Each of Tennessee’s 95 counties experienced lower unemployment in November 2018 according to newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Ninety-one counties had an unemployment rate of 5 percent or lower during the month and only four counties had a rate higher than 5 percent.
Williamson County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 2.5 percent, which was 0.2 of a percentage point lower than the previous month. While Lauderdale County had the highest jobless rate in November at 5.8 percent that figure is a percentage point lower than the previous month.
In Coffee County the unemployment rate fell from 3.7 in October to 3.3 in November.