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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 4, 2025

More Tennesseans were employed in February than the previous month, with 88 of 95 counties reporting a decline in unemployment rates, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday. In two counties, unemployment rates remained the same as in January, while five counties saw an increase. Eighty-four counties recorded unemployment rates of less than 5% and the remaining 11 had rates between 5% and 10%. Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has held steady at 3.7% for six consecutive months. The national rate in February was 4.1%.