Chattanooga jobless rate falls to 7-year low

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, a Philadelphia business displays a help wanted sign in its storefront. The September jobs report coming Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, will provide clues to the job market’s health that go beyond the unemployment rate. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, a Philadelphia business displays a help wanted sign in its storefront. The September jobs report coming Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, will provide clues to the job market’s health that go beyond the unemployment rate. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

By Staff Report November 25, 2015 1 min read

Jobless rates

Unemployment rate for Tennessee counties in October:Lowest› Williamson — 3.9 percent› Moore — 4.1 percent› Davidson — 4.2 percent› Rutherford — 4.3 percentHighest› Hancock — 9.8 percent› Lauderdale — 9.1 percent› Scott — 8.5 percent› Meigs — 8.4 percentSource: Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Labor force estimates for October

Unemployment in metropolitan Chattanooga fell last month to the lowest monthly level since April 2008.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported Wednesday that the jobless rate in the six-county Chattanooga area fell by three tenths of a percent to 5.3 percent – the lowest in about seven years.

Among Tennessee’s major metro areas, unemployment was lowest in Nashville last month at 4.4 percent and highest in Memphis at 6.3 percent.

Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in October at 4.2 percent, down from September’s rate of 4.6 percent.