Cumberland County’s June unemployment rate rose to 9.4 percent, a 0.8 increase over May’s rate of 8.6 percent, and 4.7 percent more than it was for June 2019.
Statewide, 74 of Tennessee’s 95 counties had lower jobless rates for the month, as business continued to reopen. Unemployment did increase slightly in 17 counties during the month and remained the same in four counties.
Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate decreased for the second consecutive month. The June 2020 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 9.7%, down 1.3 percentage points from May’s revised rate of 11%.
Nationally, seasonally adjusted unemployment dropped by 2.2 percentage points in June, going from 13.3% to 11.1%.
(Map courtesy tn.gov)