Nashville- County Unemployment rates across 93 of Tennessee’s 95 counties inched upward from June to July according to the latest statistics from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
In our area, both Carroll and Weakley Counties are again on the Top Ten list of highest unemployment, with 6.8 percent for Carroll and 6.3 percent for Weakley. Carroll is ranked 88th in the state in terms of unemployment and Weakley is at 91st.
A total of 44 counties continue to have rates lower than 5%, while 51 counties came in above 5% for July. State Labor Commissioner Jeff McCord said, “There are a number of factors at work and its not uncommon to see the state unemployment decrease while county unemployment increases.”
In our area, Carroll and Weakley Counties come in with some of the highest unemployment rates in the state. Carroll County’s rate in July came in at 6.3%, up from 6.0% in June and up from 5.9% in July of last year. That is the 8th highest rate in the state. Weakley County had the 5th highest rate in the state at 6.8% for July. That is up from 4.9% in June, but still down from 7.5% last July.
Henry County’s rate for July 2019 came in at 4.8%, some of the lower rates in the state. That rate is up however from this June and July last year when the rates were 4.5% and 4.6% respectively.
Obion County is at 6.1 percent for July, up from 5.4 percent in June.
Benton County’s rate for July was 5.5%, the same as June’s rate and just a tenth of a percentage point up from July 2018. Houston County’s rate came in at 5.7%, up from 5.4% in June, but still down from last July’s rate of 6.4%.
Stewart County’s unemployment rate for July was 5.8% that is up from June’s rate of 5.2% and last July’s rate of 5.5%.
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