Jobless in April

The unemployment rate fell across the Chattanooga region to the lowest level in a decade in many area counties:

Tennessee

› Bradley — 3.5 percent, down 1 percent from March

› Hamilton — 3.6 percent, down 0.9 percent from March

› Coffee — 3.7 percent, down 0.9 percent from March › Franklin — 3.7 percent, down 1 percent from March

› McMinn — 4.3 percent, down 1.4 percent from March

› Polk — 4.4 percent, down 1.1 percent from March

› Van Buren — 4.4 percent, down 1.5 percent from March

› Sequatchie — 4.5 percent, down 1.2 percent

from March

› Marion — 4.5 percent, down 1.3 percent from March › Meigs — 4.7 percent, down 3.2 percent from March

› Grundy — 4.9 percent, down 1.1 percent from March › Bledsoe — 5.7 percent, down 1.4 percent from March › Rhea —6.6 percent, down 1.6 percent from March

Georgia

› Catoosa — 4 percent, down 0.4 percent from March › Dade — 4.1 percent, down 0.3 percent from March

› Walker — 4.5 percent, down 0.2 percent from March › Chattooga — 4.6 percent, down 0.3 percent from March

› Whitfield — 5.1 percent, down 0.5 percent

from March

› Murray — 5.7 percent, down 0.6 percent from March

Sources: Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Georgia Department of Labor