Staff
Monday, December 30, 2013 2:03 pm

Cannon County's jobless rate dropped to 5.8 percent ranking it in the Top 10 Tennessee counties during the month of November.

Williamson County had the lowest rate in Tennessee with 5 percent, followed closely by Lincoln County with 5.2 percent.

Rutherford County scored 5.7 percent. Davidson County had the lowest major metropolitan rate of 5.8 percent followed by Knox County at 5.9 percent.

Cannon County did score better than many nearby counties and towns. McMinnville's jobless rate was 7.9 percent, while Cookeville's was 7.2. Coffee County recorded a rate of 6.4 percent.

Tennessee's rate for November was 8.1 percent, which was four-tenths of a percentage point lower than October's rate.

Scott County had Tenn-essee's highest rate with 15.7 percent.