County Unemployment Up in Most Tennessee Counties

County unemployment rates for November show the rates decreased in 12 counties, increased in 59 and remained the same in 24 counties.
1,300 people are unemployed in Coffee County after the unemployment rate went up slightly from 5.1 in October to 5.2 percent in November. Warren County’s unemployment rate experienced a drop from 5.7 percent to 5.3 percent. Grundy County went from 6.9 to 7.0 percent. Cannon County went from 5.2 to 5.4 percent. Bedford County stayed the same at 5.9%. Franklin County’s unemployment rate went up in November from 4.8 to 5 percent and Moore County rose from 4.1 to 4.4. Williamson County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 3.9 percent, while Hancock County had the highest at 9.9 percent.