September 2015 County Unemployment Rates

NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for September 2015, released today, show the rates decreased in 29 counties, increased in 42, and remained the same in 24 counties. Specific county information for August is available on the Internet: https://tn.gov{filedir_28}LaborSEP2015.pdf.

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.

 

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