High Unemployment Area
Houston County, TN Current Unemployment - 4.7%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
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1997
1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Houston County, TN Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2022
4.6%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.2%
3.3%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.6%
3.0%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.7%
3.1%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.1%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.2%
4.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.1%
4.0%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.7%
3.5%
3.7%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2021
7.6%
5.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.7%
4.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.1%
5.1%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.2%
4.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.8%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.7%
5.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.0%
4.6%
5.4%
8 / 2021
4.9%
4.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.5%
3.6%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.3%
3.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.8%
3.1%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.3%
3.1%
3.9%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2020
6.0%
3.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.2%
3.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.4%
3.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.5%
15.0%
14.7%
5 / 2020
9.4%
10.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
9.3%
10.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.6%
10.1%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.4%
8.6%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.1%
6.4%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.2%
7.2%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.2%
5.1%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.6%
5.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2019
5.7%
3.9%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.3%
3.4%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.8%
3.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.7%
2.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.1%
3.1%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.3%
3.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.1%
3.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.3%
3.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.4%
3.2%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.0%
3.2%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.1%
3.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.2%
3.1%
3.5%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2018
7.1%
4.0%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.9%
3.7%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.0%
3.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.3%
3.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.4%
3.1%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.3%
4.1%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.4%
4.0%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.3%
3.6%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.7%
3.4%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.3%
3.3%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.9%
3.1%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.4%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2017
7.9%
5.0%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.0%
4.5%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.1%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.0%
3.3%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.0%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.1%
4.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.3%
4.0%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.6%
3.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.2%
3.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.2%
3.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.4%
3.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.9%
3.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2016
9.2%
5.0%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.5%
4.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.3%
4.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.4%
4.2%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.1%
4.2%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.1%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.1%
5.2%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.6%
4.9%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.1%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.3%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.0%
4.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.2%
4.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2015
10.4%
6.7%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.7%
6.2%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.9%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.0%
5.3%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.5%
5.7%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.6%
6.2%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.2%
6.1%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.5%
5.5%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.0%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.1%
5.1%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.3%
4.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.2%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2014
10.6%
6.8%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.0%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.8%
6.8%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.5%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.5%
6.3%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.3%
7.0%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.3%
7.3%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.1%
7.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.1%
6.4%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.7%
6.1%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.8%
6.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.8%
5.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2013
12.9%
8.7%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.0%
8.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.0%
8.0%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.7%
7.6%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.0%
7.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.9%
8.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.8%
8.1%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.6%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.4%
7.6%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.0%
7.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.4%
6.8%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.3%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2012
11.3%
8.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.2%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.7%
7.9%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.1%
7.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.1%
7.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
12.1%
8.5%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.4%
8.5%
8.2%
8 / 2012
11.1%
8.1%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.8%
7.4%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.5%
7.4%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.6%
7.1%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.9%
7.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2011
13.2%
10.1%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.1%
9.8%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.0%
9.5%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.1%
9.0%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.9%
8.9%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.6%
9.6%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.1%
9.1%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.6%
9.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.9%
8.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.5%
8.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
9.1%
7.8%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.7%
7.8%
8.5%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2010
14.3%
11.2%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.2%
10.8%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12.2%
10.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.4%
9.6%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.1%
9.3%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.5%
9.5%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.5%
9.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
11.0%
9.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.0%
9.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.0%
9.0%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.5%
9.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.0%
9.2%
9.3%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2009
12.1%
9.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
12.2%
10.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.2%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.5%
10.2%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.0%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.4%
11.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.2%
11.0%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.9%
10.7%
9.6%
9 / 2009
11.7%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.3%
10.2%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.0%
9.9%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.9%
10.3%
9.9%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2008
6.9%
5.9%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.8%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.8%
5.9%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.3%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.5%
6.1%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.0%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.9%
7.0%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.0%
7.0%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.5%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.7%
6.9%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.1%
7.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.6%
8.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2007
6.4%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.9%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.5%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.2%
4.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.5%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.6%
