Unemployment Rate in Knox County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.5%
Rank #996/3,222 · #22 in TN
69th
Knox 3.5%
TN 4.7% -24.3%
US 5.3% -33.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Knox County's unemployment rate of 3.5% 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 Knox County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #993 | Onslow County, NC | 3.5% |
| #994 | Campbell County, WY | 3.5% |
| #995 | Menard County, IL | 3.5% |
| #996 | Knox County, TN | 3.5% |
| #997 | Ouray County, CO | 3.5% |
| #998 | Greeley County, NE | 3.5% |
| #999 | Costilla County, CO | 3.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Knox County, Tennessee has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, ranking #996 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 33.6% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #22 of 95. This places it in the 69th 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.