CUMBERLAND COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HANGS STEADY THROUGH OCTOBER
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Tennessee rose just 0.1 percent over September’s numbers for the month of October to 3.7 percent. Cumberland County’s unemployment rate for the month of October remained unchanged at 4.2 percent from the previous rate in September. The jobless rate dropped in 26 counties and remained the same in 36 counties with 33 counties seeing a rise in unemployment.