Tennessee jobless rate rises to 6.7 percent in January

March 5, 2015 at 4:23 p.m. | Updated March 5, 2015 at 4:37 p.m.

by Dave Flessner

FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Unemployment in Tennessee rose in January to 6.7 percent, a full 1 percentage points above the U.S. jobless rate for the month.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development said today the state's jobless rate at the start of 2015 matched the same time a year ago.

Employment in Tennessee did rise by 71,700 jobs over the past year, however, including a seasonally adjusted 8,300-job gain from December to January. The unemployment rate did not change because of the increase in the number of Tennesseans looking for work in the past year.

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