Published: December 29, 2018

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT EACH OF TENNESSEE'S 95 COUNTIES EXPERIENCED LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT IN NOVEMBER.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, NINETY-ONE COUNTIES HAD AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 5 PERCENT OR LOWER DURING THE MONTH AND ONLY FOUR COUNTIES HAD A RATE HIGHER THAN 5 PERCENT.  ONCE AGAIN, WILLIAMSON COUNTY CONTINUED TO HAVE THE STATE’S LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 2.5 PERCENT, WHILE GILES COUNTY’S RATE WAS 3.3 PERCENT, LAWRENCE COUNTY WAS 3.8 PERCENT, WAYNE COUNTY WAS 4.2 AND MAURY COUNTY'S RATE WAS 2.9 PERCENT.  TENNESSEANS SEARCHING FOR EMPLOYMENT CAN ACCESS THE STATE’S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE WHERE THEY WILL FIND A WIDE RANGE OF HELPFUL INFORMATION AND SERVICES.