County Unemployment Rates For March

County unemployment numbers for the month of March indicate the unemployment rate decreased in 86 counties, increased in four counties and stayed the same in five counties.
Coffee County’s rate was unchanged at 6.1 percent. Cannon County dropped from 5.7 to 5.6 percent.
Warren County’s unemployment rate for March was 7.7 percent…down from the February rate of 8.1 percent. Franklin County’s unemployment dropped in March by 2.3% and stands at 6.4%. The Grundy County rate dropped by .3% of a point last month to 9.1%. In Bedford County their unemployment rate dropped from 6.8 to 6.5% and in Moore County the March rate rose from 5.5% to 5.8. Williamson County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 4.6 percent, while Scott County had the highest at 14.8 percent.