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Read comments (3)The county had a workforce of 22,920 with 21,740 people employed and a total of 1,170 out of work. But the rate is still higher than this time last year, when it was at 3.7 percent.
Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was at 5.4 percent, 0.1 percent lower than the March revised rate of 5.5 percent. The United States unemployment rate for the month of April was 5.0 percent.
County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for April show that 93 counties decreased. The rate increased in one county and remained the same in one county.
Williamson County registered the state's lowest county unemployment rate at 3.4 percent, down 0.5 from the March rate.
Perry County had the state's highest rate at 12.3 percent, the same as the March rate, followed by Lauderdale County at 9.2 percent, down from 9.6 percent in March.
Knox County had the state's lowest major metropolitan rate at 3.8 percent, down 0.5 from the March rate of 4.3 percent. Davidson County was 4.1 percent, down from 4.7 in March. Hamilton County was at 4.4 percent down 0.3 percent from March, and Shelby County was 5.5 percent, down from the March rate of 6.2.
Yep, 5.1% is outstanding, but this country is only at the beginning of the recession, which we are not in according to Dubya.
I sure hope that I am wrong, but with the country going to hell in a thumb thimble under our current leadership we will be lucky if unemployment does not hit 25%.
Of course Mr. Baker will still stick by these crooks that have been and are still selling this country to anyone that can or will give kickbacks to Dubya and his cronies. I have to at least give Tim kudos for standing by his man.
Are you kidding? 5.1% is OUTSTANDING. The national average released today is 5.5% The closer you get to zero the higher inflation becomes which serves as a tax on everyone. Given that the economy has been slowing for 6 months a 5.1% is actually very healthy.
And before anyone says it, yes I realize that if you're one of the 5.1% it doesn't feel so outstanding. But it did decrease from the previous period nearly a whole percentage so more people went back to work.
WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT REPUBLICANS RUNNING OUR COUNTRY?