Clay County, TN Unemployment Rate Report

Clay County, TN Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Clay County, Tennessee has ranged from 3.6% in April 1990 to 33.5% in February 1997. The current unemployment rate for Clay County is 4.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Clay County, TN Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Clay County, TN Current Unemployment - 4.3%

Clay County, TN Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2022	5.3%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.0%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.2%	3.0%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.2%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.5%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.8%	4.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.5%	4.0%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.3%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2021	7.0%	5.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.9%	4.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.0%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.4%	4.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.5%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.5%	5.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.9%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.1%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.2%	3.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.6%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.4%	3.1%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.3%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2020	7.3%	3.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	7.0%	3.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.5%	3.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.7%	15.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.6%	10.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.6%	10.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.1%	10.1%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.9%	8.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.5%	6.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.0%	7.2%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.1%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.2%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2019	6.4%	3.9%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.7%	3.4%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.3%	3.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.9%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.4%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.0%	3.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.1%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.8%	3.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.4%	3.2%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.2%	3.2%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.7%	3.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.9%	3.1%	3.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2018	6.1%	4.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.7%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.2%	3.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.9%	3.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.3%	3.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.4%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.5%	4.0%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.7%	3.6%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.3%	3.4%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.1%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.0%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2017	7.8%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.7%	4.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.7%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.2%	3.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.5%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.3%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.2%	4.0%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.2%	3.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	3.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.4%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.7%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.0%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2016	7.8%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.0%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.4%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.2%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.5%	4.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.0%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	7.1%	5.2%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.2%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.0%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.8%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.2%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.4%	4.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2015	11.6%	6.7%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.9%	6.2%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.8%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.2%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	8.6%	5.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.6%	6.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.1%	6.1%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.6%	5.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.4%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.3%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.8%	4.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.4%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2014	10.5%	6.8%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.8%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.4%	6.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.4%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.6%	6.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	9.2%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	9.1%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.2%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.6%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.7%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.9%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.9%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2013	12.8%	8.7%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.8%	8.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	11.4%	8.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.9%	7.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	10.3%	7.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	11.5%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.7%	8.1%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.6%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.6%	7.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	11.2%	7.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	10.3%	6.8%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.9%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2012	11.0%	8.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.9%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.8%	7.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.9%	7.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.2%	7.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.2%	8.5%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.4%	8.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.4%	8.1%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.3%	7.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.7%	7.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.5%	7.1%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.9%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2011	13.6%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.5%	9.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.8%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.2%	9.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.9%	8.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.2%	9.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.6%	9.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.7%	9.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.6%	8.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.0%	8.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.4%	7.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.0%	7.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2010	14.3%	11.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	13.7%	10.8%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.9%	10.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.1%	9.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.4%	9.3%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.4%	9.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.4%	9.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.5%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.6%	9.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.9%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.7%	9.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.0%	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2009	16.3%	9.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	16.8%	10.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	16.8%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	14.5%	10.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	14.7%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	16.1%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	14.8%	11.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	13.6%	10.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.7%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	13.0%	10.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	13.2%	9.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.4%	10.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2008	10.6%	5.9%	5.0%
2 / 2008	10.2%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	11.0%	5.9%	5.1%
4 / 2008	8.9%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.1%	6.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	10.3%	6.8%	5.6%
7 / 2008	10.7%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	9.9%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2008	10.6%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.7%	6.9%	6.5%
11 / 2008	12.2%	7.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	13.5%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2007	9.1%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.5%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.8%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.6%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.0%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.0%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	8.4%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.6%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.6%	4.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	8.2%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	8.7%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.7%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2006	15.1%	5.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	14.4%	5.6%	4.8%
3 / 2006	13.3%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	11.9%	5.2%	4.7%
5 / 2006	10.7%	5.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	11.3%	5.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	10.8%	5.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	9.7%	5.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	8.6%	4.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	8.3%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	8.8%	4.6%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.4%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2005	11.6%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	12.4%	6.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	11.7%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	9.5%	5.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	9.0%	5.5%	5.1%
6 / 2005	9.6%	5.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	11.1%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	10.9%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	12.5%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	12.4%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	13.4%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	14.4%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2004	10.3%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.0%	5.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.9%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.4%	4.7%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.4%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2004	9.3%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	9.8%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	9.4%	5.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.9%	5.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.7%	5.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	9.6%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	9.8%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2003	9.4%	5.8%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.1%	5.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.3%	5.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.9%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.9%	5.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.1%	6.4%	6.3%
7 / 2003	12.9%	5.9%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.9%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.8%	5.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.4%	5.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	9.1%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.1%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2002	10.2%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.4%	6.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.3%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.6%	5.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.3%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.1%	5.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	9.9%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.4%	4.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.2%	4.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.4%	4.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.6%	4.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.5%	5.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2001	8.2%	4.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.5%	4.2%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.0%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.9%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.6%	3.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.8%	4.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	9.8%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.7%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.9%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.6%	4.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.8%	5.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.1%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2000	7.2%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.1%	4.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.2%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.5%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.0%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.0%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	11.0%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.7%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.1%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.1%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.4%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.7%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1999	14.1%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	13.8%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	13.0%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	11.4%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	10.0%	3.4%	4.2%
6 / 1999	11.6%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	15.9%	4.0%	4.3%
8 / 1999	10.0%	4.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	9.6%	4.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	10.0%	3.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	11.1%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	10.2%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1998	17.2%	4.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	16.0%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	15.9%	4.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	12.6%	3.8%	4.3%
5 / 1998	10.8%	3.8%	4.4%
6 / 1998	13.2%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	16.4%	4.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	10.5%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	10.9%	4.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	12.5%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	13.7%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	12.5%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1997	31.3%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	33.5%	6.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	32.7%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	29.1%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	26.7%	4.7%	4.9%
6 / 1997	29.4%	5.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	30.6%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	25.0%	5.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	23.1%	5.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	21.5%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 1997	20.7%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	18.6%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1996	9.3%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.5%	5.5%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.3%	5.2%	5.5%
4 / 1996	12.5%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	9.1%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 1996	9.8%	5.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	13.6%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	9.0%	4.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	9.9%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	13.7%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	29.4%	5.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	29.6%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1995	6.8%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.5%	4.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.7%	4.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.3%	5.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.0%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	7.2%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	15.9%	5.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.9%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.6%	5.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.2%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.1%	4.8%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.9%	4.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1994	7.4%	5.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.6%	5.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.2%	5.5%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.9%	4.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.6%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.6%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	10.4%	5.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.6%	5.0%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.7%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.1%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.5%	4.1%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.5%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1993	8.8%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1993	12.6%	6.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	11.5%	6.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.0%	6.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.9%	5.8%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.8%	6.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.1%	5.9%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.5%	5.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.5%	5.2%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.0%	5.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.5%	4.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.9%	4.5%	6.5%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1992	8.9%	7.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.8%	7.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.2%	7.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.4%	5.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.6%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.0%	7.0%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.2%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.8%	6.3%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.1%	6.1%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.3%	5.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.8%	6.2%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.6%	6.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1991	6.7%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.2%	7.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.2%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.9%	6.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.8%	6.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.5%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.5%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.1%	6.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	4.4%	6.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.4%	6.3%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.7%	6.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.1%	6.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Clay County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1990	5.8%	5.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.5%	5.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.3%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.6%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.8%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.4%	5.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.9%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.1%	5.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.0%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.7%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.1%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.2%	5.9%	6.3%