December 29, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) has announced that 91 of Tennessee’s 95 counties including DeKalb reported unemployment rates of less than 5% for November, with unemployment rates decreasing in 17 counties.
The DeKalb County jobless rate for November was 4.4%, up slightly from 4.3% in October and also above the 3.9% rate for November 2023.
The local labor force for November was 7,724. A total of 7,384 were employed and 340 were without work.
Moore and Williamson counties recorded the state’s lowest unemployment rates for November at 2.6%. Those counties also reported rates of 2.6% in October.
Unicoi County in Northeast Tennessee recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate for November at 6%. That was a two-tenths of a percentage point increase over its October rate of 5.8%.
Unemployment rates remained the same in 30 counties, while rates in 48 counties increased from October to November.
Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5% in November. That rate was up two-tenths of a percentage point over the previous month but is still seven-tenths of a percentage point below the national rate of 4.2%.
Unlike the statewide rate, county rates are not adjusted to account for seasonal impacts on employment.