Tennessee Unemployment Rate Report

Tennessee Unemployment by County

Tennessee Current Unemployment 3.5%

Tennessee Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Tennessee has ranged from 2.9% in April 2019 to 15.0% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Tennessee is 3.5% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

TN Highest Unemployment by County

Perry, TN unemployment rate

5.6%

Bledsoe, TN unemployment rate

5.4%

Lake, TN unemployment rate

5.3%

Shelby, TN unemployment rate

5.3%

Lauderdale, TN unemployment rate

5.1%

Haywood, TN unemployment rate

5.1%

McNairy, TN unemployment rate

4.8%

Rhea, TN unemployment rate

4.8%

Wayne, TN unemployment rate

4.7%

Hardeman, TN unemployment rate

4.7%

TN Unemployment City Links

Memphis, TN Unemployment Report

Nashville, TN Unemployment Report

Knoxville, TN Unemployment Report

Chattanooga, TN Unemployment Report

Clarksville, TN Unemployment Report

Murfreesboro, TN Unemployment Report

Jackson, TN Unemployment Report

Johnson City, TN Unemployment Report

Franklin, TN Unemployment Report

Bartlett, TN Unemployment Report

TN Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 TN Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2022	3.7%	4.0%
2/2022	3.3%	3.8%
3/2022	3.0%	3.6%
4/2022	3.1%	3.6%
5/2022	3.4%	3.6%
5/2022	3.4%	3.6%
6/2022	4.2%	3.6%
7/2022	4.0%	3.5%
8/2022	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2021	5.4%	6.3%
2/2021	4.9%	6.2%
3/2021	5.1%	6.0%
4/2021	4.7%	6.1%
5/2021	4.5%	5.8%
6/2021	5.6%	5.9%
7/2021	4.6%	5.4%
8/2021	4.1%	5.2%
9/2021	3.6%	4.7%
10/2021	3.3%	4.6%
11/2021	3.1%	4.2%
12/2021	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2020	3.8%	3.6%
2/2020	3.8%	3.5%
3/2020	3.2%	4.4%
4/2020	15.0%	14.7%
5/2020	10.7%	13.3%
6/2020	10.1%	11.1%
7/2020	10.1%	10.2%
8/2020	8.6%	8.4%
9/2020	6.4%	7.9%
10/2020	7.2%	6.9%
11/2020	5.1%	6.7%
12/2020	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2019	3.9%	4.0%
2/2019	3.4%	3.8%
3/2019	3.5%	3.8%
4/2019	2.9%	3.6%
5/2019	3.1%	3.6%
6/2019	3.9%	3.7%
7/2019	3.9%	3.7%
8/2019	3.4%	3.7%
9/2019	3.2%	3.5%
10/2019	3.2%	3.6%
11/2019	3.1%	3.5%
12/2019	3.1%	3.5%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2018	4.0%	4.1%
2/2018	3.7%	4.1%
3/2018	3.6%	4.0%
4/2018	3.1%	3.9%
5/2018	3.1%	3.8%
6/2018	4.1%	4.0%
7/2018	4.0%	3.9%
8/2018	3.6%	3.8%
9/2018	3.4%	3.7%
10/2018	3.3%	3.8%
11/2018	3.1%	3.7%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%
12/2018	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2017	5.0%	4.7%
2/2017	4.5%	4.7%
3/2017	4.1%	4.4%
4/2017	3.3%	4.4%
5/2017	3.3%	4.4%
6/2017	4.1%	4.3%
7/2017	4.0%	4.3%
8/2017	3.7%	4.4%
9/2017	3.4%	4.2%
10/2017	3.3%	4.1%
11/2017	3.3%	4.2%
12/2017	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2016	5.0%	4.9%
2/2016	4.7%	4.9%
3/2016	4.7%	5.0%
4/2016	4.2%	5.0%
5/2016	4.2%	4.8%
6/2016	5.2%	4.9%
7/2016	5.2%	4.8%
8/2016	4.9%	4.9%
9/2016	4.9%	5.0%
10/2016	4.7%	4.9%
11/2016	4.4%	4.7%
12/2016	4.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2015	6.7%	5.7%
2/2015	6.2%	5.5%
3/2015	5.9%	5.4%
4/2015	5.3%	5.4%
5/2015	5.7%	5.6%
6/2015	6.2%	5.3%
7/2015	6.1%	5.2%
8/2015	5.5%	5.1%
9/2015	5.3%	5.0%
