County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for June 2012 show the rate increased in all 95 counties. In DeKalb County the rate jumped to 8.3%, up from 7.8% in May but still below the rate of 9.8% in June, 2011.
The local labor force for June was at 10,040. A total of 9,210 were employed and 830 were without work
DeKalb County’s unemployment rate for June was third lowest in the fourteen county Upper Cumberland region. Here’s how they rank highest to lowest
Van Buren- 13.2%
Picket County- 13%
White- 12.1%
Clay-10.2%
Warren-9.9%
Cumberland-9.5%
Fentress-9.4%
Jackson-9.4%
Overton-9.1%
Putnam-8.8%
Cannon-8.5%
DeKalb-8.3%
Macon-8.2%
Smith-7.7%
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for June rose to 8.1 percent, up from the May revised rate of 7.9 percent. The national unemployment rate for June 2012 was 8.2 percent, unchanged from May.
The state unemployment rate is 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.
Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 6.7 percent, up from 6.0 percent in May. Davidson County was 7.3 percent, up from 6.7 percent the previous month. Hamilton County was 8.3 percent, up from 7.4 percent, and Shelby County was 9.7 percent, up from the May unemployment rate of 8.8 percent
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