Perry County, TN Unemployment Rate Report

Perry County, TN Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Perry County, Tennessee has ranged from 3.1% in May 1994 to 29.8% in January 2009. The current unemployment rate for Perry County is 5.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Perry County, TN Unemployment Rate by Month

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Perry County, TN Current Unemployment - 5.6%

Perry County, TN Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2022	9.2%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.7%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.2%	3.0%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.1%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.5%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.8%	4.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.3%	4.0%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.6%	3.5%	3.7%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2021	7.9%	5.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.3%	4.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.5%	5.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.4%	4.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.1%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	13.0%	5.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	10.6%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.5%	4.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	8.4%	3.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.3%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.2%	3.1%	4.2%
12 / 2021	7.9%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2020	7.4%	3.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.8%	3.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.5%	3.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	23.3%	15.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.4%	10.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	10.7%	10.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.4%	10.1%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.1%	8.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.2%	6.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.0%	7.2%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.2%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.5%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2019	6.2%	3.9%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.4%	3.4%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.1%	3.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.3%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.0%	3.1%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.0%	3.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.0%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.2%	3.4%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.6%	3.2%	3.5%
10 / 2019	8.3%	3.2%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.2%	3.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.8%	3.1%	3.5%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2018	4.9%	4.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.5%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.2%	3.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.7%	3.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.4%	3.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.8%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.8%	4.0%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.3%	3.6%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.1%	3.4%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.0%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.1%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2017	7.3%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.3%	4.5%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.0%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.5%	3.3%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.2%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.8%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.7%	4.0%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	3.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.9%	3.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.9%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.2%	3.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2016	8.3%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.2%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.3%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.1%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.7%	4.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.5%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.6%	5.2%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.0%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.2%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.5%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.0%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.7%	4.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2015	7.6%	6.7%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.9%	6.2%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.7%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.5%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.6%	5.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.7%	6.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.8%	6.1%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.9%	5.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.3%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.1%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.8%	4.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.9%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2014	8.9%	6.8%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.7%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.6%	6.8%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.7%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.8%	6.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	9.0%	7.0%	6.1%
7 / 2014	9.0%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.1%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.4%	6.4%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.0%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.2%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.0%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2013	11.9%	8.7%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.8%	8.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.7%	8.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.3%	7.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.3%	7.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.1%	8.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.1%	8.1%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.0%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.7%	7.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.4%	7.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.2%	6.8%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.0%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2012	10.9%	8.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.3%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.0%	7.9%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.0%	7.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.6%	7.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.4%	8.5%	8.2%
7 / 2012	11.1%	8.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.7%	8.1%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.8%	7.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.9%	7.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.8%	7.1%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.6%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2011	13.1%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.5%	9.8%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.8%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.9%	9.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.3%	8.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.5%	9.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.0%	9.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	12.5%	9.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.3%	8.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.4%	8.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.9%	7.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.3%	7.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2010	17.6%	11.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	16.6%	10.8%	9.8%
3 / 2010	15.4%	10.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.7%	9.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	13.3%	9.3%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.4%	9.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.7%	9.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.8%	9.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.5%	9.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.6%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.0%	9.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.0%	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2009	29.8%	9.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	26.8%	10.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	28.1%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	25.2%	10.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	25.5%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	24.2%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	22.2%	11.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	19.5%	10.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	18.7%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	18.3%	10.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	17.6%	9.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	19.0%	10.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2008	11.2%	5.9%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.9%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	12.7%	5.9%	5.1%
4 / 2008	12.8%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	13.0%	6.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	14.1%	6.8%	5.6%
7 / 2008	19.9%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	18.0%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2008	18.2%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	19.2%	6.9%	6.5%
11 / 2008	20.6%	7.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	21.8%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2007	7.0%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.9%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.7%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.9%	4.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.2%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.4%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	8.6%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	8.9%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	8.7%	4.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	8.7%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	8.3%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.5%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2006	6.7%	5.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.6%	5.6%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.0%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.6%	5.2%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.8%	5.1%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.5%	5.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	12.2%	5.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.9%	5.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.0%	4.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.8%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.8%	4.6%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.4%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2005	7.6%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.2%	6.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.6%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.0%	5.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.2%	5.5%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.8%	5.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	14.1%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.2%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.3%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.6%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.9%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.7%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2004	7.9%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.6%	5.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.3%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.9%	4.7%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.8%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.7%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	14.1%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.1%	5.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.5%	5.3%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.1%	5.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.0%	5.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.3%	5.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2003	7.8%	5.8%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.3%	5.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.5%	5.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.9%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.3%	5.3%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.9%	6.4%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.9%	5.9%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.3%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.9%	5.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.8%	5.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.2%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.8%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2002	11.4%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.1%	6.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.5%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.4%	5.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.8%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.8%	5.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.5%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.0%	4.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.1%	4.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.1%	4.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.7%	4.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.5%	5.0%	6.0%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2001	9.2%	4.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.2%	4.2%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.3%	4.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.8%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.3%	3.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.1%	4.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	8.0%	4.4%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.8%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.5%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.8%	4.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.5%	5.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	9.0%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 2000	9.1%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.9%	4.2%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.6%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.6%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.2%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.6%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.3%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.3%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.9%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.7%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.5%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.5%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1999	8.2%	4.8%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.8%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.1%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.8%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.4%	3.4%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.6%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.4%	4.0%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.1%	4.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	9.6%	4.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.4%	3.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.2%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.6%	3.5%	4.0%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1998	7.5%	4.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.4%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.1%	4.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.5%	3.8%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.6%	3.8%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.9%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	13.1%	4.4%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.4%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.5%	4.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.7%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.0%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.6%	3.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1997	7.2%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.4%	6.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.6%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.9%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.6%	4.7%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.1%	5.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.8%	5.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.0%	5.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.6%	5.3%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.4%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.3%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1996	6.7%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.7%	5.5%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.7%	5.2%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.5%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.7%	4.7%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.6%	5.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.2%	5.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.9%	4.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.8%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.1%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.7%	5.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.2%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1995	5.7%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.5%	4.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.7%	4.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.0%	5.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.3%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.1%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.0%	5.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.6%	5.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.6%	5.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.1%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.3%	4.8%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.3%	4.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1994	5.8%	5.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.0%	5.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.6%	5.5%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.1%	4.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.1%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.9%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.3%	5.1%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.8%	5.0%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.6%	4.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.2%	4.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.1%	4.1%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.2%	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1993	10.5%	7.1%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.8%	6.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.3%	6.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.0%	6.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.5%	5.8%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.9%	6.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.2%	5.9%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.2%	5.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.6%	5.2%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.6%	5.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.1%	4.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.5%	4.5%	6.5%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1992	10.0%	7.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.5%	7.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.9%	7.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.8%	5.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.8%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	14.4%	7.0%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.6%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.7%	6.3%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.1%	6.1%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.3%	5.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.2%	6.2%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.6%	6.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1991	12.6%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	10.4%	7.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.9%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	13.1%	6.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.3%	6.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	11.1%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	17.7%	6.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.7%	6.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.2%	6.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	7.6%	6.3%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.8%	6.4%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.2%	6.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Perry County, TN%	Tennessee%	National %
1 / 1990	6.2%	5.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.6%	5.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.7%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.7%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.7%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.4%	5.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.8%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.5%	5.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	9.1%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.1%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	8.9%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.0%	5.9%	6.3%