According to new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, county unemployment rates dropped in most of Tennessee’s counties in November. Eighty-nine of the state’s 95 counties recorded lower rates for the month.
Unemployment remained the same in three counties in November and increased in three counties.
Area Counties:
Marion County was 4.5 percent in October, and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent in November.
Grundy fell from 5.5 to 4.1 percent.
Sequatchie County dropped from 4.3 percent to 4.1.
Bledsoe’s unemployment rate was 5.5 in October, dropping to 5 percent in November.
Lucky Knott is a longtime broadcaster, sportscaster, and news reporter, having worked in radio here in the Sequatchie Valley and in Coffee and Grundy County for many years. You can hear his news reports weekday mornings and afternoons on The River 104.9 WEPG in Marion County and Country Roads 93.3 in Dunlap/Pikeville. He is also Editor for SValleyNow.com - Sequatchie Valley Now.
