New data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows strong job market performance across the state in May, with 94 of Tennessee’s 95 counties reporting unemployment rates below 5%.
In 69 counties, unemployment rates decreased from April to May. Rates remained the same in 18 counties and increased in eight counties.
Williamson County reported the state’s lowest unemployment rate for May at 2.4%, down three-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month.
Perry County was the only county whose unemployment rate was above 5% in May. At 5.3%, the rate was the same as last month.
Locally rates looked like this....Giles County 4.1%, Lawrence County 3.9%, Lewis County 4.5%, Lincoln County 3.6%, Maury County 4.5%, Marshall County 4.0%, Moor County 3.0%, and Wayne County 3.5%.
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