Spending is up in the Upper Cumberland area in the latest sales-tax collection figures released by the state. The highest in the Upper Cumberland was Overton County at 33.3 percent, followed by Pickett County with 16 percent, Fentress County with 9.1 percent, and Cumberland County at 3.8 percent. Sales-tax collections, considered just one measure of economic activity, are based on state sales taxes; local option taxes are excluded.