10/2015	5.1%	5.0%
11/2015	4.9%	5.1%
12/2015	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2014	6.8%	6.6%
2/2014	6.9%	6.7%
3/2014	6.8%	6.7%
4/2014	5.9%	6.2%
5/2014	6.3%	6.3%
6/2014	7.0%	6.1%
7/2014	7.3%	6.2%
8/2014	7.0%	6.1%
9/2014	6.4%	5.9%
10/2014	6.1%	5.7%
11/2014	6.0%	5.8%
12/2014	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2013	8.7%	8.0%
2/2013	8.3%	7.7%
3/2013	8.0%	7.5%
4/2013	7.6%	7.6%
5/2013	7.8%	7.5%
6/2013	8.5%	7.5%
7/2013	8.1%	7.3%
8/2013	7.9%	7.2%
9/2013	7.6%	7.2%
10/2013	7.5%	7.2%
11/2013	6.8%	6.9%
12/2013	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2012	8.4%	8.3%
2/2012	8.2%	8.3%
3/2012	7.9%	8.2%
4/2012	7.3%	8.2%
5/2012	7.7%	8.2%
6/2012	8.5%	8.2%
7/2012	8.5%	8.2%
8/2012	8.1%	8.1%
9/2012	7.4%	7.8%
10/2012	7.4%	7.8%
11/2012	7.1%	7.7%
12/2012	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2011	10.1%	9.1%
2/2011	9.8%	9.0%
3/2011	9.5%	9.0%
4/2011	9.0%	9.1%
5/2011	8.9%	9.0%
6/2011	9.6%	9.1%
7/2011	9.1%	9.0%
8/2011	9.1%	9.0%
9/2011	8.9%	9.0%
10/2011	8.3%	8.8%
11/2011	7.8%	8.6%
12/2011	7.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2010	11.2%	9.8%
2/2010	10.8%	9.8%
3/2010	10.6%	9.9%
4/2010	9.6%	9.9%
5/2010	9.3%	9.6%
6/2010	9.5%	9.4%
7/2010	9.3%	9.4%
8/2010	9.3%	9.5%
9/2010	9.0%	9.5%
10/2010	9.0%	9.4%
11/2010	9.3%	9.8%
12/2010	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2009	9.8%	7.8%
2/2009	10.5%	8.3%
3/2009	10.9%	8.7%
4/2009	10.2%	9.0%
5/2009	10.6%	9.4%
6/2009	11.3%	9.5%
7/2009	11.0%	9.5%
8/2009	10.7%	9.6%
9/2009	10.4%	9.8%
10/2009	10.2%	10.0%
11/2009	9.9%	9.9%
12/2009	10.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2008	5.9%	5.0%
2/2008	5.8%	4.9%
3/2008	5.9%	5.1%
4/2008	5.3%	5.0%
5/2008	6.1%	5.4%
6/2008	6.8%	5.6%
7/2008	7.0%	5.8%
8/2008	7.0%	6.1%
9/2008	6.9%	6.1%
10/2008	6.9%	6.5%
11/2008	7.2%	6.8%
12/2008	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2007	5.1%	4.6%
2/2007	4.9%	4.5%
3/2007	4.4%	4.4%
4/2007	4.0%	4.5%
5/2007	4.0%	4.4%
6/2007	4.5%	4.6%
7/2007	4.6%	4.7%
8/2007	4.6%	4.6%
9/2007	4.8%	4.7%
10/2007	4.8%	4.7%
11/2007	5.0%	4.7%
12/2007	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2006	5.7%	4.7%
2/2006	5.6%	4.8%
3/2006	5.5%	4.7%
4/2006	5.2%	4.7%
5/2006	5.1%	4.6%
6/2006	5.7%	4.6%
7/2006	5.8%	4.7%
8/2006	5.5%	4.7%
9/2006	4.9%	4.5%
10/2006	4.4%	4.4%
11/2006	4.6%	4.5%
12/2006	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2005	6.3%	5.3%
2/2005	6.4%	5.4%
3/2005	6.0%	5.2%
4/2005	5.5%	5.2%
5/2005	5.5%	5.1%
6/2005	5.9%	5.0%
7/2005	5.5%	5.0%
8/2005	5.3%	4.9%
9/2005	4.8%	5.0%
10/2005	5.0%	5.0%
11/2005	5.3%	5.0%
12/2005	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2004	5.8%	5.7%
2/2004	5.4%	5.6%
3/2004	5.6%	5.8%
4/2004	4.7%	5.6%
5/2004	4.6%	5.6%
6/2004	5.4%	5.6%
7/2004	5.3%	5.5%
8/2004	5.4%	5.4%
9/2004	5.3%	5.4%
10/2004	5.4%	5.5%
11/2004	5.5%	5.4%
12/2004	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2003	5.8%	5.8%
2/2003	5.7%	5.9%
3/2003	5.6%	5.9%
4/2003	5.3%	6.0%
5/2003	5.3%	6.1%
6/2003	6.4%	6.3%
7/2003	5.9%	6.2%
8/2003	5.7%	6.1%
9/2003	5.5%	6.1%
10/2003	5.6%	6.0%
11/2003	5.6%	5.8%
12/2003	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2002	6.6%	5.7%
2/2002	6.1%	5.7%
3/2002	6.0%	5.7%
4/2002	5.2%	5.9%
