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October 2011 County Unemployment Rates

Rate increases in one county, decreases in 92, and remains the same in two

Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentNashville, TN – County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for October 2011, released today, show that the rate increased in one county, decreased in 92 counties, and two counties remained the same.

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October fell to 9.6 percent, down from the September revised rate of 9.8. The national unemployment rate for October 2011 was 9.0 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the September rate.

Clarksville-Montgomery County Labor Force Estimates for October 2011
Clarksville-Montgomery County Labor Force Estimates for October 2011

The unemployment rate for Montgomery County was 9.3 percent in October, down 0.4 percent from the September rate of 9.7.

Lincoln County registered the state’s lowest county unemployment rate at 5.8 percent, down from the September rate of 6.6 percent, followed by Williamson County at 6.3 percent, down from 7.0 percent. Scott County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 18.1 percent, down from 19.5 percent in the previous month, followed by Obion County at 15.6, down from 16.9 percent in September.

Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 6.7 percent, down from 7.7 percent the previous month.  Hamilton County was 7.8 percent, down from 8.6 percent in September.  Davidson County was 7.8 percent, down from 8.7 percent in September, and Shelby County was 10.1 percent, down from the September unemployment rate of 10.8 percent.

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