According to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July 2007, released last week, remained unchanged from the June rate of 4.1 percent. The United States rate was 4.6 percent for July, an increase of 0.1 percent from June.
County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for July 2007, released today, show that all the counties experienced changes. There were 17 counties that increased and 78 counties decreased.
Knox County registered the state’s lowest county unemployment rate at 3.0 percent, down from 3.3 percent in June. Maury County had the state’s highest at 8.6 percent, the result of lay-offs at the GM/Saturn plant in Spring Hill. Despite being highest, Maury County rates were down from 8.7 in June. Followed by Weakley County was second worst at 8.1 percent, showing an 0.8 percent increase from 7.3 in June.
The state’s major metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) fared well:
Knoxville MSA: 3.1%, down from 3.4 % in June
Nashville-Murfreesboro MSA: 3.4%, down from 3.7%
Chattanooga MSA: 3.8%, down from 3.9%
Memphis MSA: 4.8 percent% , down from 5.0%.
Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
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