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Area County Unemployment Rates for May 2025

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The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) has announced that every Tennessee county recorded an unemployment rate of 5% or less in May.

Ninety-four of the state’s 95 counties had unemployment rates below 5%, and one county — Hardeman County in southwestern Tennessee — had a rate of 5%.

Unemployment rates decreased from April to May in three counties. Rates increased in 92 counties.

Williamson County reported the lowest unemployment rate in May at 2.6%, up four-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month.

  • Bledsoe County was 2.5 percent in April, but went up to 2.9 percent in May
  • Grundy County rose from 3.6 to 4.1 percent.
  • Hamilton County went from 2.7 to 3.1 percent.
  • Marion and Sequatchie counties jumped from 3.3 percent in April to 3.9 percent in May.

Lucky Knott

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.