County Unemployment Rates Released

Mar 13, 2015 at 10:15 am by bryan


County unemployment rates for January have been released and show the rates increased in 95 counties. The umemployment rate in Rutherford County is 5-point-5 percent, which is the fifth lowest in the state. That compares to Scott County's unemployment rate of 12-point-3 percent.

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.

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