Knoxville, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Knoxville fell 0.5 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.7 percentage points lower than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Knoxville peaked in July 2009 at 9.2% and is now 2.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Knoxville 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
Knoxville	7.0%	-0.5	-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: Knoxville, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Knoxville, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Knoxville peaked in July 2009 at 33,328. There are now 7,027 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Knoxville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Knoxville, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Knoxville	26,301	-1,591	-1,649

Number of Unemployed Persons

Knoxville, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Knoxville Unemployment Rate	Knoxville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.7%	7.0%	26,301
November 2011	8.7%	9.1%	7.5%	27,892
October 2011	8.9%	9.5%	7.8%	29,325
September 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.1%	30,323
August 2011	9.1%	9.7%	8.0%	29,911
July 2011	9.1%	9.8%	7.9%	29,825
June 2011	9.1%	9.8%	7.9%	29,774
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	7.7%	28,982
April 2011	9.0%	9.6%	7.6%	28,424
March 2011	8.9%	9.5%	7.5%	27,676
February 2011	9.0%	9.5%	7.6%	28,194
January 2011	9.1%	9.4%	7.6%	28,095