All Tennessee Counties Report Unemployment Rates of 5% or Below
Nashville, TN – Every Tennessee county recorded an unemployment rate of 5% or less in May, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
Ninety-four of the state’s 95 counties had unemployment rates below 5%, and one county — Hardeman County in southwestern Tennessee — had a rate of 5%.
Unemployment rates decreased from April to May in three counties. Rates increased in 92 counties.
Montgomery County’s unemployment rate rose by 0.5 percentage points, increasing from 3.0% in April to 3.5% in May.
Williamson County reported the lowest unemployment rate in May at 2.6%, up four-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month.
Four counties — Sevier, Rutherford, Cheatham, and Wilson — followed with rates of 2.7%.
Hardeman County’s unemployment rate of 5% was the highest in Tennessee last month. That rate was up five-tenths of a percentage point over April’s rate.
Johnson County recorded the second-highest unemployment rate for the month at 4.9%, a three-tenths of a percentage point decline from the previous month.
Perry County followed with a rate of 4.8%, up eight-tenths of a percentage point from April.
Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate in May was 3.5%. Unlike the statewide rate, county rates are not adjusted to account for seasonal impacts on employment.
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