Fri
Mar 6 2009
07:23:am
By: R. Neal  shortURL
Blount County's unemployment rate in January was 9.2%, up from 7.7% in December and 5.7% in January 2008. Tennessee's unemployment rate in January was 8.6%, and the national rate was 7.6%.
Area unemployment rates:
• Anderson County: 8.4%
• Blount County: 9.2%
• Knox County: 6.6%
• Loudon County: 7.9%
• Union County: 9.5%
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Local area websites:
Blount DemsMC Democrats
Raven Society
League of Women Voters
Wendy Pitts Reeves
Stop Alcoa Parkway
KnoxViews
Knox Dems
RoaneViews
TennViews
TN Clean Water Network
TN Dems
Government websites:
Blount CountyCity of Alcoa
City of Maryville
State of Tennessee
TN Code Annotated
TN General Assembly
UT CTAS
UT MTAS
Media websites:
Maryville Daily TimesKnox News Sentinel
jobs
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What a statistic
Scary times. I wonder what the break down would be for type of industry.
What on earth is going on in Perry County for over 27% unemployment?