County unemployment rates for July 2015, released Thursday, show the rates increased in 53 counties, decreased in 21, and remained the same in 21 counties. Specific county information for July is available here.
Davidson County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate in July at 4.9 percent, unchanged from June. Knox County was 5.4 percent in July, up from 5.3 the previous month. The Hamilton County July rate was 6.2 percent, up from 6.1 in June. Shelby County was 7.4 percent in July, up from 7.3 percent the previous month.
Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for July was 5.7 percent, unchanged from the previous month. The U.S. preliminary rate for July was 5.3 percent, also unchanged from the unemployment rate in June.
County Unemployment Rate Range for July 2015
Rate less than 5.0% - 2 counties
Rate is 5.0% or greater, but less than 10.0% - 91 counties
Rate is 10.0% or greater -2 counties
Rate is 20.0% or greater -0 counties
The state and national unemployment rates are seasonally adjusted while the county unemployment rates are not. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that eliminates the influences of weather, holidays, the opening and closing of schools, and other recurring seasonal events from economic time series.