DeKalb Jobless Rate Unchanged at 6.1% in October

DeKalb County’s unemployment rate for October was 6.1%, unchanged from the September rate but down from 8.1% in October, 2013.
The local labor force for October was 9,090. A total of 8,540 were employed and 550 were unemployed.
DeKalb County’s Jobless Rate for October was fifth lowest in the fourteen county Upper Cumberland region.
Here’s how they rank from highest to lowest:
Pickett: 10.9%
Van Buren: 9%
White: 7.5%
Clay: 7.5%
Cumberland:7.5%
Fentress:7.3%
Jackson: 6.9%
Warren:6.9%
Overton:6.6%
DeKalb: 6.1%
Putnam.5.9%
Cannon:5.3%
Macon:5.3%
Smith:5.1%
County unemployment rates for October show the rate decreased in 80 counties, increased in 10 counties, and remained the same in five counties.
Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in October at 5.1 percent, down from 5.4 in September. Davidson County was 5.2 percent in October, down from 5.5 in September. The Hamilton County October rate was 6.2 percent, down from 6.6 in September. Shelby County was 7.9 percent in October, down from 8.3 in September. Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October was 7.1 percent, two tenths of one percentage point lower than the 7.3 September revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for October was 5.8 percent, down from 5.9 percent in September.
The state and national unemployment rates are seasonally adjusted while the county unemployment rates are not. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that eliminates the influences of weather, holidays, the opening and closing of schools, and other recurring seasonal events from economic time series.