Unemployment Rates Drop in All Tennessee Counties

May 29, 2023

Statewide, Tennessee continued to experience near-record low unemployment in April, and county jobless rates for the month were just as impressive. The latest numbers for the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) show county unemployment decreased in every county.

Area counties:

Bedford: 3 percent in March. 2.6 in April

Coffee: 3.2 in March, down to 2.7 in April

Franklin: 3.3 dropped to 2.7 percent

Grundy: 4.4 percent unemployment rate in March, down to 3.6 percent in April

Lincoln: 2.9 falling to 2.6.

Moore: 2.3 percent, dropping to 2 percent. The second lowest in the state.

Warren: Fell 1 percent from 4 percent in March to 3 percent in April.

Williamson County had the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 1.9 percent. Bledsoe County had the highest rate at 4.6 in April. The state rate is 3.3 percent.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,993 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.