DeKalb County’s unemployment rate for August was 7.1%, down from 8.2% in July and 8.2% in August 2014.
The local labor force for August was 7,150. A total of 6,640 were employed and 500 were unemployed.
DeKalb County’s Jobless Rate for August was fifth highest in the fourteen county Upper Cumberland region.
Here’s how they rank from highest to lowest:
Clay: 7.9%
Jackson: 7.6%
Van Buren: 7.5%
Fentress: 7.3%
DeKalb: 7.1%
Cumberland:6.7%
Pickett:6.6%
Overton: 6.6%
Putnam: 6.1%
White: 6%
Warren: 5.9%
Cannon: 5.7%
Smith: 5.3%
Macon:5.2%
County unemployment rates for August show the rates decreased in 93 counties and increased in two.
Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in August at 4.5 percent, down from July’s rate of 4.9 percent. Knox County was 4.8 percent in August, down from 5.4 the previous month. The Hamilton County August rate was 5.7 percent, down from 6.2 in July. Shelby County was 6.9 percent in August, down from 7.4 percent the previous month.
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for August was 5.7 percent, unchanged from the previous month. The U.S. preliminary rate for August was 5.1 percent, down two tenths of one percentage point from July.
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.
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