Clarksville, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Clarksville fell 0.1 percentage points in May 2018 to 3.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Clarksville peaked in June 2009 at 10.5% and is now 6.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Clarksville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Tennessee	3.5%	+0.1	-0.3
Clarksville	3.9%	-0.1	-0.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June 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 February 2010 at 11,117. There are now 6,668 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,445 in January 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 4. Clarksville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Clarksville, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Clarksville	4,449	-73	-781

Number of Unemployed Persons

Clarksville, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Clarksville Unemployment Rate	Clarksville Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	3.5%	3.9%	4,449
April 2018	3.9%	3.4%	4.0%	4,522
March 2018	4.1%	3.4%	4.1%	4,612
February 2018	4.1%	3.4%	4.0%	4,532
January 2018	4.1%	3.3%	4.0%	4,445
December 2017	4.1%	3.3%	4.1%	4,549
November 2017	4.1%	3.3%	4.1%	4,613
October 2017	4.1%	3.3%	4.1%	4,633
September 2017	4.2%	3.3%	4.2%	4,761
August 2017	4.4%	3.4%	4.4%	4,976
July 2017	4.3%	3.5%	4.6%	5,102