October Brings Changes to Tennessee's County Unemployment Rates

Cumberland County’s October unemployment rate rose to 7.5 %, up 1.9 % from September’s rate of 5.6%. The October 2020 jobless rate is also 3.7 percent higher than a year ago.
Unemployment in 93 of Tennessee’s 95 counties increased in October. Davidson and Sevier counties saw their rates decrease during the month.
Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate increased during October. The preliminary, seasonally adjusted, statewide unemployment rate for October 2020 is 7.4%, an increase of 0.9 of a percentage point from September’s revised rate of 6.5%.
Nationally, unemployment decreased from September’s revised rate of 7.9% to 6.9% in October. The U.S. rate is 3.3 percentage points higher than it was in October 2019.