Lincoln County registered the state’s lowest county unemployment rate at 6.9 percent, down from 7.2 percent in August. Lauderdale County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 18.9 percent, down from 19.7 in August, followed by Scott County at 18.4 percent, down from 19.1 percent in August.
Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 8.1 percent, down 0.6 percentage point from the August rate. Hamilton County was at 8.7 percent, down 0.7 percentage point from the August rate. Davidson County was 9.2 percent, down 0.4 from the previous month, and Shelby County was 10.2 percent, down 0.4 from the August rate.
NOTE: To see other Tennessee cities and counties, click on following link. http://www.tennessee.gov/labor-wfd/labor_figures/september2009county.pdf
Data is from the following links – Sept 2008, Oct 2008, Nov 2008, Dec 2008, Jan 2009, Feb 2009, Mar 2009, April 2009, May, 2009, June 2009, July 2008, August 2009, Sept 2009
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