Tennessee County Unemployment Rates for September 2015
Nashville, TN – Tennessee County unemployment rates for September 2015, released today, show the rates decreased in 29 counties, increased in 24, and remained the same in 24 counties.
Henry County’s unemployment rate for September was 6.5 percent the same as it was in August. It is down 1.3 percent from September 2014.
Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in September at 4.6 percent, up from August’s rate of 4.5 percent. Knox County was 4.8 percent in September, the same as the previous month.
The Hamilton County September rate was 5.6 percent, down from 5.7 in August. Shelby County was 6.7 percent in September, down from 6.9 percent the previous month.
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for September was 5.7 percent, unchanged from the previous month. The U.S. preliminary rate for September was 5.1 percent, the same as it was for August.
| County Unemployment Rate Range | September 2015 |
|---|---|
| Rate less than 5.0% | 9 Counties |
| Rate is 5.0% or greater, but less than 10.0% | 85 Counties |
| Rate is 10.0% or greater | 1 County |
| Rate is 20.0% or greater | 0 Counties |
The state and national unemployment rates are seasonally adjusted while the county unemployment rates are not. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that eliminates the influences of weather, holidays, the opening and closing of schools, and other recurring seasonal events from economic time series.