Tennessee's Unemployment Rate For August Increases To 4.4%

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.

Specific county information for August is available at tn.gov/assets/entities/labor/attachments/Labor_Force_Estimates%2C_Aug_16_password.pdf