Tennessee Unemployment Numbers Fall Back Down

August 27, 2020

WDEF News,

NASHVILLE, TN (WDEF) – New jobless claims in Tennessee dropped back down to 10,988 after increasing to 13,806 the week before. Continued claims in Tennessee dropped below 200,000 to 191,204 marking fifteen weeks of decreasing claims. These numbers are from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce.

New Hamilton County claims dropped to 523 from 540. Shelby County continues to see the highest number of new claims in the state with 2,165. Davidson County was the second highest with 1,264 new claims and Knox County saw 595 new claims.

Statewide Data:
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Week Ending Date	Number of New Claims Filed	Continued Claims
March 14, 2020	2,702	16,342
March 21, 2020	39,096	16,098
March 28, 2020	94,492	34,570
April 4, 2020	116,141	112,438
April 11, 2020	74,772	199,910
April 18, 2020	68,968	267,053
April 25, 2020	43,792	324,543
May 2, 2020	37,319	321,571
May 9, 2020	29,308	325,095
May 16, 2020	28,692	314,487
May 23, 2020	26,041	310,126
May 30, 2020	22,784	302,260
June 6, 2020	21,417	292,234
June 13, 2020	19,925	280,593
June 20, 2020	21,155	266,596
June 27, 2020	22,256	262,224
July 4, 2020	25,843	256,645
July 11, 2020	22,431	251,924
July 18, 2020	25,794	243,405
July 25, 2020	19,461	242,397
August 1, 2020	11,690	224,093
August 8, 2020	10,036	208,810
August 15, 2020	13,806	204,726
August 22, 2020	10,988	191,204
Claims Since March 15	806,114

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Southeast Tennessee	New Claims	Continuous Claims
Hamilton County	523	10,415
Bradley County	175	2,661
McMinn County	94	1,661
Rhea County	53	796
Marion County	35	630
Polk County	23	239
Grundy County	27	304
Meigs County	32	314
Bledsoe County	17	154
Sequatchie County	21	290

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