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Tennessee January Unemployment by County

By Jacque Day

Tennessee – Unemployment is down from this time last year in Weakley, Henry and Stewart Counties. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports Weakley County's jobless rate for January came in at 11.9 percent, down seven tenths of a point from the same month last year. Henry County dropped 1.6 percent to 13.3. Stewart dropped a percentage point to 13.7 percent. Montgomery and Obion counties saw slight rises in unemployment. All still are above the statewide January unemployment rate of 9.5 percent.