Jobless in February

Among the 19 counties in the Chattanooga region, unemployment last month fell in 13 counties, rose in one and was unchanged in the other five.

› Hamilton, 3.5 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Bradley, 3.6 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Coffee, 3.6 percent, unchanged

› Franklin, 3.6 percent, unchanged

› Catoosa, Ga., 3.9 percent, unchanged

› Van Buren, 4.2 percent, down 0.5 percent

› Dade, Ga., 4.3 percent, up 0.2 percent

› McMinn, 4.4 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Grundy, 4.4 percent, down 0.6 percent

› Walker, Ga., 4.4 percent, unchanged

› Sequatchie, 4.5 percent, down 0.3 percent

› Polk, 4.6 percent, down 0.2 percent

› Meigs, 4.8 percent, down 0.3 percent

› Chattooga, Ga., 4.9 percent, unchanged

› Marion, 5.1 percent, down 0.1 percent

› Whitfield, Ga., 5.3 percent, down 1.3 percent

› Bledsoe, 6 percent, down 0.2 percent

› Murray, Ga., 6.1 percent, down 0.9 percent

› Rhea, 6.3 percent, down 0.5 percent

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