MOST TENNESSEE COUNTIES SHOWED IMPROVED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LAST MONTH. ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED THURSDAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE MAY JOBLESS RATE DECREASED IN 94 COUNTIES AND STAYED THE SAME IN ONE. IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, THE RATE DROPPED FROM 4.1% IN APRIL TO 3.3% IN MAY. IN GILES COUNTY THE RATE FELL FROM 3.1% PERCENT IN APRIL TO 2.8% IN MAY. IN MAURY COUNTY, THE RATE DECREASED FROM 3.0% IN APRIL TO 2.4% IN MAY AND IN WAYNE COUNTY, THE RATE DROPPED FROM 5.0% IN APRIL TO 4.3% IN MAY. THE STATE'S HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR LAST MONTH WAS POSTED IN RHEA COUNTY AT 5.1% AND THE LOWEST WAS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 2.0%.