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Davidson County Unemployment Drops To 2.1 Percent
Unemployment rates fell in all 95 Tennessee counties in April, with Davidson County's down to 2.1 percent.
NASHVILLE, TN — Davidson County's unemployment rate dropped a half percentage point to 2.1 percent in April, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, and remains the state's second lowest.
The unemployment rate fell in all 95 of the state's counties.
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Of the ten lowest county-level figures statewide, nine were in Middle Tennessee. The lowest figure belongs to Williamson County at 2 percent.
Davidson County is tops among the state's four largest metros, besting Knoxville's Knox County (2.4 percent), Chattanooga's Hamilton County (2.8 percent) and Memphis' Shelby County (3.5 percent).
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Davidson County's unemployment rate dropped 0.4 percent from April 2017.
The state rate, reported last week, is 3.4 percent for the third consecutive month.
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