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Unemployment numbers dropping across the state

5:59 PM, Oct 25, 2012   |    comments
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The unemployment rate dropped in all but one Tennessee county in September.

Monroe County was the only state with a bump in its unemployment numbers, with a slight increase from 10.5% to 10.6%.

Some progress was made in Scott County, which has had the state's highest unemployment for a couple of years.  The rate there dropped from 17.5% to 16.1%.

Knox County had the state's lowest major metropolitan rate of 5.9%, down from the August rate of 6.7%.

You can see the numbers in your county here.

Tennessee's unemployment rate for September decreased to 8.3% , down from the August revised rate of 8.5%. The national unemployment rate for September 2012 was 7.8%, 0.3 percentage point lower than the August rate.