Posted 1/31/24

Unemployment rates dropped in 92 of Tennessee’s 95 counties in December.

Overall, the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate sits at 3.5% while the national rate is at 3.7%.

That means that Tennessee’s rate remained between 3.1% and 3.5% throughout 2023.

Local rates for December looked like this, Giles County, 2.9%, Lawrence County, 3.1%, Lewis County, 3.0%, Maury County, 2.5%, Lincoln County, 2.7%, Marshall County, 2.9%, and Wayne County, 3.5%.