Bradley County, TN monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Bradley County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Bradley County had a 2.8% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 0.7 percentage point decrease from a month ago. Tennessee reported a 3.3% unemployment rate in May, which is the 23rd highest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Cleveland, TN metropolitan area was 2.8%. Cleveland has the 410th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Tennessee
#1. Bledsoe County: 4.6%
#2. Meigs County: 4.5%
#3. Haywood County: 4.0%
#4. Lauderdale County: 3.9%
#5. Perry County: 3.8%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Tennessee
#1. Williamson County: 1.9%
#2. Moore County: 2.0%
#3. Cheatham County: 2.1%
#3. Davidson County: 2.1%
#3. Knox County: 2.1%