DeKalb Jobless Rate at 7.8% for February

The DeKalb County unemployment rate for February was 7.8%, down from 8.6% in January and 8.3% in February, 2014.
The local labor force for February was 7,090. A total of 6,540 were employed and 550 were unemployed.
DeKalb County’s Jobless Rate for February was seventh lowest in the fourteen county Upper Cumberland region.
Here’s how they rank from highest to lowest:
Clay: 11.1%
Van Buren: 9.8%
Pickett: 9.6%
Jackson: 9.3%
Cumberland:8.9%
Overton:8.3%
Fentress:8.1%
DeKalb: 7.8%
White: 7%
Warren:6.4%
Putnam: 6.4%
Smith:6.2%
Cannon:6%
Macon:6%
County unemployment rates for February show the rates decreased in 95 counties.
Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in February at 4.8 percent, down from 5.4 percent in January. Knox County was 5.1 percent in February, down from 5.7 the previous month. The Hamilton County February rate was 5.9 percent, down from 6.6 in January. Shelby County was 7.2 percent in February, down from 8.1 percent the previous month. Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for February was 6.6 percent, one-tenth of one percentage point lower than the January revised rate of 6.7 percent. The U.S. preliminary rate for February was 5.5 percent, down two-tenths of one percentage point from the prior month.
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.