Unemployment Rate in Shelby County, TN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.2%
Rank #2,828/3,222 · #89 in TN
12th
Shelby 7.2%
TN 4.7% +54.3%
US 5.3% +35.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Shelby County's unemployment rate of 7.2% 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 Shelby County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,825 | Decatur County, TN | 7.2% |
| #2,826 | Jasper County, GA | 7.2% |
| #2,827 | Izard County, AR | 7.2% |
| #2,828 | Shelby County, TN | 7.2% |
| #2,829 | Clayton County, GA | 7.2% |
| #2,830 | Jackson County, SD | 7.2% |
| #2,831 | Green County, KY | 7.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Shelby County, Tennessee has a unemployment rate of 7.2%, ranking #2,828 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 35.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Tennessee, it ranks #89 of 95. This places it in the 12th 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.