Cumberland County’s August 2021 unemployment rate was down 0.4 percent from July’s rate of 4.9 percent and down 2.0 percent from the August 2020 rate of 6.5 percent.
Unemployment rates in nearly all of Tennessee’s counties decreased in August. This marks the second consecutive month the jobless situation has improved in 93 or more of the state’s 95 counties.
Nationally, the jobless rate also improved in August. It decreased by 0.2 of a percentage point from 5.4% to 5.2%.