County unemployment rates for February show the rates decreased in 93 counties, increased in only one county and stayed the same in one county.
Cannon County’s unemployment rate for February was 4.3 percent down four-tenths of a percentage point from January Out of estimated workforce of 6010 people 5750 people were employed while 260 people were unemployed during the month of February
Surrounding counties also showed a decrease in unemployment
Warren County’s unemployment rate for February was 4.3 percent, down from 4.6 percent in January. Coffee County went from 4.7 to 4.2 percent. DeKalb County went from 5.9 to 5.4. Rutherford went from 3.6 to 3.3 and Wilson County went from 3.9 to 3.6 percent. The unemployment rate for Cannon County at this time last year was 5.8 percent
