Cannon County’s unemployment rate continues to decrease. September figures released by the state Thursday show out of an estimated work force of 6,550 people, 6,100 of those are employed while 450 are unemployed bringing the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent which is 0.7 lower than the 7.6 percent rate from August. At this time last year, Cannon County had a 8.3 percent unemployment rate. Unemployment rates continued to decrease in 94 Tennessee Counties and increased in 1 county. The highest county unemployment rate continues to be in Scott County at 16.1 percent while Williamson and Lincoln Counties are ranked first and second in the lowest county unemployment rate.
