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

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Nashville fell 0.2 percentage points in February 2019 to 2.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Nashville peaked in June 2009 at 10.0% and is now 7.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Nashville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Tennessee	3.2%	-0.1	-0.4
Nashville	2.4%	-0.2	-0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 June 2009 at 84,658. There are now 59,151 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Nashville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Nashville, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Nashville	25,507	-1,929	-1,949

Number of Unemployed Persons

Nashville, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployment Rate	Nashville Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.2%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.2%	2.4%	25,507
January 2019	4.0%	3.3%	2.6%	27,436
December 2018	3.9%	3.3%	2.6%	27,359
November 2018	3.7%	3.3%	2.9%	29,737
October 2018	3.8%	3.3%	3.0%	31,125
September 2018	3.7%	3.4%	2.9%	30,142
August 2018	3.8%	3.5%	2.8%	29,190
July 2018	3.9%	3.5%	2.8%	29,168
June 2018	4.0%	3.6%	2.8%	28,717
May 2018	3.8%	3.6%	2.5%	26,320
April 2018	3.9%	3.6%	2.6%	26,740