Cannon County’s unemployment rate for the month of September rose two-tenths of a percentage point from the August rate. Out of an estimated 6200 eligible people in the workforce, 5,890 people were employed while 310 people were unemployed giving Cannon County a 5.1 percent unemployment rate up from the 4.9 rate in August. Other surrounding counties also reported an increase. Coffee County is at 5.2 percent, while Dekalb has a 5.9 percent unemployment rate. Rutherford County stayed the same at four percent. Warren and Wilson Counties showed slight increases at 4.9 and 4.1 percents respectively. Cannon’s unemployment rate at this time last year was 5.6 percent
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for September was 4.6 percent, increasing two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month’s revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for September was 5.0 percent, increasing one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month
