Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development Karla Davis announced last week that Tennessee’s unemployment rate for July was 9.8 percent, unchanged from the June revised rate.
DeKalb County's unemployment rate for July dropped to 9.7%, down from 10.3% in June. The rate for July, 2010 was 9.4%
The Labor Force in DeKalb County for July was at 10,150. A total of 9,160 were employed and 980 were unemployed.
DeKalb County's unemployment rate for July was third lowest among the fourteen counties of the Upper Cumberland region. The counties are shown by rate as follows:

Pickett County- 14.8
Overton- 12.7
Van Buren- 12.2
Clay- 12
Fentress- 11.7
White- 11.5
Warren- 11.4
Jackson- 10.6
Macon- 10.6
Cumberland- 10.5
Smith-9.8
DeKalb-9.7
Cannon- 9.3
Putnam-9.2

The national unemployment rate for July, 2011 was 9.1 percent, down from the June revised rate of 9.2 percent.
“The statistics behind the unchanged unemployment rate show a slight drop in employment numbers, along with an overall decline in the labor force,” Davis said.
 According to the household survey, the number of employed Tennesseans decreased by 12,200 from June to July 2011. The civilian labor force decreased by 15,100, which is attributed to discouraged workers no longer looking for jobs.
Labor also conducts a monthly survey of 10,000 businesses in Tennessee which is factored into the state’s unemployment rate. “The business survey does reveal some positive indicators with a private employment growth rate of 1.3 percent over the year,” added Davis. “Construction and durable goods manufacturing are both showing strong short and long term growth, which is better than we’ve seen during the past few years.”

Major Changes in Estimated Nonagricultural Employment
June 2011 to July 2011

Month-to-month increases occurred in mining, logging and construction, up 1,900 jobs; local government educational services were up 1,400; hospitals was up by 900 jobs; and durable goods manufacturing increased by 900. Food services and drinking places decreased by 1,600; and state government declined by 1,600.
 
Major Changes in Estimated Nonagricultural Employment
July 2010 to June 2011

Year-over-year increases took place in professional and business services, up 8,700 jobs; food services and drinking places, up 5,800; and educational and health services increased by 4,700.
Employment decreases took place in government, down 9,000 (4,700 of which were Federal, due to the 2010 Census jobs); retail trade, down 3,800; and social assistance, down 1,900.

County Unemployment rate decreases in 90 counties, increases in five

County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for July, 2011 show that the rate decreased in 90 counties.
Five counties increased, including Houston, Obion, Overton, Smith and Weakley.
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for July was 9.8 percent, unchanged from the June revised rate.
The national unemployment rate for July, 2011 was 9.1 percent, down from the June revised rate of 9.2 percent.
Lincoln County registered the state's lowest county unemployment rate at 6.2 percent, down from the June rate of 6.7 percent, followed by Williamson County at 6.7 percent, down from 7.2 percent.
Scott County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 19.8 percent, down from 20.8 percent in the previous month, followed by Pickett County at 14.8 percent, down from 15.0 percent in June.
Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 7.5 percent, down from 8.0 percent in June.
Hamilton County was 8.4 percent, down from 9.2 percent the previous month.  Davidson County was 8.5 percent, down from 9.1 percent in June, and Shelby County was 10.6 percent, down from the June unemployment rate of 11.1 percent.  
No counties in the state of Tennessee recorded an unemployment rate less than 5 percent in July, while 29 counties came up between 5 and 10 percent, and 66 counties had a rate above 10 percent.
Specific county information is available on the Internet; enter http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/labor_figures/july2011county.pdf