November 2015 County Unemployment Rates

NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for November 2015, released today, show the rates decreased in 12 counties, increased in 59, and remained the same in 24 counties. Specific county information for November is available on the Internet:

For the month of November, Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate at 4.2 percent. The Knox County rate was 4.4 percent, Hamilton County was 5.1 percent, and lastly Shelby County was 6.4 percent. All of these major metropolitan counties had an unemployment rate that remained unchanged from the previous month of October.

Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for November was 5.6 percent, unchanged from the previous month. The U.S. preliminary rate for November was 5.0 percent, also unchanged from October. 

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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