Unemployment Down in most Counties

County unemployment rates for April 2016 show the rates decreased in 90 counties, increased in two, and remained the same in three counties.
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for April was 4.3 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month’s revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for April was 5.0 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
Coffee County unemployment rate fell from 4.0 in percent March to 3.8 percent April. Warren County’s unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, down from the March rate of 4.0 percent. Franklin County stayed the same in April, 3.8 percent. Bedford County dropped slightly from 4.1 to 4 percent. Moore County had one of the state’s lowest rates, falling from 3.4 to 2.8 percent. Grundy County went from 5.5 to 5.0 percent. Cannon County went from 4.0 to 3.7 percent.
Williamson County had the state’s lowest unemployment at 2.7 percent, while Houston County had the highest at 6.8 percent.