Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:34 am

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for November was 10.3 percent, down 0.2 percentage point from the October rate of 10.5 percent. The United States’ unemployment rate for the month of November was 10.0 percent.

Rutherford County’s jobless rate remained at 9.2 percent for its 128,710-member work force during November, the state labor department reported.

The county’s unemployment figure in November 2008 was 6.2 percent.

Almost 12,000 workers are out of a job, the state reported. Of that number, 5,010 workers live in Murfreesboro, 1,980 in Smyrna and 1,750 in La Vergne.

Cannon County’s rate was 10 percent, down 1.1 percent from October for its 6,330-member work force.

County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for November 2009, released today,
show that the rate decreased in 50 counties, increased in 36, and remained the same in
nine counties.

Lincoln County registered the state's lowest county unemployment rate at 6.7 percent, down 0.2 from its October rate. Lauderdale County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 18.6 percent, down 0.2 from the October rate, followed by Haywood County at 18.0 percent, up from 17.9 percent in October.

Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 7.7 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from the October rate. Hamilton County was at 8.5 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from the October rate. Davidson County was 8.8 percent, down 0.1 from the previous month, and Shelby County was 10.0 percent, down 0.1 from the October rate.

Rates for surrounding counties include:

• Williamson County, 7.5 percent, the same.

• Wilson County, 8.5 percent, down 0.2 percent.