County unemployment rates for October 2016 have been released and they show the rates decreased in 80 counties, increased in seven, and remained the same in eight counties.
Coffee County’s unemployment rate dropped from a 5.1% in September to 5% in October.
In nearby counties, Cannon County fell to 4.7% from 5.1%. Bedford County went down slightly from 5.3 in September to 5.1 in October. Franklin County dropped also from 5.7% to 5.4%. The unemployment rate in Grundy County went up from 6.7% to 7.3%. Moore County continues to have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state falling from 4.1 to 3.9% and Warren County went up from 4.9% in September to 5.1% in October.
Williamson County had the state’s lowest at 3.5% and the highest is in Lake County at 8%.
County Unemployment Rates Drop in most of Tennessee
