Following the lowest state unemployment rate in nearly 20 years, Tennessee’s county unemployment rates for May 2017 have decreased in 94 counties and remained the same in 1, according to data released last month by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Roane County’s unemployment rate is 3.4, down from 4.3 in April, with 22,030 of the 22,800 workforce employed.
Davidson County has the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate at 2.1 percent, a decline from 2.7 percent during the prior month.