Updated: July 28, 2017

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED IN ALL TENNESSEE COUNTIES IN JUNE. ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED THURSDAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE JOBLESS RATE TYPICALLY INCREASES IN JUNE DUE TO SEASONAL WORKERS WHO ARE TEMPORARILY OUT OF WORK INCLUDING EDUCATION SERVICE JOBS LIKE BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS AND SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF. IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, THE RATE INCREASED FROM 3.3% IN MAY TO 5.0% IN JUNE. IN GILES COUNTY, THE RATE JUMPED FROM 2.7% IN MAY TO 4.0% IN JUNE. IN MAURY COUNTY, THE RATE GREW FROM 2.4% IN MAY TO 3.7% IN JUNE AND IN WAYNE COUNTY, THE RATE JUMPED FROM 4.1% IN MAY TO 6 POINT ONE IN JUNE. THE STATE'S HIGHEST RATE FOR JUNE WAS POSTED IN RHEA COUNTY AT 6.6% AND THE LOWEST WAS IN DAVIDSON COUNTY AT 3.1%.