Unemployment Claims in Tennessee Continue To Fall

August 6, 2020

WDEF News,

NASHVILLE, TN (WDEF) – Both new and continued unemployment claims in Tennessee fell from the previous week. New claims fell to 11,690 from 19,461 for the week of August 1. Continued claims fell for the 12th week in a row with 224,093 claims last week. It was 242,397 in the previous week. These numbers are from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce.

Hamilton County dropped to 542 after posting 997 new claims in the previous week. Shelby County continues to be the hardest hit county in the state with 2,321 new claims after 4,648 the previous week. Davidson County was the second highest with 1,367 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
Claims Since March 15	771,274

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Southeast Tennessee	New Claims	Continuous Claims
Hamilton County	542	12,366
Bradley County	242	3,301
McMinn County	81	1,450
Rhea County	64	933
Marion County	42	729
Polk County	36	297
Grundy County	60	318
Meigs County	37	376
Bledsoe County	29	172
Sequatchie County	32	330

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