Hamilton jobless rate falls in February
Hamilton County’s jobless rate was 4.2 percent in February, down from 4.6 percent in January, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday.
For February, Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate at 3.3 percent, down from January’s rate of 3.5 percent. Knox County was 3.6 percent in February, down from 3.9 the previous month. Shelby County was 4.9 percent, down from 5.4 percent the previous month
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for February was 4.9 percent, down five tenths of a percentage point from the previous month’s revised rate, the department said. The U.S. preliminary rate for February was also 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
County unemployment rates for February show the rates decreased in 93 counties, increased in one, and remained the same in one county.