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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 30, 2026

Unemployment rates remained below 5% in nearly every Tennessee county in December, with 91 of the state’s 95 counties reporting rates under that threshold, according to data released Thursday by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Rates declined from November in 87 counties, increased in six and remained unchanged in two, while only four counties posted unemployment rates of 5% or higher, led by Maury County at 5.7%. Williamson and Cheatham counties recorded the lowest rates in the state at 2.6%, followed by Sevier, Wilson, Rutherford, Dickson, Macon, Sumner, Knox and Haywood counties at 2.7%. Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate was 3.6% in December, though county rates are not seasonally adjusted.