Davidson County Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.6 Percent in February

NASHVILLE, TN — Davidson County's unemployment rate fell 0.5 percent in February to 3.6 percent, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development. The unemployment rate dropped in all of Tennessee's 95 counties after two straight months of statewide increases.

Davidson County's rate is better than every other county in the state, save Williamson County, where the rate is 3.5 percent. Of the ten lowest county-level figures statewide, nine were in Middle Tennessee.

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Davidson County is tops among the state's four largest metros, besting Knoxville's Knox County (4.1 percent), Chattanooga's Hamilton County (4.8 percent) and Memphis' Shelby County (5.5 percent).

In the last year, Davidson County unemployment has jumped 0.2 percent.

The state rate, reported last week, is 5.3 percent, down 0.1 percent from January's adjusted figure.

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