Unemployment rate drops

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Bedford County's unemployment rate for September dropped from 12.5 percent to 12.1 percent, according to figures released by Tennessee Department of Employment Security. Bedford County had a labor force of 22,460 in September, with 19,730 employed and 2,730 unemployed.

Unemployment was only 6.8 percent in September 2008. It reached its highest point in the past 12 months in June, at 13 percent.

County rates reported by the state are not seasonally adjusted. The state unemployment state, which is adjusted for normal seasonal variations, was 10.5 percent for September, compared to 10.7 percent in August. The United States' unemployment rate for the month of September was 9.8 percent.

County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates released last week show that the rate increased in 11 counties, decreased in 83 counties and remained the same in one county.

Lincoln County registered the state's lowest county unemployment rate at 6.9 percent, down from 7.2 percent in August. Lauderdale County had the state's highest unemployment rate at 18.9 percent, down from 19.7 in August, followed by Scott County at 18.4 percent, down from 19.1 percent in August.

Knox County had the state's lowest major metropolitan rate of 8.1 percent, down 0.6 percentage point from the August rate. Hamilton County was at 8.7 percent, down 0.7 percentage point from the August rate. Davidson County was 9.2 percent, down 0.4 from the previous month, and Shelby County was 10.2 percent, down 0.4 from the August rate.

The report can be found at www.tennessee.gov/labor-wfd/labor_figure...

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Yeah I'll believe that when I can get a job.I've been unemployed since Dec last year. This county sucks!!!

-- Posted by tiredofthiscrap on Tue, Oct 27, 2009, at 12:39 PM

The unemployment rate is figured by the people who are on unemployment benefits. Those who have run out of unemployment benefits are not counted any longer. They still may not be working but still not counted as unemployed.

-- Posted by Dianatn on Tue, Oct 27, 2009, at 1:23 PM

True, not many jobs in this county, but there are in others.

-- Posted by honda14 on Tue, Oct 27, 2009, at 1:51 PM