Nashville, TN - The state's unemployment numbers for July are out and Rutherford County is tied with three other counties for the third best place with only 2.8 per cent of the workforce without jobs. 

Sevier and Williamson counties tied for the top position, each had 2.5 per cent unemployment. 

Second place was was 2.7 per cent, and that was a tie between two counties: Cheatham and Wilson. 

Overall, the workforce in the Volunteer State is doing well.  Seventy-seven counties reported lower unemployment than in June, while rates stayed the same in eight counties and increased in the remaining 10.

 
Unemployment was lower than 5% in 82 of the state’s 95 counties during the month, with the remaining 13 counties at or above 5%.
 
Weakley County’s unemployment rate jumped 1.7 percentage points, from 4.5% to 6.2%, between June and July. That was the highest rate in the state.
 
Houston and Bledsoe counties had the state’s next highest unemployment rates at 5.5%. Houston County’s rate increased 0.6 of a percentage point, while Bledsoe County’s dropped 0.3 of a percentage point.
 
Statewide, seasonally adjusted unemployment in Tennessee remained at the record-setting low rate of 3% for the third month.  
 
Nationwide, the jobless rate grew 0.2 of a percentage point in July to 4.3%.
 
The state and national rates are adjusted to account for any seasonal impact on employment, while the county rates are not.
 
TDLWD has compiled a complete economic analysis of July’s county unemployment data, along with statistics for individual cities, which is available here.