Tennessee County Unemployment Rates Rise

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published July 25, 2014 at 3:30 PM EDT

Unemployment rates for June rose in every Tennessee county.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports that all Tennessee counties saw a rise in unemployment last month: 78 counties have rates between 5 and 10% and 17 counties have rates higher than 10%.

Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate at 6 percent, up from 5.2% in May.

Lincoln County saw the lowest county rate, at 5.2%, up from 4.3% in May. Lincoln County had the state’s lowest rate, at 5.2%.

Knox County was 6.3%, up one percentage point from May, but the 9^th lowest score in the state.

Scott County keeps the highest rate at 14.2%; that’s up from 12.5% in May.

The full report can be seen here.

Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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