More people are employed in Cannon County. The jobless rate for December has been released, and it shows unemployment dropping a half-point in the county last month, down from 9.9 percent to 9.4 percent. Tennessee’s overall unemployment rate for December was 9.4 percent, unchanged from the November rate and mirroring the national unemployment rate.Among Cannon County’s neighbors, Wilson County registered the lowest jobless rate, at 7.7 percent. Rutherford also had a drop, to come in at 8.1 percent. Joblessness was up a half-point in DeKalb County, increasing from 9.2 percent to 9.7 percent. Jobless rates remained unchanged in Coffee County at 10 percent, and in Warren County, at 10.9 percent.
Across Tennessee, jobless figures decreased in 52 counties, increased in 35 counties and remained the same in eight counties.
Lincoln County registered the state’s lowest county unemployment rate at 6.2 percent. Scott County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 20.4 percent, followed by Pickett County at 15.7 percent. Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 6.8 percent, Hamilton County was 7.7 percent, Davidson County was at 8.3 percent, and Shelby County was 9.4 percent.
