Clarksville, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Clarksville fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Clarksville peaked in August 2009 at 10.8% and is now 1.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Clarksville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Tennessee	8.7%	-0.4	-0.7
Clarksville	9.5%	-0.4	-0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Clarksville, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Clarksville, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Clarksville peaked in April 2011 at 12,118. There are now 1,012 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Clarksville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Clarksville, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Clarksville	11,106	-450	-474

Number of Unemployed Persons

Clarksville, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Clarksville Unemployment Rate	Clarksville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.7%	9.5%	11,106
November 2011	8.7%	9.1%	9.9%	11,556
October 2011	8.9%	9.5%	10.2%	11,869
September 2011	9.0%	9.8%	10.3%	12,030
August 2011	9.1%	9.7%	10.2%	11,851
July 2011	9.1%	9.8%	10.2%	11,970
June 2011	9.1%	9.8%	10.3%	12,079
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	10.3%	12,033
April 2011	9.0%	9.6%	10.4%	12,118
March 2011	8.9%	9.5%	10.2%	11,905
February 2011	9.0%	9.5%	10.3%	11,941
January 2011	9.1%	9.4%	10.2%	11,792