Every county in Tennessee reported a decline in their unemployment rates from the previous month, according to September data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Only two counties recorded unemployment rates of 5% or greater, with the highest at 5.1%.
Eight counties — Williamson, Cheatham, Sevier, Trousdale, Macon, Wilson, Rutherford, and Dickson — recorded the state’s lowest unemployment rates for September at 2.7%.
Bledsoe and Sumner counties rounded out the list of the 10 lowest unemployment rates in the state at 2.8%.
Meanwhile, Perry County posted the state’s highest unemployment rate for the month at 5.1%, which was down four-tenths of a percentage point from August.
Hancock County had the next-highest rate at 5%, down half a percentage point from August. Meigs County followed at 4.6%, down four-tenths of a percentage point.
For the third month in a row, Tennessee’s unemployment rate was 3.4%. That rate is the lowest of the year and is well below the national average of 4.2%.
Unlike the statewide rate, county rates are not seasonally adjusted.
News Editor note: Warren County posted an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent, down four-tenths of a percentage point from August’s 3.9%.