Each June, Tennessee counties experience an increase in unemployment as schools close for summer break and lay off workers. Recent college graduates entering the workforce for the first time also impact the data each year. Once again this June, data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) showed jobless rates increased in each of the state?s 95 counties.
In June, unemployment rates were less than 5% in 19 Tennessee counties. Seventy-five counties had rates 5% or greater but less than 10%, and one county showed a rate higher than 10%.
Williamson County recorded the state?s lowest unemployment rate. At 3.4%,
In Warren Co. the rate increased 0.9 percent from 5.4 percent in May to 6.3 percent in June 2020 the rate was 11.4 percent . In White Co. it was 5.2 percent, up 1 percent from May to June. In June 2020 it was 8.5 percent. In Van Buren Co. it was 6.8 percent in June, up 1.4 percent from May to June. In June 2020 it was 10.8 percent.
The statewide unemployment rate for June decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.9%. That is 4.4 percentage points lower than Tennessee?s rate in June 2020.
Nationally, unemployment increased slightly in June from 5.8% to 5.9%.