Cumberland County’s November unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, up 0.2 % from October. It was also 0.1% higher than the November 2023 rate of 4.1%.
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) announced that 91 of Tennessee’s 95 counties reported unemployment rates of less than 5% for November, with unemployment rates decreasing in 17 counties.
Moore and Williamson counties recorded the state’s lowest unemployment rates for November at 2.6%.
Unicoi County in Northeast Tennessee recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate for November at 6%.
Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5% in November. That rate was up two-tenths of a percentage point over the previous month but is still seven-tenths of a percentage point below the national rate of 4.2%.