Davidson County Unemployment Drops At Year’s End

NASHVILLE, TN — Davidson County's unemployment rate dropped to 2.3 percent in December, down 0.2 percent from October, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development. The unemployment rate fell in 77 counties, rose in 7 and was unchanged in 11 others and is below 5 percent in 89 of the state's 95 counties.

Davidson County's rate is tied for second lowest in the state, 0.1 percent behind Williamson County. Of the ten lowest county-level figures statewide, eight were in Middle Tennessee.

Davidson County is tops among the state's four largest metros, besting Knoxville's Knox County (2.6 percent), Chattanooga's Hamilton County (3 percent) and Memphis' Shelby County (3.7 percent).

Davidson County's unemployment rate dropped 1.4 percent from December 2016.

The state rate, reported last week, is 3.2 percent, up 0.1 percent from November’s adjusted figure.

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