Jobless rates have decreased in 87 of Tennessee’s 95 counties, with White and surrounding counties listed among the positive numbers.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development released the April 2021 county-by-county unemployment figures, on May 27, 2021, which showed White County at 4.3 percent. This number was down from 5.0 percent listed for March 2021.
The neighboring five counties also showed a decrease in unemployment rates.
For April 2021, Cumberland County showed 4.7 percent unemployment compared to 6.6 percent, in March 2021; DeKalb County was 4.8 percent, down from 6.1 percent, in March 2021; Putnam County listed a figure of 4.0 percent, a decrease from 4.9 percent, in March 2021; Van Buren County listed 5.4 percent for April 2021, down from 6.8 percent for March 2021; and Warren County showed 4.8 percent, a decrease from 5.7 percent, in March 2021.
According the TDLWD, Tennesseans continued returning to the workforce in counties across the state in April. In year-to-year comparisons, each county showed a remarkable recovery from pandemic-era unemployment rates one year ago.
Seventy of the state’s 95 counties now have rates less than 5 percent. Unemployment is 5 percent or greater in the remaining 25 counties.
At 2.8 percent, Williamson and Moore counties recorded the state’s lowest unemployment for the month.
Maury County had the highest unemployment in April, at 8 percent, a 3.3 percentage point increase from its rate in March. When compared to April 2020, Maury County’s rate is down a staggering 14.5 percentage points. Perry County’s rate is the second-highest but remained unchanged from March at 7.8 percent. One year ago, the county recorded a rate of 24.1 percent, which is a decrease of 16.3 percentage points when comparing the two years.
The state of Tennessee will release the May 2021 statewide unemployment rate at 1:30 p.m. CT, on June 17, 2021.
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