Eighty-four of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded unemployment rates below 5% in January, even as most counties saw increases from the previous month, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Unemployment rates rose in 90 counties from December to January. Rates decreased in three counties and remained unchanged in two.
Williamson County reported the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 2.7%, up slightly from December. Cheatham and Wilson counties followed at 2.8%, both also increasing by one-tenth of a percentage point…