Unemployment Rates Up in 93 of 95 Tennessee Counties

March 7, 2024

Holiday employment that ended at the start of the new year is one of the leading factors that caused an increase in county unemployment rates across Tennessee in January 2024. While statewide unemployment numbers are adjusted to consider the impacts of seasonal labor, county unemployment rates are not adjusted.

Ninety-three of Tennessee’s 95 counties experienced an uptick in unemployment during January.

Bedford and Coffee Counties were at 3.0% in December, and both went up to 3.4 in January. Franklin County rose from 3.2 to 3.6. Grundy County’s unemployment rate went up from 3.6% in December to 4.4% in January. Lincoln County went up from 2.8 to 3.2. Moore County jumped from 2.2% to 2.7%, and Warren County’s unemployment rate rose from 3.3% in December to 3.7% in January.

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.