Cannon County’s unemployment rate dipped close to a full percentage point from July to August. Figures released late last week show that out of estimated work force of 6480 people 6,060 people were employed while 420 were unemployed. This means that Cannon’s unemployment rate is 6.5 percent down eight-tenths from 7.3 percent from the month of July. Other neighboring counties unemployment figures showed Coffee County staying the same as July at 7 percent, Dekalbs unemployment dropped to 6.9 from the 7.4 mark in July. Rutherford, Wilson and Warren Counties unemployment figures dropped up to a entire precentage point from the July rate. Tennessee’s unemployment rate for August was 7.4 percent, three tenths of one percentage point higher than the 7.1 July revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for August was 6.1 percent, down from 6.2 percent in July. Cannon’s unemployment rate at this time last year was 7.4 percent
