County unemployment rates for April 2016, released Thursday, show the rates decreased in 90 counties, increased in two, and remained the same in three counties.
Cannon County’s unemployment rate for the month of April was 3.7 percent. Out of an estimated work force of 6030 people, 5810 were employed while 220 were unemployed. The 3.7 percent figure is down three tenths of a percentage point from the four percent figure reported in March. All other surrounding counties reported decreases in unemployment figures during the month of April. Dekalb County is at 5.8 percent while Coffee County reports a 3.8 percent unemployment figure. Warren County is at 3.7 percent. Wilson is at 3.2 and Rutherford has the lowest unemployment figure of all the surrounding counties at three percent.
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for April was 4.3 percent, down two tenths of a percentage point from the previous month’s revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for April was 5.0 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
