Unemployment climbs in 29 Tenn. counties – Nashville Business Journal:

Lincoln and Williamson counties hadthe state’s lowesf county unemployment rates at 6.3 percengt each. Perry County remainee as the county with the highest unemploymen t rateat 23.9 percent in April, although it was down from 25.6 in Scott County followed with 18.3 percent down from 18.8 percent in March. Knox County (Knoxville) postefd the state’s lowest major metropolitan rateat 7.4 up 0.1 percentage poing from the March rate, while Davidson Counth had a flat 8 percent, up 0.1 point from the previous month. Shelbhy County (Memphis) was 8.9 percent, unchanged from Tennessee’s statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Apriplwas 9.9 percent, 0.
3 percentage point highee than the revised March rate of 9.6 percent, and one percentage pointt higher than the April national rate of 8.9 percent.
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