Jobless in December

In the 19-county Chattanooga region, the non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell in 14 counties, rose in three counties and was unchanged in two others.

Tennessee, 3.1 percent, down 0.2 percent

› Bradley, 2.7 percent, down 0.3 percent

› Hamilton, 3.0 percent, down 0.2 percent

› Coffee, 3.0 percent, down 0.3 percent

› Franklin, 3.0 percent, down 0.3 percent

› Polk, 3.7 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Van Buren, 3.7 percent, down 0.4 percent

› McMinn, 3.8 percent, down 0.2 percent

› Meigs, 4.1 percent, unchanged

› Marion, 4.2 percent, unchanged

› Grundy, 4.3 percent, down 0.3 percent

› Sequatchie, 4.3 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Bledsoe, 5.2 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Rhea, 5.6 percent, up 0.2 percent Georgia, 4.3 percent, unchanged

› Catoosa, 3.6 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Dade, 3.9 percent, down 0.2 percent

› Walker, 4.1 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Chattooga, 4.1 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Whitfield, 5.4 percent, up 0.3 percent

› Murray, 6.0 percent, up 0.2 percent

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