DeKalb County’s Unemployment rate for October was 8.1%, up from 7.8% in September and 7.2% in October 2012.
The local labor force for October was 9,510. A total of 8,750 were employed and 770 were unemployed.
County unemployment rates for October show the rate increased in 64 counties, decreased in 18, and remained the same in 13 counties.
DeKalb County’s jobless rate for October was fourth lowest in the Upper Cumberland Region. Here’s how the fourteen counties ranked from highest to lowest:
Pickett County: 12.2%
White County: 11%
Van Buren County: 10.9%
Clay County: 10.9%
Jackson County: 9.8%
Warren County: 9.1%
Fentress County:9%
Cumberland County: 9%
Macon County: 8.7%
Overton County: 8.2%
DeKalb County: 8.1%
Putnam County: 7.7%
Cannon County: 6.9%
Smith County: 6.7%
Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 6.7 percent, unchanged from September. Knox County’s October rate was also 6.7 percent, up from 6.6 percent the previous month. Hamilton County was unchanged at 8.0 percent. Shelby County was 10.1 percent, up from 9.9 percent in September.
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for both September and October is 8.4 percent, which is one tenth of one percentage point lower than the August revised rate. The national unemployment rate for October 2013 was 7.3 percent, up one tenth of one percentage point from September.
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