4.6%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.7%
4.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.1%
4.8%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.6%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.7%
5.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.1%
5.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2006
9.0%
5.7%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.9%
5.6%
4.8%
3 / 2006
8.3%
5.5%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.8%
5.2%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.3%
5.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.1%
5.7%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.2%
5.8%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.1%
5.5%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.9%
4.9%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.4%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.3%
4.6%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.6%
4.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2005
9.7%
6.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.2%
6.4%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.6%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.8%
5.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.3%
5.5%
5.1%
6 / 2005
9.1%
5.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.7%
5.5%
5.0%
8 / 2005
9.6%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.8%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.5%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.5%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.0%
5.1%
4.9%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2004
7.9%
5.8%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.3%
5.4%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.5%
5.6%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.3%
4.7%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.3%
4.6%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.4%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.8%
5.3%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.4%
5.4%
5.4%
9 / 2004
9.1%
5.3%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.1%
5.4%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.5%
5.5%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.2%
5.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2003
7.4%
5.8%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.2%
5.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.9%
5.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
6.8%
5.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.1%
5.3%
6.1%
6 / 2003
8.0%
6.4%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.9%
5.9%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.1%
5.7%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.2%
5.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.6%
5.6%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.5%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.7%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2002
10.5%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.4%
6.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.0%
6.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.7%
5.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.6%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.8%
5.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.5%
5.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.4%
4.8%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.9%
4.5%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.0%
4.4%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.2%
4.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.2%
5.0%
6.0%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2001
7.9%
4.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.3%
4.2%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.8%
4.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.9%
3.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.4%
3.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.7%
4.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.9%
4.4%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.4%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.0%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.6%
4.9%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.7%
5.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
8.5%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 2000
6.8%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.2%
4.2%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.9%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.1%
3.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.4%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.1%
4.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.7%
3.9%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.5%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.3%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.8%
3.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.3%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.1%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1999
12.8%
4.8%
4.3%
2 / 1999
12.2%
4.7%
4.4%
3 / 1999
11.4%
4.3%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.4%
3.7%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.3%
3.4%
4.2%
6 / 1999
8.5%
3.9%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.2%
4.0%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.3%
4.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.5%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.1%
3.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.9%
3.6%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.5%
3.5%
4.0%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1998
14.6%
4.9%
4.6%
2 / 1998
14.1%
4.5%
4.6%
3 / 1998
14.1%
4.8%
4.7%
4 / 1998
10.5%
3.8%
4.3%
5 / 1998
10.0%
3.8%
4.4%
6 / 1998
12.1%
4.5%
4.5%
7 / 1998
13.5%
4.4%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.1%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.3%
4.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.0%
4.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.4%
4.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
10.5%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1997
19.9%
6.3%
5.3%
2 / 1997
17.9%
6.0%
5.2%
3 / 1997
17.0%
5.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
15.4%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
13.4%
4.7%
4.9%
6 / 1997
16.0%
5.8%
5.0%
7 / 1997
14.8%
5.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
18.3%
5.4%
4.8%
9 / 1997
18.3%
5.3%
4.9%
10 / 1997
16.6%
4.7%
4.7%
11 / 1997
14.9%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
14.6%
4.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1996
17.1%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1996
15.1%
5.5%
5.5%
3 / 1996
11.8%
5.2%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.5%
4.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
11.5%
4.7%
5.6%
6 / 1996
13.6%
5.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
14.7%
5.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
13.8%
4.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
13.6%
4.8%
5.2%
10 / 1996
14.1%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
15.5%
5.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
15.8%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1995
14.5%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1995
16.8%
4.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
16.4%
4.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
15.3%
5.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
15.2%
4.9%
5.6%
6 / 1995
16.3%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
20.5%
5.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
16.9%
5.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
15.4%
5.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
14.6%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
13.1%
4.8%
5.6%
12 / 1995
13.6%
4.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1994
12.3%
5.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
13.6%
5.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.1%
5.5%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.3%
4.7%
6.4%
5 / 1994
9.5%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
11.2%
5.1%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.8%
5.1%
6.1%
8 / 1994
12.1%
5.0%
6.0%
9 / 1994
11.7%
4.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
11.0%
4.3%
5.8%
11 / 1994
10.8%
4.1%
5.6%
12 / 1994
11.7%
4.1%
5.5%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1993
15.7%
7.1%
7.3%
2 / 1993
15.2%
6.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.8%
6.7%
7.0%
4 / 1993
12.7%
6.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
12.7%
5.8%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.9%
6.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
12.7%
5.9%
6.9%
8 / 1993
12.9%
5.5%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.4%
5.2%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.6%
5.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.2%
4.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
9.2%
4.5%
6.5%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1992
16.6%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
14.9%
7.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
13.2%
7.0%
7.4%
4 / 1992
12.1%
5.8%
7.4%
5 / 1992
12.5%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
14.9%
7.0%
7.8%
7 / 1992
15.3%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
14.6%
6.3%
7.6%
9 / 1992
13.2%
6.1%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.6%
5.7%
7.3%
11 / 1992
12.1%
6.2%
7.4%
12 / 1992
13.4%
6.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1991
13.0%
7.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
13.2%
7.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
11.8%
7.3%
6.8%
4 / 1991
10.5%
6.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.7%
6.3%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.8%
7.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
10.6%
6.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.9%
6.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.7%
6.5%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.0%
6.3%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.6%
6.4%
7.0%
12 / 1991
12.0%
6.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Houston County, TN%
Tennessee%
National %
1 / 1990
8.1%
5.6%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.3%
5.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.4%
4.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
8.9%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
12.9%
5.0%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.8%
5.1%
5.2%
7 / 1990
13.2%
5.1%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.0%
5.3%
5.7%
9 / 1990
9.8%
5.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.1%
5.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.1%
5.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
11.3%
5.9%
6.3%