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November 2010 County Unemployment Rates

Rates Increase in 85 Counties, Decrease in 8, remain the same in 2

Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentNashville, TN – Tennessee’s unemployment rate for November was 9.4 percent, unchanged from the October rate.  The national unemployment rate for November 2010 was 9.8 percent, up two-tenths of a percentage point from the October rate.

County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for November 2010, released today, show that the rate increased in 85 counties, decreased in eight counties and remained the same in two counties.

November 2010 County Unemployment Rates

Montgomery County’s November unemployment rate was 9.8 percent, up 1.2 percent from the October rate of 8.6 percent. The City of Clarksville’s unemployment rate was 10 percent  in November, an increase of 0.9 percent from the October rate of 9.1 percent.

Lincoln County registered the state’s lowest county unemployment rate at 6.3 percent, up from the October rate of 6.0 percent.  Scott County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 19.9 percent, up from 18.9 percent in the previous month, followed by Marshall County at 16.2 percent, up from the October rate of 15.4 percent.

Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 7.2 percent, up from 7.0 percent in October.  Hamilton County was 8.1 percent, up from 7.8 percent the previous month.  Davidson County was 8.7 percent, unchanged from the previous month, and Shelby County was 9.9 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from October.

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