Unemployment Rate in Carter County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.2%
Rank #2,602/3,222 · #80 in TN
19th
Carter 6.2%
TN 4.7% +33.8%
US 5.3% +17.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Carter County's unemployment rate of 6.2% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Carter County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,599 | Hopkins County, KY | 6.2% |
| #2,600 | Douglas County, GA | 6.2% |
| #2,601 | Comanche County, TX | 6.2% |
| #2,602 | Carter County, TN | 6.2% |
| #2,603 | Bienville Parish, LA | 6.2% |
| #2,604 | Ingham County, MI | 6.2% |
| #2,605 | Cidra Municipio, PR | 6.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Carter County, Tennessee has a unemployment rate of 6.2%, ranking #2,602 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #80 of 95. This places it in the 19th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.