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Unemployment Increases In All 95 Counties

 
Nashville, Tenn.—Unemployment rates increased in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties in June 2017, according to data released today by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
In our area, all of the counties showed significant increases over May and Benton County is now listed in the top ten counties with the highest unemployment.
Benton County is now at 6.0 percent, a significant increase over May, which was at 4.2 percent.
Other counties in our area: Carroll is at 5.7 percent, up from 4 percent in May; Stewart Co. is now at 5.7 percent, up from 4 percent in May; Obion County is at 5.6 percent, up from 4.1 percent in May; Weakley is now at 5.6 percent, up from 3.5 percent in May.
Henry County has the lowest unemployment in our area, at 4.7 percent, up from 3.4 percent in May.
“We’ve seen this type of increase in the June county unemployment rates every year since the state started keeping records in 1976,” said TDLWD Commissioner Burns Phillips.
The county rates take into account seasonal workers who are temporarily out of work. Between May and June, education service jobs were down by 35,100. These are custodians,
bus drivers and other school support staff who are not working during the summer months.
Davidson County has the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate at 3.1 percent, an increase from 2.1 percent during the prior month.

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