Ninety-three of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded lower unemployment rates in August 2023. Unemployment for the month remained unchanged in Cheatham and Lauderdale counties.
Cumberland County’s August unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, down 0.4 percent from July’s rate of 4.3 percent and 0.5 percent less than the August 2022 jobless rate of 4.4 percent.
Warren County’s August unemployment rate of 4.0 percent was down 0.8 percent from July’s 4.8 percent and a drop of 0.5 percent for the year.
White County recorded 3.4 percent unemployment for August, which is 0.5 percent lower that July’s 3.9 percent and a decline of 0.2 percent for the year.
Moore County had Tennessee’s lowest unemployment rate in August at 2.4%.
Lauderdale County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 5.8%, which was the same as its rate in July.
Bledsoe County had the next highest rate for August at 5.2%, which is still a decrease of an entire percentage point between July and August.
Across the nation, unemployment increased in August. The new seasonally adjusted rate is 3.8%, which is an increase of 0.3 of a percentage point from the July unemployment rate.