County unemployment rates for August 2016, released this week, show the rates decreased in 26 counties, increased in 58, and remained the same in 11 counties.

Rutherford County remains at number three on the list for having the third lowest unemployment rate in the Volunteer State. Williamson County has the lowest at 3.7% unemployed followed by Davidson County at 3.8%. Rutherford is at number three which tied with Wilson County, both having a 4% unemployment rate in August.

Tennessee's preliminary unemployment rate for August was 4.4 percent, increasing one tenth of a percentage point from the previous month's revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for August was 4.9 percent, remaining unchanged from the previous month.

The state and national unemployment rates are seasonally adjusted, while the county unemployment rates are not. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that eliminates the influences of weather, holidays, the opening and closing of schools, and other recurring seasonal events from economic time series.

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Specific county information for August is available on the Internet:
tn.gov/assets/entities/labor/attachments/August_2016_County_Unemployment.pdf.