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Tennessee and Georgia unemploment rates fall in October

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By Staff Report 1 min read

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Jobless rates fell in both Tennessee and Georgia in October, officials said Thursday.

Tennessee’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent, down from the September revised rate of 8.3 percent.

Tennessee’s October jobless rate is the lowest since June, according to Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development Karla Davis.

Total nonfarm employment increased 7,500 jobs from September to October, with increases in leisure/hospitality and professional/business services. There were declines in government and mining/logging/construction.

Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.7 percent in October, down from 9 percent in September. The jobless rate was 9.7 percent in October a year ago.