Tennessee’s unemployment figures for the month of February were released last week. The state’s unemployment rate was up two tenths of a percent from 9.4 in January to 9.6 in February. Cannon County rate decreased 1.4 percent from 11.5 percent in January to 10.1 percent.Cannon County has an estimated workforce of 6,640 of which an estimated 5,970 people are employed with 640 people unemployed. Last year at this time figures showed the county having a unemployment rate of 10.3%
The state’s lowest unemployment rate is in Lincoln County who reports a unemployment rate at 6.6 percent. Highest unemployment rate percentage belonged to Scott County at 22.7 percent.
