Unemployment rates increased in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties during the month of June. County unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted to take into account the effects of seasonal layoffs, while the statewide unemployment rate is seasonally adjusted.
Cumberland County’s June unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, up 0.8 percent from May’s rate of 3.9 percent, and down 0.2 percent from June of last year.
Warren County’s 4.9 percent June jobless rate was 1.1 percent higher than the May rate of 3.8 percent, but 0.3 percent less than the June 2022 rate.
White County’s unemployment rate for June was 4.2 percent. That’s 0.7 percent higher than May’s rate of 3.5 percent, and 0.3 percent less than a year ago.
Bledsoe County had Tennessee’s highest unemployment rate for June at 6.5%. Williamson County reported the lowest unemployment rate at 2.8%.
Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched the state’s all-time low statistic of 3.2%, which represented a 0.1 of a percentage point decrease from the previous month.