Morristown, Tennessee Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Morristown fell 1.9 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Morristown peaked in April 2020 at 16.4% and is now 11.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Morristown unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Tennessee | 5.3% | -2.0 | +2.0 |
Morristown | 5.1% | -1.9 | +1.3 |
Unemployment Rate: Morristown, Tennessee, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Morristown, Tennessee Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Morristown peaked in April 2020 at 8,687. There are now 5,836 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Morristown | 2,851 | -886 | +825 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Morristown, Tennessee Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Tennessee Unemployment Rate |
Morristown Unemployment Rate |
Morristown Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 2,851 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.3% | 7.0% | 3,737 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 3,077 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 8.6% | 7.6% | 4,082 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 9.7% | 9.0% | 4,562 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% | 4,607 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 11.0% | 11.6% | 6,160 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 15.5% | 16.4% | 8,687 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 1,713 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 2,074 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 3.3% | 3.8% | 2,044 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