5/2002	4.5%	5.8%
6/2002	5.2%	5.8%
7/2002	5.1%	5.8%
8/2002	4.8%	5.7%
9/2002	4.5%	5.7%
10/2002	4.4%	5.7%
11/2002	4.8%	5.9%
12/2002	5.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2001	4.5%	4.2%
2/2001	4.2%	4.2%
3/2001	4.3%	4.3%
4/2001	3.9%	4.4%
5/2001	3.6%	4.3%
6/2001	4.4%	4.5%
7/2001	4.4%	4.6%
8/2001	4.8%	4.9%
9/2001	4.5%	5.0%
10/2001	4.9%	5.3%
11/2001	5.5%	5.5%
12/2001	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/2000	4.3%	4.0%
2/2000	4.2%	4.1%
3/2000	4.0%	4.0%
4/2000	3.3%	3.8%
5/2000	3.5%	4.0%
6/2000	4.1%	4.0%
7/2000	3.9%	4.0%
8/2000	4.2%	4.1%
9/2000	3.8%	3.9%
10/2000	3.6%	3.9%
11/2000	3.9%	3.9%
12/2000	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1999	4.8%	4.3%
2/1999	4.7%	4.4%
3/1999	4.3%	4.2%
4/1999	3.7%	4.3%
5/1999	3.4%	4.2%
6/1999	3.9%	4.3%
7/1999	4.0%	4.3%
8/1999	4.0%	4.2%
9/1999	4.0%	4.2%
10/1999	3.7%	4.1%
11/1999	3.6%	4.1%
12/1999	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1998	4.9%	4.6%
2/1998	4.5%	4.6%
3/1998	4.8%	4.7%
4/1998	3.8%	4.3%
5/1998	3.8%	4.4%
6/1998	4.5%	4.5%
7/1998	4.4%	4.5%
8/1998	4.4%	4.5%
9/1998	4.4%	4.6%
10/1998	4.2%	4.5%
11/1998	4.0%	4.4%
12/1998	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1997	6.3%	5.3%
2/1997	6.0%	5.2%
3/1997	5.8%	5.2%
4/1997	5.0%	5.1%
5/1997	4.7%	4.9%
6/1997	5.8%	5.0%
7/1997	5.6%	4.9%
8/1997	5.4%	4.8%
9/1997	5.3%	4.9%
10/1997	4.7%	4.7%
11/1997	4.4%	4.6%
12/1997	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1996	6.0%	5.6%
2/1996	5.5%	5.5%
3/1996	5.2%	5.5%
4/1996	4.8%	5.6%
5/1996	4.7%	5.6%
6/1996	5.1%	5.3%
7/1996	5.3%	5.5%
8/1996	4.7%	5.1%
9/1996	4.8%	5.2%
10/1996	5.1%	5.2%
11/1996	5.6%	5.4%
12/1996	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1995	5.4%	5.6%
2/1995	4.9%	5.4%
3/1995	4.9%	5.4%
4/1995	5.1%	5.8%
5/1995	4.9%	5.6%
6/1995	5.7%	5.6%
7/1995	5.6%	5.7%
8/1995	5.6%	5.7%
9/1995	5.3%	5.6%
10/1995	4.9%	5.5%
11/1995	4.8%	5.6%
12/1995	4.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1994	5.9%	6.6%
2/1994	5.8%	6.6%
3/1994	5.5%	6.5%
4/1994	4.7%	6.4%
5/1994	4.2%	6.1%
6/1994	5.1%	6.1%
7/1994	5.1%	6.1%
8/1994	5.0%	6.0%
9/1994	4.6%	5.9%
10/1994	4.3%	5.8%
11/1994	4.1%	5.6%
12/1994	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1993	7.1%	7.3%
2/1993	6.8%	7.1%
3/1993	6.7%	7.0%
4/1993	6.0%	7.1%
5/1993	5.8%	7.1%
6/1993	6.5%	7.0%
7/1993	5.9%	6.9%
8/1993	5.5%	6.8%
9/1993	5.2%	6.7%
10/1993	5.0%	6.8%
11/1993	4.7%	6.6%
12/1993	4.5%	6.5%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1992	7.7%	7.3%
2/1992	7.6%	7.4%
3/1992	7.0%	7.4%
4/1992	5.8%	7.4%
5/1992	6.0%	7.6%
6/1992	7.0%	7.8%
7/1992	6.4%	7.7%
8/1992	6.3%	7.6%
9/1992	6.1%	7.6%
10/1992	5.7%	7.3%
11/1992	6.2%	7.4%
12/1992	6.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1991	7.2%	6.4%
2/1991	7.5%	6.6%
3/1991	7.3%	6.8%
4/1991	6.4%	6.7%
5/1991	6.3%	6.9%
6/1991	7.1%	6.9%
7/1991	6.8%	6.8%
8/1991	6.7%	6.9%
9/1991	6.5%	6.9%
10/1991	6.3%	7.0%
11/1991	6.4%	7.0%
12/1991	6.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	TN %	National %
1/1990	5.6%	5.4%
2/1990	5.5%	5.3%
3/1990	4.9%	5.2%
4/1990	5.2%	5.4%
5/1990	5.0%	5.4%
6/1990	5.1%	5.2%
7/1990	5.1%	5.5%
8/1990	5.3%	5.7%
9/1990	5.4%	5.9%
10/1990	5.3%	5.9%
11/1990	5.8%	6.2%
12/1990	5.9%	6.3%