According to data compiled by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Memphis metropolitan area (which is comprised of 8 counties) saw unemployment rates rise to 8.6 percent, up from the rate of November which was 7.7 percent. The lowest unemployment in the state is in Knox County, with a rate of 5.7 percent.

Throughout the entire state, the Germantown movers have learned there are about 54,000 unemployed people searching for work in the Memphis metro area. The entire state of Memphis carries an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent. The city of Memphis (within Shelby County) carries a high unemployment rate of 9.8 percent, up from 8.8 percent in November.