Cannon's Unemployment Rate Increases Four-Tenths

Newly released unemployment data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) for May 2019 shows unemployment rates for nearly every county in the state are below 5 percent for the month.
Ninety-one counties have unemployment rates lower than 5 percent and four counties have a rate of 5 percent or higher in May.
While Tennessee continued to experience low unemployment in May, 90 of the state's counties did see a slight uptick in their rates, one county remained the same, and unemployment dropped in four counties.
Cannon's unemployment rate went up to 2.8 percent up from 2.4 percent in April's rate. Out of an estimated work force of 6600 people, 6410 people were employed while 190 were unemployed during the fifth month of the year. Last year's unemployment rate was also 2.80 percent.
Other neighboring counties all saw upswings in their unemployment rates for the month of May. Coffee County is at 2.9 percent, Dekalb and Warren both climbed slightly to 3.6, Rutherford went to 2.4 percent in May. Wilson is at 2.5 percent
Tennessee's statewide unemployment rate experienced a slight uptick in May. For three consecutive months, it remained at the all-time low of 3.2 percent but increased by 0.1 of a percentage point when compared to April's rate.
Nationally, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.6 percent, mirroring April's national rate.