In the Chattanooga region, unemployment was up in nine counties, down in nine counties and unchanged in another county during August.
Tennessee
* Bradley, 4.7 percent, unchanged from the previous month
* Coffee, 4.9 percent, up 0.1 percent from previous month
* Hamilton, 5 percent, up 0.1 percent from previous month
* Franklin, 5.7 percent, up 0.2 percent from previous month
* McMinn, 5.8 percent, up 0.3 percent from previous month
* Polk, 5.8 percent, up 0.1 percent from previous month
* Van Buren, 5.8 percent, down 0.5 percent from previous month
* Sequatchie, 6.1 percent, up 0.2 percent from previous month
* Bledsoe, 6.6 percent, down 0.2 percent from previous month
* Grundy, 6.6 percent, down 0.2 percent from previous month
* Marion, 6.7 percent, up 0.3 percent from previous month
* Meigs, 7.1 percent, up 0.2 percent from previous month
* Rhea, 7.6 percent, up 0.1 percent from previous month
Georgia
* Catoosa, 4.8 percent, down 0.2 percent from previous month
* Dade, 5.1 percent, down 0.5 percent from previous month
* Chattooga, 6 percent, down 1.2 percent from previous month
* Murray, 6.6 percent, down 0.4 percent from previous month
* Whitfield, 5.7 percent, down 0.3 percent from previous month
Sources: Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Georgia Department of Labor