Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Nashville fell 0.5 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points lower than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Nashville peaked in June 2009 at 9.6% and is now 2.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Nashville 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
Nashville	7.5%	-0.5	-0.8

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: Nashville, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Nashville, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Nashville peaked in July 2009 at 77,708. There are now 14,740 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Nashville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Nashville, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Nashville	62,968	-3,607	-5,485

Number of Unemployed Persons

Nashville, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.7%	7.5%	62,968
November 2011	8.7%	9.1%	8.0%	66,575
October 2011	8.9%	9.5%	8.3%	69,842
September 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.6%	72,139
August 2011	9.1%	9.7%	8.5%	71,448
July 2011	9.1%	9.8%	8.5%	72,000
June 2011	9.1%	9.8%	8.6%	72,584
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	8.5%	71,453
April 2011	9.0%	9.6%	8.4%	70,401
March 2011	8.9%	9.5%	8.3%	68,528
February 2011	9.0%	9.5%	8.4%	69,231
January 2011	9.1%	9.4%	8.3%	68,573