Nearly every county in Tennessee ended 2023 with lower unemployment, according to new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). Ninety-two of the state’s 95 counties posted rates in December that came in lower than their November statistics.
Cumberland County’s December jobless rate was 4.2 percent, down from the November rate of 4.5 percent.
Warren County’s unemployment rate for December was 3.3 percent, down from 3.8 percent in November.
White County’s December unemployment rate was 3.3 percent, dropping from 3.5 percent in November.
Moore County continued to have the lowest unemployment in the state with a rate of 2.1 percent.
Bledsoe County had the highest rate of unemployment in December at 4.8 percent.
Nationally, the jobless number also remained unchanged in December at 3.7%, 0.2 of a percentage point higher than Tennessee’s rate for the month.