Cumberland County’s October unemployment rate fell to 4%, down 0.2% from September. It was also down from the October 2023 rate of 4.2%.
Unemployment rates in 63 of Tennessee’s 95 counties declined from the previous month. Rates remained the same in 15 counties and increased in 17 counties.
Sevier, Moore, and Williamson counties once again reported the state’s lowest unemployment rates. All three had October rates of 2.6%.
Weakley County in northwestern Tennessee had the state’s highest unemployment rate for the month at 6%. That rate was 2 percentage points over the county’s September rate of 4%.
Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in October was 3.3%. The rate was up slightly over the previous month but eight-tenths of a percentage point below the national rate of 4.1%.